Mochila — Campus in Your Pocket
The world’s best new app for students. Mochila is a new way for students to get quick and easy access to things such as bus routes, buildings, dining halls, computer labs, and student-created events.
What does Mochila do?
Mochila lets students get the most out of their college experience with an app that’s built for their iPhone or Android phone, and gives them the best way to view information that they need. With Mochila students can view bus routes & stop times, find any building on campus (and some of whats inside), create and view student events of any kind, view dining hall hours and menus, look up all of the great student life activities and organizations on their campus, view computer lab hours and locations, check their college sports news and university news sources, the official academic calendar of their school, and college office hours & contact information.
When is Mochila available?
Mochila is available starting January 26, 2016 on both iOS & Android. We currently support these six schools: The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, The University of North Texas, Texas Tech University, University of South Carolina, University of Southern California, & Cornell University. Additional schools will be supported in the future.
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App Description
Get the most out of your college experience with an app that’s built for your phone, and gives you the best way to view information that you’ll need. With Mochila you can view bus routes & stop times, find any building on campus (and some of whats inside), create and view student events of any kind, view dining hall hours and menus, look up all of the great student life activities and organizations on your campus, view computer lab hours and locations, check your college sports news and your university news sources, the official academic calendar of your school, and college office hours & contact information.
Features
- Bus Routes: On lots of campuses, bus routes can get pretty confusing. Mochila brings you access to all of the routes on your campus, and lets you see them overlaid on your phone’s native maps. You can easily figure out which routes are the most useful for you and your schedule, and favorite it for quick access directly from Mochila’s home screen. When available, bus stops even provide a table of times to help you plan ahead. Just one tap pulls up the full schedule for the day.
- Buildings: There’s a ton of buildings around, but do you know what’s in them? Search by name or abbreviation and discover where everything is hidden. Check out an interactive map, and see the building in relation to the rest of campus and where you are right now. Easily jump to information about bus routes, computers labs, dining halls, and college offices inside each and every building on your campus.
- Student Events: Meet new people in between classes, study for your next midterm with other students, or relax after it’s all over. Maybe you’ll find some people on the floor below you playing Smash Bros, or some people out at the rec center playing basketball. No matter what you’re looking for, you can look to Mochila’s Student Events screen to see what’s going on around campus.
- Campus Dining: Whether you’re hungry for lunch, breakfast, or dinner you can always find a place nearby serving food. With one-tap access to the current dining menus, you can easily find that place across campus serving a homemade thanksgiving dinner. Or check ahead and find where you’re meeting friends for breakfast, with dining time and location info.
- Student Life: Did you know most schools have tons of resources available to students? Things such as legal services for students, a student health center, and programs aimed at helping students adjust to college life are common examples, but plenty of people are unaware of how to use them. Find dozens of student life options ranging from services like those, to recreational sports and get more information so you can get involved.
- Computer Labs: Computer labs offer a quiet place to study, take exams, write papers, or do anything else you need to for your classes. Whether you just want to check the hours of your favorite lab or find a new one nearby just to print your notes before class, Mochila makes it easy. You can even view a map showing every general access computer lab near you, with colored pins to indicate if they’re open or closed.
- Sports: Stay up-to-date about your school’s various teams, with direct access to news from all of them. It’s all right here: Upcoming games, recent scores, plus other interesting news.
- News: Read the latest on what’s happening on and around campus. With multiple news sources, you can stay current on campus news with your student newspaper, official university news, alumni news, and more.
- Calendar: You probably already know when the first day of Spring Break is, but do you know the last date to change your schedule for the semester? Chances are, you probably don’t. With a simple and accurate academic calendar one tap away, there’s not much of a reason to try and remember this. Choose from any of your university’s official dates, and add them to your calendar so that you can get a reminder or plan ahead.
- Colleges: Whether you need to contact the dean’s office about your classes or find out when you can visit an advisor about your schedule for the fall, Mochila has you covered. Look up any college or school from the directory, and view a list of possible offices you may need to contact. Find phone numbers, websites, locations, and office hours whenever you need them.
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