Best University Web Site of 2006 to be Named by Web Marketing Association

Boston, MA (PRWEB) April 12, 2006

The Web Marketing Association announces the call for entries for its 10th annual international WebAward Competition at http://www.2006webaward.org. The WebAwards is the standards-defining competition that sets industry benchmarks based on the seven criteria of a successful Web site.

Universities represents an important category in the WebAward competition, and the Web Marketing Association will again be honoring the Best University Web site of 2006. The deadline for entry is May 31, 2006.

Colleges and universities very competitive when it comes to Web development and they can benefit from the independent evaluation of their online efforts that the award judges provide, said William Rice, President of the Web Marketing Association. University Web development sits in between a generally conservative fiscally-minded administration and an extremely Web-savvy student body. The best university Web sites are able to overcome this gap and provide a wide range of information and tools, such as online registration, to their students and perhaps even more importantly their perspective students

Each year the Web Marketing Association names the Best University Website based on the scores submitted by the competition judges. Recent winners of the Best University Web site WebAwards include:

2005 San Diego State University Timeline - http://www.sdsumonth.com/timeline/index.html


2004 School of Visual Arts Website http://www.schoolofvisualarts.edu/


2003 Chestnut Hill College Admissions Site - http://www.chc.edu/

A complete list of past winners and the entry form for companies who wish to compete for 2006 honors can be found at http://university.webaward.org.

Web sites are judged on seven criteria including design, innovation, content, technology, interactivity, copy writing and ease of use and receive a numeric score. Each WebAward entry is judged against other entries in its industry category and then against an overall standard of excellence. Entrants also benefit from receiving valuable feedback from the WebAwards professional judging panel on their Web site development efforts.

Using the quantifiable data collected from 9,748 Web site evaluations over the past decade, the WebAwards has defined and recognized industry-specific benchmarks for successful Web sites in each of the seven judging criteria and released an Internet Standards Assessment Report to detail the findings of the study.

Participants in the 2006 WebAwards university category will receive their scores in each of the seven criteria compared to the average of the entire industry. That type of feedback and benchmarking alone in worth the price of admission, said Rice.

A copy of the Internet Standards Assessment Report, including details regarding colleges and universities through 2005, is available at http://www.webawards2006.org.

Judging for the 2006 WebAwards will take place in June through August, with winners announced in September. Judges will consist of a select group of Internet marketing professionals who have direct experience designing and managing Web sites with an in-depth understanding of the current state-of-the-art in Web site development and technology. Mark Kingdon, CEO of Organic, Inc. (http://www.organic.com) has been selected to lead the judging panel this year. Past judges have included top executives from leading organizations such as Ogilvy Interactive, Saatchi & Saatchi, Blattner Brunner, Comedy Central, Sun Microsystems, Refinery, Euro RSCG, EPB Interactive, New York Post Interactive, The Cincinnati Enquirer, J. Walter Thompson, Xerox, Art Institute of Pittsburgh, Modem Media, and Answerthink just to name a few.

The 2006 WebAward Competition current sponsors include Burst Media (http://www.burstmedia.com), SimpleFeed (http://www.simplefeed.com), Register.com (http://www.register.com), NewsUSA (http://www.newsusa.com), AdTools Inc(http://www.adtoolsinc.com), Small Army (http://www.smallarmy.net), Perseus Development Corp (http://www.perseus.com) and PRWeb (http://www.prweb.com). Media Sponsors include Website Services Magazine (http://www.websiteservices.com), AdRants (http://www.adrants), MarketingVox (http://www.marketingvox.com), MediaPost (http://www.wediapost.com), eComXpo (http://www.ecomxpo.com), Ad:Tech (http://www.ad-tech.com) and Macworld (http://www.macworldexpo.com). The Web Marketing Association thanks all of its sponsors for helping to make this annual competition possible.

About the WebAwards

The 10th annual international WebAwards competition sets the standard of excellence in 96 industry categories by evaluating Web sites and defining benchmarks based on the seven essential criteria of successful Web site development. The goal of the Web Marketing Association, sponsor of the WebAwards, is to provide a forum to recognize the people and organizations responsible for developing some of the most effective Web sites on the Internet today. Entrants benefit from a Web site assessment by a professional judging panel and the marketing opportunities presented to an award-winning Web site. For more information, visit http://www.webawards2006.org.

