What are meta descriptions and why should I care?
Meta. It’s a buzzword these days, and it is easy to see why. But what about meta descriptions? What do those mean for my University of Iowa website and why should I care?
How to determine your website main navigation with a card sort
When starting a website redesign, one of the things you want to consider is your main navigation menu. This will help you determine the information architecture of your site and where your site content will live for a user to find.
University Housing and Dining living on campus guidebook
This is a large scale print piece that done annually for University Housing and Dining by the Student Life Communications team. It is a 35 page guidebook that is given to 6,000 students at summer orientation and informs students of everything they need to know about living on campus.
RA Alumni newsletter
This is a newsletter that is sent to former resident assistants. This newsletter is sent out on a quarterly basis. I was responsible for gathering all content, interviewing subjects, and writing all feature pieces.
University Housing and Dining shares fall feedback survey data
When the University of Iowa began making plans for the Fall 2020 semester, students, faculty, and staff knew that this would be a semester like no other in the institution’s history. To assess the experiences of students living on campus, University Housing and Dining conducted a survey in October 2020, asking questions about various components of the residential housing and dining system.
Connecting Students in the Residence Halls During COVID-19
For students choosing to live on campus, the benefits of having a sense of community allow students to build a network of connections and lifelong friends. However, with the COVID-19 pandemic, making those connections can be challenging. While social distancing is one of the main factors in reducing the spread of COVID-19, implementing this can often make students feel isolated and lonely.
Your home. Your community. All in one place.
“Your home. Your community. All in one place.” This is the message that University Housing & Dining communicated to student residents when a campaign was launched in November 2017 to encourage students to live on campus for additional years.
The food you love. Made allergy free.
For students with food allergies, eating the foods they love can be difficult. When multiple allergies arise, students struggle to find eating not only the foods they enjoy, but items that do not contain any of their allergens.
Living in style
For students living on campus, their room is more than just a living space. It’s an opportunity to showcase their individual personality, style, décor, and background. Students are able to highlight the uniqueness of their space, by choosing to enter the Amazing Room Contest.
Managing stress at the University of Iowa
College can be a stressful time in any student’s life. The ever-changing schedule and rigorous academic, professional, and social demands can leave a student feeling like there is no time left in their day for self-care.
University Housing launches new website
In the fall of 2016, information was gathered to start the re-design of the housing.uiowa.edu website. With over 30,000 user views per month, it was imperative that information be clear, concise, and easy to find.
New living learning community fosters identity
Fostering identity is one of the core goals of the Young, Gifted and Black Living Learning Community (LLC). The new living learning community, which opened in the fall of 2016, had a unique formation; it was founded by Black students for student