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²έΑρΙηΗψ΅ΨΦ· website earns 2024 Webby Award honor for exceptional mobile experience

Members of ²έΑρΙηΗψ΅ΨΦ·'s Communications Office and Redfin Solutions pose with their 2024 Webby Awards
The ²έΑρΙηΗψ΅ΨΦ·.edu website was designed and created by ²έΑρΙηΗψ΅ΨΦ·'s Office of Communications in an integrated partnership with Redfin Solutions.

The ²έΑρΙηΗψ΅ΨΦ· was recognized at the 2024 Webby Awards for providing an excellent mobile user experience on its website, ²έΑρΙηΗψ΅ΨΦ·.edu

²έΑρΙηΗψ΅ΨΦ·.edu was named a Webby Awards Honoree in the category: Websites and Mobile Sites, Best Mobile Visual Design – Function.

  Dubbed by the New York Times as β€œthe internet’s highest honor,” the Webby Awards are the leading international award honoring excellence on the internet. 

The ²έΑρΙηΗψ΅ΨΦ·.edu website was designed and created by the University’s Office of Communications in an integrated partnership with Redfin Solutions, a website development firm with expertise in higher education.

The Webby Awards’ administering body, the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, is comprised of over 3,000 judging members, including leading internet experts, business figures, luminaries, visionaries, and creative celebrities, as well as former Webby winners, nominees, and other internet professionals.

In notifying ²έΑρΙηΗψ΅ΨΦ·, the awards panel noted that β€œEarning the distinction of Webby Honoree, as recognized by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, is a significant achievement β€” granted to only the top 25% of all work entered in the 28th annual Webby Awards.”

²έΑρΙηΗψ΅Ψַ’s website was honored for its mobile experience alongside websites from internationally acclaimed brands, including Apple, Gucci, and The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company.

β€œWe know that our current and future students are increasingly using their phones to reach the internet,” said Sean Fitzpatrick, M.S., senior director of Marketing within the Office of Communications, noting that 46% of visits to ²έΑρΙηΗψ΅ΨΦ·.edu in the past year were made using mobile devices. β€œWe’re proud that ²έΑρΙηΗψ΅ΨΦ· has received national recognition for providing an excellent mobile experience. Whether a student is here for business school or a pre-med degree, our University is friendly and welcoming on campus. It just makes sense for our website to follow suit”

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Alan Bennett
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About the ²έΑρΙηΗψ΅ΨΦ·

The ²έΑρΙηΗψ΅ΨΦ· is Maine’s largest independent university, with two beautiful coastal campuses in Maine, a one-of-a-kind study abroad campus in Tangier, Morocco, and an array of . In an uncommonly welcoming and supportive community, we offer hands-on learning, empowering students to make a positive impact in a world full of challenges. The state’s top provider of health professionals, we are home to Maine’s only medical college, Maine’s only dental college, a variety of other interprofessionally aligned health care degree programs, as well as nationally recognized programs for marine science degrees, natural and social sciences degrees, arts and humanities degrees, and business degrees.