Pacific Blogs and Twitter Accounts
Blogs is a slang term for "Web Logs." It initially was used as a way for software developers to share their thoughts and opinions on the latest computer code and newest technology and quickly get feedback on their ideas. Today, it's more associated with online diaries and news sites. There are several blogs with strong Pacific connections to them, including:
University of the Pacific Library News. This blog is maintained by Pacific's Library staff to discuss changes at the library as well as the latest issues being discussed by librarians around the world.
Political Science at Pacific. This is a blog maintained by the Political Science Department in the College of the Pacific, the University's liberal arts school.
Food historian and Pacific Professor Ken Albala has a popular blog about his experiments with food.
Twitter is known as a Microblog, where users can send links and updates using 140 characters or less. The updates can then be fed to a Web page or a cell phone.
UOPacific. This is University of the Pacific's official Twitter Channel.
PacificAlumni: The Alumni Association's Twitter account.
Dugoni_Dental: The Twitter Channel for the Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry.
PacificMcGeorge: Twitter Channel for Pacific McGeorge School of Law.
AdmitMcG: Twitter Channel for the admissions office at Pacific McGeorge School of Law.
Pacific_Hoops: Twitter Channel for our basketball teams.
GoTigers1851: The Twitter Channel for the Power Cat.
Pacific_Police: Twitter Channel for our police department. We are one of only two private universities in California to have a fully-trained police department with the authority to do investigations and make arrests. The other university is Stanford.
MusicatPacific: Twitter account for the Conservatory of Music.
PacificCommDept: The Twitter Channel for the Department of Communications.
PacificLibrary: Twitter for Pacific's Stockton library.
PacificPoliSci: Pacific's Political Science Department in The College of the Pacific
PacificWebDept: Twitter Channel for Pacific's Web Manager.
ThePacifican: University of the Pacific's Student-Run Newspaper
Campus Personalities:
Astro_Jose: Twitter Channel for astronaut Jose Hernandez, a graduate of the School of Engineering and Computer Science and a current regent.
McRedHead: Twitter Channel for McGeorge media relations guru John McIntyre.
RRojo: Twitter Channel for Richard Rojo, director of Pacific's Marketing and University Communication's Department.
BKlunk: Twitter Channel for Dr. Brian Klunk, chair of the Political Science Department.
EBelcher: Twitter Channel for our police chief.
Currently, the University is working on a new Web site to host more blogs for faculty, staff and students who are involved in official University programs. More information will be posted as that gets developed.