Sharon Harkness ABR, CRS, GRI, SRES, REALTOR 217-356-6100 Keller Williams Realty 821 S. Neil Street Champaign, IL 61820 E-mail Sharon at sharon@sharonharkness.com This site was conceptualized, designed and produced by the good folks at the Sterling Creative Group. © Mark Otnes DBA Sterling Creative Group 2006. All rights reserved. No reproduction of any part of this site is permitted without the prior written consent of Mark Otnes DBA Sterling Creative Group.

(Sharon with UI representatives shown at the unveiling) The Virtual Tour of the Quad (2000-2008) When the University of Illinois first contacted me, they expressed their admiration of this website, stating that it had a "strong sense of community spirit" and hoped that I would help them create a new addition to the U of I website--a "virtual tour" of the Quad. I agreed that such a tour would be an ideal way to showcase the University and enlisted the creative services of Mark Otnes at the Sterling Creative Group. Mark did it all. He hired students as tour guide models, photographed them at every building on the Quad and created informative and entertaining webpages for the U of I website. When the tour first went "LIVE" on the Internet in 2000, a ceremony commemorating the event was held, and its first moments were projected up onto a huge screen for all to enjoy (see photo above).The approximate value of this cyberspace gift was well over $6,000. The entire ceremony was covered by the press and a nice article appeared in the Daily Illini a few days later (see above). Eight years later, the Quad Tour was removed and replaced as the University decided to completely revamp their website (in 2008). But in terms of the Internet, an 8-year run was very good indeed!