DETROIT, Jan. 26, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- Marygrove College today launched its redesigned web site at www.marygrove.edu with a new layout, new organization, enhanced navigability, more photos, and more student- and community-focused information.
Marygrove's original web site appeared in 1998. Dr. Glenda Price, president, said, "Return visitors to www.marygrove.edu will see a bold new look to Marygrove and will find it much easier to get around. To the new visitors, it will be an exciting change from other higher education web sites."
Marygrove conducted several focus group sessions and received input from others about what makes an impressive, easy-to-use and useful web site. Web Master Andrew Koper also researched the best in college web sites before designing the new marygrove.edu. "You will see bold use of Marygrove's green and gold, added high level navigational pages and many more links," said Koper. "We've designed the web site primarily with the potential student in mind, but also taking into account the many reasons a visitor might click on marygrove.edu."
The new site is more colorful, has more visual images, is better organized and is more user-friendly with several more options, including:
-- More pictures and hyperlinks on the highest level, most
frequently viewed pages.
-- The site is "shallower" so visitors can find their information
more quickly.
-- There is a "control panel" with pictures and hyperlinks from
the homepage that potential students will find simple and fast.
-- Academic programs are more prominent.
-- A calendar on the homepage will feature College events.
-- The historic Gothic facilities on Marygrove's 52 acres are better
showcased.
-- Additional pages have been created for non-academic aspects of
campus life like the conference services, cheer team and wireless
hotspots.
-- Marygrove's green and gold colors predominate the site.
Visits to the Marygrove web site have steadily increased with greater visibility in the marketplace, hitting 180,000 page views per month late last year. "We want each and every one of our visitors to leave the site with everything they came to find and with the belief that Marygrove is the college to attend and the college to support," said President Price.
Marygrove College is a private liberal arts college located at 8425 W. McNichols Rd. in Detroit since 1927. More than 1,200 students attend classes in its undergraduate and graduate programs in education, business, human resource management, social justice, social work, science, theater, music, the fine arts and many others. Call 866-313-1927 or visit www.marygrove.edu.
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