MARYSVILLE, CA – The Yuba Community College District (YCCD) launched @go.yccd.edu last week, which is a new online communication service the District is offering to its students.

The service is more than just another email account with 10 gigabytes of email storage. The new @go.yccd.edu will also provide YCCD students with a number of productivity and collaboration tools, including 25GB of online file storage, group calendaring, shared online documents using Microsoft Office Applications, blogging tools and much more.

Since these tools are browser-based, students will be able to access these services from virtually any computer or mobile device with an Internet connection.

“This is a wonderful tool for our students to have,” said Karen Trimble, director of Information Technologies for YCCD. “Our goal is to make @go.yccd.edu our primary campus communication, calendar, and collaboration service. This can only be accomplished through a high adoption rate among our students first.”

This new communication service was made possible through a partnership between the district and Microsoft, using Live@edu.

More than 60,000 student accounts were created and are ready for use.

In essence, @go.yccd.edu will become the District’s new e-mail/online communication system replacing the old go.yccd.edu accounts. At a time when resources are limited, partnerships become very important in supplying students with maximum functionality.

Current students and those interested in learning more about @go.yccd.edu should visit www.yccd.edu/webmail.

All students are encouraged to log in today to begin accessing these new tools.

The Yuba Community College District spans eight counties and nearly 4,200 square miles of territory in rural, north-central California. It has colleges in Marysville and Woodland, an educational center in Clearlake, and will be adding outreach facilities in Sutter and Colusa counties as part of the Measure J facilities bond.

For more information about YCCD please visit www.yccd.edu.