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How do I find people through Facebook?
I am trying to search for current students with a particular tag, but it's not working. What can I do?
I tried to add someone to exchange, but it doesn't seem to work, how can I fix it.
Can I add my entire cohort or class at one time to my address book?

What is the purpose of My Groups?
How do I edit my privacy settings?
What do other students see when they view my profile?
How can I change my information?
My name is hard to pronounce. How can I let others know the correct pronunciation?
I would like to find someone who is a Penn Student but not a Wharton Student. How can I do that?
How else can I get involved in the Wharton Community?

Searching in the Facebook

You can use the drop down filters to Search Current Students, Tags or Faculty and Staff. You can also browse by select categories.

I am trying to search for current students with a particular tag, but it's not working.

At this time, you can only search within the current students box or the current tags, but not both.

Adding Contacts from the Facebook

I tried to add someone to exchange, but it doesn't seem to work, how can I fix it.

It could be that you do not have an exchange account, or that exchange is set to a language other than English. Computer Consulting is able to help you troubleshoot this issue.

Can I add my entire cohort or class at one time to my address book?

This is not currently permitted due to privacy and spam concerns. You will need to add people individually to your address book. If you need to contact your entire class or cohort, you should use the appropriate email list or contact your Program Office. In addition to sending an email, you can post a message to the Spike Forum of your cohort, group or class. You can access these forums from your Wharton Facebook profile by going to the My Groups section in the lower left hand corner.

My Profile

What is the purpose of My Groups?

You can click on the edit link to Join Existing Groups and Create New Groups. You are able to go directly to your group's forums through Facebook.

How do I edit my privacy settings?

You can change your privacy settings in the "edit privacy settings" link of Facebook. There are yes/no radio buttons so you can choose what information you want to share. If you need to go back to view the FERPA disclaimer you filled out when you first entered facebook, you can do it from privacy settings as well.

What do other students see when they view my profile?

If you click on the "preview my public profile" you will be able to see your profile as others do. If something is displaying that you would rather show or not show, go into "edit privacy settings" to change it.

How can I change my information?

If you click on "my profile", the right hand box will show categories with [edit] next to them. Just click the edit links to add or delete information.

My name is hard to pronounce. How can I let others know the correct pronunciation?

In "my profile" under your photo, there is a module that will allow you to record your name. It requires that you have the Flash Player installed and that you have a microphone. Simply enable your microphone and hit the red record button and say your name. When you are done just hit the stop button. You can immediately replay your name by hitting the play button. If you are unhappy with the recording, you can just repeat the process to overwrite your original recording.

Other Information

I would like to find someone who is a Penn Student but not a Wharton Student. How can I do that?

There is a link in Wharton Facebook to the Penn Directory. You can find students, faculty and staff of Penn there.

How else can I get involved in the Wharton Community?

Life@Wharton is a way to provide snapshots of life at Wharton. If you have an image of a school-related activity, feel free to upload it for approval. If approved, your image will be posted for up to two weeks. If you have a picture that is a personal milestone, please direct them to your program website. Note that files must be less than 200Kb in size, and either a.jpg, .gif or .jpeg. Further directions can be found within Life@Wharton when you try to upload your photo.