Students Gear Up for @u.northwestern.edu
May 2007
NUIT has an estimated June launch date for Northwestern undergraduate and certain School of Continuing Studies certificate- and degree-seeking students to officially experience the Google Apps for Education services. The Google partnership launch, which was spawned by requests of the Associated Student Government, will enable use of the newly branded @u.northwestern.edu accounts.
The @u.northwestern.edu accounts are similar to Google's freely available Gmail product, but they have been customized for Northwestern students. Students are looking forward to using the improved services:
- Gmail with over 2 gigabytes of storage
- Calendar: Standard Google calendar system
- Google Talk: Instant messaging and Google to Google voice service
- Google Docs: Convenient online document sharing
- Security: Student data will be protected and not used for marketing purposes
- Personalization: When activating the service, students will be assigned an account name with the option to create additional nicknames if desired
NUIT is currently testing the services through a pilot program while work continues to optimize the services.
Included students can look forward to an opt-in invitation right before summer break. More information regarding the opt-in and post-opt-in plans will be available in the coming weeks.
