There may be a lot of things College of Charleston employees are missing out on while social distancing, but saving money isn’t one of them. Check out some of the many offers that CofC employees can take advantage while staying home!

1. Food and Grocery Delivery

Whether you’re looking for a full meal kit, access to online groceries or a convenient food delivery service, there are plenty of offers to make eating right simple:

2. Working From Home

It’s easy to stay focused and productive in your home office using these great deals:

  • The College of Charleston Division of Information Technology has made Adobe Creative Suite and Adobe Acrobat Pro available to students, faculty and staff free of charge for their personal computers through May 31, 2020. The Adobe Acrobat Pro version allows you to create, edit, sign and convert most PDF files to Microsoft Word documents. The Adobe Creative Suite includes visual and design applications like Photoshop, InDesign, Dreamweaver, Premiere and AfterEffects. To request access to Adobe Acrobat Pro or Adobe Creative Suite, complete a ticket. Contact the IT Service desk with questions by emailing itservicedesk@cofc.edu, chat at help.cofc.edu or phone at 843.953.3375.
  • TicketsAtWork offers plenty of deals to help you make the most of your home office, including deals from Staples, VistaPrint and Lenovo. To enroll, visit the TicketsAtWork registration page and use your @cofc.edu email address and the company code COUGARPERKSFUN.
  • To boost your productivity when working from home, Perks at Work offers great deals on products like Sennheiser. To access the Perks At Work website, first log into Deer Oaks website, then click on Savings Center under the Centers tab. From there, follow the directions to register for the Perks At Work access.

3. Learning From Home

Whether you’re teaching your students online or teaching your children at home, there are plenty of ways to make the most of the experience for your students and yourself:

  • The College’s Center for Continuing and Professional Education is offering the CofC community 10 percent off of the entire catalog of Mindedge offerings, including a Certificate in Agile Project Management, Certificate in Cybersecurity, Certificate in Sustainable Management and the Six Sigma and Lean Green and Yellow Belt prep courses. Simply use your @cofc.edu email address and the discount code COFC10 at checkout to receive the discounted rate. In addition, the center is offering the following Mindedge classes absolutely free: Introduction to Critical Thinking, Personal Creativity and Creativity in Teams and Organizations.
  • LinkedIn Learning, an online educational platform, is now available to all College of Charleston faculty and staff for free. LinkedIn Learning offers expert-led course videos on hundreds of topics. To browse the extensive list of courses available, log in through Office 365 (portal.office.com) with your CofC credentials, navigate to the More Apps section and choose LinkedIn Learning. Detailed instructions are available here.
  • Perks At Work, which is available through the College’s employee assistance program Deer Oaks EAP, offers deals on top educational software and products like Rosetta Stone and Babbel. It is also offering free access to its Community Online Academy, which is a virtual full day of learning/development for kids and adults. Every Thursday, CofC employees can access 20+ classes to improve work-from-home skills and give kids enriching classes from home. Attendees can dial into as many or as few sessions as they like – full day participation is not required. To access the Perks At Work website, first log into Deer Oaks website, then click on Savings Center under the Centers tab. From there, follow the directions to register for the Perks At Work access.
  • TicketsAtWork offers deals on education and enrichment tools for distance learning, including Epic! and Udemy. To enroll, visit the TicketsAtWork registration page and use your @cofc.edu email address and the company code COUGARPERKSFUN.

4. Staying Healthy and Strong

Just because you can’t go to the gym doesn’t mean you can’t get fit – there are plenty of ways to get moving at home:

To access these and other discounts, log into BCBS and click Blue365 Discounts under the Resources tab.