Many of us have relied on KnowHope for our daily information during much of the site’s existence, which premiered in 1996. We’re excited to announce that we’ve been working on a “new KnowHope” to serve as the next generation of our college intranet. It will feature a new name and design, offer new functionality, and …
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New Library Website
Congratulations to the Van Wylen Library on the launch of their new beautiful website, hope.edu/library. If you’re interested in learning more, our friend Jon Bandstra at the Library has published a great blog post about the new site and its updates. Check it out!
New sites for departments, offices and programs
As we enter the summer months, we know many departments and offices on campus have told us they intend to spend this time working on their new websites. This is great news and we’re here to help and support you! We’d also like to congratulate the 20+ departments, offices and programs who have already launched their …
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Case Study from OmniUpdate
The provider of our OU Campus CMS, OmniUpdate, recently featured Hope College in a new case study. Read about how we put together a plan, built a foundation for change using user personas, enhanced the user experience and are now fulfilling our vision for changing the way Hope College communicates online. OmniUpdate also previously produced …
Calendar Powered by Localist
Hope College was recently featured as a case study by Localist, the platform that powers our new master web calendar. We were also recently asked by colleagues at another institution why we chose Localist and for more information about how we implemented it. We were happy to share! Note: this post is a bit more …
Advanced Search
When we launched the new Hope College website in August 2015, we also launched a new site search tool, OU Search, powered by OU Campus – our CMS. Last week, we implemented a new feature of OU Search, Advanced Search, which allows users to have further control over the content they are searching on the …
Public Affairs & Marketing 2015 Annual Report
2015 was a great year for us in Public Affairs and Marketing at Hope College. It was our first full calendar year as a division, we added new staff, and we collectively learned how to swing dance. Okay, one of those things is not true. But we also did a lot. A whole bunch, actually. …
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Before and After
There’s nothing we love more than to see a department or office website officially make the switch over to the new Hope.edu website template and CMS. There are many reasons to love the new site: it’s user and mobile friendly, has consistent navigation, and is easier to manage. However, it’s also a nice aesthetic upgrade as well. See …
Congrats to the Firsts!
We would like to extend an enthusiastic congratulations to the History Department and the Office of Financial Aid on the launch of their new websites! Since then, we’ve also been working hard with other departments and offices on their sites as well and have launched Campus Ministries, English Department, Public Affairs and Marketing, the Washington …
Improvements to the Directory
Many of you have told us that you love the new Directory! If you haven’t checked it out yet, the Directory pulls together information about academic departments, campus offices, buildings, and faculty/staff in one place. Better yet, all of the information on the Directory is fed from our institutional database, to ensure updates and accuracy. …