Members of the Vanderbilt community and their friends and family are encouraged to follow Commencement activities on Twitter, and provide their own real time updates of the three days of festivities and celebration, May 6-8, 2009.

Twitter is a free Web site and service that allows members to post real-time messages from their phones or other mobile devices or computer about what they’re doing, breaking news, and more. Sign up for a free Twitter account at http://www.twitter.com.

Vanderbilt’s Twitter feed is: http://www.twitter.com/VanderbiltU. Once you have signed up for the service, simply click on “follow” under “VanderbiltU” to start receiving updates on Vanderbilt news, including all Commencement news.

To share your Commencement experiences on Twitter, add #VU2009, known as a hashtag, to the end of your Twitter post or “tweet.” To track all Vanderbilt 2009 Commencement tweets, go to: http://www.vanderbilt.edu/commencement/twitter.

Contact: Melanie Moran, (615) 322-NEWS
melanie.moran@vanderbilt.edu