Buying Software: a Guide for College Students, Faculty, & Staff

St. Norbert College students, faculty, and staff may wish to purchase or acquire copies of various software programs for use on their personal computers.

Microsoft Office

Good News! Students and employees can now purchase Microsoft Office for only $20! For College employees who use Microsoft Office on their College-owned office computers, this is a "Work at Home” license, which permits College-related use only. This program is administered by an external vendor called JourneyEd. For details and links, see the vendor's web site:

www.snc.edu/go/getoffice

JourneyEd says that after you complete the order on their web site, you will be required to fax or e-mail a copy of your academic verification. They will send you an e-mail message with instructions for submitting your academic verification. Once verification is completed and depending on how you place your order, you will receive either a license code, a link to download the software, or a physical DVD set mailed to you. Delivery of the software download instructions are generally completed same day while shipment of the physical DVD takes 3-5 business days.

If you have questions or need assistance with this process, contact JourneyEd Customer Service at 1-800-874-9001 or use their web form.

If you need a copy of Office that does not qualify for the above program, see the links below to other software vendors.

Anti-virus/anti-spyware software

While no program offers complete anti-virus/anti-spyware protection, we recommend using the free Microsoft Security Essentials (required for student computers on the SNC network). Download Microsoft Security Essentials

Other software

St. Norbert College, as a member of the Wisconsin Association for Independent Colleges and Universities (WAICU), participates in a software purchase program which allows St. Norbert College students and employees to purchase software products for personal use at discounted prices. For details, see the following vendor web sites:

CDWG

JourneyEd

You may also find educational versions or prices through other commercial vendors, such as amazon.com. Prices at these sites vary, so shopping around is recommended.

Free software

Some software programs, such as web browsers, e-mail programs, and spyware removal tools, are available for free. For more information and links, see our downloads page.

Software available through the St. Norbert College network

Many common software programs, such as Firefox, Microsoft Office, Adobe Reader, IM programs, media players, file transfer & decompression utilities,etc. are available on most College-owned computers and can be installed on College-owned computers through the campus network. For Windows computers, go to Start - (All) Programs - Network Software. For Macs, contact the Help Desk.

Some campus computer labs have additional software available only in those labs. For details, see our Computer Labs page.

Assistance and questions

If you have any questions or need more information, contact the Help Desk at (920) 403-HELP (4357) or helpdesk@snc.edu. The Help Desk is for St. Norbert College students and employees only.