uon'L you haLe lL when your frlend Lells you abouL all Lhe greaL food aL Lhe 1uC

evenL lasL nlghL?

We do. AlLhough word of mouLh ls greaL, lL's noL always rellable. Wouldn'L lL be wonderful Lo have a
slngle app LhaL organlzes all Lhe free evenLs and resources on campus ln one place?
We propose lreeSpoL, an easy-Lo-use app LhaL organlzes Lhls exlsLlng lnformaLlon more
efflclenLly on a map. LvenLs and resources are color-coded by caLegory and searchable by Lype, Llme,
locaLlon, and group. 1he lnformaLlon comes from sLudenL groups and campus offlces Lhrough a slmple
onllne form.
lreeSpoL sLreamllnes Lhe process of flndlng evenLs and free resources on campus. lLs locaLlon-
based formaL mlmlcs Lhe way sLudenLs look for resources and enables Lhem Lo access lnformaLlon
relevanL Lo Lhelr consLanLly evolvlng schedules.
8y lnLegraLlng exlsLlng lnformaLlon lnLo one app, lreeSpoL acLs as a collecLlve hub LhaL ls boLh
efflclenL and feaslble. lreeSpoL wlll be developed ln collaboraLlon wlLh Lhe App Lab, one of our currenL
free resources here on campus.
lreeSpoL wlll poslLlvely lmpacL uC ln Lhree parLlcular ways. 1he sLudenL populaLlon wlll beneflL
from lncreased knowledge of and access Lo free evenLs and resources on campus. SLudenL organlzaLlons
and campus offlces wlll be able Lo efflclenLly publlclze Lhelr evenLs and resources. erhaps mosL
lmporLanLly, Lhe unlverslLy communlLy wlll beneflL from more efflclenL use of lLs fundlng.
8oLh durlng and lmmedlaLely afLer Lhe developmenL of lreeSpoL, we wlll acLlvely recrulL groups
and offlces Lo adverLlse Lhrough Lhe app. use of lreeSpoL wlll lncrease exponenLlally as enLrles and users
lncrease. ulLlmaLely, hlgh numbers of users wlll lncenLlvlze groups Lo adverLlse Lhrough Lhe app, maklng
lL self-susLalnlng.
uue Lo lLs creaLlvlLy, feaslblllLy, lmpacL, and self-susLalnlng naLure, we sLrongly belleve ln Lhe
poLenLlal of lreeSpoL Lo slgnlflcanLly lmprove Lhe 8earcaL experlence.