{"id":15295,"date":"2024-10-14T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-14T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/?p=15295"},"modified":"2024-10-08T16:52:56","modified_gmt":"2024-10-08T20:52:56","slug":"umes-pharmacy-students-tweet-goes-viral-becomes-inspirational","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/umes-pharmacy-students-tweet-goes-viral-becomes-inspirational\/","title":{"rendered":"UMES pharmacy student\u2019s tweet goes viral, becomes inspirational"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/10\/4caf7fe0-e11f-4ca6-9a1f-88475f970ad1-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15303\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Taiwo Oluyemo, a graduate student in the University of Maryland Eastern Shore&#8217;s pharmaceutical science program, went viral on X (formerly Twitter) after her September post acknowledging her acceptance into the program received more than 8,500 impressions, including  6,000 retweets and likes in the first day alone.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When <strong>Taiwo Oluyemo<\/strong>, an incoming graduate student to the pharmacy program at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, shared her feelings of hopefulness in a Sept. 3 social media post on X (formerly Twitter), she had no idea how that sentiment would resonate with so many people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover aligncenter is-light\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I prayed for this\ud83e\udd7a\ud83e\udd7a<br><br>Starting my PhD in pharmaceutical science at University of Maryland Eastern Shore! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HZjDzopNE2\">https:\/\/t.co\/HZjDzopNE2<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/p3oh66u8FL\">pic.twitter.com\/p3oh66u8FL<\/a><\/p>&mdash; dollarpo (@taiwo__oluyemo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/taiwo__oluyemo\/status\/1831020766806130847?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 3, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the first day alone, there were more than 6,000 retweets and likes combined. In the first 10 days, there were more than 8,000 impressions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As of publication, Oluyemo\u2019s post had more than 8,500 impressions. Posts with more than 1,000 impressions are generally considered to be viral.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019ve always wanted to post something like that,\u201d Oluyemo said. \u201cI\u2019ve seen so many people posting about starting their programs that I wanted to do the same. I never expected to get as popular as it did.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Oluyemo\u2019s journey into pharmacy and to UMES began in her native Nigeria, where she first interned at a pharmacy before pursuing her undergraduate degree at the University of Lagos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThat internship really opened me up to see different parts of pharmacy,\u201d she said. \u201cI was able to relate to people to the point where they are open to come to you with their problems and to provide solutions for them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Oluyemo, who plans to become an industrial pharmacist and professor after graduation, said she solidified her decision to attend UMES after extensive research and discussion with professors in the program and alumni.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI felt welcomed from the beginning,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd the environment has been calming and receptive.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So, what does Oluyemo think about the reaction to her post?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere\u2019s always pros and cons of social media, but when you get to be part of the positive side of going viral, it feels like it\u2019s hope for people,\u201d she said. \u201cPeople are encouraged by seeing you, and it allows them to dream.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When Taiwo Oluyemo, an incoming graduate student to the pharmacy program at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore, shared her feelings of hopefulness in a Sept. 3 social media post on X (formerly Twitter), she had no idea how that sentiment would resonate with so many people. In the first day alone, there were more&#8230;<span class=\"cpschool-read-more-link-holder\"><a class=\"btn btn-basic cpschool-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/umes-pharmacy-students-tweet-goes-viral-becomes-inspirational\/\">Read more <span class=\"sr-only\">UMES pharmacy student\u2019s tweet goes viral, becomes inspirational<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1559,"featured_media":15303,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","wds_primary_category":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-15295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1559"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15295"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15295\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15295"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwcp.umes.edu\/pr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=15295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}