Mobile app gives students, alumni, employees, visitors way to connect with OSU
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
The iPhone app is the result of work by students and former students, who volunteered their time to complete the project. Micah Hurst, of El Reno, graduated from OSU in 2009 and was the lead developer on the app team.
“This project was a challenge to me personally because it was the first time I had ever worked on a mobile application,” Hurst said. “But I really enjoyed working with the other team members and doing something for my university. I think users are really going to benefit from all our hard work.”
In addition to Hurst other students and graduates on the team included Ph.D. candidate Toby Brown, Stillwater; Xiaodan Fang, China; Anish Koppula, India; Wondwossen Misganaw, Ethiopia; Shruthi Neelagiri, India, and Raghav Pullela, India.
Through the iPhone app, users can navigate the OSU campus, read news, watch videos, download campus photos, hear OSU fight songs, listen to KOSU and instantly access many other resources.
The university has begun work on other ideas for mobile services and would like user’s feedback on ways to improve its app and ideas for future apps.
Since gaining Apple’s approval over the weekend, more than 1,700 people have downloaded the app. To download the application, visit the app store through your Apple device and search for OState.