University Intranet
Overview
- Built as a SharePoint Hub Site connecting individual department sites (academic and operational)
- Provides a unified navigation experience across schools, colleges, and admin offices
- Hosts global announcements, news, and events relevant to the entire university
- Features quick links to student portals, faculty resources, HR forms, and IT support
- Fully branded with university colors, logo, and visual identity for consistency
- Enables decentralized management where each department maintains its own site content under the connected Hub
- Campus engagement features: faculty and student spotlights, a message from the president, and a countdown timer with a call to action
Benefits
- One gateway for the whole campus: students, faculty, and staff reach student portals, faculty resources, HR forms, and IT support without hunting around
- Campus-wide communication from one hub: global announcements and emergency updates reach the entire university at once
- One consistent experience: university colors, custom fonts, and hub navigation menus for academic and administrative departments tie every site together
- Departments run their own sites: each one manages its own content while benefiting from the connected hub structure
- Grows with the institution: new schools, colleges, or departments are easy to add as the university expands
- Engagement built into the homepage: faculty and student spotlights, a message from the president, and a countdown timer keep the campus engaged, all out-of-the-box
Common Questions About This University Intranet
What is this university intranet built with?
It is built entirely with standard SharePoint web parts – Hero, News, Events, Quick Links, Editorial, and Countdown Timer – plus a custom theme and custom fonts in the university’s colors. There is no custom code and no third-party tools. It is the kind of clean, maintainable intranet Greg Zelfond builds for universities, colleges, and schools.
What’s included on the university intranet homepage?
The homepage includes a hero banner with space for alert messages, university news, a campus calendar, faculty and student spotlights, a message from the president, a countdown timer for key dates like commencement, a call to action, university resources, and quick links to student portals, faculty resources, HR forms, and IT support – with navigation menus for academic and administrative departments.
Does this design use any custom code or third-party tools?
No. Everything you see is out-of-the-box SharePoint. That matters because it keeps the intranet stable, secure, and easy to maintain – nothing breaks when Microsoft rolls out updates, and there are no extra licenses or vendors to manage. Out-of-the-box is the only way Greg builds, and it is why his intranets keep working for years.
Can this design be customized for our university?
Absolutely. The branding, colors, fonts, and navigation can all be tailored to your institution’s visual identity. Greg adapts the layout to your schools, colleges, and administrative offices, and structures the hub so each department manages its own site while the university keeps one consistent navigation and look across the whole campus.
Will this university intranet work on mobile devices?
Yes. SharePoint intranets are responsive by design, so the homepage adapts automatically to phones and tablets. That fits campus life well – students moving between classes, faculty teaching across buildings, and staff working from multiple offices all see the same news, calendar, and quick links wherever they are.
Can Greg build this university intranet for our institution?
Yes – this is exactly the kind of work Greg Zelfond does. As an independent SharePoint consultant and Microsoft MVP, he designs and builds out-of-the-box intranets like this one for universities, colleges, and schools, tailored to their brand and how their departments are organized. Reach out through the contact page to start the conversation.
