The Office of Communications designs, edits, writes, and produces content across a variety of communications platforms, including Williams Magazine, the college’s website, and its social media channels. We manage day-to-day media relations and can provide media training for faculty and administrators and strategic consultation on internal and external communications.
We maintain the college's overall visual identity, provide design consultation and services, and produce video and photography that helps promote and convey the Williams story in specific, authentic, and compelling ways.
We're responsible for developing and maintaining the college’s web presence, and we have expertise in content strategy, design, information architecture, and site usage statistics (analytics). Our web team provides consultation and development services, support of the college's web publishing platform (WordPress), and training for faculty and staff on WordPress. In late 2024, we embarked on a Website Redesign Project, the first step in a process meant to evolve Williams’ public website toward a more engaging, intuitive, and authentic online experience. We are expecting to launch the new pages in late 2025.
Finally, we're responsible for a number of online tools that help the Williams community connect internally and share information externally, including the public events calendar, campus map, Williams Switchboard, and Daily Messages. We also publish a list of many electronic newsletters and listservs produced by Williams departments, programs and offices. For more information about using the listservs, check out the Office of Information Technology's listserv instructions.
The Office coordinates its work with partners across campus, including through the Communications Advisory Group (CAG).
The Office of Communications completed its dSAP (departmental Sustainability Action Plan) in March 2025 and will review the plan annually. Visit the sustainability action planning page to learn more about dSAPs.
News
- Research teams from Williams and Tufts University explore the physics of reversible adhesives.
- The Hon. Christine Wormuth ’91, president and CEO of the Nuclear Threat Initiative, will speak at Convocation and receive a Bicentennial Medal on Sept. 19.
- Classics professor Amanda Wilcox talks about Christopher Nolan’s film adaptation of Homer’s epic Greek poem “The Odyssey.”
- English professor Paul Yoon’s new novel, “Etna,” set during wartime, is told from a canine perspective.
- Four faculty have received the Nelson Bushnell, Class of 1920, Prize for excellence in teaching and writing.