Aside: History of the GS Website

Recently I have been asked about the difference between the official General Studies website and the website for Continuing Education. Anyone can tell from a moments glance at the two pages that they are totally different. Why?

The question arises because both GS and CE are run by the same dean, Dean Awn. After that, all connection and similarity vanishes. Where GS has a small communications staff, CE has a substantial one and may even have an in-house web developer. Another side of the answer is the history of the GS website itself.

The site was authored and hosted by an enthusiastic but technically limited company in the midwest. The project began in 1998, went live in 1999 and was revised in 2000. Other than a recent cosmetic update, structurally, the site has remained largely unchanged. This is because of the limited staffing, the host and because of the challenges of producing a website with so many stakeholders across the university.

Thanks,

Brody