Cambridge, Mass. — (BUSINESS WIRE) — Modo Labs, creators of a leading no-code app building platform for higher education and enterprise, today announced winners of the annual “Appademy Awards” given to colleges and universities for delivering an outstanding app experience to their campus community.

This year, 46 nominees from four different countries were reviewed across ten award categories such as “innovative communication,” “recruiting and admission” and “new student orientation” for their innovative use of the Modo platform and for delivering a campus app experience that empowers students to succeed. This year’s winners include large state universities, small private schools and two-year colleges.

New this year, to recognize the rapid and dramatic changes that many schools have had to undertake, the category of “Best Overall App” has been replaced with “the Best Distributed Campus App” category. This category awards overall achievement for a school that expeditiously transformed their app to address the off-campus experience by harnessing the power of mobile to keep all safe, informed, and engaged.

The 2020 Appademy Award winners are:

Best App, Distributed Campus (overall winner)

Winner: University of North Carolina, Greensboro

Runner Up: North Carolina Central University

Best App, Overall Design

Winner: California State University, San Marcos

Runner Up: Swinburne University (AU)

Best App, Use of Xmodule

Winners: University of Houston AND California State University, San Marcos

Runner Up: Ivy Tech Community College

Best App, Innovative Communication

Winner: University of Akron

Runner Up: Northern Arizona University

Best App, Student-Driven App

Winner: Cypress College

 Runner Up: Penn State University

Best App, New Student Orientation

Winner: University of Central Florida

Runner Up: The University of Southern Mississippi

Best App, Student Engagement

Winner: University of Findlay

Runner Up: Northampton Community College

Best App, Recruiting and Admission

Winner: University of California, San Francisco

Runner Up: St. Francis College

Best App, Marketplace

Winner: California State University, Northridge

Runner Up: Vanderbilt University

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“The campus app is the indispensable gateway and information distribution platform, both on and beyond the campus,” said Stewart Elliot, CEO of Modo Labs. “We’re proud to recognize these schools, and all schools, that have invested in developing creative and innovative app experiences that foster campus culture and elevate students to succeed wherever they may be learning. In our book, every school that’s committed to supporting and empowering their mobile-first students in a purposeful way is a winner.”

In addition to recognition for the schools and app teams, Appademy Award winning designs and uses will be used as leading practice examples and models for other schools around the world including the more than 300 using the Modo no-code platform.

The Appademy Awards began in 2017 and have annually recognized the best in academic and institutional application design and deployment.

Celebrate the 2020 Appademy winners and nominees in a webinar on July 22, 2:00p.m. ET.

You can see the 2019 Appademy Award winners, or learn about the Modo no-code app platform at modolabs.com.

Contacts

Jennifer Harrison for Modo Labs
jennifer@PandoPublicRelations.com
+1-916-716-0636