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A new ucanr.edu is coming – sneak preview on Nov. 28!

Colleagues,

Sometime early in 2018, UC ANR's Strategic Communications and Information Technology groups will unveil a new, much-needed redesign of www.ucanr.edu. We're inviting you to learn about – and see for yourselves – the new design during a Zoom video presentation on Tuesday, Nov. 28, at 1:30 p.m.

The new design will feature several characteristics and elements that we think will excite our stakeholders and those visiting the site:

• More aesthetically pleasing use of photography, color and visuals
• A more modern, inviting and intuitive look and structure
• A more dynamic focus on UC ANR news and information and the great work you all do!

It's important to stress the goals of the web refresh project and to understand what it is – and is not – meant to accomplish. The primary improvements we hope to achieve are:

• Better navigation, discoverability of content and organizational structure
• Improved aesthetics and use of imagery (note: the more than 700 UC ANR websites that currently use SiteBuilder will have the option to “opt-in” and realize some of the new design features)
• More effective content workflows, curation strategy for the Strategic Communications group, and emphasis on news and information

What the website refresh is not is a complete overhaul of the division's web presence. The scope of this project only includes the top-level pages of ucanr.edu; we hope, with a future project, to eventually tackle the tens of thousands of pages of ANR-related websites and content.

Please join us, via Zoom, for our Nov. 28 presentation. We're confident you're going to like what you see!

Mike Janes, Strategic Communications Director

Dave Krause, Manager, Web Development and Applications Programming

 

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Underwood and Krause appointed to lead IT and Web Development

I am pleased to announce that David Underwood has been appointed manager of Information Technology Infrastructure and David Krause has been appointed as manager of Web Development and Applications Programming, effective August 1, 2014. Both positions are based in Davis.

Underwood, who has served ANR since 1991, will be responsible for the Division's information processing, operating hardware and software, network communication and data network infrastructures. He and his team will also be responsible for assisting ANR employees with computer services and the help desk function. His customer service focus stands out in his career with the University.

Krause will be responsible for managing the Division's programming and applications development efforts. In 2006, Krause joined ANR's programming team and was promoted in 2010 to supervise the Web Team, which created Collaborative Tools, Master Gardener VMS, Grant Tracking System, Site Builder 2 & 3, Cal Ag online and other Web tools. I look forward to seeing his team improve and expand their support to the Division's Web-centric communications and program delivery mission.

Please join me in wishing Dave Underwood and Dave Krause well in their new positions.

Best regards,

Tu Tran
Associate Vice President, Business Operations

 

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