progressive u

Broad prosperity. Shared responsibility. Effective government and progress toward a better future. Progressive U has kickstarted and nurtured students (and former students) blogging about progressive issues and creating their own voice in the media since they started as a Bryght Light site back in February 2005.

Thanks to the hard work of the Progressive U team (including founder and publisher Art Morgan) and gentle fostering of the community, Progressive U was an early success for Bryght and continues to thrive so much that others including Inside Bay Area have taken notice.

They have moved to a Bryght Virtual Private Server on our Bryght Hosting platform to accommodate their high traffic and need for extra features to facilitate the conversation on the sites.

Congrats to Progressive U and Art Morgan for being featured on Inside Bay Area! ProgressiveU was one of our first Bryght Light Sites and we've watched with interest and pride as its community has grown and the site has evolved from Drupal 4.5 Bryght Light site to its current incarnation as a Drupal 4.7 site on a Bryght VPS. More later when we feature Progressive U!

From Inside Bay Area - Don't look for Britney on this Internet site:

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SAN MATEO — When College of San Mateo student Andrea Reeves posts a commentary on ProgressiveU.org, she has a chance to be read by 28,000 other young bloggers across the United States.

Passionate opinions and vigorous feedback are the hallmarks of ProgressiveU.org, the nation's largest current events blog written by and for a community of high school and college students.

Founded by San Mateo resident Art Morgan in April 2005 to give teens and young adults a voice in politics and the media, the site started out as an experiment with just a few College of San Mateo students like Reeves posting short essays from their English classes. Other students from across the country began to join in, either creating their own personal blogs on the siteor commenting on other people's.

The site now draws up to 20,000 unique visitors a day, or about 500,000 a month. About 28,000 of them are site members with their own blogs, according to Morgan.

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