From now on, staying on top of campus events will become easier for students at Washington University.

Tomorrow, Student Union (SU) is scheduled to launch The Link, a new interactive online calendar accessible to all members of the campus community.

According a press release issued today by SU, The Link will serve as “an online platform where all student groups and campus departments can organize, manage, and promote their events in a centralized location.”

Students will have the ability to manage their own calendars by logging in with their WUSTL Key. They will also be able to download their personal calendars onto their computers.

The Link’s software can be used to register groups electronically, schedule meetings and events, upload minutes and media files, perform elections, maintain organization budgets, maintain roster lists and file requests for space reservations.

“The Link will be a resource for all students,” the press release quoted SU President Jeff Nelson as saying. “We hope that The Link can cut down on over and repetitive programming. This doesn’t mean that we want to see less programming, just more effective programming.”

The Link is not the University’s first online calendar for student group events.

“Previously, Spark was the calendar used and that didn’t seem to be serving its goals as we wanted it to,” sophomore Morgan DeBaun, SU’s vice president of public affairs, said. “Jeff Nelson and other members of SU decided we had to look for a new campus events calendar.”

The Web site is contracted to Symplicity, a company the University has been working with for the past summer to tailor an online calendar to fit the needs of the University community.

While the new Web site represents a dramatic change from the previous online calendar, DeBaun is confident that the relaunched version of The Link will be well-received.

“I think the transition will be smooth,” she said. “When student groups are booking their locations, there is a one step process to upload events. It will be beneficial for students as well as people in the administration. Communication will be easier.”

DeBaun expects members of campus groups to respond positively as well.

“I think students will be pleased,” she said. “I think they will be excited that they will have one place to see what is going on around the campus. I think it will make programming easier and that they will be happy with this change.”

Students can access The Link by logging into its Web site at thelink.wustl.edu by entering their WUSTL Key. For additional information about how to use The Link and for a detailed tutorial, visit su.wustl.edu.

Check back throughout the week for more updates on The Link.