Keeps Students, Alumni, And Others Up To Date On Classes, Campus Events, And More

The seemingly-ubiquitous iPhone and its cousins the iPad and iPod Touch can now keep Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University's students, faculty, staff, and alumni up to date while they're on the go.

ERAU Worldwide has launched a free app for the devices available for download from the Apple iTunes Store. The official Embry-Riddle Worldwide iPhone app, Worldwide Mobile, is the result of collaboration between Story+Structure LLC and the Worldwide Campus Marketing Department. It's developers say it's a mobile gateway to the Embry-Riddle Worldwide Campus community of prospective and current students, alumni, faculty, staff, and aviation and aeronautics enthusiasts. It provides an opportunity to see what's happening at the Worldwide Campus.

The key features include:

• News: Find up-to-date announcements, news stories, and videos.
• Directory: Keep in contact with Worldwide community members, faculty, and staff with the tap-to-call or email feature.
• Degree Programs: Explore which Embry-Riddle program is best for you.
• Courses: View course descriptions for each program.
• Professional Education Courses: Learn about seminar and program offerings.
• Resources: Browse the program and course catalog, as well as other valuable information.
• My Worldwide: Use the GPS function to locate your nearest Worldwide location.

"Social media is second nature to our current and prospective students, and in today's society it is integrated into many different aspects of our lives," said John R. Watret, Ph.D., executive vice president and chief academic officer at Embry-Riddle Worldwide. "We have long recognized that academic quality and innovation go hand-in-hand. With more than 170 locations, it was imperative that Embry-Riddle Worldwide provide a convenient source for our staff, students, and prospects to access Embry-Riddle Worldwide information from anywhere in the world, at any time."

Several beta releases of the application served to measure usability and software quality, culminating in a final public release of Worldwide Mobile in the App Store in September.

"We believe the success of the project has been ensuring that Worldwide is able to deliver fresh, accurate, and interesting content on a platform that can accommodate growth in both capacity and capability," said Michael Trachtman, the leading Embry-Riddle Worldwide app developer from Story+Structure LLC. Possible future plans for Worldwide Mobile includes growing the existing feature set, development of a Blackberry and Android version, and evolving the web-based community-networking platform.

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