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Web Council Meetings

Web Council meetings are on the first Thursday of the month at 9 a.m. via Zoom.

Web Council Meetings

November 2026 Web Council

Meeting date and Zoom link

  • Thursday, November 5, 2026 at 9 a.m. via Zoom
  • (蘑菇视频 NetID required)

On the agenda

  • Word on the Street:聽Thom Thorpe, director of web strategy in University Marketing & Communications, will guide us into the Big Dark with news and notes from around the 蘑菇视频 and beyond.
  • Conference roundup鈥�: Shelby Schumacher and Jeff Hendrickson from the UMAC web strategy team will share takeaways from the Seattle Interactive Conference. And Teri Shelton will give a brief recap of the Measure Summit 2026 Conference.鈥�
  • Accessibility short鈥�: Colleagues from 蘑菇视频IT Accessible Technology Services will offer guidance on making your content more accessible.鈥�

October 2026 Web Council

Meeting date and Zoom recording

  • Thursday, October 1, 2026 at 9 a.m. via Zoom
  • (蘑菇视频 NetID required)

On the agenda

  • :聽Thom Thorpe, director of web strategy, will give us news and notes from around the 蘑菇视频 and beyond as we begin the academic year.
  • Purple for Web Professionals鈥�: 蘑菇视频IT lead AI architect Jared Reimer explains how 蘑菇视频鈥檚 AI platform supports writing, designing and building for the web.鈥�

Word on the Streets notes

Welcome

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  • Land acknowledgement
  • Agenda

New Home Page!

The 蘑菇视频 homepage has been redesigned with the theme “For Washington, For the World.”

Thank You to Our Team!

  • Annie Alldredge / Senior Director, University Events & Experiences
  • Nick Bolton / Senior Designer
  • Valentina Gomez Bravo / Executive Creative Director
  • Alanya Cannon / Senior Director, Brand Management
  • Lauren Caple / Associate Director, Web & Mobile Operations
  • Harmony Chiou / Digital Strategy Project Manager
  • Kerry Colburn / Director, Content
  • Courtney Coster / Director, Brand Marketing Strategy
  • Nathan Gomez / Art Director
  • Jeff Hendrickson / Assistant Director, Content Strategy & User Experience
  • Meredith Jacobson / Associate Director, Content
  • Jack Martin / Vice President for Marketing & Communications
  • Steven Norris / Assistant Vice President, Digital Strategy
  • Shelby Schumacher / User Experience Specialist
  • Teri Shelton / Assistant Director, Web Engagement

Thank You to Our Partners!

  • 蘑菇视频 Information Technology
  • Accessible Technology Services
  • Unit communicators and their teams
  • Web Council
  • Everyone who participated in a survey, test, interview, focus group, etc. and/or provided us with feedback during the process

Submit Content for the Homepage

Submit news, events, announcements, useful information, facts, campaigns, and other content opportunities for consideration on the 蘑菇视频 homepage.

蘑菇视频 Communities of Practice

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蘑菇视频 Drupal User’s Group

No meeting scheduled for October; join us for our next meeting November 5.

  • Thursday, November 5 at 10 a.m.
  • More information:

Front-End Technologies

The FET CoP will be exploring some cutting-edge CSS features that have become Baseline in browsers. From field-sizing to ::backdrop and shape() to text-fit, the group will explore about 7 features demonstrating how they work and share some ideas on use cases. At the start of the meeting, attendees will practice JavaScript skills by group-solving a kata from codewars.com.

  • Tuesday, October 20 at 2 p.m.
  • More information:

Digital Marketing Insights

Terri Gu, AI Enablement & Program Operations Specialist with the Strategic Analytics & Insights (SAI) team in University Advancement, will lead a panel discussion on using AI for digital marketing insights work.

