Media Relations
Press Release:
MEDIA
CONTACT:
Lisa
Metcalf
561-297-3022, lmetcalf@fau.edu
FAU Unveils Updated Experts
Database
FAU Today Site also Offers
Comprehensive University Information
BOCA RATON, FL (March 3, 2011)
– Florida Atlantic University’s faculty and
staff experts who are available for research purposes, as media
sources and are part of a university speaker’s bureau can
now be searched in an updated version of the university’s
online experts database -
www.fau.edu/experts
. This database currently houses profiles of more than
350 faculty and staff members, and contains approximately 2,500
searchable keywords with additions to come.
The experts found within the database cover the full range of the
University’s programs, including the arts and humanities,
medicine and health, science and technology, nursing, business,
education, engineering, computer science, architecture, public
affairs and more. The database has replaced multiple printed
directories, and is a free resource that will be immediately
refreshed as new faculty and staff are added and as areas of
expertise expand.
FAU
Today –
www.fau.edu/fautoday
– is a new valuable web resource that also is
available. A comprehensive information site that showcases
the latest, top news while providing links to a host of other
online destinations, FAU Today features a Faculty Video
Spotlight, the Scene@FAU photo gallery and YouTube videos about
FAU. Pull-down menus and left-column links provide instant
connections to everything from the Calendar of Events to recent
print and broadcast news stories involving FAU.
For
more information, contact Lisa Metcalf, associate director of
media relations at FAU, at 561-297-3022 or
lmetcalf@fau.edu
.
- FAU -
About Florida Atlantic University:
Florida Atlantic University, established in 1961, officially opened its doors in 1964 as the fifth public university in Florida. In commemoration of the University’s establishment, FAU is celebrating its 50th anniversary throughout 2011. Today, the University serves more than 28,000 undergraduate and graduate students on seven campuses and sites. Building on its rich tradition as a teaching university, with a world-class faculty, FAU hosts 10 colleges: the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts & Letters, the College of Business, the College for Design and Social Inquiry, the College of Education, the College of Engineering & Computer Science, the Graduate College, the Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College, the Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, the Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing and the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science. For more information, visit www.fau.edu .
