http://campusj.com/2006/11/05/the-facebook-revolution-at-uci/ Jewish Collegiate News Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:44:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 http://campusj.com/2006/11/05/the-facebook-revolution-at-uci/#comment-1959 Mon, 04 Dec 2006 20:01:57 +0000 http://campusj.com/2006/11/05/the-facebook-revolution-at-uci/#comment-1959 [...] UC Irvine was among the first colleges to be integrated to Facebook. The Facebook hype at UCI is similar to other campuses, and even triggered Hillel and the Career Center to invite Facebook’s senior products manager to speak at the campus on November 2, 2006 at an event entitled “Facebook Revolution.” Ezra Callahan, Facebook senior products manager, discussed Facebook’s startup, expansion, controversies and the future of the website. Jewish leaders at the UCI campus have suggested that Facebook allows them to reach other students, promote events and promote their groups. Groups have been created for clubs such as the Anteaters for Israel, Hillel, Alpha Epsilon Pi and Epsilon Phi. Events for Jewish clubs have also been promoted through the website using the recent feature that allows users to create an event and invite people. Rabbi Yonah Bookstein, who has used Facebook in order to reach out to Jewish students and promote diverse Hillel events, suggested that Facebook has been a very helpful tool. “It has revolutionized communication between students in a way e-mail and IM never did,” he said. [...] […] UC Irvine was among the first colleges to be integrated to Facebook. The Facebook hype at UCI is similar to other campuses, and even triggered Hillel and the Career Center to invite Facebook’s senior products manager to speak at the campus on November 2, 2006 at an event entitled “Facebook Revolution.” Ezra Callahan, Facebook senior products manager, discussed Facebook’s startup, expansion, controversies and the future of the website. Jewish leaders at the UCI campus have suggested that Facebook allows them to reach other students, promote events and promote their groups. Groups have been created for clubs such as the Anteaters for Israel, Hillel, Alpha Epsilon Pi and Epsilon Phi. Events for Jewish clubs have also been promoted through the website using the recent feature that allows users to create an event and invite people. Rabbi Yonah Bookstein, who has used Facebook in order to reach out to Jewish students and promote diverse Hillel events, suggested that Facebook has been a very helpful tool. “It has revolutionized communication between students in a way e-mail and IM never did,” he said. […]

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