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Follow The WIU Alumni Association On Facebook And Twitter

In addition to our own social networking site RockeNetwork, the WIU Alumni Association is now on Facebook and Twitter! Create a free Facebook.com or Twitter.com account to begin receiving up-to-the-minute news and information from the Western Illinois University Alumni Association, even when you are away from your computer.

Facebook is a global social networking web site that allows users to add friends, send messages and join networks organized by city, school, region or workplace. To follow the WIU Alumni Association on Facebook, visit facebook.com/WIUAlumni.

There is even a Facebook application where you can link your RockeNetwork and Facebook accounts. Click here to link your accounts now.

Twitter is a social networking and micro-blogging service that allows its users to send and read other users' updates (known as tweets), which are text-based posts of up to 140 characters in length. Followers can sign up to receive your updates as text messages on their cell phone. To follow the WIU Alumni Association on Twitter, click here.

LinkedIn is a social networking site where you can create a profile that summarizes your professional expertise and accomplishments. You can then form connections by inviting contacts to join LinkedIn and connect to you. Your network consists of your connections, your connections’ connections, and the people they know, linking you to a large number of qualified professionals and experts. To follow the WIU Alumni Association on LinkedIn, click here.

Social Networking - Connect with Western
View all of the other WIU social networking applications - there are literally hundreds of ways for you to stay in touch with your college, department or student organizations!