Otterbein student earns degree alongside her mom
Imagine being stressed about your next exam. You go to the library, and sit down in a booth with your study partner: your mom.
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Imagine being stressed about your next exam. You go to the library, and sit down in a booth with your study partner: your mom.
On May 5, 2017, Otterbein transitioned from the use of Google applications to Microsoft’s Office 365. For students, faculty and staff, this meant that everyone’s email accounts, calendars and contacts migrated over to the new email service called Outlook. This isn’t Otterbein’s first encounter with Outlook; in March 2012, Otterbein made the initial switch from Outlook to Google. Now that the university is going back to Outlook, there are many questions being raised, one being why they decided to switch back. According to Tahsha Harmon, director of technical support and training, the decision to switch back to Outlook was for the students’ benefit. Otterbein made the switch for three main reasons. • To prepare students for the business world • To utilize the collaboration tools with full versions of Microsoft Office products • To use a better security to protect private information Otterbein used to host its own email server. Keeping up with spam issues and corrupted accounts was a daunting and time-consuming task. The system even became blacklisted from sending any emails when a big spam attack hit the campus. To eliminate these issues, Otterbein decided to switch to a hosted model. This would provide stability for the university and allow students to use apps and collaboration tools online. Outlook is also widely used by businesses and professionals. “We are graduating students with experience in using the very same platform that is the most widely used in businesses today,” Harmon said. The move to go back to Outlook was not a popular one for many on campus. Here’s how students and faculty feel about the switch and their thoughts on the issue.