JAVS Fall 2008

S TUDENT L IFE T HE N EW F ACE OF THE AVS

Facebook Viola Group page (image used with permission of Facebook).

by Adam Paul Cordle

a tool for college recruitment as professors and admin istrators have begun to create their own profiles.

Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. – Mark Zuckerburg, founder of Facebook. Social networking websites have exploded into the everyday lives of individuals all over the world as the Internet has gained greater prominence in the realm of social interaction. Such websites, including Facebook and MySpace, have become useful resources for high school and college students across the U.S. Recently they have also become resources for profes sionals as a greater number of users have opened forums in online communities to connect on a profes sional level. Even more recently, Facebook has become

The American Viola Society has joined into this mode of networking with the creation of an AVS group page, which any Facebook user can join. How does this impact a national organization such as the American Viola Society? The first obvious benefit of an AVS group on Facebook is that it will enable any individual logged onto Facebook to know about events in the viola world. After the International Viola Congress this summer, individuals posted pictures and information to the AVS group, which were dispersed to Facebook members. Information and photos about the Primrose Competition were also circulated. Other information currently available includes information

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