The financial aid website was redesigned to provide better service to students, parents and others looking for financial aid assistance. Updating this site was important to the University as financial aid is a core component of the recruitment process.

Key features of the newly designed website include the following:

• Organizes site by audience
  The website was organized into sections for incoming freshmen, transfer students, current students and graduate students. This organization helps visitors filter the information down to smaller set.
• Provides easy access to key items
  Buttons were also added to many pages to highlight key actions, such as accessing the net price calculator.
• Makes the scholarships easier to scan
  The site uses the Web Press scholarship template to present scholarship details, which is also used on academic websites. Special attention was given to these pages:
  • Scholarships for Freshmen
  • Scholarships for Transfer Students

Site credits

• Content development: Jessica Clements, university communications new media specialist
• Design: Lindsay Thomack, Web and new media designer
• Website implementation: Brittany Dilts, Jeremy Sweetwood and Tasha Jacobson, Web and new media part-time and student workers, with oversight by Sara Clark, director of Web and new media