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Issue 20: December 2006
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Student Development wins
Outstanding Orientation Web site award

The Office of Student Development Programs orientation Web site, USI 101, will receive an award for Outstanding Orientation Web site at the National Orientation Directors Association (NODA) Publications and Media Showcase this month. “We used to do an Orientation guidebook for students and parents, but we felt people weren’t necessarily taking
advantage of it, so we wanted to make it more interactive,” said David Duvall, assistant director of Student Development Programs. Developed with USI Web Services in spring 2006, the site is designed with student Amigos as guides and utilizes features that allow new and prospective students to email and instant message Amigos with questions about the University. “Both of these features were used quite a bit over the summer,” Duvall said. Another feature highlights the most important information on the page when the user scrolls over the picture of the Amigo. “We would like to give Ed Scharf, Web developer, and Brandi Hess '00, graphic designer, a huge thanks for their fantastic work on this Web site,” Duvall said. Duvall will receive the award on behalf of Student Development Programs at the NODA conference in Salt Lake City, Utah, October 28-31. Carmen Stoen, director of Student Development Programs, said, “David is to be commended for his hard work on this site. It would not have happened without his leadership. Way to go!” To view the award-winning site, go to www.usi.edu/usi101.

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