Student Technology Fee

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What is the Student Technology Fee?

The Technology Fee Advisory Committee was established in 2002 to develop the College's plans for use of the revenues from the new student technology fee adopted by the University Board of Trustees. The committee was charged with developing a budget plan in accordance with guidelines established by the University as to the expenditure of these funds and to maximize input across the College community.

How does Student Technology Fee work?

The Student Technology Fee ("Tech Fee") was created as an interactive way to enhance technology available to students on all CUNY campuses. Fees collected from students are held in reserve to fund projects that have a "demonstrable affect" on the student body. Each campus has an advisory committee that consists of administrative staff, faculty and student representatives that oversee budget allocation and project approval however; Tech Fee is totally dependent on the entire college community for its functioning: without proposals submitted by students, faculty, and staff, there would be no projects to fund.

Student Technology Fee Plan Fiscal Year 2023-2024

Student Technology Fee Plan for Fiscal Year 2023-2024 in pdf format

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Student Technology Fee Committee

**Faculty / Administration**
Name	Title
1. Neo Antoniades	Professor, Division of Science & Technology, Engineering & Environmental Science
2. Patricia Kahn	CIO and AVP Information Technology Services
3. Bang Geul	Assistant Professor, Division of Humanities &Social Sciences, Media Culture
4. Jonathan Peters	Professor, School of Business, Accounting & Finance
5.H. Michael Dreher	Dean, School of Health Sciences
6. Amy Stempler	Associate Dean and Chief Librarian

**Students**
Name	Title
1.Timothy Golubowski	Student Representative, WSIA
2. Regina Minaya	Student Representative, Student Government
3. Elina Milimoh	Student Representative, Publishing Board
4. Laura Kaplan	Student Representative, Computer Science Club

**Resources to Committee Non-Voting**
Name	Title
1. Kevin Ascolese	HEO, Budget Office
2. Shannon Cammarano	HEO, Director of Enrollment Management
3. Danielle Dimitrov	Executive Director of Student Services
4. Regina Gonzalez-Lama	Faculty Lecturer, School of Health & Sciences, Department of Nursing
5. Orit Gruber	Chief College Lab Technician, Division of Science & Technology, Computer Science
6. Intissar Hassan (maternity leave-January)	Interim Assoc Director Budget, Finance & Administration, Office of Economic Development, Continuing Studies & Government Relations
7. Linda John	HEO, Director of Academic Computing
8. Bryan McGuckin	Computer Laboratory Technician, School of Education
9. Doriann Pieve-Hyland	HEO, Director of Technology, Operations, Training & Development
10. Leonardo Pignataro	HEO Associate, Academic Affairs Manager in Student Success Development
11.Beatrix Reinhardt	Professor, Division of Humanities & Social Sciences, Performing & Creative Arts
12. Enza Vario	HEO Associate, Division of Humanities & Social Sciences
13. Sabine Salandy	Program Manager for the NYC Tech Talent Pipeline
14. Ralf Peetz	Interim Dean for Division of Science and Technology

Projects Funded and Descriptions

Project 1: Networking (wireless upgrades; switches; etc.) $155,000
Expenditure Category: D Continuing Project
Requested by IT
Fiscal Year 7/1/2023 – 6/30/2024
Project Description: Funding will be used to improve student services by replacing legacy devices (switches; access points), continued expansion of Campus Wi-Fi coverage, expansion of internet capacity for faculty, staff, and students.

Project 2: New PC's/SSD's Public and Academic Computer Labs $25,000
Expenditure Category: A New Project
Requested by IT
Fiscal Year 7/1/2023 – 6/30/2024
Project Description: Funding will be used to upgrade student-serving computer labs in various locations throughout campus. Life cycle replacement reports will identify specific areas; however, attention will be given to public access stations in the Library as well as other heavily used areas. A combination of SSDs and new computers will allow for approximately 50 upgrades.

Project 3: Computers or portable devices from Academic Divisions to support Teaching/Tutoring $32,736
Expenditure Category: A New Project
Requested by Faculty/Staff
Fiscal Year 7/1/2023 – 6/30/2024
Project Description: Funding will be used to purchase a variety of technology to be used by Humanities, Nursing, Academic Affairs, and Science/Technology (Mac minis, Mac books, and computers for the upgrade of a tutoring lab.)

