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Introducing New Guru’s @jesskry & @mikepetroff!

It’s that time again and I’m happy to announce that we have two new writers joining the guru team!  Many of you probably know these two individuals from the contributions to the higher ed web industry.  They have both been guest bloggers here in the past, and they each add a unique area of expertise [...]

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Want help? Ask the Gurus!

Okay, today marks the launch of an exciting new experiment – and hopefully permanent addition to the .eduGuru web site. We all have a lot of resources at our disposal in our day to day job, and we want you to consider us among them. So, to kick this off, note the new button in [...]

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Recapping 2009 and What to Expect from .eduGuru in 2010

It’s not a surprise to anyone that here we are in a new year.  Heck, we are in a new decade.  The new year also represents .eduGuru’s birthday and here we go pushing forward into our third year.  So before we move too far into 2010 I just wanted to share some of what happened [...]

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Top 10 .eduGuru Posts of 2009

Here we are closing out another year.  Hard believe that this blog is almost two years old!  Wow, so much has happened in the last two years both in my life and in this blog.  For a tradition started last year here are the top ten posts written in 2009 based on pageviews.  In a [...]

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For Your Consideration…

We received some great designs for our Stamats SIM Tech Contest.  Now it’s time for you to vote and decide the winner!  We’ve narrowed it down to our top 5 designs, and now your vote will pick who gets a free registration to SIM Tech in Boston, where Rachel, Kyle and I will all be [...]

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eduTweetup: It’s STILL About the Community, Stupid

So I’ll be one of many to proclaim our second eduTweetup last Saturday as another major success.  A great time was had by all, especially when the late-night dancing began.  Our community continues to grow and expand as I was able to meet for the first time a handful of individuals who work at local [...]

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T-Shirt Contest Extended! Win a SIMTech registration.

We have decided to extend our .eduGuru t-shirt design contest deadline to Friday, August 7! This is your chance to win a free registration to the Stamats SIM Tech conference in November in Boston, where Kyle James, Rachel Reuben and myself will all be speaking.  Last year’s conference was a blast, and this one is [...]

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eduTweetup in Harvard Square Area (Boston, MA)

The last education Tweetup in Boston was a smashing success, so why not do it again and make it bigger and better?  Last time around, it was specifically a Higher Education Tweetup, but this time I’m going to expand and make  it simply an Education Tweetup.  So what does that mean?  It means that everyone [...]

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Division III Releases Social Networking Rule Change for Communicating with Prospective Student-Athletes

The Division III Management Council just released their newly adopted “noncontroversial change to the Division III electronic transmissions limitations.” They’ve given it a retroactive effective date of August 1, 2008 to match when their original legislation went into effect. They’ve also released this article: “DIII Council opens up use of social-networking media“

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Your Faculty: Do you hide or praise them?

Something that gets overlooked quite a bit in the web process is the content you don’t control, your faculty. Faculty are an intricate part of every university and essential to any graduate student, especially Ph.D. looking for a program. Promoting your faculty can be almost as important as promoting your programs.

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