Among our mad geniuses that work behind the scenes at Davidson is Winnie Newton. She is the master of the witty Photoshop job, and without her creativity I don't know where we'd be. I wanted to know if she could whip up something quick and fun that we could use as imagery for Alenda Links, Davidson's new online alumni community that will be launching soon. Viola! Behold the Chambermaids, with our online community's title chiseled at their feet... and those grand dames of the college are so excited about the project that they've busted out their own laptops to get into the action.Okay, all this fun aside. We really are close to finally giving all Davidson alumni the keys to the community, which comes with:
- a fully searchable alumni directory that can be accessed 24/7 from home
- career mentoring tools so that you can register yourself as a mentor and/or find one for yourself
- nice new online registration tools (see the earlier post about Summer College), so that we can start phasing all of our events into online registration (no more sending us checks!)
- lifetime email forwarding address, that allows you to have "Davidson" in the name (user@alumni.davidson.edu)
- Facebook network compatibility - since the email forwarding addresses have "davidson.edu" in them, they can be used to get yourself into the Davidson FB network
- real-time, photo-capable class notes that you can post and read anytime, anywhere
- a far superior user interface for updating the college with changes to your contact and other information, as well as the ability to be completely granular about which information you do or don't want other alumni to see when they search for you in the directory (currently, your only choices are "viewable" or "confidential"
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