Improvements to Campus Technology

In an email from Gerry Brunelle, Student Government (SG) Director of Services, current technology issues were elaborated on. Brunelle said that he had a meeting with Jeanne Casares, the new Chief Information Officer (CIO), in which he ran the “SG Committee on Institute Technology that was created last year to help address some of the technology issues that students are facing on campus.”

Brunelle explained that there are three major goals he wishes to accomplish. The first is to work with Information Technology Services (ITS) to improve student email issues and come up with a solution for them. The second is to investigate adding and improving wireless in both dorms and apartments, and the third is to begin remaking the Infocenter (Student Information System).

“This will be a multi-year project,” said Brunelle, one with which Casares will assist as a member of Brunelle’s committee. “She will be joining us...to aid us in developing and driving these improvements,” he said. “In the meeting with Jeanne she also mentioned that she is looking into creating an Institute-wide technology committee that would have representation from all the different groups around campus including students, faculty, and staff. I hope to help her in forming this group and to have SG work as a key member of this committee to help improve the technology around campus.”

The Center for Campus Life

“The [Center for Campus Life] has many roles,” Director of the Center for Campus Life Mike D’Arcangelo said, “We oversee many cultural and service events around campus and one of the things we do is... give healthy advising. Our job responsibility is to make you more proficient in yours.”

“Since RIT is known as an innovation university, the first thing we do is help students be innovative on a daily basis. Still, bringing creativity into reality can be a difficult process,” added D’Arcangelo.

Last year, RIT reached a total of 176 clubs on campus. “We also registered over 1500 events and a large increase in late night events,” said D’Arcangelo. There was also a discussion of Greek life on campus: “Right now, there is a consideration of adding six more fraternities to campus who have interest in having chapters here. There has also been a rise in the number of students who have joined these organizations.” For more information about the center, visit campuslife.rit.edu.

Creating a New RSO/MSO

Cory Gregory, GLBT Senator, spoke about his decision to create a new GLBT RSO (Representative Student Organization). “The future representation to Student Government will come from the president of this new position. A senator position will no longer be necessary,” Gregory stated. “This new organization will involve many of the events from RITGA and the GLBT center. Membership will be more in the form of weekly e-board meetings and signing up for e-board positions.” The date of this happening is still undetermined. For updates, see campuslife.rit.edu/GLBT.