Skip to content
Web Council Meetings

Web Council meetings are on the first Thursday of the month at 9 a.m. via Zoom.

Web Council Meetings

October 2026 Web Council

Meeting date and Zoom recording

On the agenda

  • Word on the Street: Thom Thorpe, director of web strategy, will give us news and notes from around the UW and beyond as we begin the academic year.
  • Purple for Web Professionals​: UWIT lead AI architect Jared Reimer explains how UW’s AI platform supports writing, designing and building for the web.​

Word on the Streets notes

Welcome

Visit uw.edu/webcouncil for more information.

  • Land acknowledgement
  • Agenda

New Home Page!

The University of Washington homepage has been redesigned with the theme “For Washington, For the World.”

Thank You to Our Team!

  • Annie Alldredge / Senior Director, University Events & Experiences
  • Nick Bolton / Senior Designer
  • Valentina Gomez Bravo / Executive Creative Director
  • Alanya Cannon / Senior Director, Brand Management
  • Lauren Caple / Associate Director, Web & Mobile Operations
  • Harmony Chiou / Digital Strategy Project Manager
  • Kerry Colburn / Director, Content
  • Courtney Coster / Director, Brand Marketing Strategy
  • Nathan Gomez / Art Director
  • Jeff Hendrickson / Assistant Director, Content Strategy & User Experience
  • Meredith Jacobson / Associate Director, Content
  • Jack Martin / Vice President for Marketing & Communications
  • Steven Norris / Assistant Vice President, Digital Strategy
  • Shelby Schumacher / User Experience Specialist
  • Teri Shelton / Assistant Director, Web Engagement

Thank You to Our Partners!

  • UW Information Technology
  • Accessible Technology Services
  • Unit communicators and their teams
  • Web Council
  • Everyone who participated in a survey, test, interview, focus group, etc. and/or provided us with feedback during the process

Submit Content for the Homepage

Submit news, events, announcements, useful information, facts, campaigns, and other content opportunities for consideration on the University of Washington homepage.

UW Communities of Practice

Visit uw.edu/cops for more information.

UW Drupal User’s Group

No meeting scheduled for October; join us for our next meeting November 5.

Front-End Technologies

The FET CoP will be exploring some cutting-edge CSS features that have become Baseline in browsers. From field-sizing to ::backdrop and shape() to text-fit, the group will explore about 7 features demonstrating how they work and share some ideas on use cases. At the start of the meeting, attendees will practice JavaScript skills by group-solving a kata from codewars.com.

Digital Marketing Insights

Terri Gu, AI Enablement & Program Operations Specialist with the Strategic Analytics & Insights (SAI) team in University Advancement, will lead a panel discussion on using AI for digital marketing insights work.

  • Friday, October 16 at 11 a.m.
  • More information: join the Teams team

Monthly Accessibility / Usability Meetup

Additional Communities of Practice

Web-Focused Jobs at the UW

Visit uw.edu/jobs for more information.

  • Associate Director of Technology Communications @ UW Medicine Strategic Marketing & Communications (REQ-0000127009)
  • System Administrator @ UW Information Technology (REQ-0000130577)
  • AI DevOps Engineer @ UW Information Technology (REQ-0000130597)
  • AI Agent Builder @ UW Information Technology (REQ-0000132798)
  • Azure Cloud & Server Support Engineer @ UW Information Technology (REQ-0000133378)
  • Director of Digital Accessibility @ UW Information Technology (REQ-0000133785)
  • Technical Program Manager @ UW Information Technology (REQ-0000134723)
  • Digital Video Producer @ KUOW (REQ-0000135122)
  • Digital Communications Assistant (Intermittent) @ UW Athletics Tyee Department (REQ-0000135344)
  • Software Engineer @ ORIS (REQ-0000135436)
  • Lead Cyber Security Analyst @ UW Medicine IT Services (REQ-0000135489)
  • Systems Engineer @ School of Medicine (REQ-0000137273)
  • Senior Information Systems Security Officer @ Applied Physics Laboratory (REQ-0000137376)
  • Systems Database Administrator @ UW Medicine IT Services (REQ-0000137544)

Seattle-Area Meetups

Visit uw.edu/webcouncil for more information.

