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MIT Commencement 2015

By Stephanie Hatch Leishman July 28, 2015

I took what I learned from the past few years and applied the learnings to our social media efforts for this year's Commencement week. We received great engagement on MIT's social channels.  The hashtag At MIT, we used the hashtag #MIT2015, which followed our usual pattern: MIT and the year of the graduating class. I...

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MIT Commencement 2014

By Stephanie Hatch Leishman June 24, 2014

Thanks to the departments that actively participated in Commencement via social media. Many departments saw a growth in followers and engagement as a benefit of their activity surrounding the event. At MIT, we used the hashtag #MIT2014, which followed the pattern set in earlier years (e.g., #MIT2013, #MIT2012). We...

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MIT Commencement 2013

By Stephanie Hatch Leishman June 12, 2013

This year, Commencement was as great as ever, although the weather was wetter than usual. Hundreds of people posted about Commencement to different social media networks to share their experiences. I compiled the best tweets, photo, video, links, etc. on Storify: Are You Ready for Commencement? Doctoral Hooding...

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MIT Commencement: Photos

By Stephanie Hatch Leishman June 11, 2012

For a little fun for this year's Commencement, we had a photo contest among MIT staff. Whoever posted the best photos won a free MIT T-shirt. Two anonymous judges selected the photos (I was not a judge). This year's winners are: Dave Tashjian, Sloan Nancy Duvergne Smith, Alumni AssociationStephanie Muto, School of...

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