UQ alumni magazine goes online

UQ graduates can keep up-to-date with news and information from their alma mater easier than ever before thanks to a new online version of their alumni magazine Graduate Contact.

The website, which is launched with the Winter 2009 issue and includes all of the content from the hard-copy magazine, also incorporates added features such as vodcasts and podcasts, photo galleries and other extras.

Graduate Contact editor Cameron Pegg said the website would give alumni even more reasons to stay in touch with UQ, and he encouraged readers to check out stories which carried an “online” icon at the bottom.

“Graduate Contact is already a great resource for alumni, and the website’s added content capabilities make the publication even more exciting and inclusive,” Mr Pegg said.

Readers can now rate and comment on articles, in addition to sending them to others via social networking sites such as Facebook. Stories are also “tagged” with key words so users can access similar articles with ease.

Mr Pegg said a recent Graduate Contact readership survey showed graduates were concerned about the effect of printed publications on the environment, and were interested in greener alternatives.

“While we will continue to produce and distribute Graduate Contact as we always have, alumni now have the option of reading the magazine online, and in the long term we hope this can reduce our carbon footprint,” he said.

Established in 1990, Graduate Contact is published twice a year and sent to all UQ graduates with known mailing details.

Features in the current edition include a wrap up from the recent Heron Island Research Station reopening, and the story of Colette Livermore, who was one of Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity before studying medicine at UQ.

Alumni wishing to update their contact details can do so online.

Media: Tegan Taylor at UQ Communications (07 3365 2659, t.taylor@uq.edu.au)