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Campus Software

Meredith College uses site and individual licensing to manage distribution of software for its faculty, staff, and students. Meredith's membership with the North Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities (NCICU), provides for cost saving purchasing plans on certain software packages such as Microsoft and Adobe products. Being a member of the NCICU also provides Meredith students and employees a way to purchase software at reduced prices (see Purchasing Software below).
 

Software Options at Meredith College 
Microsoft:  The Meredith College Microsoft license allows installation of the operating system, Office Enterprise, Expression Web, and the Digital Image Suite on all computers owned by the college. Special pricing is available to all students, faculty, and staff, for certain Microsoft products. See Below
SPSS: Meredith College has a site license for SPSS, a leading worldwide provider of predictive analytics software and solutions. All Meredith student laptops have the software installed. Students without Meredith laptops can also have the software installed when needed.
Atomic Learning: Meredith's site license provides access for faculty, staff, students, and family to the Atomic Learning Web Site. This site provides easy automated tutorials for all levels of PC and Mac software. Contact the help desk for id and password.
Adobe: Through the relationship with NCICU, Adobe products are available for purchase at very aggressive prices. Meredith College provides certain Adobe products on Common and Curriculum Lab computers. Special pricing is also available to all students, faculty, and staff, for certain Adobe products. See Below.
SAS/JMP: Meredith College has a site license for SAS's main statistical software and a limited license for the new statistical discovery software JMP.
WYNN: This license allows for installation of the software on all computers owned by the college. Part-time, graduate, and graduated students have the the ability to purchase WYNN (see below) at discounted prices.
 

Default Software Installs
Default Student/Employee Software: Full time students, who participate in the Laptop Program, and faculty/staff employees will have a default software load installed on their computers. Select DSL pdf icon to view pre-loaded software.
 
Default Computer Lab Software: Meredith College utilizes a network of open/common computer labs, and department labs. Select Common Labs or Department Labs pdf icon for locations and software load.
 

Purchasing Software for Meredith Students/Faculty/Staff
With Meredith College's membership to the NCICU and it relationship with Freedom Scientific, discounted Microsoft, Adobe, and WYNN software is available to Meredith Faculty/Staff and students. You must be currently employed or enrolled as a student and have a current Meredith email address.
 
Meredith College has partnered with VarsityBuys to provide heavily discounted prices for academic software. Selections include Microsoft and Adobe software. Other software brands are also available at discounted prices. Visit your personalized V-store, select the student or faculty/staff tab, create your account, and start shopping for the software you need today.
Student Account Setup: Download this document to view instructions on creating and verifying an account.
Faculty/Staff Account Setup: Download this document to view instructions on creating and verifying an account.
VarsityBuys does provide on-line support. Look for the LiveSupport button located at the top of their web page.
 
WYNN Site    Freedom Scientific offers Meredith Students, with a current Meredith email address, the ability to purchase a personal copy of WYNN. This $1000 value will cost the student $325.
To start the process email: LAtton@freedomscientific.com for instructions.