Whew!!! That is intimate!!! I like the thought that went into this. Your brain has my favor lol. I'm literally sitting here in awe...
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Your thought processes are absolutely right ON!
1. I'm not sure about the text. We are a business professional geared sight, so that is emotional atmosphere/text we would like to channel to our users. Most students don't have a lot of exposure to professionals, so this would be their sort of networking, personal event to gain these experiences.
2. Since this will be on our masthead through out the whole website, the text needs of a substantial size.
Here is a link to a sketch of what our designer is debating which depends on the logo we choose...
http://www.designmjb.com/msw/The direction in which this logo is going is in my absolute favor... FYI.
Jerry