The Wartburg chapter of the AAUP
received the Outstanding Chapter Web Site award at
the 93rd Annual Meeting of the American Association of University Professors,
held June 7-10, 2007, in Washington, D.C. In
presenting the award, Professor Ruth
Anne Baumgartner of Fairfield University, chair of the awards committee,
made
these remarks:
This was the most hotly contested category, and the committee feels that
each of the chapters is to be commended for constructing and maintaining
these sites, all of which had useful and interesting features. With
the chapter and conference websites, we looked first for versatility with
browsers,
and unfortunately several of the webpages didn't format properly in
all browsers, or, at least on my browser, refused to open without downloading.
We also looked at the ease of linking to the national website, ease
of finding
information on the page, and the usefulness and variety of the overall
content. . . . Both the honorable mention and the winner [the Wartburg
site] were outstanding for
ease of use, content, and overall design. Ultimately, therefore, this
contest was decided on esthetic grounds, and so we had a hands-down winner
for a
beautiful and original graphic design on the splash page. The winning
website also offered moments of wry humor, such as the reference
to AAUP
National as “the mother ship.” And as a dial-up user I
was particularly impressed with how quickly the pages loaded.