Analytics.Club Seattle: Data & AI Community, Connect. Grow.

meetup.com/ac-sea

  • AnalyticsCLUB JobExpo Virtual Business, Data & Technology Job Expo — Friday, October 2 at 6:00 p.m. — Virtual event (register for details)
  • TechConnect: Global Virtual Job & Networking Event for Data, AI, and Tech Pros — Wednesday, October 7 at 11:02 p.m. — Virtual event (register for details)
  • AI Connect – Job and Career Networking for AI Specialists — Friday, October 9 at 9:00 p.m. — Virtual event (register for details)

Content Strategy Seattle

meetup.com/content-strategy-seattle

  • Symptoms First, Cures Later — Thursday, October 15 at 1:00 a.m. — Virtual event (register for details)

Innovate QA Meetup Group

meetup.com/innovate-qa-seattle-meetup-group

  • Virtual: Governing AI, Leading Quality — Wednesday, October 7 at 11:00 p.m. — Virtual event (register for details)
  • How to evaluate or test the product powered by large language models — Tuesday, October 20 at 11:00 p.m. — Virtual event (register for details)
  • Accelerating Playwright Migration with AI and Automated Visibility — Wednesday, November 4 at 5:00 p.m. — Virtual event (register for details)

North Seattle Tech Talks

meetup.com/north-seattle-tech-talks

  • The Data Behind Agents: Building Intelligent, Safe, AI Systems — Tuesday, November 10 at 1:30 p.m. — Virtual event (register for details)

PyData Seattle

meetup.com/pydata_seattle

  • Beyond Vibe Coding: Formal Verification for AI-Generated Software — Thursday, October 22 at 12:30 a.m. — Virtual event (register for details)

Seattle Area Accessibility & Inclusive Design

meetup.com/a11ysea

  • Digital Accessibility Ethics Book Club Event — Tuesday, November 10 at 2:00 a.m. — Microsoft Building 86, 4854 154th Pl NE, Redmond, WA 98052

Seattle Data and AI

meetup.com/seattle-data-and-ai

  • The AI Agent Is the New Database User — Tuesday, September 29 at 6:00 p.m. — Virtual event (register for details)
  • UCalgary & WeCloudData: Course Information Session — Friday, October 23 at 12:00 a.m. — Virtual event (register for details)

Seattle Data, AI & Security

meetup.com/big-data-ai-seattle

  • AI Defense Lab 2026 Live Finale — Saturday, October 3 at 3:30 p.m. — Virtual event (register for details)
  • Identity, AI & Cybersecurity: Securing the Enterprise in an Agentic World — Friday, November 13 at 12:30 a.m. — Bellevue City Hall, 450 110th Ave NE, Bellevue, WA 98004

Seattle JS

luma.com/seattlejs

  • Agentic Enterprise AI Hackathon with Box + AWS — Saturday, October 17 at 12:00 a.m. — Seattle, WA

Seattle Network Marketing Meetup

meetup.com/seattlenetworkmarketing

  • Turn Your Final 90 Days Into Your Biggest Revenue Push of 2026 — Tuesday, September 29 at 11:00 p.m. — Virtual event (register for details)

Seattle PHP User Group

meetup.com/seaphp

  • Before the First Prompt — Friday, October 16 at 12:00 a.m. — Virtual event (register for details)

Additional Seattle-Area Meetups

Conferences

Visit uw.edu/webcouncil for more information.

October

  • Content Marketing World — Monday, Oct. 5, 2026 – Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026 — Denver, CO
  • Seattle Interactive Conference — Monday, Oct. 12, 2026 – Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2026 — Seattle, WA (local, low cost)
  • Pacific NW Drupal Summit — Saturday, Oct. 17, 2026 – Sunday, Oct. 18, 2026 — Vancouver, BC (low cost)
  • All Things Open — Sunday, Oct. 18, 2026 – Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2026 — Raleigh, NC (low cost)
  • Digital Collegium Annual Conference — Sunday, Oct. 18, 2026 – Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2026 — Online and Pittsburgh, PA (virtual)
  • Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo — Monday, Oct. 19, 2026 – Thursday, Oct. 22, 2026 — Orlando, FL
  • Opticon Online — Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2026 — Virtual (free, virtual)
  • LavaCon Content Strategy Conference — Sunday, Oct. 25, 2026 – Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2026 — Charlotte, NC
  • Social Media Strategies Summit – Higher Education — Monday, Oct. 26, 2026 – Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2026 — Virtual (virtual)

