Calvin’s Dormulator
Every once in awhile a traditional college will do something cool. Something that says, “We listen to our students”.
Emily Brondsema, a junior at Calvin College (in 2005), put together a web app that allows prospective students to organize their rooms online - before ever seeing the space.
And what exactly is “The Dormulator?”
It’s an online program that allows students to view a virtual image of a residence hall room, scaled to the dimensions of an actual Calvin dorm room, and to arrange the room, rotate its furniture and change the furniture colors. Though she based it on a similar program from another university’s website, Brondsema has added several distinctive features to the Calvin version.
Calvin article: Dormulator Up for Two Awards
This is a great example of a cool little app that brings a lot of excitment to the college. As simple as it is - it’s probably the biggest/best advertising tool they have had in years.
Brian Ryckbost Says:
It was a pretty cool app indeed, but I’m not really sure how often it was actually used by students. oh well, I doubt I could have done better.