All a-Twitter over Founder's Day

(Story originally found on Western News, March 5, 2010)

By Communications Staff
Friday, March 5, 2010

Could mutton-chopped Isaac Hellmuth have ever imagined a Twitter-based trivia contest celebrating The University of Western Ontario which he helped found in 1878?

Imagined or not, we’re having one.

Founder’s Day is March 7 and “we’re celebrating,” in the words of Western’s senior web designer Mathew Hoy.

“We've been revealing special Founder's Day facts on Twitter and Facebook three times a day, every day this past week. We're really happy with the feedback we've got so far, but want to try to kick it up a notch.”

So a Founder's Day prize has been added to the mix.

Watch Twitter and/or Facebook today for Founder's Day facts and a trivia question. When you see it, ‘shout out’ an answer on Twitter or Facebook (one entry per person). Organizers will take all correct answers and draw for a winner.

Submit answers by midnight, March 7. Watch for the name of the winner on Facebook and Twitter at 12:00 p.m. on March 8.

Twitter: twitter.com/westernu

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/London-ON/The-University-of-Western-Ontario/7616007794?v=wall&ref=nf#!/note.php?note_id=381046993507

The Western web team is putting together a prize pack containing:

• Eco friendly Alumni Western shopping Bag
• Founder's Day t-shirt
• Alumni Western notebook and pen
• Alumni Western scarf
• Alumni Western car window decal
• Western, the beautifully photographed book by Richard Bain