Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2008 7:07:19 GMT -6
I didn't really know where to put this, but I want to bring to people's attention the fact that UWM's Home Page "Events" tab, no longer displays sporting events. 
Considering the amount of traffic the main UWM site gets from the 28,000 students, faculty, and prospective students each day, I think this is a big, big mistake.
The basketball games (women's and men's) were listed there last winter, but yesterday afternoon, I went there to see what time the soccer game started, and.... nothing.
I am going to try and contact tha AD and see if something can be done about this and if anyone has the time, I'd encourage them to do the same. It's as if UWM Athletics somehow no longer count as events...(??). And people wonder why there are occasionally problems with attendance and school spirit- it's as if some people at the University are trying to make sports less visible to the student population. I know this is small in the scheme of things, but actions like this over time can contribute to apathy- if no one knows about a sporting event, how can anyone expect them to show up?
I hope this is corrected in time for the basketball season.
PS: I realize that the Athletic Dept. has their own site (I guarantee you many students who haven't been to sporting events yet do not know this), however the UWM.edu site is the main entrance point for 90+% of visitors (students, faculty, prospective students) looking for information about the University. There should at the very least be a mention of games on the "Events" tab. I think the removal of athletics from here is unacceptable, and we should let the webmaster or whoever else controls the site, know that.
Considering the amount of traffic the main UWM site gets from the 28,000 students, faculty, and prospective students each day, I think this is a big, big mistake.
The basketball games (women's and men's) were listed there last winter, but yesterday afternoon, I went there to see what time the soccer game started, and.... nothing.
I am going to try and contact tha AD and see if something can be done about this and if anyone has the time, I'd encourage them to do the same. It's as if UWM Athletics somehow no longer count as events...(??). And people wonder why there are occasionally problems with attendance and school spirit- it's as if some people at the University are trying to make sports less visible to the student population. I know this is small in the scheme of things, but actions like this over time can contribute to apathy- if no one knows about a sporting event, how can anyone expect them to show up?
I hope this is corrected in time for the basketball season.
PS: I realize that the Athletic Dept. has their own site (I guarantee you many students who haven't been to sporting events yet do not know this), however the UWM.edu site is the main entrance point for 90+% of visitors (students, faculty, prospective students) looking for information about the University. There should at the very least be a mention of games on the "Events" tab. I think the removal of athletics from here is unacceptable, and we should let the webmaster or whoever else controls the site, know that.
