
In October of 2021, The Graduate Student Government launched a 60-day pilot program for the premium EDU membership of the cross-platform cloud-based writing assistant application- Grammarly. This pilot allowed Michigan Tech students, faculty, and staff to use the premium features of Grammarly @EDU for free for 60 days using the Michigan Tech SSO. This premium membership upgraded the service from basic spelling and punctuation checking to a complete writing assistant experience, including tone checks, ease of reading detection, and plagiarism check. The pilot ran from October 25 until December 24. We would like to thank IT for providing the necessary technical support for the successful execution of this pilot and to everyone who participated in the surveys sent out by GSG. While Grammarly can assist students with efficient emails to peers and supervisors, and regular assignments, for researchers, faculty, and staff it can assist with day-to-day email communications, proposal and manuscript writing, and plagiarism detection. Some cool features of Grammarly premium are, More information on the Grammarly features can be found at https://www.grammarly.com/premium. If you have any questions, comments, or feedback, please feel free to reach out to Ranit at gsg-vp@mtu.edu