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It’s All About the Students: New Website Survey Results from Current Students

July 18, 2018 | 0 Comments

The new EWU website officially went live on Tuesday, May 9, 2018. (Queue dance party) via GIPHY We released a new homepage, several major landing pages, an improved organizational structure, an amped-up program search, and completely revamped the EWU Admissions web experience. Although the primary audience for the new site was future students, we are […]

1-Month Analytics Report

June 11, 2018 | 0 Comments

(TL;DR: we did it.) We’ll keep this short because, frankly, the numbers speak for themselves. In looking over what we set out to do for Admissions, first we hit the mark, and then in some cases we destroyed the mark. It doesn’t even know where it lives anymore. Not that we’re bragging. via GIPHY Comparison […]

New EWU Website: User Testing with Students

May 24, 2018 | 0 Comments

On May 8th, the new EWU website went live. The primary goal for the redesign was to provide a simple, fresh way for prospective students to make an informed decision to attend EWU. To put it even more succinctly, the website needs to help enrollment (not hinder it). Our team gathered requirements from key stakeholders […]

Get the Most Out of the New EWU Website

May 4, 2018 | 0 Comments

The Digital Communications Team is excited to announce the launch of EWU’s new website on Monday afternoon, May 7. The new site delivers a modern, beautiful first impression of campus, focusing on prospective students. However, there’s a bit of something for everyone in this new design: a resource bar to direct you to your favorite […]

When Adding Pictures to Your WordPress Website: Things to consider

April 3, 2018 | 0 Comments

Photography Standards for Web This post is for an average user, staff and faculty at EWU, to avoid common pitfalls when uploading pictures to the new EWU WordPress website. It’s always a great idea to add new content to your website. For the biggest visual return, you can’t do better than adding or swapping out […]

Migrating Content to WordPress

November 27, 2017 | 0 Comments

What’s included in our initial launch? Everything a prospective student needs to make an informed decision to attend EWU. Engaging new homepage Academic program explorer About Admissions What’s next? The College of Health Science & Public Health, as a pilot group for colleges and programs About College resources (students/faculty) All CHSPH programs Learn more about the scope […]

Preparing for EWU Libraries’ Redesign

April 24, 2017 | 0 Comments

A lot of us at EWU are looking forward to our new college and unit websites, but the process can seem daunting—the details, the design elements, the functionality, the possibilities! Our recent meeting with the Digital Initiatives team helped EWU Libraries ease into the project with confidence. We have begun preparing for site redesign with […]

Take a sneak peek at EWU’s website redesign

April 6, 2017 | 8 Comments

Click for a sneak peek of what’s to come for ewu.edu In the past five months, the EWU Digital Communications Team has made significant progress toward launching the first stage of EWU’s new website in August. “We spent a considerable amount of time trying to understand the needs of Admissions and Academic Affairs,” said Sam […]

EWU Website Survey: Employees

April 6, 2017 | 1 Comment

  The Faculty and Staff Have Spoken Designed to gather crucial input from EWU faculty, staff, and student employees, this survey was sent on March 2, 2017. To save this audience time and maximize participation, the survey only has 10 questions. RESPONSES 182 Faculty and Staff completed the survey 77 Faculty 105 Staff Out of […]

Survey Results: Prospective Students

April 5, 2017 | 2 Comments

“We all need people who will give us feedback. That’s how we improve.” – Bill Gates, Microsoft AUDIENCE For this survey, we were looking to gather input from prospective students. After considering the return on investment for each method, we decided to create an email to EWU in the High School students. It’s a large […]

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