Design for storytelling: Building a platform for sharing the lived experiences of race at a PWI

Can technology help predominantly white institutions reckon with their racial histories in a just and equitable way? We attempted this with Lived Experiences: Race at Miami University — an online collaborative storytelling project that chronicles the history of racial dynamics at Miami University of Ohio. Lived Experiences is a media-rich website that brings together oral […]

Theme family trees and the future of WordPress

Parent and child themes aren’t anything new, but a changing WordPress led us to look at them in a new light. We were looking to create a new design system and site architecture that simultaneously: furthered the reach and standard usage of our visual branding, expedited creating new sites with customization abilities and allowed for […]

DIY website audit: How to excel in selling your school

It is important for prospective students to experience and embrace your university’s story. A clear focus on improving your web presence is critical to sharing that story with stakeholders and the public to increase student enrollment, build trust as an authoritative and progressive institution, as well as promote brand awareness. Crucial objectives toward positively impacting student […]