November

  • UXDX San Francisco — Thursday, Nov. 5, 2026 – Friday, Nov. 6, 2026 — San Francisco, CA and Virtual (virtual)
  • AMA Symposium for the Marketing of Higher Education — Sunday, Nov. 8, 2026 – Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2026 — Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center, Aurora, CO
  • Adobe MAX — Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2026 – Thursday, Nov. 12, 2026 — Miami Beach, FL
  • Accessing Higher Ground — Monday, Nov. 16, 2026 – Friday, Nov. 20, 2026 — Denver, CO
  • Microsoft Ignite — Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2026 – Friday, Nov. 20, 2026 — San Francisco, CA and Virtual (free, virtual)
  • AWS re:Invent — Monday, Nov. 30, 2026 – Friday, Dec. 4, 2026 — Las Vegas, NV

December

  • GeekWire Gala — Thursday, Dec. 10 — Seattle, WA (local, low cost)

February

  • Developer Week — Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2027 – Thursday, Feb. 11, 2027 — Santa Clara, CA
  • axe-con — Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2027 – Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2027 — Virtual (virtual)

March

  • CASE District VIII Annual Conference — Monday, Mar. 8, 2027 – Wednesday, Mar. 10, 2027 — Vancouver, BC
  • CSUN Assistive Technology Conference — Monday, Mar. 8, 2027 – Friday, Mar. 12, 2027 — Anaheim, CA
  • Gartner Data & Analytics Summit — Monday, Mar. 8, 2027 – Wednesday, Mar. 10, 2027 — Orlando, FL
  • SxSW — Monday, Mar. 15, 2027 – Sunday, Mar. 21, 2027 — Austin, TX
  • DrupalCon — Monday, Mar. 22, 2027 – Thursday, Mar. 25, 2027 — Orlando, IL
  • Adobe Summit — Monday, Mar. 22, 2027 – Thursday, Mar. 25, 2027 — Las Vegas, NV and Virtual (virtual)
  • CASE DRIVE — Wednesday, Mar. 31, 2027 – Friday, Apr. 2, 2027 — Austin, TX

April

  • Social Media Marketing World — Thursday, Apr. 1, 2027 – Saturday, Apr. 3, 2027 — Anaheim, CA
  • Stanford WebCamp — Thursday, Apr. 8, 2027 – Friday, Apr. 9, 2027 — Stanford, CA (free)

May

  • DigiMarCon Pacific Northwest — Thursday, May 6, 2027 – Friday, May 7, 2027 — Seattle, WA (local)
  • UXDX New York — Monday, May 10, 2027 – Wednesday, May 12, 2027 — New York, NY and Virtual (virtual)
  • EDUCAUSE Cybersecurity and Privacy Professionals Conference — Monday, May 17, 2027 – Wednesday, May 19, 2027 — Denver, CO

June

  • AI Con USA — Sunday, Jun. 6, 2027 – Friday, Jun. 11, 2027 — Seattle, WA and Virtual (local, virtual)
  • Gartner Marketing Symposium/Xpo — Monday, Jun. 7, 2027 – Wednesday, Jun. 9, 2027 — Denver, CO
  • Product Marketing Summit Seattle — Thursday, Jun. 17, 2027 – Friday, Jun. 18, 2027 — Seattle, WA (local)
  • CASE Annual Conference on Marketing and Branding — Monday, Jun. 28, 2027 – Wednesday, Jun. 30, 2027 — Chicago, IL

It’s the Final Countdown…

149

Working days until Title II (4/26/2027)

Or, 209 total days if you work weekends

October’s Theme: Husky Student Experience

Visit go.uw.edu/webcalendar for more information.

Messaging Goal

Highlight how access to an excellent UW education prepares students for successful careers and lives.

Content Ideas

Scholarships that enable debt-free degrees; students who are role models for prospective students; career prep, including research and leadership opportunities; alumni who got good jobs right after graduation; students who graduate with no debt thanks to UW programs; activities and internships that prepare students for careers.

Content Topics

Student Experience; Education; Academics; Scholarship; Leadership; Alumni; School Spirit.

