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Category: Announcements

  • Photo Contest Voting Postponed

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    Update (Feb 5): Due to a scheduling error, voting for the contest has been postponed until a later date. Please stay tuned for updates. This year’s contest was a success—we received over 150 great photographs in the three categories. Finalist photographs for the Campus Community Photography Contest have been chosen and will be displayed in…

  • Gustavus Templates

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    We’ve begun a weeklong series of workshops designed to help publishers gain familiarity with the new Gustavus template. Some of the materials from these sessions, as well as untold future resources, can be found on Web Services’ template help page.

  • Website Maintenance Completed

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    The previously scheduled Gustavus website maintenance has concluded successfully. As of Friday, December 23, most departmental pages will feature the new template design, which is intended to complement the implementation of certain LiquidMatrix-powered sections of the site. Additionally, the new template should also offer increased accessibility, usability, and standards-compliance. Please remember that, as a precaution,…

  • Upcoming Maintenance FAQs

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    Q: Why are you doing this? A: These updates are being implemented to augment accessibility, provide more and better features for content publishers, and to complement the new LiquidMatrix-enhanced sections of the site. Q: Why do I have to lose permission to my site/page? A: In order to provide a smooth transition to end-users, Web…

  • Upcoming Gustavus Website Maintenance

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    During the week of December 19, Web Services will be updating the current college template set in order to complement the launch of new LiquidMatrix-enhanced sections and provide increased accessibility and standards compliance. These changes will eventually offer content publishers greater flexibility in the presentation and layout of individual pages. Those pages located within home…

  • Photography Contest Deadline Extended

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    The Campus Community Photography Contest deadline has officially been extended until December 1, 2005 due to a lack of qualifying submissions. Please read the submission guidelines and submit your photos today. You still have the chance to win an iPod nano as well as one of other cash prizes totaling $270.

  • Photography Contest

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    Today, we are proud to announce that we are sponsoring a photography contest. This contest will run concurrently with the International Education’s photography contest and is open to anyone who wishes to submit a photograph taken of campus life at Gustavus Adolphus College and in its surrounding community. Before submitting a photograph, please carefully read…

  • Hurricane Katrina Teach-in streaming audio

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    Last week’s Hurricane Katrina Teach-in here at Gustavus is now available to stream from the web in Windows Media Audio (wma) format. To listen to these streams, you will need to have a reliable connection to the Internet and Windows Media Player installed on your computer. Teach-in playlist: Peg O’Connor (Women’s Studies) — Introduction Karen…

  • Paul Granlund at Last

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    With the help of Jeremy Braband, a former Web Services member who now works for Atomic Playpen, Justin Haaheim, one of our former student workers, and Ryan Rud, our current office pal, we recently put our new Paul Granlund website live. This new site offers biographical information about Granlund as well as information and photographs…

  • Nobel online registration

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    If you are thinking about attending the annual Nobel Conference here at Gustavus but haven’t yet registered, we have good news for you. Online registration for this year’s Nobel Conference is now up and ready for use. This is a big step forward for the Nobel Conference because not only is it the first year…