Project 4: Academic Software to support instruction $109,921
Expenditure Category: H Continued
Requested by Faculty/Staff
Fiscal Year 7/1/2023 – 6/30/2024
Project Description: Funding will benefit students in support of teaching and learning, and curriculum.

Major software allocations include

Bloomberg, Mimic Pro. Rise Vision and Standard & Poors for the Business trading room
Scientific software (National Instruments)
Statistical Software (Qualtrics)
Owl
In addition to other software needed for classroom instruction

Project 5: Software to support student services $88,037

Expenditure Category: D Continued Requested by Faculty/Staff Fiscal Year 7/1/2023 – 6/30/2024
Project Description: Funding will benefit students in support of student services, advisement and counseling,

ID Card transaction system (Blackboard)
Software needed for counseling, scheduling, and student support (Symplicity, Titanium)
Software needed for student organizations/student life (Engage/Anthology)
Degree Works
IOTA
ViaTRM (used by Global Engagement for International Students)

Project 6: Maintenance Support Contracts for Student Services $70,463
Expenditure Category: D Continued
Requested by Staff
Fiscal Year 7/1/2023 – 6/30/2024
Project Description: Funding will be used to renew maintenance contracts and software licensing for student services. Major costs include:

Password reset (Manage Engine)
Wireless support (Aruba)
Asset/Helpdesk software (KACE)
VMware environment
Spam software (Barracuda)
Remote login support (Beyond Trust)

Project 7: Personnel $838,373
Expenditure Category: G Continued
Requested by Faculty/Staff
Fiscal Year 7/1/2023 – 6/30/2024
Project Description: Funding will benefit faculty, staff, and students by providing staffing resources in support of Helpdesk, student services, SEEK, Library, as well technical assistance for labs (Humanities, IT labs). In addition, funding will support staff in order to assist with technology and software upgrades, multimedia, infrastructure, and virtual office hours. Customer service resources are available for technical support and account assistance.

Project 8: Library $272,000
Expenditure Category: F Continued
Requested by Faculty
Fiscal Year 7/1/2023 – 6/30/2024
Project Description: Funding will benefit students and faculty by providing Library electronic resources include licensing and rights for scientific databases, digital journals and electronic subscriptions.

Details of cost include subscription fees to a variety of academic journals such as Wiley, Ebsco, Waldo, STEM journals, NY Times, Kanopy, etc.

Project 9: Assistive Technology $5,000
Expenditure Category: B Continued
Requested by Faculty, Staff, Students
Fiscal Year 7/1/2023 – 6/30/2024
Project Description: Funding will be used to purchase assistive technology in order to benefit students and faculty in support of teaching and learning.

Details of cost include the purchase of a variety of technology to support the Center for Accessibility, such as Livescribe pens, Solid State Drives, and headphones.

Project 10: Technology for Smart Classrooms $5,000
Expenditure Category: H Continued
Requested by Staff
Fiscal Year 7/1/2023 – 6/30/2024
Project Description: Funding will benefit students and faculty by supporting teaching and learning in smart classrooms through the purchase of technology that have reached their life cycle. Funding will be used to replace additional technology such as projection devices, screens, etc. including standard items needed for hyflex classrooms as needed.

Project 11: Website $35,000
Expenditure Category:
Requested by Staff
Fiscal Year 7/1/2023 – 6/30/2024
Project Description: Redesign of home page requiring vendor assistance as well as upgrade to Drupal 10

Project 12: University Charges $685,000
Expenditure Category: K Continued
Requested by IT Steering
Fiscal Year 7/1/2023 – 6/30/2024

Funding will benefit faculty, staff, and students who benefit from the variety of technologies, software, and infrastructure supported by CUNY.
Details of cost: covers a variety of technologies, licensing and software including network firewall, Blackboard, Microsoft, CUNYfirst, Adobe, just to name a few.

Project 13: Equipment to Support Learning (non-computer related) $156,673
Expenditure Category: H New
Requested by Faculty
Fiscal Year 7/1/2023 – 6/30/2024
Project Description: Funding will benefit students; hardware requests from academic departments as well as by Division faculty chairs/deans in order to support courses – e.g. Chromatographs, microscopes, photographic equipment, audio/video technology for PCA/media culture, VR headsets, etc.

Budget Template

CSI STF Budget Template 2023 - 2024
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Prior Years

Budget Template

Student Technology Fee Plan

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