St. Edward’s University makes history with their socially connected graduation

To celebrate and commemorate their 125th anniversary, St. Edward’s University made history on May 8th at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas with more than 180 students, parents and faculty participating in the first ever socially connected graduation!

Instead of having students share their day, separately, through Facebook and Twitter from their phones, St. Edward’s decided to use Whrrl so their students could all connect their cameras and share their perspective of graduation with each other, and the audience. We were so excited to be part of this momentous event for St. Edward’s and help these graduates document one of the most important events of their lives thus far…it was far cooler than we could have imagined. After all the graduates received their diplomas, St. Edward’s queued, “Celebrate” from Kool and the Gang, and the auditorium filled up with laughter and noise as pictures and comments displayed on an overhead screen for all attendees to see. Their graduation, achievements, congrats and photos were all threaded into one Whrrl story to pass onto friends and family who weren’t able to make it – something each of them could keep forever and look back on to remember.

Thank you St. Edward’s University and the 2010 graduates for letting us join you on your special day. Congratulations!

See a Whrrl story from graduation with more than 100 points of view here:

Find all other stories and check-ins at the Frank Erwin Center for St. Ed’s 2010 graduation here.