The latest changes on the psu.edu site include a link to a "Feedback Form" on the lower right. If you have any feedback at all on the site itself, the process, issues you've discovered, things that you think we should fix, or if you just want to take a moment to share anything -- that's the place to do it! We've been hard at work finding ways to make it easier to provide feedback, and that's one of them.
Another way you can give us feedback is through our Website Redesign Survey. You're welcome to take the survey and give us feedback too! We're open to all of it!
You can find both the feedback form and the website survey here.
I still think the homepage has a long way to go. My personal opinion is that an institution like Penn State should hand this project over to a professional design team.
The homepage is the face of the university and the design should reflect its prestige. The current design looks like a community college website.
If hiring this project out is not an option, I would highly recommend at least seeking outside opinion from professionals. This is very inexpensive to do.
The same site that listed the best and worst university website designs has a consulting service that is very affordable and would be worth every penny in my opinion.
http://designshack.net/advice
Thank you for your feedback Aaron. We are working our way through an iterative approach to redesign the psu.edu homepage. The current iteration of the homepage is not our final destination, but part of our journey. This is our way of using research and analytics to inform the changes we make not only to the iterative designs, but to inform the Grand Relaunch as well. We have also done extensive benchmarking with other institutions in the Big Ten Conference, as well as with aspirational peers.
There is so much talent at Penn State, and we have been able to leverage this talent through all the volunteers working together on the Polaris project. We have technologists, analysts, designers, developers, information architects, wireframe designers, experts in server infrastructure, researchers, writers, and more! This project was built from the ground up by hours of volunteer time.
We hope that you will stay tuned, and continue to offer feedback as we continue this journey.