As you may or may not know, our ORCO department has already attempted to connect with their students/faculty through this page.
We aren't sure who exactly started this page, but they set it up as an open group. The group currently has 107 members, only 1 past event, and 8 photos. For the few students that are actually in the group, it is a great resource and several of them (included Porsche and Madison) have posted on the wall within the past month about internship opportunities, questions, and important announcements. Because the purpose of this particular group is to create a space for ORCO majors to communicate with each other, this open group seems to be the best format for this because students can invite others to join, and anyone can see what is being posted.
After a discussion about the differences between groups and fan pages, we collectively agreed that ORCO should continue to use their group, but make it a more interactive page and encourage all ORCO majors/minors to join. Because it is important for ORCO students to be able to communicate with each other, the group serves a special purpose. At the same time, however, it is important for funding purposes (as well as for the growth of the program), that more people become aware of the opportunities that ORCO offers. A great way to spread the word about the program would be to create a Fan page that everyone on campus can like, and even people from across the country like other ORCO students/faculty. They could use this page to feature ORCO students and what they are currently working on, talk about developments within the program and recruit new majors, and interact with the MTSU community at large so that when we tell someone that we are "ORCO Majors", they will hopefully know what that means!
To further develop their online presence, they could create and post events, highlight student projects, have student/faculty contributors, and even post fun facts or ORCO tips, just to keep their page updated and active.
((((((Porsche, Madison, Sadi, and Jonny))))))
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