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Communicating civic engagement in a polarized landscape

In today’s world, effective communication of civic engagement initiatives is more crucial than ever. This session aims to explore strategies for navigating the complexities of communicating civic engagement on campuses in a landscape rife with political polarization. From fostering inclusive dialogue to leveraging digital platforms, we’ll delve into communication and design approaches that can inspire […]

Helping students navigate a confusing landscape: A UX case study

An aging site for students at Penn State World Campus, built on an out-of-date platform, needed to be replaced. But stakeholders were mistrustful of the web team, there was little agreement among stakeholders about what was important to students and students seemingly weren’t even finding the site within a confusing institutional web landscape. In response […]

Recovering from years of “yes”

Years of saying “yes” to most web requests had left us with a big mess, and it was time to clean it up. This is the story about how our small web team tackled a big content restructuring project that vastly improved the content and user experience for our current students. Along the way, we […]