Carl Sanburg Mobile App

Many of us students can be the first to admit we are addicted to our cell phones. Cell phones are a main source of communication, and are used on a daily basis. I can admit I use my cell phone a lot, and even in class sometimes. I have found my cell phone to be very handy in emergency situations and even to find out helpful information before anyone could tell me in person. I also use my cell phone to stay in contact with my best friend who is attending Purdue University. Today, I was surfing around on the internet and decided to go take a look at the Purdue University website. The first thing I noticed was they had an option for a free Purdue University App for your cell phone. I was in shock, and I just knew I had to read into this. Of course, some of you may be wondering what an app is. An app,or application, is a program you can download on your smart phone to receive information or a variety of other things.

There are many features this app included for the Purdue Students, but it also states anyone across the globe can download this app to keep up with the university’s daily news. The app also includes a map to help students find their way around campus, videos that are posted on YouTube of things happening on campus, calendar of events, lunch menus, and many other things.

After learning about the Purdue App, I quickly went over to our Sandburg website to see if Sandburg offers anything like this. After asking our communication specialist I found some answers. Sandburg offers a free download app called MOX. MOX provides students easy access to faculty and staff with simple search options and the ability to call or email from within the app. MOX also includes Information about student life activities, sporting events and general campus news. MOX will be more formally introduced to students next week.

After reading some more about MOX, I decided I would give it a try. I have an iPhone 4 and it was very simple to download. All I had to do was go out to my app store search for MOX, and install the app. After I installed the app I opened it up, and it brought up a list of colleges. I of course clicked on Carl Sandburg College, and it brought up all the information about Sandburg. You can also log into the app by using your student login and password. Before your username you do have to include student/. When you log in you have access to email, and it also provides a phone list of numbers around campus. I think this app will be very handy for students and faculty. MOX is available for smart phone devices like the iPhone, Blackberry, and Android devices. I encourage all of you who have a smart phone to download MOX, you won’t be disappointed.

Until next time,

Natalie Malone