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快播视频\u2019s source for faculty and staff news is celebrating its 20-year anniversary on Sept. 9. One of North America\u2019s longest-running university newsletters, YFile <\/em>is marking the date with this special issue.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

In addition to the special issue content, over the course of the upcoming year, YFile <\/em>will feature a variety of anniversary stories and republish interesting and unique articles from its archive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Founded in 2002, YFile <\/em>began with a goal of offering operational announcements, research deadlines and external news about 快播视频 to its readers, its first issue featured four short posts, including this first story 3\u20262\u20261\u2026Launch!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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During its 20 years, YFile <\/em>has undergone three significant evolutions. Each was structured to reflect new trends in digital publishing and to reflect other communication platforms and channels aimed at external audiences. Along the way, the focus of YFile <\/em>also grew and changed and the publication now provides a wide variety of informative stories. The current version of YFile <\/em>offers articles about the important discoveries by York researchers, work underway by the University\u2019s talented faculty and staff to innovate how teaching and learning takes place both inside and outside the University, congratulatory stories on awards and recognition garnered by outstanding community members, and the promotion of selected keynote events designed to bring residents of local communities onto campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOver the last two decades YFile <\/em>has captured York\u2019s important moments and has recorded our shared history as it unfolds,\u201d said Chief Communications and Marketing Officer Susan Webb<\/strong>. \u201cYFile <\/em>tells the stories of how the University community continues to contribute to positive change. I\u2019m so proud of this publication, and the dedicated team that puts it together.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Always looking to the future, YFile <\/em>has continued its quest to incorporate and reinforce the University\u2019s brand personality through interesting content, new and innovative web publishing strategies, and a continued pursuit to provide excellence in service to the University community. In its most recent iteration, which was launched Sept. 15, 2021, the publication merged several decommissioned web archives of its content into a robust archive. YFile <\/em>staff are now working with experts in the Clara Thomas Archives & Special Collections to match images with text and enhance the archive of its stories. You can read about this work in this special issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Combining award-winning writing, design and the skills of two full-time journalists \u2013 Editor Jenny Pitt-Clark<\/strong> and Deputy Editor Ashley Goodfellow Craig<\/strong> \u2013 YFile<\/em> continues its focus on connecting faculty and staff with each other through new innovations including special focus publications. Working with content experts in the Office of the Vice-President Research & Innovation and the Office of the Associate Vice-President Teaching & Learning, YFile<\/em> offers two special focus issues on select Fridays each month during the academic year. The first regular special focus issue, originally known as \u201cBrainstorm<\/a>,\u201d features interesting articles on the exciting discoveries by 快播视频\u2019s accomplished researchers. In fact, look for \u201cBrainstorm\u201d to be relaunched this year under a new name, \u201cAspire.\u201d The second regular special focus issue is \u201cInnovatus<\/a>,\u201d and its content focuses on teaching and learning, the student experience and internationalization. \u201dInnovatus\u201d will publish its first issue of the 2022-23 academic year later this month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere\u2019s barely a day that I don\u2019t read YFile<\/em>. And with almost every  edition I learn something new about 快播视频 and what my colleagues have been doing and the successes they\u2019ve experienced. I\u2019m proud to have been able to highlight the work of my graduate students for the York community through YFile<\/em>,\u201d said Will Gage<\/strong>, associate vice-president teaching & learning. \u201cI\u2019ve also been privileged to work directly with the team who creates YFile<\/em> from time to time. With Jenny and her colleague, we\u2019ve created 'Innovatus,' a monthly special issue of YFile<\/em> that focuses on innovations in teaching and learning. And while YFile <\/em>is focused on distributing to our York community, from time to time a YFile<\/em> story gets picked up by other media and shared more broadly, which is incredibly rewarding.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every innovation, including special focus issues, new articles and approach to presenting content, is created with 快播视频 community members in mind. \u201cThe best moments I've had working on YFile<\/em> over the past 19 years have been when faculty and staff express their delight with our approach to their news and the stories we write,\u201d said Pitt-Clark. \u201cIt\u2019s gratifying and exciting to be able to interview them and a privilege for YFile<\/em> to convey their news.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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