by Erin Martin

Recently, when students logged onto Blazeview or their VSU email account, they were met with something completely new: a fresh, more involved design for MyVSU.

Since December of last year, VSU’s creative services has been brainstorming and working to create a new design for VSU’s personal portal for students and faculty.

The more visual MyVSU page includes a Photo of the Day and a customized animated background of the weather for each day.

Being able to go through and customize your modules list is also a new upgrade to the MyVSU page, along with the single sign-on for checking your email,

Banner, Atomic Learning, and everything else VSU related.

“We wanted to make it more useful, we want people to use it, and for it to be as functional as possible,” Gary Kuhlman, VSU’s webmaster, said.

Keith Warburg, VSU’s social media and web content manager, said that students’ help with widgets and feature ideas helped evolve the content even more.

“We’ve added things like news modules, a calendar of events, and each student can see and contact their advisor,” Warburg said.

Creative services says that they have been receiving a lot of positive feedback from students and faculty.

“It’s so cool,” Brandon Moultrie, art major, said. “It’s a completely different layout. I like the way they used all of the space too. It’s almost like an iPhone update with all of the new features to play with.”

“I think it’s so cute,” Chariece Freeman, computer science and performing arts major, said “I like that it fits the needs of the student too.”

Creative services still plans on continuing to improve the site. In the future they want to incorporate athletics and dining services for students. Students are encouraged to use the feedback button or email webmaster@valdosta.edu for any suggestions they may have for the site.