Reclaim's Roundup - July '25
Welcome to your summary of all things important & upcoming across our community.
This week we say goodbye (and thank you!) to Meredith Huffman, who's been with us since the early days of Reclaim and who has been a big part of our tight knit team over the past eight years! We are proud to see Meredith move on to new adventures, and we'll miss her for sure. For now, it's time to celebrate this send off in style and say thank you, Meredith!
Support and Service News
Contact us for help & support via our support portal.
Security Best Practice
Getting ready for the next academic year? Now is a good time to make sure applications and plug-ins are up to date. We deploy robust security packages to ensure that sites and servers remain secure, and we constantly monitor for security threats, however the best defense is good (update) offense!
Spotlight on Static Sites
Learn all about static sites from our expert team in this new blog post series:
- Build A Static Website Using Jekyll
- Why Static Sites in cPanel Just Make Sense
- Building a Website Without Losing Your Mind (Thanks, SiteJet)
Upcoming Email Changes for Shared Hosting
Our popular Shared Hosting service offers student and faculty hosting plans with a host of functionality from free SSL certificates to automated software installation. We’re always evaluating how we can best support our growing community with reliable, sustainable services and as part of that process, we want to share an important update about our email offerings for 2026.
Events and Streams on Reclaim TV
Register free for upcoming events via our Events Calendar.
We're excited to introduce Reclaim Open 2025's theme: Rewilding the Network – Making New Connections. This year's conference invites you to share how you find and amplify your voices on the open web, the technology that makes it possible to stay connected and what brings us together across fragmented social networks. Whether you are a conference newbie or a seasoned speaker, get your thinking caps on… as submissions are now OPEN!
Pssssst.... Register to attend before September 1, 2025 and get a 33% ‘early bird’ discount.
Blogging Community of Practice – Special Guest Bonnie Stewart
August 20 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EST | Event info
Our Community of Practice session this month is led by Bonnie Stewart! Join us for an informal discussion, hear from Bonnie and get all the updates about community activities coming up, including Reclaim Open submissions and blog-a-thon.
NEW here? Catch up on what's been happing in this Community of Practice since we launched at the start of this year, and find out how to get involved.
This month on Reclaim TV
Watch the stream over at Reclaim TV, or catch the recording later on archive.reclaim.tv or our YouTube channel!
- August 8 @ 12:00 pm EST “On Writing” with Joe Murphy and Tom Witherspoon
- August 15 @ 12:00 pm EST A look behind the scenes of how we support Independent EdTech
- August 22 @ 12:00 pm EST "On Writing" with Bonnie Stewart
- August 29 @ 12:00 pm EST “On Writing” with Alan Levine
The Month in Blog Posts
Catch up on all that's been happening in the Reclaim blogosphere:
- AI Maddeness: Highlights from Bears vs Lions Week 17 by Jim Groom
- The Shining Stage Curtains by Jim Groom
- Tim Klapdor “On Writing” by Jim Groom
- John Gruber on blogging by Taylor Jadin
- Martin Weller “On Writing” by Jim Groom
- Conferencing at the cutting edge by Maren Deepwell
Listen to the "On Writing" podcast
You can now listen to "On Writing" as a podcast, featuring interviews with bloggers and writers including Audrey Watters, Kine Lane, Mike Caulfield, Amy Collier, Tom Woodward, Kathleen Fitzpatrick, Adam Croom, Bryan Alexander, Chris Long, Kate Bowles, Lee Skallerup Bessette, Tim Klapdor and Martin Weller.
