About this Site
In July 2008, the College of William & Mary launched a new website that represented the completion of re.web - a comprehensive project to redesign the College's web presence. In March 2012, a refreshed homepage was introduced using modern design, more contrast, responsive design technology, added content and new features.
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 families, and alumni are key navigational elements.
- Features and photography are showcased in W&M Impact, W&M Inquiry, W&M Style, Ideation Online, and Liberal Arts @ Work.
- 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.
- Hear the thunder of our social media chorus on Social Stream.
- The William & Mary mobile site is available at m.wm.edu.
- 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.
The Creative Services team welcomes your feedback and comments - through email at [[creative]] or through our blog. Or join us on Twitter or Facebook.
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)
- CASE Circle of Excellence Gold Award for W&M Blogs (May 2011)
- Received a Design Excellence Award in the 2011 Design Competition of the University and College Design Association (UCDA) for Social Stream in the “Social networking site” category (August 2011)
- 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
We haven't had a website for 317 years, but there is more to tell:- 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.