  • Friday, October 16 at 11 a.m.
  • More information: join the Teams team

Monthly Accessibility / Usability Meetup

  • Fourth Tuesdays at 11 a.m.
  • More information:

Additional Communities of Practice

  • All technology-focused communities of practice:
  • All marketing-focused communities of practice:

Web-Focused Jobs at the 蘑菇视频

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  • Associate Director of Technology Communications @ 蘑菇视频 Medicine Strategic Marketing & Communications (REQ-0000127009)
  • System Administrator @ 蘑菇视频 Information Technology (REQ-0000130577)
  • AI DevOps Engineer @ 蘑菇视频 Information Technology (REQ-0000130597)
  • AI Agent Builder @ 蘑菇视频 Information Technology (REQ-0000132798)
  • Azure Cloud & Server Support Engineer @ 蘑菇视频 Information Technology (REQ-0000133378)
  • Director of Digital Accessibility @ 蘑菇视频 Information Technology (REQ-0000133785)
  • Technical Program Manager @ 蘑菇视频 Information Technology (REQ-0000134723)
  • Digital Video Producer @ KUOW (REQ-0000135122)
  • Digital Communications Assistant (Intermittent) @ 蘑菇视频 Athletics Tyee Department (REQ-0000135344)
  • Software Engineer @ ORIS (REQ-0000135436)
  • Lead Cyber Security Analyst @ 蘑菇视频 Medicine IT Services (REQ-0000135489)
  • Systems Engineer @ School of Medicine (REQ-0000137273)
  • Senior Information Systems Security Officer @ Applied Physics Laboratory (REQ-0000137376)
  • Systems Database Administrator @ 蘑菇视频 Medicine IT Services (REQ-0000137544)

Seattle-Area Meetups

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Analytics.Club Seattle: Data & AI Community, Connect. Grow.

  • AnalyticsCLUB JobExpo Virtual Business, Data & Technology Job Expo — Friday, October 2 at 6:00 p.m. — Virtual event (register for details)
  • TechConnect: Global Virtual Job & Networking Event for Data, AI, and Tech Pros — Wednesday, October 7 at 11:02 p.m. — Virtual event (register for details)
  • AI Connect – Job and Career Networking for AI Specialists — Friday, October 9 at 9:00 p.m. — Virtual event (register for details)

Content Strategy Seattle

  • Symptoms First, Cures Later — Thursday, October 15 at 1:00 a.m. — Virtual event (register for details)

Innovate QA Meetup Group

  • Virtual: Governing AI, Leading Quality — Wednesday, October 7 at 11:00 p.m. — Virtual event (register for details)
  • How to evaluate or test the product powered by large language models — Tuesday, October 20 at 11:00 p.m. — Virtual event (register for details)
  • Accelerating Playwright Migration with AI and Automated Visibility — Wednesday, November 4 at 5:00 p.m. — Virtual event (register for details)

North Seattle Tech Talks

  • The Data Behind Agents: Building Intelligent, Safe, AI Systems — Tuesday, November 10 at 1:30 p.m. — Virtual event (register for details)

PyData Seattle

  • Beyond Vibe Coding: Formal Verification for AI-Generated Software — Thursday, October 22 at 12:30 a.m. — Virtual event (register for details)

Seattle Area Accessibility & Inclusive Design

  • Digital Accessibility Ethics Book Club Event — Tuesday, November 10 at 2:00 a.m. — Microsoft Building 86, 4854 154th Pl NE, Redmond, WA 98052

Seattle Data and AI

  • The AI Agent Is the New Database User — Tuesday, September 29 at 6:00 p.m. — Virtual event (register for details)
  • UCalgary & WeCloudData: Course Information Session — Friday, October 23 at 12:00 a.m. — Virtual event (register for details)

Seattle Data, AI & Security

  • AI Defense Lab 2026 Live Finale — Saturday, October 3 at 3:30 p.m. — Virtual event (register for details)
  • Identity, AI & Cybersecurity: Securing the Enterprise in an Agentic World — Friday, November 13 at 12:30 a.m. — Bellevue City Hall, 450 110th Ave NE, Bellevue, WA 98004

