I attended the 2010 Webmaster Forum at the University of Illinois today.  This year marked my second time attending the event.  I love this event and it is a great learning and networking opportunity for web professionals in our web community.  Each year, the webmaster committee does an awards segment where they honor the top web sites across campus.  Our 2010 Science Olympiad National Tournament site received the top honor during the Cool Site Awards!  We received the “Gold” People’s Choice Award and it was quite an honor!

The site was among over 30 sites nominated, and of those approximately 30 sites, the webmaster steering committee picked 5 to be voted into either Gold, Silver, or Bronze awards.  We were up against some pretty stiff competition and we were so excited to win the honor.  Jackie and I both felt it was great to be honored amongst a group of our peers; truly one of the best feelings you can have bestowed upon you as a professional.