“Once you graduate, it stops working,” Lopez-Varela said. It’s important to know though, he said, that this free service is only valid as long as you are a currently enrolled student and PantherTech makes sure students are aware of it.
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“It’s a standard software for the business world so it’s a great thing for students to have and be able to use while they’re here and not have to pay for it because it is an expensive software,” Lopez-Varela said.Īccording to Lopez-Varela, even though PantherTech does their best to get the word out about this free service, from attending every orientation, displaying it in the store and using social media to promote it, word of mouth is the most effective way Panthers find out about this freebie.
Normally, a subscription service for Office 365 would start at a price range of $69.99 a year for individual use, with that price going up to $99.99 yearly for home - with optional monthly purchase plan options - so you can imagine how much money is saved in the long run by taking advantage of this free service.Īccording to José Lopez-Varela, the associate director of computer store operations at PantherTech, FIU was using the technology fee students pay every semester since 2008 to provide them access to Office, but now that they converted to Office 365 back in January, the service is completely free and is no longer using the tech fee to provide it.
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Purchasing the Home & Business package of Microsoft Office 2016, for example, would cost $229.99 with the Home & Student package costing $149.99 but if you log in to, students can access the latest version of all Microsoft programs including Word, Excel, Powerpoint, OneNote, OutLook, Access and Publisher for free through Microsoft’s cloud based service, Office 365. Luckily, when it comes to computers, software or just technology in general, students can get a lot of discounts, deals and perks, especially if they take advantage of the free softwares FIU provides. Microsoft’s program family, which includes Word, Excel and PowerPoint, is one of the most essential and useful programs ever created but it can also be expensive.
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