Fordham Introduces New App!

Home screen for the new app

At the start of the semester, Fordham University released a new app called the "Fordham University Mobile Go App" for iPhone and Android users that has changed the way students can access information.  It is also available through the Apple Watch App.

By logging in with an AccessIT ID and password, Fordham students can now access three main sections: Student Resources, Campus Resources, and Media.

1) Student Resources
Students can now access their Fordham e-mail accounts, course schedules, grades, mobile registration, student financials, and the course catalog for the semester all with the touch of a button!  Students have the ability to register for and add/drop courses, view grades for midterms and finals, and of course check their Fordham e-mails all without having to open up an Internet browser!

2) Campus Resources
This is possibly the most exciting feature about the app! Students can now view sign-ups for Ram Vans running between campuses, buy online tickets and validate e-tickets for classes and internships, and view live tweets and current average trip times for vans running in each direction!  Gone are the days where students would have to go through three different web pages to sign up for a Ram Van last minute only to find out they are booked for that hour! Now we can save time by signing up through the Fordham App!  The Campus Resources section also includes links to the Fordham website for important items such as: Fordham News articles that are sent out via e-mail, directories of important numbers on campus, maps and directions, campus shuttle times and routes via the Trans Loc system and application, and of course quick access to the Public Safety App and website!

3) Media
The media section on the new app allows students to stay connected with what's going on at Fordham without having to open up various apps!  Links to the Fordham Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Instagram accounts are all readily available and often re-post social media sent out by our lovely students!

Thanks, Fordham, for developing this resource for the Fordham Ramily!

The Fordham Foundry: The Heart of Innovation and Entrepreneurship on Campus

The Fordham Foundry: home to some of the most insightful and creative spirits of the University. For Fordham students, the Foundry is an idea incubator, helping creative individuals develop their brainchildren into not only financially successful ventures, but also ones that contribute to the common good. One innovator in particular, Josh Choi FCLC ‘19, has been working with the Foundry to develop his social media application, Redplanet:

Large collaboration tables in the workspace

LJ: What are you developing?

JC: We're developing a way to re-architect social media. We wanted to solve a problem within the social media landscape, so we started by asking "Why the heck are there so many social media platforms? Why couldn't there be just one thing that does it all?"  We took the basic elements of Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook and consolidated it into one, stand alone platform. It's the first social media app that filters your newsfeeds by dividing them in two: one for your friends and one for the things you're following.

LJ: How has The Foundry facilitated you in your work?

Use the chalkboard walls to brainstorm your thoughts

JC: First off, I'd like to note that there's no substitute for hard work. There is however a supplement to hard work and that is "smart work." The Fordham Foundry provides "smart work" chiefly by bringing together great minds within the same walls. Also, through the of the founders at the Foundry, we were able to meet an engineer who will leverage the NYTimes API to aggregate top stories onto Redplanet. Lastly, because of the Foundry, we are expecting interns this year!

LJ: What is your favorite part of the Foundry?
JC: My favorite part of the Fordham Foundry is the feeling I get when I walk in there. It's just this weird, exciting feeling of having your own place and working side by side with other startups. But most of all, it's nice to have a space dedicated to your startup and the Fordham community, so as our startup grows, and we're going to have new problems to solve internally, we're going to have to bring more people to work with us, and the foundry is the best place to do that.

Words of wisdom on your exit from The Foundry

Josh, like many of the others in The Foundry, are part of a unique community of innovators at Fordham. Particularly in the Gabelli School of Business, there has been a greater interest in majors such as Entrepreneurship. At current, there is one branch of The Foundry on the Rose Hill Campus; however, through a generous grant from NASDAQ, The Foundry will be expanding to Fordham Lincoln Center, set to open in the summer of 2017. 

If you want to be a part of "the new social media" and learn more about Josh's application, Redplanet, you can download it in the AppStore by clicking here .