Outlook for Mac (2015) is not syncing Inbox and is incredibly slow on syncing calendar

This is sort of in response to a previous thread that appears to have been somewhat resolved for that user.  (http://community.office365.com/en-us/f/153/t/280914.aspx)  

For the past few days, my sync pending for this folder has been intermittent and the same with the calendar.  It seems to stop synching and then pick up synching at odd times of the day.  Yet, if I log into my mailbox through the university's internet portal, I am able to access email that have not synched yet.  It seems to be the same issue that Reinhard had in the previous thread.  It seems to synch, and then it doesn't synch until it decides it wants to synch again.  It's a little frustrating, but fortunately I have another way to access my email.  

Please let me know what additional information I might be able to provide that would be helpful.  Thank you!