Evergreen State College offers a learning environment that’s truly one-of-a-kind: a unique, interdisciplinary academic model and a living campus that gives students plenty of room to explore. But you couldn’t tell based on its website. Limited UI, disorganized content, and clunky design hindered students from understanding everything the college had to offer.
The Solution
An Approachable Redesign with Easy‑to‑Edit Components
To kick off the project, we completed stakeholder interviews, gathered user research, and reviewed website analytics. While doing this, we identified opportunities to edit, add, and more clearly explain Evergreen’s unique approach to learning. We reduced the site’s total page count from 10,000 to 1,000, overhauling all content to ensure that it meets the needs of prospective students and their families.
Inspired by the college’s unspoiled natural setting in the PNW, we built design elements to convey the beauty of the campus’s surroundings. We rigorously complied with ADA standards to ensure every student has equal access. And we did all this while ensuring every design and content component is easily buildable—so Evergreen can edit the site as they grow, without our help.
A Friendly, Accessible Homepage with Real Personality
A Customizable Degree Finder for Diverse Paths
Degree Finder
A Well-Defined Learning Model for a Unique Approach to Education
Learning Approach
Simple, Straightforward Mobile Navigation
Searchable Directories
Easily-Editable, ADA Compliant Content Blocks for Evergreen’s Internal Team
Design System
Earthy Textural Elements Honor Evergreen’s Living Campus
The Results
Echo Delta helped us build trust from day one by coming to our campus and hosting listening sessions with every division on our two campuses. We couldn’t have done what we did without Echo Delta’s support and collaboration.
Farra Layne Hayes
AVP for Marketing and Communications
The Evergreen State College
Gold AAF Award + Judge’s Choice 2024
