NOTE: The two-column page below was a prototype for discussion purposes only, by Bob Stepno, a doctoral candidate in the School of Journalism and Mass Commmunication, working as a part-time Web editor for the Graduate School.
This is not an official publication of the University of North Carolina

The final result that I had the biggest hand in "went public" in August, 1998, and is the Grad Student Funding Web, a collection of more than 50 pages about fellowships, grants, and related subjects.
Assistant Dean Sandra Hoeflich knew what kinds of information she wanted to offer students. Designer Julia Bryan of Endeavours magazine had both visual design ideas and provided the research@carolina Webserver as well as page templates. She also came up with the fountain photo that provided the falling-water motif in the pages and inspired the Graduate School to have a designer turn the fountain into a new logo for the school.
I contributed the navigation and linkage scheme, for the funding pages, invented some content categories, wrote both HTML and English, and also shared some ideas and coding with Peggy Berryhill, the school's admissions director, for an update of the main Graduate School pages. Margaret Wooddell took time off from creating a series of Funding Workshops enter the data about the workshops, calendar of events, and winners of fellowships.


From earlier stages of the design discussion, here are more draft pages.

The main example below takes the 1997 version of the Grad School web pages and gives it a "newpaper page" look as an alternative to the original large Corinthian column symbol atop a single long scrolling page of text. Other approaches to the page that we discussed included various kinds of menus, image maps and combinations such as research.unc.edu linked to sub-pages containing the information here.

This one-page version uses the column graphic that appears on earlier G.S. publications, but we are looking for something better at saying "Graduate Education."


Also note that the page includes a moving-text marquee when viewed with MS-Internet Explorer, but a static block of text with Netscape Navigator. Scrolling text could be implemented with Javascript to serve both platforms, but this sample was adequate for demo purposes. Background colors and color horizonal lines also vary between Netscape and MS-IE.

Thanks for visiting, for whatever reason... Do be sure to see the real pages, all linked to gradschool.unc.edu

...... Bob@unc.edu


The Graduate School

The University of North Carolina

at Chapel Hill

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New funding opportunities for graduate students... Royster Society of Fellows expanded to five-year support... Weiss Urban Liveability program supports Triangle music symposium. .. See Funding link below for more information...

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is proud to be among the nation's leading institutions of graduate education and research. The Graduate School oversees more than 100 Ph.D. and master's-level programs in the university's 13 colleges and schools. 
Graduate students at Morehead

For students, the Graduate School offices in Bynum Hall provide an orientation to campus life, information about funding opportunities, and help with university rules and regulations. 

Welcome from the Dean 
...including the organization of the School, plus links to the UNC professional degree programs that are administered separately. 

Where to ask
Questions about admissions and curriculum should go to a specific program (see the list on the right). More general questions may be sent to GradInfo by email.

Publications 
O n l i n e Resources

Admissions 

Apply online! Look up instructions for applying by mail, check the status of your application, or get special information for international applicants. 

Academic Degree Programs 
All UNC graduate degrees programs, with addresses, telephone numbers and Web links. (Use the alphabetical list for an unframed look.) 

Graduate Student Funding Opportunities 
It's important to learn about research grants, fellowships and assistantships early, even before you apply to graduate school! Follow this link to a table of programs, some unique to UNC-Chapel Hill and some earmarked for incoming students. Also see the Extramural Support pages of the University's reseach funding web, and the financial aid office home page.  
Research on continental development

Student Services 
Home of the Dean On Call Hotline, mentoring and advising, Graduate and Professional Student Leadership Development Program, Foreign Language Proficiency Test, calendars, tuition and fees, N.C. residency for tuition purposes, course clearinghouse, class schedules, student organizations, and more. 

Summer Pre-Graduate Research Experience
Designed to stimulate interest in graduate study among students from underepresented groups, this summer mentoring program offers college juniors a chance to see what the research side of university life is all about.

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