STORIES

Welcome Callie!

Web Comm  team is thrilled to have Callie Zilk on board as our new writer/editor. We’re excited about her webby predilections and her journalism background. With a degree in journalism from Mizzou’s storied program, and stints at the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette and the Southern Poverty Law Center, she bring great experience to our group. She’s relocated […]

State-focused recruiting pages

We recently partnered with the Admissions Office at OSU to update some Web materials for state-by-state recruiting efforts. By building a custom experience for prospective students from individual states, we hope to personalize the digital admissions process, showing what it’s like to come to campus and give them state-specific information. The sites are simple, small […]

Darryl’s on board

I’m thrilled to welcome our new multimedia producer, Darryl Lai, to the Web Communications team. With Justin Smith moving over to support Pac-12 Network programming and manage our overall department video production, we needed to fill his old role. And we were extremely fortunate to find Darryl’s mix of skills and enthusiasm. A graduate of […]

Foundation collaboration nets gold from CASE

Last fall, we had the honor of working with the OSU Foundation on a project for an annual dinner to induct new members of the Harris Society. Our entire team pitched in to create a series of six videos that played throughout the evening on the largest HD screens I’ve ever seen. I just learned […]

Accessibility on our minds

During a recent Educause session on website accessibility, Oregon State University ranked 5th out of 135 universities. We’ve moved up from the middle of the pack, and this is certainly a sign that we’re heading it the right direction. http://data.oaa-web-accessibility.org/schools http://www.educause.edu/annual-conference/2012/athletic-rivalries-and-web-accessibility-who-sweet-16-year Having a committed and knowledgable team at Disability Access Services and the Office of […]

CLA launches new site

At universities or any large organization (just like in families) it’s always a challenge to treat all units, departments and groups equally. Somebody always gets the hand-me-down sweaters or their big brother’s winter coat. Our College of Liberal Arts, despite being dynamic and diverse, as well as one of our largest colleges, has been doing […]

Three sites and a new designer

The Web Comm team has had a hand in a few successes recently. We helped with the launch of three new websites, including the colleges of Veterinary Medicine and Education, as well as a new site for our Veterinary Hospital, which includes a fancy new parallax slider and a nifty video piece. Of course, Central […]

Where marketing meets storytelling

Relentless, Justin Smith’s film about our student formula racing team, marks a major change in how we do online storytelling. We’ll be releasing the film on the web this Saturday, and hundreds of race fans and other teams are already queued up to see it as soon as it launches. It’s a strong, compelling piece […]

Fermenting creativity

Our Web Communications team visited OSU’s pilot brewery today to learn why our fermentation science and brewing program is arguably the best in the nation and unquestionably one of the top half-dozen in the world. Our team is charged with telling this story online, through images, narrative, video and multimedia. The great thing about working […]