University history deserves more than a crowded wall of plaques.
Traditional Hall of Fame displays look impressive, but they have limits. Wall space runs out. Adding new names takes time. Photos, videos, biographies, records, and team stories are difficult to fit into a physical display.
Touchstone Digital Solutions gives universities a simpler way to celebrate their history. Its custom digital displays bring Hall of Fame members, athletic records, championship teams, donors, alumni, photos, and videos together in one interactive experience. Schools can update the content without rebuilding the display every year.
Here are five universities using Touchstone solutions to make their history easier to explore.
1. University of New Hampshire
The University of New Hampshire partnered with Touchstone to digitize more than 130 years of athletic history across 19 varsity sports.
The project started as an update to the university’s Athletics Hall of Fame. It later grew into the UNH Athletics Hall of Fame and Honors experience.
The platform can recognize:
- Hall of Fame inductees
- All-Americans
- Olympians
- Academic award winners
- Professional athletes
- Conference champions
- Memorable teams and events
Visitors can explore this history through one interactive display instead of searching across different plaques, photographs, and record books. The platform also gives UNH room to add future athletes and achievements without needing more wall space.
UNH Athletic Director Allison Rich praised the custom process and described the finished experience as beautiful and interactive.
Why it stands out: UNH turned more than a century of athletic history into one organized experience that can continue growing.
2. Brown University
Brown University uses its interactive display to make athletic history more engaging for recruits, alumni, students, and visitors. Touchstone features Brown among its university installations.
Users can explore different parts of the athletic program, including:
- Championships
- Team rosters
- Coaches
- Alumni
- Facilities
- Awards
- Records
This gives visitors more than a list of names. They can learn about the people, teams, and moments behind Brown’s achievements.
Brown’s Associate Director of Athletics explained that recruits do not simply see trophies when they tour the facilities. They experience the program’s history in a more dynamic and interactive way.
That can make a strong impression. A trophy shows that a team won, but an interactive display can show the players, coaches, photos, videos, and story behind the victory.
Why it stands out: Brown uses digital storytelling to strengthen recognition and create a more memorable recruiting experience.
3. California State University, Bakersfield
California State University, Bakersfield uses a large interactive touchscreen table. Touchstone includes CSU Bakersfield in its gallery of university installations.
The table format creates a shared experience. Several people can gather around it during a campus tour, reunion, game, or university event.
Visitors can browse profiles, photographs, milestones, and other content by touching the large screen. This makes the display feel active and inviting rather than something people simply walk past.
The installation also shows why hardware choice matters. A wall-mounted display may be ideal for a hallway, while an angled touchscreen table can work well as the main feature in a lobby or gathering space.
Why it stands out: CSU Bakersfield created a social experience that encourages visitors to explore the university’s history together.
4. University of Montana Western
The University of Montana Western shows how digital technology can fit naturally into an existing athletic facility. Touchstone features Montana Western in its installation gallery.
The screen sits within a bold Bulldogs-branded setting. School colors, graphics, and surrounding design elements help the display feel like part of the facility—not a generic television added later.
This reflects Touchstone’s custom approach. Each platform can use the institution’s colors, logos, content, and preferred layout. Universities can create an experience that matches their brand while presenting Hall of Fame profiles, records, rosters, championships, timelines, and other stories.
A digital display should support the character of the space around it. Montana Western’s installation shows that universities can modernize recognition without losing their traditions or identity.
Why it stands out: Montana Western combines school branding and digital storytelling in one connected display.
5. University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania shows that digital recognition can go beyond athletics. Touchstone lists Penn among its university partners, while TouchYearbook identifies its use case as an Interactive Alumni Archive.
An alumni archive can bring together materials such as:
- Yearbooks
- Alumni records
- Historical photographs
- Publications
- Campus milestones
- Stories from past generations
Instead of keeping these materials in separate boxes, shelves, or files, a digital archive makes them easier to search and explore.
Touchstone’s archive process can include digitization, metadata, search organization, platform integration, staff training, and preservation support.
This makes university history more accessible to current students and alumni. People can search for a year, person, event, or part of campus life without manually looking through large physical collections.
Why it stands out: Penn demonstrates how an interactive platform can make alumni history and archival materials more useful and accessible.
What These Universities Share
Each university uses digital recognition differently, but the main goal is the same: make important stories easier to preserve, update, and explore.
A Touchstone display can help universities:
- Use school colors, logos, and custom layouts
- Add new honorees without creating new plaques
- Combine text, photos, videos, records, and biographies
- Organize content by person, sport, team, year, or award
- Make history available on campus and online
- Keep information current through a cloud-based platform
- Receive training and ongoing support
Touchstone builds platforms specifically for recognition experiences, including digital Halls of Fame, donor walls, record boards, alumni spotlights, team histories, trophy cases, and digital archives.touchstone-ds+2
Bring Your History to Life
The University of New Hampshire, Brown University, CSU Bakersfield, the University of Montana Western, and the University of Pennsylvania show what is possible when campus history becomes interactive.
Some use digital displays to honor athletes. Others use them to improve recruiting, share alumni stories, or open historical archives to a wider audience. In every case, the technology gives the university more room to tell its story.
Touchstone Digital Solutions creates each platform around the institution’s brand, space, content, and goals. The result is not simply a screen. It is a living collection that can grow with the university.
Schedule a free demo with Touchstone Digital Solutions to explore what a custom digital Hall of Fame or recognition display could look like on your campus.