Seattle JS

  • Agentic Enterprise AI Hackathon with Box + AWS — Saturday, October 17 at 12:00 a.m. — Seattle, WA

Seattle Network Marketing Meetup

  • Turn Your Final 90 Days Into Your Biggest Revenue Push of 2026 — Tuesday, September 29 at 11:00 p.m. — Virtual event (register for details)

Seattle PHP User Group

  • Before the First Prompt — Friday, October 16 at 12:00 a.m. — Virtual event (register for details)

Additional Seattle-Area Meetups

  • Blind Geeks and Friends:
  • OWASP Seattle Chapter:
  • Seattle Drupal Users Group:
  • SeattleJS:
  • SeattleJS Hackers:
  • WordPress Developer Meetups:

Conferences

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October

  • Content Marketing World — Monday, Oct. 5, 2026 – Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026 — Denver, CO
  • Seattle Interactive Conference — Monday, Oct. 12, 2026 – Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026 — Seattle, WA (local, low cost)
  • Pacific NW Drupal Summit — Saturday, Oct. 17, 2026 – Sunday, Oct. 18, 2026 — Vancouver, BC (low cost)
  • All Things Open — Sunday, Oct. 18, 2026 – Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2026 — Raleigh, NC (low cost)
  • Digital Collegium Annual Conference — Sunday, Oct. 18, 2026 – Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2026 — Online and Pittsburgh, PA (virtual)
  • Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo — Monday, Oct. 19, 2026 – Thursday, Oct. 22, 2026 — Orlando, FL
  • Opticon Online — Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2026 — Virtual (free, virtual)
  • LavaCon Content Strategy Conference — Sunday, Oct. 25, 2026 – Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2026 — Charlotte, NC
  • Social Media Strategies Summit – Higher Education — Monday, Oct. 26, 2026 – Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2026 — Virtual (virtual)

November

  • UXDX San Francisco — Thursday, Nov. 5, 2026 – Friday, Nov. 6, 2026 — San Francisco, CA and Virtual (virtual)
  • AMA Symposium for the Marketing of Higher Education — Sunday, Nov. 8, 2026 – Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2026 — Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center, Aurora, CO
  • Adobe MAX — Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2026 – Thursday, Nov. 12, 2026 — Miami Beach, FL
  • Accessing Higher Ground — Monday, Nov. 16, 2026 – Friday, Nov. 20, 2026 — Denver, CO
  • Microsoft Ignite — Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2026 – Friday, Nov. 20, 2026 — San Francisco, CA and Virtual (free, virtual)
  • AWS re:Invent — Monday, Nov. 30, 2026 – Friday, Dec. 4, 2026 — Las Vegas, NV

December

  • GeekWire Gala — Thursday, Dec. 10 — Seattle, WA (local, low cost)

February

  • Developer Week — Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2027 – Thursday, Feb. 11, 2027 — Santa Clara, CA
  • axe-con — Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2027 – Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2027 — Virtual (virtual)

March

  • CASE District VIII Annual Conference — Monday, Mar. 8, 2027 – Wednesday, Mar. 10, 2027 — Vancouver, BC
  • CSUN Assistive Technology Conference — Monday, Mar. 8, 2027 – Friday, Mar. 12, 2027 — Anaheim, CA
  • Gartner Data & Analytics Summit — Monday, Mar. 8, 2027 – Wednesday, Mar. 10, 2027 — Orlando, FL
  • SxSW — Monday, Mar. 15, 2027 – Sunday, Mar. 21, 2027 — Austin, TX
  • DrupalCon — Monday, Mar. 22, 2027 – Thursday, Mar. 25, 2027 — Orlando, IL
  • Adobe Summit — Monday, Mar. 22, 2027 – Thursday, Mar. 25, 2027 — Las Vegas, NV and Virtual (virtual)
  • CASE DRIVE — Wednesday, Mar. 31, 2027 – Friday, Apr. 2, 2027 — Austin, TX

