Welcome to ShannaHoward.com!

Currently the Webmaster for The Community College Survey of Student Engagement (CCSSE), I am an alumni of the The University of Texas (Journalism 1999, Czech 2000), and completed coursework toward a master of arts. I spent a stint working as a freelance writer and Web editor in Prague, Czech Republic, after graduation. I've written for The Prague Post, Texas Music Magazine, The Austin-American Statesman, Experience Austin, Citysearch, and The Frisky, among others, as well as working as an editor and Web developer for various organizations.

In my spare time, you can find me out and about with my friends and my two rescue doggies (both former Blue Dogs) or relaxing on a patio around South Austin... Or if I'm really lucky, off traveling or SCUBA diving in Mexico, which I'd rather be doing at all given times.

Also, I am beginning to wonder if I am becoming an adrenaline junkie. In the last couple of years, I have been cave (cenote) diving, skydiving, and I just did my first sprint-distance triathlon in June 2008! Now I'm trying to figure out what's next...

You can find out more professional information below, as I am always looking for new, interesting opportunities and freelance projects.

Cheers,

 

Web Site Development | Application Development | Training | Freelance/Contract | Writing Clips & Photography

 

Web Site Development & Design

• Community College Survey of Student Engagement (CCSSE) - Upkeep and maintenance of CCSSE site

• Survey of Entering Student Engagement (SENSE) - I developed the Web site for The Community College Survey of Student Engagement's new initiative, which began pilot-testing in fall 2007.

• 2008 CCSSE Workshop page - Web page redesign

• TCEQ: Rules & Rulemaking - I oversaw all of the internal and external Rules & Rulemaking Web pages for the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) and was promoted to oversee all of the internal and external pages for the Office of Legal Services as the Lead Internet Developer.

• Some of the sites I created and/or maintained are below:

  • What's New in TCEQ Rules
  • Download TCEQ Rules
  • View, Print, or Download Rules in Portable Document Format (PDF) on the TCEQ Web site
  • Pending Proposals
  • Proposals
  • Pending Adoptions
  • Adoptions
  • TCEQ Rules Archive - built with JavaScript and HTML
  • View State, Federal, and International Rules and Regulations
  • Public Hearings for Proposed Rules
  • How to Comment on TCEQ Rulemakings
  • TCEQ Rules E-mail Updates

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Application Development

• Rule and Non-Rule Tracking Application - TCEQ  internal and external rulemaking tracking application (ColdFusion/SQL/Oracle/JavaScript)

• eComments - TCEQ form to comment on proposed rulemakings (ColdFusion/SQL/Oracle/JavaScript)

  TCEQ to launch online forum for public comment - Houston Business Journal, Phoenix Business Journal, Charlotte Business Journal; 10:31 AM CDT Wednesday, May 31, 2006

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Training

Rule and Non-Rule Tracking Application Training Documents - Documents that complement a one-hour training class on the Rule and Non-Rule Tracking Application

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Freelance/Contract, etc.

• SoCoDistrict.com - A freelance project with Victor Hidalgo, celebrating our eclectic and fabulous South Austin neighborhood.

• Team Magnificent Seven for the Texas Choral Directors Association (TCDA): Ensemble.org.
  (A project with 6 other designers/developers for AIR-Interactive 2007.)

• Body Harmony Massage - A simple site created for my masseuse.

• T-R-I Labs - An ongoing project in development for my parents' company.

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Writing Clips & Photography

• Schmap.com - Schmap California Attractions &, Landscapes, San Diego photo, May 2008

• The Frisky Guidebook: The Weirdest City In Texas, TheFrisky.com, May 2008

• Kevin McCalla Takes On the Triathlon, The Memo (Newsletter for the General Law Division, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality), Fall 2006

• Austin Haunts, Experience Austin magazine, Fall 2001

• Austin builders revive Arts and Crafts style, Austin American-Statesman, Homes Section, 2001

• Builder makes a splash with rooftop swimming pool, Austin American-Statesman, Homes Section, 2001

• MBP Bonsai presents the art of bonsai, offers supplies and gifts, Austin American-Statesman, Gift Guide, December 2001

• Growth changing the face of Smichov, The Prague Post, 09/20/00

• Bootleg Series Captures the Magic of Roy, Texas Music Magazine, Fall 1999

• Interview: Collective Soul, Citysearch Interview, Originally published 04/21/99

• Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, Citysearch Editorial Profile, 1999

• Sixteen Deluxe, Citysearch Editorial Profile, 1999

• Sixteen Deluxe still has it live, The Daily Texan, 1998

• Ani DiFranco Review, The Daily Texan, 11/14/1997

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