Niagara College’s news website, InsideNC, and its weekly Top News email have been redesigned with new features and a stronger focus on sharing the stories, achievements and experiences that shape the NC community.
In support of NC’s broader strategic goals to grow enrolments and continue to build on the College’s strong reputation, the updates reflect an enhanced editorial approach focused on College news. Led by the Corporate Communications department, with design support from the Marketing team, the redesign aims to increase the visibility of NC news stories and achievements, strengthen College storytelling and expand the reach of its news to both the internal College community and external audiences.
A new InsideNC experience
Visitors to InsideNC will notice a redesigned homepage, enhanced visual features and new content categories designed to make it easier to discover College news.
A new featured story slider at the top of the homepage highlights the College’s top news stories, while updated content categories provide a more organized way to explore news and stories from across NC.
Explore homepage news categories:
The Latest: Stay up to date with the latest College news, announcements, upcoming events, important dates and opportunities to get involved across NC.
NC Life: Explore stories highlighting the experiences, events and initiatives that capture NC Life, from campus activities and student learning experiences to collaborative projects and achievements across the College. Readers can also browse stories by department or academic school.
NC Spotlight: Get to know the people behind the NC community through profiles, recognition and accomplishments, and inspiring stories featuring students, employees and alumni.
Alumni & Community: Learn about the impact of NC alumni, donors and community supporters through stories of alumni success, meaningful partnerships and fundraising efforts, including the College’s Together Campaign.
Readers can also continue to access several familiar InsideNC features:
- Media Coverage: Stay up to date with local, regional and national media coverage featuring NC and its community.
- News Releases: Access official College news releases highlighting significant announcements, initiatives, events and achievements.
- Events Calendar: Find out what’s happening across NC through the College-wide events calendar, with options to filter events for employees, students or both. Departments and event organizers can also submit events to be added to the calendar.
A new look for the weekly Top News email
The Top News on InsideNC email is also relaunching with a refreshed design and a stronger focus on College news. Delivered once a week, the new streamlined and visually engaging format will provide readers with a snapshot of the latest stories, media coverage and upcoming events from across NC.
Each edition will include:
- Featured news: A spotlight on a leading College news story from the week.
- Top stories: A roundup of recent InsideNC stories and news, with brief summaries and links to the full articles.
- Media coverage: Highlights of recent media coverage featuring Niagara College and its community.
- Upcoming events: A list of upcoming events and activities featured on the College-wide events calendar.
A dedicated weekly email for employee announcements
As part of InsideNC’s enhanced editorial approach, employee-specific notices and operational information will be primarily shared through the MyNC Staff Announcements portal.
NC employees will also receive Top Announcements for NC Employees, a separate email sent every Tuesday highlighting important internal updates, notices and upcoming events relevant to employees.
Have a story to share?
The NC community plays an important role in bringing College news stories to life.
Employees and departments are encouraged to share news, achievements, initiatives and story ideas that showcase the people, programs and experiences that make up the NC community.
All news submissions and story ideas can be sent to [email protected].
Employees can connect directly with the communications team member assigned to their area to discuss communications needs, story opportunities and support.