April

  • Social Media Marketing World — Thursday, Apr. 1, 2027 – Saturday, Apr. 3, 2027 — Anaheim, CA
  • Stanford WebCamp — Thursday, Apr. 8, 2027 – Friday, Apr. 9, 2027 — Stanford, CA (free)

May

  • DigiMarCon Pacific Northwest — Thursday, May 6, 2027 – Friday, May 7, 2027 — Seattle, WA (local)
  • UXDX New York — Monday, May 10, 2027 – Wednesday, May 12, 2027 — New York, NY and Virtual (virtual)
  • EDUCAUSE Cybersecurity and Privacy Professionals Conference — Monday, May 17, 2027 – Wednesday, May 19, 2027 — Denver, CO

June

  • AI Con USA — Sunday, Jun. 6, 2027 – Friday, Jun. 11, 2027 — Seattle, WA and Virtual (local, virtual)
  • Gartner Marketing Symposium/Xpo — Monday, Jun. 7, 2027 – Wednesday, Jun. 9, 2027 — Denver, CO
  • Product Marketing Summit Seattle — Thursday, Jun. 17, 2027 – Friday, Jun. 18, 2027 — Seattle, WA (local)
  • CASE Annual Conference on Marketing and Branding — Monday, Jun. 28, 2027 – Wednesday, Jun. 30, 2027 — Chicago, IL

It’s the Final Countdown…

149

Working days until Title II (4/26/2027)

Or, 209 total days if you work weekends

October’s Theme: Husky Student Experience

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Messaging Goal

Highlight how access to an excellent 蘑菇视频 education prepares students for successful careers and lives.

Content Ideas

Scholarships that enable debt-free degrees; students who are role models for prospective students; career prep, including research and leadership opportunities; alumni who got good jobs right after graduation; students who graduate with no debt thanks to 蘑菇视频 programs; activities and internships that prepare students for careers.

Content Topics

Student Experience; Education; Academics; Scholarship; Leadership; Alumni; School Spirit.

History and Heritage Celebration(s)

  • National Disability Employment Awareness Month C
  • National Hispanic Heritage Month C

Important Dates

  • 9/25 – 10/2: Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles) (Jewish) 3,4,10 B
  • 10/3: Shemini Atzeret (Jewish) 3,4 B
  • 10/4: Simchat Torah (Jewish) 3,4 B
  • 10/11: Navratri (Hindu) B
  • 10/12: Indigenous Peoples Day B
  • 10/20: Dussehra (Hindu) B

蘑菇视频 History

  • 10/1: Founding of 蘑菇视频 Bothell (October 1, 1990) F
  • 10/1: Founding of 蘑菇视频 Tacoma (October 1, 1990) F

Academic Calendar

  • 9/1/2026 – 8/31/2027: Academic Year 2026-2027 D
  • 9/30 – 12/18: Autumn Quarter 2026 D

Admissions Calendar

  • 9/10 – 11/15: Admissions application window for first-year students E
  • 10/1: FAFSA + WASFA opens E

Event Calendar

  • 9/1 – 12/31: Football home games F
  • 9/23 – 10/2: Dawg Daze (series) F
  • 10/1 – 12/31: Combined Fund Drive F
  • 10/1: Web Council October meeting F
  • 10/8: State of the University Address F
  • 10/18: Dawg Dash F

Unofficial Holidays

  • 10/31: Halloween F

Footnotes

  1. Class not in session.
  2. If a federal holiday falls on a weekend (Saturday or Sunday), it is generally observed on the nearest workday — Monday for a Sunday holiday and Friday for a Saturday holiday. Please check with your employer for additional details.
  3. These holidays (or dates within holidays) are designated non-work (observance) days. Some of these dates are not fixed to a calendar but based on the actual sighting of the moon and therefore there may be some variance by day.
  4. All Jewish, Islamic, and Bahá’í holidays begin at sundown on the evening before the first date shown.
  5. Date not fixed.
  6. October 7 & 8 primary observation days.
  7. Begins evening of March 3 and ends the evening of March 4.
  8. April 1-2 and 8-9 primary obligation days.
  9. September 26-27 primary observation days.
  10. April 21-22 and 28-29 primary obligation days.

