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University Communications

Web

Our team designs and develops Web sites and other electronic communications that promote university programs and services. These sites include the campus home pages, the News & Information site, and other electronic projects geared toward important internal and external audiences.

Services

Campus home page and other top-level sites

  • Assist the campus in providing logical and highly visible paths from the home page to strategic campus sites and information
  • Keep Web users up-to-date on latest campus news and events using video, slideshows and audio clips
  • Offer home page spotlights that showcase UC Davis strengths
  • Create and maintain special UC Davis Web sites during major events and emergencies

Graphic standards

  • Develop standards and templates for campus Web sites
  • Provide graphics, logos and color palette to campus

Our team

Photo: Craig Farris

Craig Farris, Web manager, (530) 752-9837

(Since 1998)

  • Duties: Webmaster for campus home pages; chairs Web administrative committee; manages the Web unit, supervising Web programmer and analyst positions
  • Other UC Davis posts: Principal artist for Mediaworks, 1987-93
  • Background: Partner, i five design, Woodland, 1993-97; owner, CFH Illustration Design, 1997-98; won a 2005 silver medal from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education District VII for leadership in redesigning the UC Davis home page
  • Education: B.A. in studio art, University of California, Davis
Photo: Susanne Rockwell

Susanne Rockwell, Senior Public Information Representative, (530) 752-2542

(Since 2000)

  • Duties: Social sciences, arts and humanities writer and News Service new media/Web editor
  • Other UC Davis posts: Edited the faculty-staff newspaper Dateline for 11 years
  • Background: In 1990, helped instigate the annual UC Editors' Conference and has been key in keeping the 10-campus group operating; 15 years experience as a writer and editor at newspapers, including the Vacaville Reporter, Winters Express and Sacramento Union; won a 2005 silver medal from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education District VII for leadership in redesigning the UC Davis home page
  • Education: B.A. in International Relations and M.A. in Rhetoric and Communication, University of California, Davis
Photo: Elliot Lopez

Elliot Lopez, Web Consultant/Project Manager, (530) 752-9612

(Since 2006)

  • Duties: Responsible for managing the UC Davis Web Content Management Program; provides consultation and education about the Web and other electronic communications that promote university programs and services
  • Background: A decade in interactive and information technology leadership and consulting, as well in complex project management: President and program manager of ACTIONREACTION Technology Solutions; director of Information Services for Service Evaluation Concepts; director of Information Technology and Interactive Services for Noonan/Russo Communications; five years in the Investment Banking Division of Morgan Stanley. Certified elementary school teacher, teaching fourth and fifth grade. Member, Web Marketing Association
  • Awards: 2003 Industrial Design Excellence Award (IDEA) sponsored by IDSA/Business Week; 2003 One Show Interactive Award
  • Education: B.A. with a major in Psychological and Brain Sciences and a minor in Education from Dartmouth College in Hanover, NH; certificates in technology management and project management from MIT Sloan School of Business