2008 Woodie Awards
Uploading Mines
New CSM Website Underway
By Zach Aman
9/3/07 - News
For nearly a decade, the website of the Colorado School of Mines has not experienced any major redevelopment. By this time next year, that fact will no longer be true.
Marsha Williams, Director of Integrated Marketing Communications, and Derek Wilson, Director of Academic Computing and Networking and Chief Information Officer, have hired project manager Gina Boice to lead up the web redevelopment. A committee of Mines community members has also been assembled to assist in the guidance and direction of the redevelopment. On the committee are Julia Albertson (student representative), Sarah Andrews, Tom Boyd, Terry Bridgman, Mark Eberhart, Veronica Graves, Laura Guy, Jeff Duggan, Anita Pariseau, and Tony Petrella.
In a memo sent out to the Mines community on May 21, 2007, Williams and Wilson said; "[Gina] will work closely with us, as well as with advisory committees, administrative and academic departments and divisions, vendors, technical staff and management." According to the memo, Boice has "been a leader in organizations that develop commercial software and systems" and "has held positions as VP of Marketing/IT Systems, Director of Engineering, Director of Integration Platform Development, Senior Development Manager, Director of R&D Logistics and Manager of Internal Support."
In an interview, Williams said that the current website primarily serves Mines internally. The redevelopment, according to Williams, will now "push to market the university" to external audiences, in addition to continually serving the needs of the internal community.
Wilson said that the project would ultimately encompass two domain names to serve the two respective groups. The current "www.mines.edu" will be redeveloped to provide information and to "tell Mines' story" to people outside the campus community A second domain, with a name such as web.mines.edu, will provide "information needed by internal audiences and useful for some select external audiences." Mines will continue hosting the portal site Trailhead, providing "restricted, password-protected information for internal audiences." Williams stressed; "It's very important for people to start thinking about the project encompassing three components."
Currently, the Committee has a website - webproject.mines.edu - that can be accessed from within the CSM network, or by using a Virtual Private Network (VPN) client from off-campus. The Committee's site outlines nine key progress points: hiring a project manager, creating a steering committee, defining site goals, creating a functional specification, creating a Request for Proposal, submitting the Request for Proposal, hiring a web design company, approving final design, and launching the new web site. More information, such as meeting minutes, is available through the Committee's website.
The committee will report to the Mines community at major milestone points. Overall, Williams pointed out that the new website will be on par with other prestigious national engineering institutions and will incorporate a "clean, contemporary look." According to Williams, the community can expect a progress update within the next few months.
Marsha Williams, Director of Integrated Marketing Communications, and Derek Wilson, Director of Academic Computing and Networking and Chief Information Officer, have hired project manager Gina Boice to lead up the web redevelopment. A committee of Mines community members has also been assembled to assist in the guidance and direction of the redevelopment. On the committee are Julia Albertson (student representative), Sarah Andrews, Tom Boyd, Terry Bridgman, Mark Eberhart, Veronica Graves, Laura Guy, Jeff Duggan, Anita Pariseau, and Tony Petrella.
In a memo sent out to the Mines community on May 21, 2007, Williams and Wilson said; "[Gina] will work closely with us, as well as with advisory committees, administrative and academic departments and divisions, vendors, technical staff and management." According to the memo, Boice has "been a leader in organizations that develop commercial software and systems" and "has held positions as VP of Marketing/IT Systems, Director of Engineering, Director of Integration Platform Development, Senior Development Manager, Director of R&D Logistics and Manager of Internal Support."
In an interview, Williams said that the current website primarily serves Mines internally. The redevelopment, according to Williams, will now "push to market the university" to external audiences, in addition to continually serving the needs of the internal community.
Wilson said that the project would ultimately encompass two domain names to serve the two respective groups. The current "www.mines.edu" will be redeveloped to provide information and to "tell Mines' story" to people outside the campus community A second domain, with a name such as web.mines.edu, will provide "information needed by internal audiences and useful for some select external audiences." Mines will continue hosting the portal site Trailhead, providing "restricted, password-protected information for internal audiences." Williams stressed; "It's very important for people to start thinking about the project encompassing three components."
Currently, the Committee has a website - webproject.mines.edu - that can be accessed from within the CSM network, or by using a Virtual Private Network (VPN) client from off-campus. The Committee's site outlines nine key progress points: hiring a project manager, creating a steering committee, defining site goals, creating a functional specification, creating a Request for Proposal, submitting the Request for Proposal, hiring a web design company, approving final design, and launching the new web site. More information, such as meeting minutes, is available through the Committee's website.
The committee will report to the Mines community at major milestone points. Overall, Williams pointed out that the new website will be on par with other prestigious national engineering institutions and will incorporate a "clean, contemporary look." According to Williams, the community can expect a progress update within the next few months.
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