Sources

  1. Washington State Council of Presidents
  2. US Library of Congress
  3. 蘑菇视频 Academic Calendars
  4. Admissions dates and deadlines
  5. Internal UMAC Calendar
  6. Internal Advancement Calendar
  7. Finance, Planning, and Budgeting Calendar
  8. ATS Calendar
  9. 蘑菇视频HR Calendar

Web Communications Calendar

Submit Homepage Content

Have an Idea for a Presentation?

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  • Do you have a project that you’re proud of? Want to share with us what made it so successful?
  • Is there a topic you’re particularly passionate about? Want to get us excited in it, too?
  • Did you attend a conference recently? Would you be willing to share your learnings?

If you answered “yes” (or even “maybe”) to any of these questions, please reach out to Jeff or Thom via this form and let them know!

Next Meeting

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  • Thursday, November 5 at 9 a.m.
  • Location:

Thank You

September 2026 Web Council

Meeting date and Zoom recording

  • Thursday, September 3, 2026 at 9 a.m. via Zoom
  • 聽(蘑菇视频 NetID required)

On the agenda

  • :聽UX Specialist Shelby Schumacher will give us news and notes from around the 蘑菇视频 and beyond as we begin the academic year, including a roundup of key dates.
  • Improving code security with LLMs: Peter Giles, a Senior Engineer on the 蘑菇视频IT Information Security team, will share practical techniques and prompts to get useful security-oriented code reviews from an LLM. He’ll share pitfalls he has encountered and how to avoid them, along with some thoughts on how this approach complements and contrasts with static code analysis.

Word on the Street notes

Word on the Street September 2026

Back-to-School Timeline

  • Sept. 22-25: Move-In Days
  • Sept. 23-Oct. 2: Dawg Daze
  • Sept. 24: Quad Flicks (Dawg Daze)
  • Sept. 25: Late Night Carnival (Dawg Daze)
  • Sept. 27: First Year Convocation
  • Sept. 27: Husky Kickoff (Class “W” photo)
  • Sept. 28: Fall Fling (Dawg Daze)
  • Sept. 30: Academic Year 2026-27 begins
  • Sept. 30: Autumn Quarter instruction begins
  • Sept. 30-Oct. 1: Student Activities Fair
  • Oct. 1: OMA&D and Kelly ECC Block Party
  • Oct. 8: State of the University Address
  • Oct. 18: Dawg Dash
  • Nov. 6-7: 蘑菇视频 Family Weekend
  • Nov. 7: Purple Reign / Homecoming

Back-to-School Notes

  • Later academic year start pushes events farther into fall.
  • Social media coverage will be active during move-in and major events.
  • Video team will capture move-in and major events; B-roll available through 蘑菇视频 News.
  • Annual President’s Address is now the State of the University Address.
  • Family Weekend and Homecoming move to the first weekend in November.
  • W Day will not be held this year.

蘑菇视频 Drupal Users Group

  • Sept. 3, 10 a.m.
  • Redirect management and best practices
  • Drupal 10 end-of-life planning
  • Pacific Northwest Drupal Summit
  • Zoom: washington.zoom.us/j/98787827021
  • http://depts.washington.edu/uwdrupal/Information

Front-End Technologies Community of Practice

  • Sept. 15, 2 p.m.
  • Returning to regular programming after summer.
  • https://sites.uw.edu/frontend/

Monthly Accessibility / Usability Meetup

  • Fourth Tuesdays, 11 a.m.
  • Zoom: washington.zoom.us/my/hadirangin
  • https://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/accessiblewebon

Marketing and Communications Roundtable

  • Sept. 3, 2 p.m.
  • HUB 250 and Zoom
  • Upcoming public phase of 蘑菇视频’s philanthropic campaign and branding efforts.
  • mktg@uw.edu

