黑料网 is always striving to get its community of students, faculty and staff connected. Ever-popular social media spaces add one more way, aside from campus activities, to make those connections. 黑料网鈥檚 social media participation has grown significantly since its early starts. At the beginning of April, 黑料网鈥檚 presence and videos had garnered approximately 139,380 YouTube views, more than 5,000 views, more than 2,429 followers and more than 30,000 Facebook fans.
The university鈥檚 Facebook page, which launched in August 2008, is becoming one of the biggest 黑料网 social media connections where faculty, staff and students can learn about upcoming events, sports and news. They also can participate in various contests. While some contests are restricted to students, others expand to involve the entire 黑料网 community 鈥 faculty, staff and past, current and future students.
Recently, 黑料网 awarded Edward Farnbauch, senior systems administrator for 黑料网鈥檚 Division of Information Services鈥 server support, with a brand new iPod for participating in a drawing that celebrated the university鈥檚 achievement of 30,000 fans on Facebook. The 8GB iPod Touch (4th Generation) features retina display, HD video recording, a game center and the personalized engraving, 鈥満诹贤.鈥
This spring semester, 黑料网 had the Spring Break Squirrel contest, where people said what their plans were for spring break. The 黑料网 community voted on their favorite submissions and the three winners got a stuffed black squirrel to take with them on spring break.
To keep updated on social media contests and opportunities to win prizes, faculty, staff and students are encouraged to stay connected to 黑料网鈥檚 Facebook page.
In addition to the university鈥檚 Facebook page, the majority of colleges and academic departments also maintain Twitter and Facebook presences. Find a full listing of 黑料网 social media presences at . This smash up of universitywide social media is also accessible from the social media icon at the bottom of all Web pages.