Following the success of local students away at college

ALBANY, NY (08/23/2013)(readMedia)-- Parents, teachers, coaches and friends finally have a way to hear about the good stuff happening with departing college students, and not just party photos and rumors of debauchery on social networks. Meritpages.com, used by almost 500 colleges to verify and promote achievements and create a positive online presence for students, now enables parents to "follow" a student's Merit page and receive updates when a college verifies an accomplishment, like making the dean's list or winning a scholarship.

"Parents are looking for ways to help their children succeed at college and beyond," said Colin Mathews, CEO of readMedia, whose Merit software powers student's pages and achievements at meritpages.com. "Merit lets colleges, students, and parents work together to promote and publicize accomplishments that lead to that success."

Merit pages highlight achievements verified by a student's college and allow students to add campus activities, leadership positions, and work experience. Every student's Merit page is created and updated automatically by their college, which means that every student starts on an even footing when employers, internships and graduate schools inevitably search online for information about them.

Colleges like Purdue, Hofstra University, Georgia Tech, Clemson, University of Dayton, RIT and University of Louisiana have recognized more than 2.6 million achievements. With the new follow feature, those stakeholders invested in the success of students there can now co-promote their successes and achievements.

Parents can go to www.meritpages.com and search for students, and then click the follow button to create a free account and receive updates about student success.

Posted Friday August 23, 2013 at 12:44 pm by readMedia
Last Updated Monday August 26, 2013 at 12:24 pm