University Relations understands the importance of having a professional web presence for our faculty, staff and students.
Biography pages are available for all faculty and staff, as well as doctoral students or student employees (at the department's discretion). Additionally, professional website hosting is available for full-time faculty with the support of Information Technology.
Please click on the links below to get information on:
As of November 2020, faculty bios are fully hosted in Tridion with the exception of Manning School of Business faculty. Through a partial agreement with Digital Measures, faculty of the Manning School will continue to update all of their content through the Digital Measures interface through Oct. 31, 2023.
Below is the template for the faculty and staff bios that include all of the available fields.
You do not have to fill out all of them in order to have a published bio (those required are indicated with an asterisk).
There are many bios that consist of as little as name, title, phone and email, however many have all or most of these fields filled out. You can also view your area's department etc. list to get a better idea what others have done.
Web Content generally completes requests for bios within two weeks but could take considerably longer at the beginning of each semester due to the high volume of requests.
Faculty, staff and students with bio pages are encouraged to use headshots submitted via the Online Biography Update Form.
You can also submit your own photo using a digital camera or phone. Find a space with good natural lighting and a blank white or neutral-colored wall. Have another person use the camera/phone and stand 4-6 feet away from you with their back to a window (in order to get natural light). A standard cell phone is able to capture a professional photo.
Professional head-shot photographs can be taken at Eastern Photography for a minimal charge billed to your department. Their Lowell location is at 5 Webber St., Lowell, telephone: 978-937-0101.
If a professional head-shot is not available, the standard blue silhouette can be used. Please indicate your preference of a male, female or gender neutral silhouette on the Biography Update Form.
Please email: webcontent@uml.edu if you need further assistance with your bio. or bio. photos.
The Academic Technology Committee offers two opportunities for an online presence to provide faculty with professional websites to enhance the national visibility that UMass Lowell.
These solutions provide faculty with easy-to-use tools to create dynamic, mobile-responsive and ADA-compliant pages. The the first solution, sites.uml.edu, is a WordPress environment hosted by CampusPress running the ‘Elementor’ page builder. This widget-based editor and template is expected to be the more desirable solution due to the ease of use, number of features, and lack of HTML coding.
The second solution, faculty.uml.edu is a secure SFTP server, will allow faculty to easily migrate existing content from faculty.uml.edu to this new environment. Faculty.uml.edu is designed for faculty interested in using standard HTML editing software, like Adobe Dreamweaver.
Please reach out to Michael Lucas, FMichael_lucas@uml.edu or 978-934-4681, or Donna Mellen, Donna_Mellen@uml.edu or 978-934-42925 for more information.
Elementor is a Word Press-based page builder that offers faculty the freedom to customize and personalize web content with the ease of page templates & “drop and drag” widget technology. The end result allows faculty to reach high-end web designs, without coding that is optimized for every device and screen.
Questions? Email: sites@uml.edu.
Faculty.uml.edu is a secure SFTP server. It is designed for faculty interested in using standard HTML editing software, like Adobe Dreamweaver.
Faculty SFTP is a secure server for faculty interested in using standard HTML editing software, like Adobe Dreamweaver, to maintain faculty web presence.
For general questions, email: sites@uml.edu.
The UMass Lowell Blackboard Portal provides access and instructions for On-Campus and Online instruction. Blackboard Learn 9.1 is the official Learning Management System (LMS) for UMass Lowell. The LMS provides faculty with a robust platform for teaching web-enhanced, blended and fully online courses. Email: bbhelp@uml.edu, if you have questions or need assistance.
Find all the information you need on the IT website.