  • Digital Video Producer, KUOW (REQ-0000135122)
  • Associate Director of Technology Communications, 蘑菇视频 Medicine (REQ-0000127009)
  • Media Relations Specialist, School of Art + Art History + Design (REQ-0000135644)
  • Senior Systems Engineer, 蘑菇视频-IT (REQ-0000134242)
  • AI DevOps Engineer, 蘑菇视频-IT (REQ-0000130597)
  • Technical Program Manager, 蘑菇视频-IT (REQ-0000134723)
  • Lead Cyber Security Analyst, 蘑菇视频 Medicine (REQ-0000135489)
  • JavaScript Engineer, ORIS (REQ-0000135436)
  • Director of Data, Planning & Analytics (REQ-0000135659)
  • Security Analyst, 蘑菇视频-IT (REQ-0000136056)
  • Director of Digital Accessibility, 蘑菇视频-IT (REQ-0000133785)
  • Head of Harborview Communications, 蘑菇视频 Medicine (REQ-0000135052)
  • Head of 蘑菇视频 Medical Center Communications, 蘑菇视频 Medicine (REQ-0000135073)
  • System Administrator, 蘑菇视频-IT (REQ-0000130577)
  • Digital Communications Assistant (Intermittent), Athletics (REQ-0000135344)

蘑菇视频 Jobs

  • AWS User Group Seattle
  • Analytics.Club Seattle
  • Content Strategy Seattle
  • Girl Develop It Seattle/Tacoma
  • Platform Engineers Seattle
  • PyData Seattle
  • Seattle AI Developers Group
  • Seattle Enterprise AI
  • Seattle Area Accessibility & Inclusive Design
  • Seattle Career Club
  • Seattle Data, AI & Security
  • Seattle Network Marketing Meetup
  • Seattle PHP User Group

September

  • Content Marketing Summit
  • INBOUND
  • DDX Innovation & UX Conference
  • Leading on Accessibility in Higher Education
  • StarWest
  • Button: The Content Design Conference
  • EDUCAUSE Annual Conference

October

  • Content Marketing World
  • Seattle Interactive Conference
  • Pacific NW Drupal Summit
  • All Things Open
  • Digital Collegium Annual Conference
  • Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo
  • Opticon Online
  • LavaCon Content Strategy Conference
  • Social Media Strategies Summit (Higher Education)

November

  • UXDX San Francisco
  • AMA Symposium for the Marketing of Higher Education
  • Adobe MAX
  • Accessing Higher Ground
  • Microsoft Ignite
  • AWS re:Invent

  • 158 working days until Title II compliance deadline
  • April 26, 2027
  • 235 total days including weekends

Show how 蘑菇视频 research makes America healthier, safer and more prosperous and why research is worth supporting.

Content Topics

  • Research
  • Science
  • Technology
  • Engineering
  • Healthcare
  • Population Health
  • Law & Policy


Submit a presentation idea

  • Share a successful project.
  • Present a topic you’re passionate about.
  • Report back from a conference.
  • Reach out to Jeff or Thom through the form.

Thursday, Oct. 1, 2026, 9 a.m.

June 2026 Web Council

Meeting date and Zoom recording

  • Thursday, June 4, 2026 at 9 a.m. via Zoom
  • 聽(蘑菇视频 NetID required)

On the agenda

  • :聽Thom Thorpe, director of web strategy, will give us news and notes from around the 蘑菇视频 and beyond as we wrap up the academic year.
  • Homepage Redesign: Get a project overview and sneak peek of the new 蘑菇视频 homepage that is currently under development.

May 2026 Web Council

Meeting date and Zoom recording

  • Thursday, May 7, 2026 at 9 a.m. via Zoom
  • (蘑菇视频 NetID required)

On the agenda

  • Thom Thorpe, director of web strategy, will give us news and notes from around the 蘑菇视频 and beyond as we head into the home stretch of spring quarter.
  • Web Accessibility at the 蘑菇视频: Terrill Thompson and Beth Somerfield will present on the History and Future of Web Accessibility. Their talk will center in part on the recently passed (and extended) deadline for compliance with the ADA Title II rule, but they will also explore this rule within a greater historical context. How did we get here? Where do we go now?

