Web Communications
The Web communications team collaboratively supports electronic communication efforts of the health science center by utilizing the integrated marketing initiative to create a common public “face” and consistent “voice” for the institution. Staff serve with efficiency and courtesy to build web resources that are innovative and attractive, yet widely accessible and user-friendly.
Web communications is determined to bring to the forefront the campus news, little-known facts, discoveries, changes and human-interest stories that are transforming our state and our future.
Primary areas of responsibility:
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Build and maintain the health science center’s institutional web gateways (the main public pages and the university-wide intranet, Inside the Health Science Center);
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Partner with Information Technology (IT), Facilities Operations, and the Office of Research to offer institutional applications and resources such as the People Directory, University Calendar, Campus Maps and the Clinical Trials resource;
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Track top-tier and university publication Web traffic and trends;
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Facilitate creation of the health science center’s web standards and work on behalf of the Web Technology Subcommittee to maintain those standards;
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Maintain responsibility (and partner with IT) on several campus communication venues, including the News on the Go, and AxisTV campus monitor system;
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Create and maintain responsibility for a large number of institutional, overarching campus Web sites.
Jennifer Canup
Director, University Web Communications
Phone: (713) 500-3296
Jennifer.L.Canup@uth.tmc.edu
Jennifer Canup has worked for the UT Health Science Center since 1993, since 2000 managing the university’s top tier Web pages (www.uth.tmc.edu & www.uthouston.edu) and other high profile institutional Web sites. As the director of university Web communications, she coordinates Web activities for the health science center. Her role includes strategic planning, Web policy structuring, management of the university-wide intranet, and administration of the university's Web content management system. She also serves as the chair of the Web Technology Subcommittee.
Sophia M. Solis
Web Developer III
Phone: (713) 500-3234
Sophia.M.Solis@uth.tmc.edu
Web designer Sophia Solis came to the department of Public Affairs in 2001. She is responsible for HealthLeader’s eye-catching graphics and the sleek “look” of several other Web sites and publications for the university. Sophia also maintains both the content and design of several hundred of our institution’s Web pages. She has worked at the university since 1994.
Aaron Wagner
Web Developer II
Phone: (713) 500-3459
Aaron.Wagner@uth.tmc.edu
Aaron Wagner, a graduate of Texas Tech University in Lubbock, joined the Web Communications team in April 2009. He has been in the Web development field since early 2001 and brings to the team his creative eye for detail and a wealth of programming knowledge. Aaron is responsible for supporting the university's online calendar, various campus-wide Web forms, the Clinical Trials Web application and the university's search appliance.
Carlos Zepeda
Web Developer I
Phone: (713) 500-3257
Carlos.Zepeda@uth.tmc.edu
Carlos Zepeda is a graduate of the Art Institute of Houston with a degree in Interactive Media Design. As a Web Developer I in the Office of Institutional Advancement, he is the primary technical contact for the campus alumni community Web sites and the campus online donation/registration Web site. Carlos also updates Web content and works with the team to migrate Web sites into the university's content management system.
Michelle Rexroat
Web Developer I
Phone: (713) 500-3219
Michelle.Rexroat@uth.tmc.edu
Michelle Rexroat joined the Web Communications team as a Web developer I in September 2008. She comes from a Television and media background, working for CBS in Houston, Nightline, ABC News in Washington D.C., and several newspaper publications. After time in D.C., her heart rang true and brought her back home to Houston. She graduated from the University of Houston with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications. She maintains the university's community events sites: MS150, Funfest, Star Awards, UT Scholarship Golf Tournament and American Heartwalk along with campus-wide publication sites such as News on the Go, The Leader Update, and Distinctions.
date modified: 1/28/2010
