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May 25, 2012

ÂúÃÃÊÓÆµ web developers announce new mobile app feature

Life at the University of Louisiana at Monroe can now be experienced a new way—through user-submitted photos on the university's mobile app.

The app's new feature, "picture myÂúÃÃÊÓÆµ," stemmed from a meeting with ÂúÃÃÊÓÆµ President Bruno and ÂúÃÃÊÓÆµ's Computing Center Web Development team.

Current students can now submit pictures from their mobile phones to the app's mobile photo gallery, which anyone can access.

Having photos submitted by willing students gives the photo gallery an honest representation of ÂúÃÃÊÓÆµ life, said Richard Peacock, ÂúÃÃÊÓÆµ web application programmer.  "We wanted prospective students to see pictures of our students having fun and enjoying ÂúÃÃÊÓÆµ," he added. 

To use the "picture myÂúÃÃÊÓÆµ" feature, students can log into the ÂúÃÃÊÓÆµ mobile application and press the "Submit a Picture" icon.  Students can then upload photographs from their phones.  ÂúÃÃÊÓÆµ staff members moderate the submitted pictures, and due to volume, only a few are selected each day. 

ÂúÃÃÊÓÆµ junior Hannah Wales is one of the students whose photography was selected for the gallery.  "I really enjoy the picture myÂúÃÃÊÓÆµ feature because it gives me the opportunity to share my experiences around campus, and I feel honored to have my picture chosen on the gallery," said Wales.

The ÂúÃÃÊÓÆµ mobile app for the Apple iPhones and Androids was revealed last summer, and the mobile application allows students, faculty, and staff to access instantly the ÂúÃÃÊÓÆµ systems they use most, including email, FlightPath, and Moodle.  The latest feature "picture my ÂúÃÃÊÓÆµ" gives ÂúÃÃÊÓÆµ students a better opportunity to interact with the ÂúÃÃÊÓÆµ mobile app. 

"We also see it as a fun and fairly unique feature.  We are aware of only a handful of other college apps, nationwide, who have a similar service," said Peacock.  

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