Letter to IT Department

Dear IT Faculty members,

Hello, my name is Christopher M. Ripley. I am a member of the Medaille College Student Government Association. For the last couple of months, members of SGA have got together and talked about issues on campus. We are trying to help the students get what they need to succeed in the world today. Medaille College is step one of the last stepping stones for students before they enter the real world and a full time job.

You may be wondering why I am writing you this letter, as the co-chair of SGA’s newly founded IT committee, I wanted to express some of our concerns before you come to our SGA general meeting. We would like to be the voice of the students to you. Along with that, create a partnership with you to help keep the students needs met. We would like to really make Medaille College a better place and a better learning community.

We have come up with ideas and are looking forward to discussing them with you. We are looking forward to having you at our meeting.We will have some questions and would like to get your feelings towards certain issue on campus pertaining to IT. SGA has had many inquiries from students and faculty all over the campus. They also are interested in what is going on with IT and what they are planning with the college. We feel it is our duty to represent these constituents.

We have some concerns with things and would like to see if it is possible to have these things on the Medaille campus. As a college, we are supposed to get students into the working world, ready to go at the highest level. SGA is wondering if it is possible to have Windows 7 running on all computers on campus. We feel that this could really benefit the students and get them ready for the working world. Another question we are wondering is if it is possible to have wireless internet in the dorms. We, as students feel that this is beneficial because of all the smartphones, Itouches, and other wireless capable products students have today. Another question that is always asked to us is the usage of BbVista and MedailleONE. I understand this is not our software but is it possible to use something else so it is not down so much and is more user friendly. Also, as a Mac computer user, I know we have a Mac Lab but is it possible to have more Mac Computers placed around campus so students can have easier access to them. I know some of these are big things but if one of these is accomplished, the students will benefit greatly from it and be able to succeed better in life.

In closing I thank you for taking the time to read this, and I look forward to hearing from you in the future about this topic.

Sincerely,
Christopher M. Ripley
Upper-class Senator
Medaille College Student Government Association