Info Page transitions into news and events

The Info Page has undergone an extensive facelift since last year, as University Communi-cations tries to accommodate its external and internal audiences.
What used to be called the Info Page is now the News & Events page, of which many students are not aware. While the name may have changed, the contents and credibility of the page has not.
The myCATS web page is also carrying many of the same stories, headlines, and features as the News & Events page. Because myCATS is an internal Web site for students and faculty, users are now able to modify their own page. Students and faculty can delete and remove most articles listed on their page, and they may customize and move items around to their own personal liking.
Bryan Jackson, director of University Communi-cations, has given Webmaster Barbara Monnett, the designer of the two pages through this transition, his own suggestions about the change. Because of his ideas, there is now a boxed link on the GCSU homepage for myCATS, which explains to the public what myCATS is.
Students who have questions or would like to give feedback to the change and transition may complete a short survey, which is now available online, and can be accessed at the top of the GCSU homepage.
“Part of the survey is to make sure that we understand how things are being perceived,” Jackson said.
Many students’ concern with the change is that they no longer know how to access the “Info Page” from the GCSU homepage. A large part of this is due to the fact that not many people are aware that the name has changed and that the ‘Info Page’ has technically become the News & Events page. The page looks and is set up exactly like the Info Page, which had served the campus for five years, but the two are not the same.
Many students are concerned with  the changing of how some of the pages that students access on a day-to-day basis are set up.
On the Web site, they explain the reason that the Info Page has transitioned into the News & Events page.
“The Info Page has served our campus for five years,” the FAQs site states. “It was both the public page to find news and events and the campus community stop for news, events, faculty pages, department pages and many other links that are specifically for our campus community. With the implementation of myCATS and the need to point media and other constituent groups directly to public news and events, University Communi-cations began to implement the changes necessary to create a division of information.”

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