Case Study: The International College preserves its history and boosts community engagement with Finalsite News Manager

How to Document and Preserve Your International School's History Using Finalsite News Manager

The International College (IC) in Beirut, Lebanon — a multicultural school founded in 1891 with about 3,500 students — needed a way to document, share and preserve its long institutional history during a website redesign while keeping families and the broader community informed about daily campus life.

IC used Finalsite's News Manager (with Composer) to migrate news and photos back to 2005, publish daily stories, and offer category subscriptions and email alerts. The outcome was faster, easier publishing, greater engagement from parents, staff and alumni, effective event promotion, and a searchable archive that preserves the school’s history and supports timelines and alumni reminiscence.

The International College

Mahmud M. Shihab, Ph.D.

Head of Educational Technology