History and Heritage Celebration(s)

  • National Disability Employment Awareness Month C
  • National Hispanic Heritage Month C

Important Dates

  • 9/25 – 10/2: Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles) (Jewish) 3,4,10 B
  • 10/3: Shemini Atzeret (Jewish) 3,4 B
  • 10/4: Simchat Torah (Jewish) 3,4 B
  • 10/11: Navratri (Hindu) B
  • 10/12: Indigenous Peoples Day B
  • 10/20: Dussehra (Hindu) B

UW History

  • 10/1: Founding of UW Bothell (October 1, 1990) F
  • 10/1: Founding of UW Tacoma (October 1, 1990) F

Academic Calendar

  • 9/1/2026 – 8/31/2027: Academic Year 2026-2027 D
  • 9/30 – 12/18: Autumn Quarter 2026 D

Admissions Calendar

  • 9/10 – 11/15: Admissions application window for first-year students E
  • 10/1: FAFSA + WASFA opens E

Event Calendar

  • 9/1 – 12/31: Football home games F
  • 9/23 – 10/2: Dawg Daze (series) F
  • 10/1 – 12/31: Combined Fund Drive F
  • 10/1: Web Council October meeting F
  • 10/8: State of the University Address F
  • 10/18: Dawg Dash F

Unofficial Holidays

  • 10/31: Halloween F

Footnotes

  1. Class not in session.
  2. If a federal holiday falls on a weekend (Saturday or Sunday), it is generally observed on the nearest workday — Monday for a Sunday holiday and Friday for a Saturday holiday. Please check with your employer for additional details.
  3. These holidays (or dates within holidays) are designated non-work (observance) days. Some of these dates are not fixed to a calendar but based on the actual sighting of the moon and therefore there may be some variance by day.
  4. All Jewish, Islamic, and Bahá’í holidays begin at sundown on the evening before the first date shown.
  5. Date not fixed.
  6. October 7 & 8 primary observation days.
  7. Begins evening of March 3 and ends the evening of March 4.
  8. April 1-2 and 8-9 primary obligation days.
  9. September 26-27 primary observation days.
  10. April 21-22 and 28-29 primary obligation days.

Sources

  1. Washington State Council of Presidents
  2. US Library of Congress
  3. University of Washington Academic Calendars
  4. Admissions dates and deadlines
  5. Internal UMAC Calendar
  6. Internal Advancement Calendar
  7. Finance, Planning, and Budgeting Calendar
  8. ATS Calendar
  9. UWHR Calendar

Web Communications Calendar

Submit Homepage Content

Have an Idea for a Presentation?

Visit go.uw.edu/web-council-idea for more information.

  • Do you have a project that you’re proud of? Want to share with us what made it so successful?
  • Is there a topic you’re particularly passionate about? Want to get us excited in it, too?
  • Did you attend a conference recently? Would you be willing to share your learnings?

If you answered “yes” (or even “maybe”) to any of these questions, please reach out to Jeff or Thom via this form and let them know!

Next Meeting

Visit uw.edu/webcouncil for more information.

Thank You

September 2026 Web Council

Meeting date and Zoom recording

On the agenda

  • Word on the Street: UX Specialist Shelby Schumacher will give us news and notes from around the UW and beyond as we begin the academic year, including a roundup of key dates.
  • Improving code security with LLMs: Peter Giles, a Senior Engineer on the UWIT Information Security team, will share practical techniques and prompts to get useful security-oriented code reviews from an LLM. He’ll share pitfalls he has encountered and how to avoid them, along with some thoughts on how this approach complements and contrasts with static code analysis.

Word on the Street notes

Word on the Street September 2026

Back-to-School Timeline

  • Sept. 22-25: Move-In Days
  • Sept. 23-Oct. 2: Dawg Daze
  • Sept. 24: Quad Flicks (Dawg Daze)
  • Sept. 25: Late Night Carnival (Dawg Daze)
  • Sept. 27: First Year Convocation
  • Sept. 27: Husky Kickoff (Class “W” photo)
  • Sept. 28: Fall Fling (Dawg Daze)
  • Sept. 30: Academic Year 2026-27 begins
  • Sept. 30: Autumn Quarter instruction begins
  • Sept. 30-Oct. 1: Student Activities Fair
  • Oct. 1: OMA&D and Kelly ECC Block Party
  • Oct. 8: State of the University Address
  • Oct. 18: Dawg Dash
  • Nov. 6-7: UW Family Weekend
  • Nov. 7: Purple Reign / Homecoming

Back-to-School Notes

  • Later academic year start pushes events farther into fall.
  • Social media coverage will be active during move-in and major events.
  • Video team will capture move-in and major events; B-roll available through UW News.
  • Annual President’s Address is now the State of the University Address.
  • Family Weekend and Homecoming move to the first weekend in November.
  • W Day will not be held this year.

