For future students

Global features, plus:

Be dependable

• It just works. And I don’t need a manual.

Be intuitive

• Find out the places where students come from (general) or specific places where students and faculty are conducting scholarship and research — world map with pins linked to individual stories.
• Receive content subscriptions in a variety of formats and devices, such as texted team scores.

Be useful

• Track application, step-by-step.
• See what’s happening right now: Web cam, public events, research, off-campus study and travel.
• Browse majors, programs, topics, people, events, and activities of interest.
• Find out what it’s like in a classroom.
• Subscribe to podcasts and/or iTunesU audio and video of classes.

Be engaging

• Explore the Web site and receive a quick, immersive sense of what the school, community, and region are all about.
• Get a sense of place — what its like to walk around — who’s in each building.
• See live streaming events: performances, athletics, lectures, student activities.
• Create an example of what a first year would be like.

Be personable

• A personal touch. Get to know real people … students, faculty, and alumni from various major, sports, clubs. Full range of diverse perspectives, people clearly exploring beyond their boundaries, with support of the community.
• Subscribe to interesting content and receive updates via multiple methods and devices.

Be welcoming

• Understand the campus “vibe” quickly and deeply, find out what it feels like to be on campus; especially the social experience.
• Social context around events: forum beforehand, live interaction, links to related content, wrap-up discussion afterwards.

Be meaningful

• Social interaction before making a choice: private messaging and live chat with alumni from same state and/or same major and interests.
• See campus events picked up by social networks, like Facebook groups (via RSS from Bates).