March 2026 Web Council

Meeting date and Zoom recording

  • Thursday, March 5, 2026 at 9 a.m. via Zoom
  • (蘑菇视频 NetID required)

On the agenda

  • : Thom Thorpe, director of web strategy, will give us news and notes from around the 蘑菇视频 and beyond as we wrap up winter quarter.
  • University Policy Framework: Structure, Authority, and Web Implications: An overview of the University’s Administrative Policy Statements, Executive Orders, and related governance structure, including how policy authority functions and what it means in practice for web content, publication, and compliance responsibilities.

February 2026 Web Council

Meeting date and Zoom recording

  • Thursday, February 5, 2026 at 9 a.m. via Zoom
  • 聽(蘑菇视频 NetID required)

On the agenda

  • : Thom Thorpe, director of web strategy, will give us news and notes from around the 蘑菇视频 and beyond as we reach the mid-point of winter quarter.
  • Digital Accessibility: This meeting will be focused on digital accessibility as we enter the final stretch to bring our websites into compliance with the ADA Title II rule, which goes into effect on April 24.
    • Terrill Thompson of 蘑菇视频IT Accessible Technology Services (ATS) will provide an overview of the accessibility of the 蘑菇视频 web estate, including where we are, where we need to be, and what we’re offering in the way of tools and services that can help.
    • 蘑菇视频 Drupal User Group members will share some of the ways they’ve been tackling accessibility over the past year and a half. Topics include theme development, prioritization through project management, bug hunting and file cleaning.
    • Finally, Alaina Foust of ATS will provide another in the series of Accessibility Shorts

January 2026 Web Council

Meeting date and Zoom recording

  • Thursday, January 8, 2026 at 9 a.m. via Zoom
  • 聽(蘑菇视频 NetID required)

On the agenda

  • : Thom Thorpe, director of web strategy, will give us news and notes from around the 蘑菇视频 and beyond as we begin winter quarter.
  • Introducing Blocks in the 蘑菇视频 WP Theme: Tiffany Sevareid and Teri Shelton from the Web Strategy team in UMAC will give us a preview of an upcoming theme release with support for the WordPress Block Editor. This theme release will introduce 蘑菇视频-branded styling through the Block Editor. They will share how to get started with blocks and the theme update, what to expect once activated, and a demo of the blocks experience.
  • Security Short: In the course of our day-to-day work there are any of a number of concerns that can impact your online privacy. Protecting yourself and our community can seem daunting. IS security analyst Mike Lane will take a deeper look at VPNs, including Husky OnNet as well as general VPNs, to help you understand what is protected and what is not.

December 2025 Web Council

Meeting date and Zoom recording

On the agenda

  • : Thom Thorpe, director of web strategy, will give us news and notes from around the 蘑菇视频 and beyond.
  • Campus Maps Updates: Courtney Coster, senior director of brand strategy, will give us an overview of the new campus maps and outline next steps.
  • :聽Jeane Marty, a developer with the 蘑菇视频-IT Accessible Technology Services, will present the next installment of our series on common DubBot issues.

November 2025 Web Council

Meeting date and recording

  • Thursday, November 6, 2025 at 9 a.m. via Zoom
  • (蘑菇视频 NetID required)

On the agenda

  • : Thom Thorpe, director of Web Strategy, will lead us through the Big Dark with news and notes from around the 蘑菇视频 and beyond.
  • : Feeling exhausted, cynical, or overwhelmed by increasing workload and decreasing resources? Thom Thorpe, director of Web Strategy and Certified Compassion Fatigue Professional, will explain why burnout is an organizational issue (not a personal failing) and will provide actionable tools you can use today to cope with stress while working toward longer-term change.
  • : Josslyn Lewellen, security system administrator in 蘑菇视频IT, will share an updated presentation on password security.