Students looking to shape the future of technology on campus can give input at the IT Student Advisory Group meeting Wednesday.

The IT Student Advisory Group allows students from all disciplines to express concerns, suggestions and ask questions to IT Technicians and University officials. The student group will be meeting 2 to 3 times this semester to discuss changes OIT could make.

The group was founded last year by Jennifer Riehle, technology outreach specialist with the Office of Information Technology, to give students the chance to express concerns about the University’s computing system. The group meets several times each semester to stay updated.

“We meet 2 to 3 times [during] the semester to allow students time to speak with the chief information officer about a number of technology issues on campus,” Riehle said.

Each meeting features specific topics of discussion based on what is going on around campus at the time.

The most recent meeting, held Oct. 26 in Witherspoon Hall, featured discussions regarding MyPack Portal updates and IT security issues.

“We generally have a few topics in mind based on what’s going on with respect to information technology on campus,” said Riehle.

At the end of each meeting, students and attendees are asked to provide feedback and ideas about the advisory group. Suggestions are taken into consideration by IT officials present at the meeting, according to Riehle.

“We always leave time at the end [of the meeting] for students to bring their own topics and concerns,” said Riehle, who says she encourages students to come to the meeting with a topic they would like to discuss.

The next IT student advisory group meeting is set to be held on Wednesday from 5:30 to 7 p.m. the Carmichael Recreation Center in room 1606. The featured topics to be discussed at the upcoming meeting are peer-to-peer file sharing on campus, and Higher Education Opportunity Act.

Students are encouraged to attend and bring ideas and concerns with them for discussion at the meeting, according to Riehle. 

There are two more meetings scheduled during this semester, set for March 6, from 5:30 to 7 p.m., featuring mobile computing, and again for April 4, also from 5:30 to 7 p.m.

The locations of these meetings have not yet been determined, and the featured topic for the April meeting has not been decided upon.