UW Drupal Users Group

  • Sept. 3, 10 a.m.
  • Redirect management and best practices
  • Drupal 10 end-of-life planning
  • Pacific Northwest Drupal Summit
  • Zoom: washington.zoom.us/j/98787827021
  • http://depts.washington.edu/uwdrupal/Information

Front-End Technologies Community of Practice

  • Sept. 15, 2 p.m.
  • Returning to regular programming after summer.
  • https://sites.uw.edu/frontend/

Monthly Accessibility / Usability Meetup

  • Fourth Tuesdays, 11 a.m.
  • Zoom: washington.zoom.us/my/hadirangin
  • https://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/accessiblewebon

Marketing and Communications Roundtable

  • Sept. 3, 2 p.m.
  • HUB 250 and Zoom
  • Upcoming public phase of UW’s philanthropic campaign and branding efforts.
  • mktg@uw.edu

  • Digital Video Producer, KUOW (REQ-0000135122)
  • Associate Director of Technology Communications, UW Medicine (REQ-0000127009)
  • Media Relations Specialist, School of Art + Art History + Design (REQ-0000135644)
  • Senior Systems Engineer, UW-IT (REQ-0000134242)
  • AI DevOps Engineer, UW-IT (REQ-0000130597)
  • Technical Program Manager, UW-IT (REQ-0000134723)
  • Lead Cyber Security Analyst, UW Medicine (REQ-0000135489)
  • JavaScript Engineer, ORIS (REQ-0000135436)
  • Director of Data, Planning & Analytics (REQ-0000135659)
  • Security Analyst, UW-IT (REQ-0000136056)
  • Director of Digital Accessibility, UW-IT (REQ-0000133785)
  • Head of Harborview Communications, UW Medicine (REQ-0000135052)
  • Head of UW Medical Center Communications, UW Medicine (REQ-0000135073)
  • System Administrator, UW-IT (REQ-0000130577)
  • Digital Communications Assistant (Intermittent), Athletics (REQ-0000135344)

UW Jobs

  • AWS User Group Seattle
  • Analytics.Club Seattle
  • Content Strategy Seattle
  • Girl Develop It Seattle/Tacoma
  • Platform Engineers Seattle
  • PyData Seattle
  • Seattle AI Developers Group
  • Seattle Enterprise AI
  • Seattle Area Accessibility & Inclusive Design
  • Seattle Career Club
  • Seattle Data, AI & Security
  • Seattle Network Marketing Meetup
  • Seattle PHP User Group

September

  • Content Marketing Summit
  • INBOUND
  • DDX Innovation & UX Conference
  • Leading on Accessibility in Higher Education
  • StarWest
  • Button: The Content Design Conference
  • EDUCAUSE Annual Conference

October

  • Content Marketing World
  • Seattle Interactive Conference
  • Pacific NW Drupal Summit
  • All Things Open
  • Digital Collegium Annual Conference
  • Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo
  • Opticon Online
  • LavaCon Content Strategy Conference
  • Social Media Strategies Summit (Higher Education)

November

  • UXDX San Francisco
  • AMA Symposium for the Marketing of Higher Education
  • Adobe MAX
  • Accessing Higher Ground
  • Microsoft Ignite
  • AWS re:Invent

  • 158 working days until Title II compliance deadline
  • April 26, 2027
  • 235 total days including weekends

Show how UW research makes America healthier, safer and more prosperous and why research is worth supporting.

Content Topics

  • Research
  • Science
  • Technology
  • Engineering
  • Healthcare
  • Population Health
  • Law & Policy


Submit a presentation idea

  • Share a successful project.
  • Present a topic you’re passionate about.
  • Report back from a conference.
  • Reach out to Jeff or Thom through the form.

Thursday, Oct. 1, 2026, 9 a.m.

June 2026 Web Council

Meeting date and Zoom recording

On the agenda

  • Word on the Street: Thom Thorpe, director of web strategy, will give us news and notes from around the UW and beyond as we wrap up the academic year.
  • Homepage Redesign: Get a project overview and sneak peek of the new University of Washington homepage that is currently under development.

