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Congratulations, Matt vandenBerg, OWU's 17th President!
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Congratulations, Matt vandenBerg, OWU's 17th President!
View details for Inauguration Day and stream the event live.
No, students can purchase a used computer or bring one from home.
Recommended Accessories:
Note that these are recommendations only. Students may do just fine if they have equipment that is below one or more of these specs. Many students also bring other mobile devices such as smart phones, iPods, or smart tablets to campus and connect to our wireless network with them.
OWU Information Services fully supports both Macs and PCs, and the faculty have the choice to use either. You'll find that a majority of our faculty use Macs, while Windows PCs are more common in administrative offices. Computer labs on campus run a mix of MacOS and Windows. Your computer choice is your personal preference, and all kinds of computers–including ChromeBooks and Linux–are welcome on campus. Macs, PCs, and most Linux distributions are able to effectively utilize University computing resources.
Several computer labs on campus, including locations in Hayes and Welch Halls, as well as Beeghly Library, are available to all students 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. For more information, see the Computer Labs on Campus page on our Help Desk website.
Yes, the entire campus is wireless. Once you arrive on campus you can receive the wireless signal and log onto the network using your OWU username and password.
OWU has a partnership with GovConnection to make high-quality laptops, desktops, and other computer equipment available for purchase by OWU students, faculty, and staff as well as their families. To learn more about this program, go to the OWU GovConnection website. Many other retail companies offer student discounts.
Every student, faculty and staff gets a BishopApps account (Google Workspace for Education) that includes email, calendar, chat, word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, sites, YouTube, and much more. BishopApps is available from any computer with an internet connection, and mobile apps.
Microsoft 365 is also available for free to students. See our Microsoft Office page for details. This office suite is available in computer labs and includes Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
Mozilla Firefox or Google Chrome are the recommended web browsers.
All students pay a technology fee as part of their campus expenses. This fee includes all computer support and infrastructure.
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