For more information contact:

William Rice

President, Web Marketing Association, Inc.

860-558-5423

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San Jose, CA (PRWEB) June 21, 2011

Henley-Putnam University today unveiled a robust and highly esteemed Board of Advisors, formed specifically to expand and enhance the Universitys Strategic Security & Protection Management (SS&PM) Program.

Dean Dr. Linda Florence tapped several industry leaders who bring an unparalleled breadth of talent and depth of experience to the University.

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Distinguished University of Texas at Austin CPA Review Professor Allen Bizzell Explains Changes to the 2011 CPA Exam

Sedona, AZ (Vocus) July 27, 2010

CPAexcel, a global provider of exceptional CPA Exam study materials, is very pleased to announce the release of this informative high definition video by Dr. Allen Bizzell.

Dr. Bizzell, CPA, is the Associate Dean Emeritus of the esteemed University of Texas at Austin, College of Business. Dr. Bizzell, who taught accounting at UT for many years, shares his in-depth knowledge of how the largest section of the CPA Exam will expand in 2011.

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Don Asher Visits Robert E Cook Honors College at Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Indiana, PA (PRWEB) March 28, 2008

"The Robert E. Cook Honors College has features that make it an exemplar of an honors college," said Donald Asher, a San Francisco and Gerlach, Nevada-based career consultant, business writer and nationally recognized speaker on careers and higher education.

Asher, who has visited hundreds of campuses annually during the past 15 years, said that the RECHC, established in 2000, cultivates student development in a profound way.

"There is something delicate, a confluence of very good things," he said of the honors college at IUP. "It's a student immersion program. The residential component means they talk outside the classroom and the ideas keep flowing."

Asher said it is a strong program because of its dedicated residential building, which allows students to build a culture of inquiry, a thoughtful curriculum that builds academic skills, and its hand-picked faculty dedicated to teaching honors classes.

"There is something magic that is going on at RECHC," he said. "It's like the tone you get by running your finger around the rim of fine crystal. A lot of wineglasses look like crystal, but then there's not that rich and satisfying tone. RECHC is fine crystal, and a lot of places that look similar are just glass."

Asher recommends students consider the RECHC because "It is about as close to a perfect educational institution as you can get in the real world," he said. "The curriculum really matters. The dividing line is students participating in their education. They learn to think better than students at other colleges."

Students are passive at most schools, Asher said. What is appealing, he said, is that instead of "empty vessel" students mechanically taking lecture notes, he found students here engaged in questioning.

"Quite frankly, most institutions, even those of very high caliber, don't succeed at creating original thinkers," Asher said. "The RECHC does a particularly good job."

Students develop critical thinking skills through the curriculum and that can be utilized on any job and will result in better job performance.

"Almost every one of my books has a quote, a story or a letter from a RECHC student," said Asher, who has written nine other books. "One example in Cool Colleges is an intern who spoke at a meeting in front of company officers, and she had the confidence and eloquence to succeed at that while still an undergraduate."

The student had utilized critical thinking skills developed in honors core classes to help render a decision that executives could agree on.

"It's the ability to speak up and make a difference," Asher said. "There are schools taking excellent students, graduating them and taking credit for that. Yet many of them cannot think like the RECHC students."

Asher believes the RECHC is an excellent place to nurture and develop intellectuals.

"They like to say 'Your student will be comfortable here' and I believe that's true," Asher said. "If you drop a young scholar into an elite school with fourth-generation elite students and that young scholar, no matter how bright, is not used to dealing with that elitism, they're going to have trouble fitting in. That's not the case at the RECHC. This was the most genuine, unpretentious place I visited."

Outside of the honors core classes, students may pursue any major offered at IUP. Asher noted that students need to feel just as comfortable with the university as the honors college.

"I've been going to IUP for 10 years," Asher said. "I've visited the RECHC many times over the past seven years. IUP, as a whole, is an interesting place, and it is unusual in that it serves its constituents. It's quaint. It's a more noble school. The RECHC has reached a national audience, and it is gaining more attention."

Buy your own copy of Donald Asher's Cool Colleges for the Hyper-Intelligent, Self-Directed, Late Blooming, and Just Plain Different (2nd Ed, 2007).

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