When it comes to communicating with its students, UF is all a-Twitter.
In a recent study conducted by UniversitiesandColleges.org, UF is near the top of the list of the 100 most-Tweeting schools.
The study showed that UF had 24 Twitter accounts officially associated with the university--more than any other on the list. Schools were also ranked based on number of tweets per day, number of followers and number of users they're following.
UF ranked third on the list for the number of tweets per day at 45.8, about 10 fewer than George Washington University. For the number of followers, UF fell toward the middle of the pack.
UF Twitter pages range from pages for individual colleges to the university's news bureau.
Sarah Hill uses Twitter to follow Gators football and news about the university.
"Being able to follow UF on Twitter definitely keeps you up to date with lots of current events," Hill said.
She said she recently used the Gators football Twitter page to stay updated on Tim Tebow's injury and news on whether he would play against LSU.
The fact that Twitter is free and takes so little effort to set up made the creation of a Twitter page for the College of Journalism and Communications relatively effortless, said Craig Lee, who is Web administrator for the college and in charge of the college's Twitter account.
"It was an easy way to provide another channel to get news about the school out there," Lee said.
The account, which was set up this spring, has more than 600 followers.
"The page has been positively received," Lee said. "No one has responded negatively or said, 'That's a waste of time.'"
Lee said other schools have followed in UF's Tweeting footsteps and set up pages because of its success.
"They say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery," Lee said. "The fact that other schools are doing this too means something."
