I just found out about foursquare's expanding features for colleges and universities. On July 25, the foursquare blog made three major announcements about their Universities 2.0 campaign:
- The launch of their new (FREE) custom badge program for university partners who want to deeply incorporate and promote the use of foursquare on campus.
- An invitation for college foursquare account holders to get in touch with the company through a Google form.
- The relaunch of a university ambassador program for enthusiastic students (like me!).
Aside from the custom college badges, foursquare has been offering a set of campus-specific badges since last year, including a Bookworm Bender badge for checking in to an academic building after midnight, and a Munchies badge for checking in to 5 different dining halls.
I don't know who is supposed to be on top of this at BGSU, but somebody already owns a university foursquare account. It looks like I can hope to become an ambassador, maybe get a free t-shirt, and continue to be a foursquare fan. I wish I knew who owned the BGSU account so I could tell them to take advantage of this opportunity to foursquare-ify the campus for real!
The fact that I won't have administrative rule over a university foursquare account doesn't mean I can't fantasize about what the custom badge might look like. Here are some unauthorized samples I came up with:
Hey, even if these don't turn out to be what the eventual foursquare badge looks like, these would make some killer BGSU guitar picks!
What I learned: Enthusiasm doesn't equal authority.