May 2026 Web Council

Meeting date and Zoom recording

On the agenda

  • Word on the Street: Thom Thorpe, director of web strategy, will give us news and notes from around the UW and beyond as we head into the home stretch of spring quarter.
  • Web Accessibility at the UW: Terrill Thompson and Beth Somerfield will present on the History and Future of Web Accessibility. Their talk will center in part on the recently passed (and extended) deadline for compliance with the ADA Title II rule, but they will also explore this rule within a greater historical context. How did we get here? Where do we go now?

March 2026 Web Council

Meeting date and Zoom recording

On the agenda

  • Word on the Street: Thom Thorpe, director of web strategy, will give us news and notes from around the UW and beyond as we wrap up winter quarter.
  • University Policy Framework: Structure, Authority, and Web Implications: An overview of the University’s Administrative Policy Statements, Executive Orders, and related governance structure, including how policy authority functions and what it means in practice for web content, publication, and compliance responsibilities.

February 2026 Web Council

Meeting date and Zoom recording

On the agenda

  • Word on the Street: Thom Thorpe, director of web strategy, will give us news and notes from around the UW and beyond as we reach the mid-point of winter quarter.
  • Digital Accessibility: This meeting will be focused on digital accessibility as we enter the final stretch to bring our websites into compliance with the ADA Title II rule, which goes into effect on April 24.
    • Terrill Thompson of UWIT Accessible Technology Services (ATS) will provide an overview of the accessibility of the UW web estate, including where we are, where we need to be, and what we’re offering in the way of tools and services that can help.
    • UW Drupal User Group members will share some of the ways they’ve been tackling accessibility over the past year and a half. Topics include theme development, prioritization through project management, bug hunting and file cleaning.
    • Finally, Alaina Foust of ATS will provide another in the series of Accessibility Shorts

January 2026 Web Council

Meeting date and Zoom recording

On the agenda

  • Word on the Street: Thom Thorpe, director of web strategy, will give us news and notes from around the UW and beyond as we begin winter quarter.
  • Introducing Blocks in the UW WP Theme: Tiffany Sevareid and Teri Shelton from the Web Strategy team in UMAC will give us a preview of an upcoming theme release with support for the WordPress Block Editor. This theme release will introduce UW-branded styling through the Block Editor. They will share how to get started with blocks and the theme update, what to expect once activated, and a demo of the blocks experience.
  • Security Short: In the course of our day-to-day work there are any of a number of concerns that can impact your online privacy. Protecting yourself and our community can seem daunting. IS security analyst Mike Lane will take a deeper look at VPNs, including Husky OnNet as well as general VPNs, to help you understand what is protected and what is not.

December 2025 Web Council

Meeting date and Zoom recording

On the agenda

  • Word on the Street: Thom Thorpe, director of web strategy, will give us news and notes from around the UW and beyond.
  • Campus Maps Updates: Courtney Coster, senior director of brand strategy, will give us an overview of the new campus maps and outline next steps.
  • Accessibility Short: Jeane Marty, a developer with the UW-IT Accessible Technology Services, will present the next installment of our series on common DubBot issues.

November 2025 Web Council

Meeting date and recording

On the agenda

  • Word on the Street: Thom Thorpe, director of Web Strategy, will lead us through the Big Dark with news and notes from around the UW and beyond.
  • Dealing with Burnout: Feeling exhausted, cynical, or overwhelmed by increasing workload and decreasing resources? Thom Thorpe, director of Web Strategy and Certified Compassion Fatigue Professional, will explain why burnout is an organizational issue (not a personal failing) and will provide actionable tools you can use today to cope with stress while working toward longer-term change.
  • Security Short: Josslyn Lewellen, security system administrator in UWIT, will share an updated presentation on password security.

October 2025 Web Council

Meeting date

On the agenda

  • Word on the Street: Thom Thorpe, Director of Web Strategy, will lead us into autumn quarter with news and notes from around the UW and beyond.
  • Storytelling modules update: Teri Shelton from Web Strategy in University Marketing & Communications will give an update on the latest features in the UW Storytelling Modules plugin, highlighting the new Call to Action module, and providing a sneak peek at the upcoming release.
  • Accessibility Short: Alaina Foust, lead digital accessibility consultant for UW-IT Accessible Technology Services, will join us.