Personal Purchasing for UNI Students, Faculty and Staff
Hardware
Software
The university has several agreements which provide students, faculty, and staff the opportunity to purchase hardware and software at a discount. Emeritus faculty and staff, as well as new students coming to UNI are eligible for many of these discount programs. The computer specialists in the Computer Consulting Center can help students, faculty, and staff with individual PC purchasing questions. See program detail below for additional information.
Hardware (PCs, Printers, etc)
Apple
Students, faculty, and staff can purchase Apple hardware, software and accessories at a discount through the Apple Store. Visit http://store.apple.com/us_edu_53340 for more information and to place your order online.
Dell
Students, parents, faculty, and staff can purchase directly from Dell and receive discounts on every purchase.
Click Here for "Special Bid Systems", to see yearly specially UNI bid priced items.
Alternatively, visit http://dell.com/university to shop the entire Dell line.
To order by phone, call a Dell sales representative at 1-877-454-1132 to assist you with your purchase.
If calling, please be sure to mention your Member ID: BS26304151 to ensure you get your special discount.
Shipping and appropriate sales tax applies.
Hewlett Packard
HP has partnered with Riverside Technologies Inc to provide UNI students, faculty and staff with the ability to purchase HP notebooks, desktops, and accessories. They also offer a wide array of carrying cases embroidered with the official UNI panther logo.
To purchase, visit: https://www.riversidetechnologies.com/uni/cart/
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Software
Adobe Student and Teacher Licensing Program
The Adobe Student and Teacher Licensing Program enables higher education institutions to buy Adobe education products for resale to UNI students, faculty, and staff. The university has designated University Book & Supply as their authorized reseller for Adobe software for personal use. University Book & Supply is located at 1009 W. 23rd Street, Cedar Falls, IA 50613. A valid UNI ID card is required for purchase.
Individuals wishing to take advantage of this offer may purchase up to one copy of each of the following software titles:
- Adobe CS5.5 Design Premium
- Adobe CS 5.5 Design Standard
- Adobe CS 5.5 Web Premium
- Adobe CS 5.5 Production Premium
- Adobe CS 5.5 Master Collection
- Adobe Acrobat X Pro
- Adobe Captivate 5.5
- Adobe Dreamweaver CS5.5
- Adobe Flash CS5.5 Professional
- Adobe Photoshop Elements 10 & Premiere Elements 10
- Adobe Photoshop CS5 Extended
- Adobe Photoshop Lightroom3
Antivirus Software
Due to the explosive virus situations on the Internet, it is imperative that anyone connecting their personal computer to the UNI networks runs current virus protection software. There are several products available to protect your personal computer. For a list of free antivirus software, click here. For more information about protecting your personal computer from virus and other malicious software, see the support article:
Mathematica
As part of the three-year unlimited site license between Wolfram Research and the Iowa State Board of Regents Universities, students and faculty may install a copy of the software on their personal computers for the use or support of instruction and academic research. The agreement is for January 1, 2012 – December 31, 2014.
Faculty and staff can request a copy of Mathematica for their personally owned machines through this link. Our site license number is L3399-2490. Students may request a copy of Mathematica for their personally owned machines through this link.
Microsoft Home Use Program – Faculty & Staff Only
The Home Use Program (HUP) is a Software Assurance benefit available as part of our Microsoft Campus Agreement. Through this offering, current employees have the option to purchase a copy of Microsoft® Office to install and use on a home computer during the term of our campus agreement. For each product sold through HUP, one installation on a primary device (i.e. desktop) and one installation on a mobile device (i.e. laptop) is allowed. A valid UNI email address is required for purchase.
To purchase:
- Log in to MyUNIverse with your CatID
- Click on the Work @ UNI tab
- Click on the Microsoft Home Use Program link located in the Computer Resources area.
- Follow the directions on the page to complete your transaction.
Microsoft – Students
Students qualify to purchase academically discounted software in-store or online through University Book & Supply or download through Microsoft Store. A valid UNI email address is required for purchase.
Software available:
- Office University - $99.99 (available through University Book and Supply or Microsoft Store)
- Windows Upgrade - $64.95 (only available through Microsoft Store)
To access information regarding previous purchases made through e-Academy, click here.
Read & Write Gold - Home Use
Read & Write Gold, award-winning literacy support software, gives an added boost to people who need support with reading, writing and learning by making support tools available right at their fingertips. To download (large 1.6GB download; requires computer lab credentials) this software, click here for Windows version; click here for Macintosh version; For Installation instructions, click here. Contact your technical support staff or the ITS Computer Consulting Center.
SAS
As part of the licensing agreement with SAS, university faculty, staff and students may install a copy SAS Education Analytical Suite, SAS/GIS, or SAS/SPECTRAVIEW on their personal computer. This software is not available for download; to get a copy, bring a 4GB flash drive to the Computer Consulting Center, located in 36 ITTC. Staff will download the software onto your flash drive for installation.
