ϡȱÁÔÆæÍø to Launch New Home Page July 1

ADELPHI, Md. (June 30, 2008) - The University System of ϡȱÁÔÆæÍø (ϡȱÁÔÆæÍø) has redesigned its home page----to enhance navigation and provide easy-to-find links to the site's information resources and documents. The new page and site will launch on Tuesday, July 1, 2008, marking the celebration of the system's 20th anniversary.

The redesigned home page will feature new rotating graphics highlighting significant initiatives and accomplishments of the system. In addition, ϡȱÁÔÆæÍø staff, media, and the public will find links to the most frequently requested web pages in the new "Fast Forward" section.

ϡȱÁÔÆæÍø will routinely update the rotating graphics and "Fast Forward" to direct visitors to "in-demand" web pages and timely resources on the site, such as the University System of ϡȱÁÔÆæÍø Foundation (ϡȱÁÔÆæÍøF); ϡȱÁÔÆæÍø's reports and statistics; recent articles and speeches by ϡȱÁÔÆæÍø Chancellor William E. Kirwan; legislative updates during the General Assembly; and progress reports tracking the system's accountability initiatives. The home page will continue to feature prominent links to ϡȱÁÔÆæÍø's 13 institutions as well as current news from around the system.

"The ϡȱÁÔÆæÍø web site serves many audiences-our staff and faculty, members of the press, public officials, and in- and out-of-state students seeking information about our universities," said Anne Moultrie, ϡȱÁÔÆæÍø's associate vice chancellor of communications. "In addition, we want the system's accomplishments and initiatives to be transparent to the public. Our redesign balances these needs and makes information more readily-accessible for our constituencies while communicating our multi-faceted mission more clearly to the public."

July 1, 2008, marks the 20th anniversary of the creation of ϡȱÁÔÆæÍø from the merger of the five University of ϡȱÁÔÆæÍø institutions and the six members of the State University and College System of ϡȱÁÔÆæÍø. In the two decades since its creation, ϡȱÁÔÆæÍø has crossed significant milestones in its growth and service while enhancing access, affordability, and excellence in public higher education for the citizens of ϡȱÁÔÆæÍø. Click for more information about ϡȱÁÔÆæÍø's 20 years of accomplishment.

Contact: John Buettner
Phone: 301.445.2719
Email: jbuettner@usmd.edu