Technology Services

Tag: Announcements

  • Christmas in Christ Chapel Tickets

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    jerry

    Registration for “Christmas in Christ Chapel 2006: An American Odyssey” can now be completed online. Services are scheduled for various times from Dec. 1 through Dec. 3, 2006. More information about the event will be made available on the Christmas in Christ Chapel website.

  • Homecoming and Family Weekend Registration

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    jlencion

    Online registration is now available for this year’s Homecoming and Family Weekend events. Both will allow you to register for the Neal & Leandra concert and the Diversity Center Banquet on Saturday, October 7.

  • Shorter is Better

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    jeremy

    Shortly after graduation, when the campus is awash with a rare tranquility, the “oncampus” part of the a typical Gustavus URI will disappear. After years of segregating our audiences by their location, we will bring everyone together and offer people the shorter URIs they all want. While URIs will change, old URIs will function properly…

  • Web Services Member Gets “Dugg”

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    jerry

    One of Web Services very own, Joe Lencioni, recently had a pet project featured on prominent technology news site, Digg. Joe created a hybrid Greasemonkey/Creammonkey user script based on Lightbox JS by Lokesh Dhakar and Flickrbox by Gavin Montague. Dubbed “Greased Lightbox,” (originally mentioned here) the script changes the way people view images on popular…

  • New News is Good News

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    jlencion

    The News page received an upgrade today that incorporates events and announcements from the College Calendar among other feature and usability enhancements. Some of the additional updates are: Accordian-style sliders implemented for story summaries Implemented Lightbox JS on story images Upgraded the algorithm that processes story bodies from the database into XHTML format to use…

  • Photo Contest Results

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    jlencion

    The first Campus Community Photography Contest received over 150 entries in three categories. From 31 finalists, the winners have been decided. Active People First Place ($50) – “Let it Snow” by Sara Scholin Second Place ($25) – “Ten-Person Toboggan” by Jared Lee Third Place ($15) – “Henna” by Violeta Hernandez Fresh Faces First Place ($50)…

  • Photo Contest Voting Starts Today

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    jlencion

    Voting for the Campus Community Photography Contest starts today in Linner Lounge and will run until Friday, March 3. You may vote for one photo in each of the three categories and once for overall. To vote, you will need your Gustavus ID number. Awards Monetary prizes totaling $270 will be awarded for each of…

  • Photo Contest Voting Rescheduled

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    jlencion

    The Campus Community Photography Contest has been officially rescheduled for Monday, February 27 through Friday, March 3 in Linner Lounge. To vote, you will need your Gustavus ID number.

  • Photo Contest Voting Postponed

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    jlencion

    Update (Feb 5): Due to a scheduling error, voting for the contest has been postponed until a later date. Please stay tuned for updates. This year’s contest was a success—we received over 150 great photographs in the three categories. Finalist photographs for the Campus Community Photography Contest have been chosen and will be displayed in…

  • Gustavus Templates

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    jerry

    We’ve begun a weeklong series of workshops designed to help publishers gain familiarity with the new Gustavus template. Some of the materials from these sessions, as well as untold future resources, can be found on Web Services’ template help page.