Emory University's official Twitter account (@EmoryUniversity) topped 30,000 followers on Monday.

“This is a significant milestone in Emory’s social media presence,” says Jerry Lewis, senior vice president for communications and public affairs. “Twitter followers tend to build slowly. Having 30,000 members of our community connected so closely and so immediately creates wonderful synergy and a dynamic network.”

Emory joined Twitter in September 2008 to provide an additional means of interacting with the community, as well as utilizing a new platform for sharing news and information about the University. Emory has posted more than 7,000 Tweets and almost 1,500 photos and videos since establishing the account.

Follow Emory on Twitter to stay up-to-date on research breakthroughs, innovative teaching, faculty and student achievements, University announcements, campus conversations, upcoming events, and more.

Emory also uses a variety of other popular social media platforms to communicate with faculty, staff, students, alumni and other members of the community.

You can follow Emory on Facebook, with almost 66,000 likes for the official university page; LinkedIn, with more than 81,000 followers on the university page and more than 30,000 on the company page; Instagram, with 15,500 followers; YouTube, with almost 20,000 subscribers; and Google+, with more than 3,000 followers.