Oct. 10, 2005

New format and medium designed to improve distribution of student-focused news

You can now read Dana’s student newspaper, the Hermes, online through a new link on the Dana web site.

This change will allow students, as well as parents, alumni and friends, to read about news on the Dana campus from their homes, offices and even in the car.

The update was necessary because today’s students read 75 percent on their news online, according to Hermes advisor Joan Bucy. They rarely pick up a paper news source to read it, she said.

“This will provide easier access to our student-written material and will hopefully keep students better informed about what is going on that they want and need to know,” Bucy said. It will also allow parents of students to stay informed, as well as let parents of Hermes staff members view what their son or daughter has written.
The publication will still include news stories, photos and opinions, but will be updated as stories are completed, instead of weekly. Dana College Relations and Marketing has designed the newspaper’s pages to coordinate with the new look of the Dana web site, which was put up the first week of classes. New editors Kristina Congdon (Council Bluffs, Iowa) and Faye O’Reilly (Turin, Iowa) began adding stories to the new site last week.

“This is an exciting change for Dana’s student media, one which will provide our students with greater exposure and experience,” Bucy said.

The Hermes can now be found at http://www.dana.edu/hermes/index.html .

Dana College is a place where all students make things happen — in their own lives and in the lives of others. Through a highly supportive faculty and campus community, Dana students develop interpersonal skills, leadership abilities, and other important values and knowledge as they make choices about their future. Dana’s outstanding academic programs in business, education and social work, among others, ensure that students have the knowledge, skills and experience necessary to pursue challenging careers or placement in graduate school.

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For more information contact:

Sarah Cavanah
Communications Coordinator
Dana College
(402) 426-7216
scavanah@dana.edu