Just a quick update to let everyone know where we are with the CMS initiaitive. As of July 21st we succesfully began production of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences web site. It is expected to be launched via the CMS to the public within the next week or two.

Additionally we have 4 early adopter departments within the College working in the CMS as of this week mirgrating their content.

We are still in the process of developing our formal training program and materials and hope to be completed near the end of the month.

My replacement as Web Communications Manager is expected to take office on or around September 1. There will be some time of orientation but the expectation is for him to quickly begin the formal training session as soon as possible.

If you have any questions in the meantime please feel free to contact me at akurk@tamu.edu.

As many of you may have heard we have had a change in staff within the Web Communications Team. I have been offered the position of Director of AgriLife Information Technology and as of July 1st have been operating in that capacity.

Tom Lyster, Sr. Web Applications Engineer, has also moved into AgriLife IT and will continue on as the CMS Operations Manager for AgriLife. Loretta Cortez remains in the Web Communications group and will maintain current web operations and provide assistance for items that the Web Communications team supported.

I will continue to support existing web communications initiatives until the Web Communications Manager position has been refilled and as time permits.

This change is expected not to create any alteration in the timeline for bringing the CMS online.

I’m pleased to announce the availability of the Agriculture and Life Sciences departmental web template.

Following are links to the Implementation and Style Guide as well as the template distribution.

Implementation and Style Guide
Please review prior to using templates.