1. Schol arshi p Reci pi ent
Bl oggi ng
A New Tool f or Donor St ewar dshi p
2. The Premi se
Devel op bl og f eat ur i ng schol ar shi p
r eci pi ent s
Have sel ect ed r eci pi ent s wr i t e about
t hei r col l ege exper i ence and t he
di f f er ence schol ar shi ps make i n
t hei r l i ves
Shar e l i nk t o bl og wi t h donor s
3. St udent Bl oggers
Chosen by USF/ Deans
Di ver se:
Honor s Col l ege
Var i ous cl asses of under gr aduat es
Gr aduat e st udent s ( r esear ch & TA)
St udy abr oad par t i ci pant s
Var i ous backgr ounds
4. Format t i ng Opt i ons - Ext ernal
Bl og r ol l of ext er nal l y pr oduced
bl ogs wi t h descr i pt i ons on USF
websi t e
Exampl e: U of M s Admi ssi ons bl og page
www. admi ssi ons. umi ch. edu/ bl ogs/
Bl og r ol l of l i nks & t i t l es onl y
Ext er nal bl og si t e l i nked t o USF
websi t e
Exampl e: U of M s Schol ar shi p bl og
ht t p: / / umschol ar shi pbl og. wor dpr ess. com/
8. Format t i ng Opt i ons - Embedded
Bl og housed i n a USF webpage
Exampl e: Ohi o St at e Uni ver si t y s bl og
r ol l
www. osu. edu/ i nt er act
Bl og f eed embedded f r om ext er nal
si t e i nt o a USF webpage
Exampl e: Uni ver si t y of I l l i noi s
Pr esi dent Hogan s bl og
www. pr ezr el ease. ui l l i noi s. edu
11. Cont ent Opt i ons
One bl og, mul t i pl e st udent bl ogger s
Mul t i pl e st udent s wi t h i ndi vi dual
bl ogs
Many st udent post s aggr egat ed i nt o a
bl og
I ndi vi dual st udent s may onl y do one or
t wo post s
St udent post s r ot at e t o f eat ur e many
schol ar shi p
Have st udent s appl y, or choose
12. Techni cal Requi rement s
To Host on Si t e:
Fr ee Wor dpr ess si t e management downl oad
Fr ee add- i n t o aggr egat e mul t i pl e bl ogs
To Embed Feed:
Not hi ng needed ( as of now)
Ext er nal Onl y:
Not hi ng needed
13. Pros / Cons t o Met hods
Host i ng
Mor e desi gn opt i ons can f or mat t o
mat ch si t e
Abl e t o aggr egat e bl ogs i nt o one f eed
Requi r es own web page wi t hi n si t e
Embeddi ng
Mor e t i me management t o choose/ code
post s i nt o webpage
Mul t i pl e bl ogs must be embeddi ng
i ndi vi dual l y
14. Pros / Cons t o Met hods
Ext er nal Onl y
Host ed on ext er nal si t e l ess space
used on ATS ser ver s
Can use cheaper ATS host i ng package f or
websi t e, savi ng $7/ mont h
Ei t her l ess cont r ol or mor e t i me
management
St udent s upl oad di r ect l y ( no appr oval
pr ocess) , or
St udent s submi t t o Kat i e and she upl oads
