Comments on: Creating an exclusive online community for fall 2009 accepted students

By: Facebook Fan Pages

Facebook Fan Pages — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 12:35:28 +0000

That is the nice idea. It should have brought up long ago. Facebook Fan Pages is also helps to market your product.
As Chris Brogan’s said,”To considering your Facebook Fan Page like a Cafe, which was inspired post entitled, “Cafe-Shaped Conversations.””

By: The Agra Indian

The Agra Indian — Sat, 09 May 2009 20:08:12 +0000

This is a brilliant idea and I am very sure that other universities and institutes will also follow you on this. This will be a great platform for new student to be familiar with each other that actually takes too much time in an ordinary way. Very soon students will also begin sharing their new ideas and knowledge.

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Thu, 29 Jan 2009 13:30:52 +0000

[...] Rachel Reuben is the Director of Web Communication and Strategic Projects at State University of New York at New Paltz. Rachel launched an online community for students based upon a cafe like context. She created a Ning group and invited potential students to join. Although not a new endeavor, other universities have done the same thing, Rachel is documenting and sharing the process with her community so more can learn from the experience. [...]

By: elizabeth cobb UMass Boston

elizabeth cobb UMass Boston — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 03:51:24 +0000

This past summer I put together a Ning site for our online MA program. The Fall 08 students had the opportunity to meet each other online in the site prior to the semester(summer 08).The returning students were finally able to see pics of eachother. The site has taken off and keeps on growing!
We have added:
A weekly blogger-
A private faculty group
A book exchange group.
A graduation group
A career group
An Alumni group
A Greek Organization group
Hundreds of pictures posted by students from all over the world( from the birth of their child to their puppy).
We added google analytics – and have gathered so much info!
I learn something new everyday. I learn what works and what doesn’t.

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Get that project going! 0 to 60 in less than one week. | Admittedly Dutch — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:06:03 +0000

[...] take no credit for our latest venture. After stumbling upon Rachel Reuben’s recent post on .eduGuru just after our Christmas break, we quickly decided it was something we needed to move [...]

By: Andy Shaindlin

Andy Shaindlin — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 06:43:30 +0000

I’m with Rob S. on this one. The dust has settled on the #2013 thing with CollegeProwler on FB, and I’ve been watching the discussions in my campus’s Class of ’13 Group. There are current students, as Rob says, who are participating, and the rest of the discussion is flowing quite naturally. Almost every early admit has joined. It looks like about 40% have made at least one comment, and 90% of that group has made more than one contribution.

They don’t have ANY idea, as far as I can tell, who created the group, and they don’t care. And there’s no admin and that doesn’t matter either.

By: Friend Adder Elite

Friend Adder Elite — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 04:53:38 +0000

nice! communities such as these should have been brought up long ago. very classy idea to enlighten students before they even start getting back to school.

By: Rob S.

Rob S. — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 19:46:42 +0000

@Rachel, I’ve found that the current students who make the best “workers” in these groups are those who were very active in previous versions as prospective students. Something to keep in mind for the future :)

There’s a phenomenon with unofficial “class of” Facebook groups at some colleges where current students take the initiative, with absolutely no prompting, to be information resources for incoming students. (One of the student volunteers in the ’13 group I admin came on board this way last year.)

These students get much of the info correct, but not all, so oversight is useful. A student at a school doesn’t always know the details about how things work, be it campus jobs, financial aid, or even different social aspects at the college.

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By: Rachel Reuben

Rachel Reuben — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 01:37:08 +0000

@Drew Our two baristas are current students (one is an undergrad, the other is an MBA student). This is not going to be opened up to the general student body – this was developed exclusively for fall 2009 accepted students. Maybe down the road we’ll consider a larger initiative, but we want to focus on this one right now.