We did a couple of things differently in our summer issue, and I’d say the chances are high you haven’t spotted ’em yet! 1) It’s our habit to run a class year after the name each time we mention a…
Category: St. Norbert College Publications
In-triguing Enough
When we redesigned our print-issue Table of Contents page we found we needed an unobtrusive way of differentiating the various online extras listed. Headlines were too much, so instead we devised a bolded lead-in phrase (there’s probably a term for it) to…
Blossoming Rivalry
Drew is having a little contest against himself to see how many Likes his photography can get on the college’s Facebook page. He enjoys taking off with a camera from time to time to see what’s going on around…
Between the Covers
Well, my summer’s reading is set. There’s a towering stack of books in the corner of my office, gathered in anticipation of a photo shot Monday and, once that’s over, I can’t wait to get stuck in. For one of…
Heavenly Memory
My commute to and from St. Norbert takes me past the campus of another Wisconsin school, Lawrence University and, every now and then if I’ve been working into the evening I’ll stop there on the way home to take in…
Twenty Minutes With Spring 2013
Got 20 minutes to sit down with our latest issue? Here’s how we’d suggest you spend it. Enjoy! If you like to read with a cup of coffee in your hand, then a coffee-related story makes for a good place…
To Be Applied Liberally
I just had occasion to list these features, currently in development for our summer issue: Socially Connected (social media as a career path – one indeed already taken by several of our alums) Recommended Reading (faculty book recommendations, in their…
The Perfect Type of a Gentleman
The typewritten envelope habitually arrives about a week or so after publication of each issue. It comes via snail mail, the letter inside laid out in memo format on blue office paper. Don Salmon, emeritus vice president of college advancement, has…
Old Friend, New Friend
We’ve been talking about a redesign for the magazine for a couple of years now, and I’ve been broaching the topic whenever I run into an interested reader. I’ve sometimes been taken aback by the typical response: “Why?” But I’ve…
One Student, Three Stories …
… Good News Everywhere You Look. OK, that’s a long headline. It’s the kind of issue you’re going to run into with students like Steven Garza ’13. I first came across this senior when he gave a presentation about his McNair…
