Gettysburg College iPhone App

Have you ever wanted to take Gettysburg College with you everywhere that you go?  If you have an iPhone or iTouch, there's an app for that.

Last week the college announced the release of the application, which can be downloaded for free at www.gettysburg.edu/app.  The design was put together with external audiences in mind, like prospective students, alumni and families.  As a young alum, an iPhone app comes in handy whether you want to find out the latest news on campus or get in contact with a certain professor who found out you were on campus and didn't stop by his office (sorry, Dr. Hiraizumi!).

There's a lot more to this app than campus news and directories, though.  Check out the hi-res photo album and videos from campus, scroll an interactive campus map, follow your favorite Bullets sports team, and (say you're planning a trip back to campus soon) you can easily get contact information for area hotels and restaurants.  You can even find out what your favorite campus dining spot is serving these days - check out the newest location, The Dive, in the new Center for Athletic Recreation and Fitness.

Even if you don't have the iPhone or iTouch to get the app, tell your friends or mention it if you have the chance to volunteer at an Admissions College Fair in your area.  If you have a reunion coming up soon - Class of 2000 and 2005, that's you - save yourself some hassle and check it out for hotel and dinner reservations.  Otherwise, you can see what it's all about from the visitor section of the website at http://www.gettysburg.edu/visiting_gettysburg/getting_togettysburg/iphone-app.dot.

Doug Stuart, Class of 2004