About this Site

When the current website of The College of William & Mary in Virginia launched in July 2008, it represented the completion of re.web - a comprehensive project to redesign the College's web presence. Many individuals and groups made all things possible.

The features of the website

• W&M Websites A - Z and our Info For gateways customized for current students, faculty and staff, friends and neighbors, parents, and alumni are key navigational elements.
• Features and photography are showcased in W&M Impact, W&M Inquiry, W&M Style and Ideation Online.
• The W&M Blogs offer the opportunity to hear the voices of our dynamic community of students, alumni, faculty, staff, and administrators.
• W&M Galleries include glimpses of the beauty and activity of the William & Mary campus.
• Complementary sites for William & Mary graduate and professional schools complete an integrated web presence:
  Law School
  Virginia Institute of Marine Science
  School of Business
  
  School of Education
  
• The W&M website is published using Cascade Server, a Hannon Hill web content management system.

The people behind the technology

The William & Mary Office of Creative Services

The W&M Office of Creative Services manages this site which continues to evolve and improve, changing on a daily basis, as we focus on interesting, informative and engaging content for all visitors.

Creative Services welcomes your feedback and comments - through email at [[creative]] or through our blog. Or join us on Twitter.

The W&M web advisory committee

For the first time, we have university-wide governance for the W&M website. We are fortunate to have representatives from all parts of our campus. Don't tell them they're serving the first of a three-year term!

The photographers

View a complete list of the people who contributed their wonderful photography to the W&M website.

Our consultants

We were fortunate to work with mStoner. Through a successful, mostly professional, and always fun partnership with Patrick DiMichele, Mark Sheehy, Dave Roos, and Voltaire Santos Miran, an exceptional web presence for W&M has become a reality.

The bragging rights

• eduStyle - Noteworthy Site (September 2008)
• CASE III - Special Award of Merit for Home Page Design (February 2009)
• Featured in The eduStyle Guide to Usable Higher-Ed Home Page Design (March 2009)
• Received two national, higher-ed, web awards from eduStyle (July 2009)
  Best Redesign (Judged Award and People's Choice)
  Best Use of Photography (People's Choice)
• Recognized with a Silver Award in the 2009 Design Competition of the University & College Designers Association (August 2009)
• Received a 2009 WebAward for Outstanding Achievement in Web Development (September 2009)
• CASE III - Special Award of Merit for W&M Blogs (February 2010)
• Comment from a W&M alum: "The new web site is easy to use.  It is dynamic, interesting.  I love all the changing pictures of the college, the student blogs.  It truly is one of the best college web sites I have seen (and I've looked at quite a few, since we're now in the midst of a college search for our son)."

The history of the W&M website

• About This Site on July 31, 2008 (hey, that's history in web time)
• University Relations offers a look back at previous W&M web designs.