Competing against 33 of the major U.S. university websites, and several European ones, Concordia’s main website took a Bronze medal in the “Complete Web Sites” category of the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) Circle of Excellence Awards Program (for all the CASE Districts).

No Gold was awarded in the category.

Silver went to Ball State University and Concordia received the Bronze along with Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis and Hobart and William Smith Colleges.

From the judging report:

“This redesign of Concordia University’s main website was coordinated with the design of templates for other key University sites, moving toward a unified University web presence.

Among other goals, the redesign was planned to accommodate marketing messages, to allow visitors to the site to conduct business with the University more effectively, and to make the site more navigable.

The new design was created and launched internally and informed by usability testing. The judges pointed to the fresh approach embodied in this design and the intuitive navigation that one judge termed ‘brilliant.’ We also appreciated the well-written content and compelling messaging.”

Concordia’s first Family Fair Day, held as part of the Homecoming 2007 festivities, also won a Bronze medal in the Individual Special Events category. Read more on the Alumni website.

The CASE Circle of Excellence Awards, open to all CASE members worldwide, recognize outstanding efforts in institutional advancement.

The Council for Advancement and Support of Education is the professional organization for more than 51,000 advancement professionals from 3,400 colleges, universities, independent elementary and secondary schools, and educational associates in 60 countries around the world who work in alumni relations, communications, fundraising, marketing and other areas.

Posted on May 23, 2008