About Program
Preparing to live off-campus is exciting, and also presents the challenge of new freedoms, new rights, and new responsibilities. responsibilities. How are you going to find a roommate? How do you split bills between housemates, and ensure they get paid on time? Some neighbors may be fellow students, and others will be non-student neighbors with their own priorities -- so how can you and all your neighbors build community together? How will you make a healthy dinner out of the scraps left in your pantry and fridge on Thursday afternoon?
See below for what these apps created by Northwestern students can do for you! And if you have your own app to share, scroll down to find instructions for how to share it with OCL for review and posting.
Statement of Non-Endorsement
All links to applications listed on this site are provided by third parties. Any representations as to applications' quality, effectiveness, or value are made solely by the third party, and not the Off-Campus Life Office (OCL) or Northwestern University. The inclusion of any application on this website is not, and should not be taken as, an endorsement or approval by the University or OCL. Neither the University nor OCL makes any warranty or representation as to an application's quality or effectiveness, nor as to the application developer's business or data security practices. If a user encounters any problem with an application linked to on this site, feedback and requests to remedy such problems should be directed to the third party. Neither the University nor OCL shall be liable for damages of any kind related to use of applications linked on this site.
Submission instructions
The Off-Campus Life office invites any student or group of students to share newly-developed applications that will assist students living or preparing to live in the off-campus environment, whether in Evanston or Chicago. Here's how to do it:- Create an app or service that solves a problem for students living or preparing to live off-campus. The app may be aimed at any platform: web, iOS, Android, Alexa, etc. Apps or services should be fully in compliance with all University policies, including the Student Handbook.
- Use our Microsoft Forms application to share your proposal with the Off-Campus Life office. Staff from the office will set up a time to meet and discuss your proposal. Some things the application will request:
- A clear description of the product, and the problem it solves for students moving or preparing to move off-campus;
- Detailed information about any pricing considerations including, but not limited to, the cost of the app to download, fees applied during usage, or purchases that can be made within the application (Please note: Failure to adequately provide such information at the time of application, or once hosted in the App Closet, will result in a denied application, or removal of the app from the App Closet);
- Disclosure of how app users' information will be stored and utilized (Please note: Any app that sells student information in any way will not be permitted to use the App Closet);
- Verification that the representatives of the app have any necessary licenses, permissions, and/or insurance;
- Verification that any use of Northwestern branding has been been cleared through Northwestern's Trademark Licensing Office.