Student Technology Fee News Today

On Nov. 19, the ASUW Senate kicked off their meeting addressing winter quarter meeting changes, updates on the ASUW historical Shell House, campus safety, and student technology. Senate vice speaker

The Intensive American Language Center on the Pullman campus has moved its learning support center to Thompson Hall where it will share a space with the Language Lab.

If the IREF passes, students will face an additional $132 semesterly fee to pay for items that should be coming out of campus’s existing budget.

WSU Libraries’ patrons now have access to a state-of-the-art audio lab for the production of podcasts, music recordings, and sound for video.

As student leaders who have worked all year on the issue of technology funding, we felt it necessary to provide the student body with a more complete assessment of this proposal.

We know this flexibility must be part of our “new normal” and will require tools, robust infrastructure and staff to support both modalities.

The ASUC Senate held its first public meeting of the semester Wednesday, where senators and campus administrators discussed the return to in-person classes.

The Florida State University College of Entrepreneurship on Thursday announced the addition of a new body scanner, which they said helps incorporate the latest technologies into the curriculum.

If UC Berkeley is serious about being the best public university, then it cannot leave its students without access to the tools we need to succeed.

For Kenneth Lien, campus sophomore and executive director of Cal Hacks, the failed renewal of the Student Technology Fee, or STF, during the ASUC elections in April is a “loss of a safety net.” Without the STF — a campus-based student fee referendum that provided all UC Berkeley students with equitable access to a range of technology services — Lien said he will no longer have access to a Wi-Fi hot spot and laptop that he relied on to take virtual classes during the pandemic, which was ...