OrgSync software now available for registered student organizations

Winston-Salem State joined other colleges and universities in the United States and Canada this semester by adopting OrgSync, the leading provider of organization management software for higher education Aug. 23.

The software is a web-based application that offers more than 50 tools that changes the way campus administrators, student organizations, and students communicate and interact.

OrgSync is used by registered organizations on campus to collaborate, share photos and interact as they would on Facebook.

"Another purpose of OrgSync is to be a venting tool. This allows the user to vent in-house instead of on Facebook," said Vivian Spencer, technology services coordinator.

Spencer is also one of the system administrators of OrgSync for WSSU.

"The decision to implement derived from the Campus Life Daily Digest that was designed to inform students of various co-curricular activities that takes place across campus," Spencer said.

"Students were requesting an alternative delivery method of CLDD other than e-mail."

"We offered an incentive in the beginning for the first organization to renew their registration and to invite all members to join OrgSync, and the Honors Program won," Spencer said.

Registered student organizations are required to use OrgSync.

Annual organization renewal and organization portfolios are handled via OrgSync.

Spencer said that approximately 601 users have registered, and 88 organizations have signed up for the program.

"Students stated that their WSSU e-mail were fluctuated with essential and nonessential information that caused them to overlook the CLDD," Spencer said.

OrgSync will not replace any other WSSU e-mail but will  help to decrease the amount of e-mail received from the Office of Student Activities.

Individual module training for advisers and organization leaders will begin this month.

Spencer said that all students should join OrgSync to receive information from their respective class if they are not affiliated with an organization.

OrgSync was co-founded by Eric Fortenberry and Cayce Stone in Austin, Texas in 2007 and established partnerships with five colleges and universities.

An OrgSync application for mobile devices will be available to students.