2008 Woodie Awards
Web site shows what's happenin'
Annemarie Valli
Issue date: 4/17/07 Section: News
Online stalking is so easy nowadays. A simple Facebook search will yield a name, bio and phone number within seconds. It is one-stop shopping at its finest and the now generation has come to expect it.
Senior finance major Dan Klueger has tapped into this instant gratification demand with the creation of UHappen.com, an online events calendar designed to simplify the way students gather information on upcoming student happenings.
Klueger, CEO and innovator behind UHappen, said the Web site allows individuals to view and post academic, athletic, philanthropic and social events as well as jobs and internships for their specific school on a public calendar.
He said the ease of having all of this information on one site shortens search time and immediately caters to information-hungry students.
"What I noticed was that there were so many different sites you had to go to to find out what was going on around campus," Klueger said. "If you wanted to know the drink specials at Kate's or Shaggy's, you had to go to their Web site - school events, the UDel homepage. We wanted to combine these things to have one Web site with everything."
The site launched in February of 2007 after months of creative collaboration with Web site designers and UHappen president Josh Kaufman.
Klueger said the site currently contains more than 400 universities and has tallied a strong number of hits since its startup.
"In a little over a month and a half, we already had 2,400 visitors," he said.
Kaufman, a senior at George Washington University and friends with Klueger, said the two met their freshman year at Indiana University before transferring schools and have always been drawn to entrepreneurship.
"We're constantly thinking, 'What can we do to make some money?' " Kaufman said.
His three-pronged approach of e-mails, calls and interviews with local restaurant and bar owners on Main Street has allowed the Web site to expand its local reach, Klueger said.
Senior finance major Dan Klueger has tapped into this instant gratification demand with the creation of UHappen.com, an online events calendar designed to simplify the way students gather information on upcoming student happenings.
Klueger, CEO and innovator behind UHappen, said the Web site allows individuals to view and post academic, athletic, philanthropic and social events as well as jobs and internships for their specific school on a public calendar.
He said the ease of having all of this information on one site shortens search time and immediately caters to information-hungry students.
"What I noticed was that there were so many different sites you had to go to to find out what was going on around campus," Klueger said. "If you wanted to know the drink specials at Kate's or Shaggy's, you had to go to their Web site - school events, the UDel homepage. We wanted to combine these things to have one Web site with everything."
The site launched in February of 2007 after months of creative collaboration with Web site designers and UHappen president Josh Kaufman.
Klueger said the site currently contains more than 400 universities and has tallied a strong number of hits since its startup.
"In a little over a month and a half, we already had 2,400 visitors," he said.
Kaufman, a senior at George Washington University and friends with Klueger, said the two met their freshman year at Indiana University before transferring schools and have always been drawn to entrepreneurship.
"We're constantly thinking, 'What can we do to make some money?' " Kaufman said.
His three-pronged approach of e-mails, calls and interviews with local restaurant and bar owners on Main Street has allowed the Web site to expand its local reach, Klueger said.
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