Stay connected with different administrators, groups and offices on campus through Twitter.
In 140 characters or less, Ohio University departments and officials are taking to Twitter to help inform Bobcats. From the OU Police Department to Dean of Students Jenny Hall-Jones, these accounts have doled out updates, congratulations and even the occasional selfie.
CAMPUS INVOLVEMENT CENTER
Stay knowledgeable on what’s going on around campus and the latest activities that the Campus Involvement Center is putting on. This account tweets about fun, upcoming events that are hap- pening all around OU.
OU TRANSPORTATION
Learn about the transportation opportunities
that are available around campus such as TapRide, CATS and CATCAB. Students can use this account to find rides around Athens through the variety of transportation services that OU offers.
OU STUDENT AFFAIRS
Follow this account in order to know what’s going on in the Division of Student Affairs. This account embodies the heart of OU’s campus as it tweets out events, updates, contests and news about OU. It also sends out reminders to students throughout the year.
OHIO UNIVERSITY POLICE DEPARTMENT
Police are visible not only on campus, but also on social media. The police department’s Twitter account, @oupolice, helps students stay safe and informed. Officers use the account to update stu- dents on criminal activity on campus and to allow the police force and the students to communicate.
“It is better for our community outreach; it allows us to interact with people in a different way,
an easier way for some people,” Lt. Tim Ryan said in a previous Post report.
Ryan is one of the officers who uses the account.
Chief of Police Andrew Powers does most of the tweeting, Ryan said.
Although a majority of tweets on the page have a serious tone and message, the account also tries to incorporate some lightheartedness.
“If there’s something funny, it was probably the chief,” Ryan said in a previous Post report.
JENNY HALL-JONES
OU's Dean of Students uses Twitter as a direct way to communicate with the student body.
“My philosophy has always been ... it’s one other way to make Ohio University smaller and feel more connected as a community member,” Hall-Jones said in a previous Post report.
Students often tweet at her and she uses her account to connect with students.
“She’s like the mother of OU,” Libby Bradford, a junior studying strategic communication and former Post reporter, said. “She’s always posting different things that are go- ingon.”
Bradford says she appreciates Hall-Jones’ encouraging tweets, especially about finals. She also said that Hall-Jones’ account is her favorite OU-associated account to follow.
Hall-Jones frequently tweets about OU happenings and musings in her daily life.
“When you’re in student affairs, when you’re the dean of students, you’re supposed to know what students are talking about,” she said previously.
PRESIDENT RODERICK MCDAVIS
The president joined the Twitter-sphere in August 2014.
“I think that we all have to change with the times ... as new students come to the university you have to try different ways to connect,” McDavis said in a previous Post report.
His first four posts were selfies of him with the class of 2018 at the Freshmen Convocation in August 2014.
“I think it’s important for people to hear from me in more than just a formal email way,” he said previously.
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