STFC allocates student fee money toward technology
STFC will soon wrap up annual technology requests for 2010-2011.
Olivia Aikala
Issue date: 3/9/10 Section: News
Ever wondered what that $40 Student Technology Fee listed on your tuition balance goes toward?
When asked, sophomore Samuel Driz said "I have no idea. If I had to guess I would say the people who maintain the computers at school-the people in the computer labs in Cherry Parks."
However, this isn't the case. Full-time students pay their $40 Student Technology Fee to the ASUWT Committee, STFC. For this winter quarter alone, 3,155 full-time students enrolled. Multiply that number by $40 and this number comes to $126,200. For part-time students, the Student Technology Fee is prorated. Yet even though students are paying this fee, it seems that some aren't aware of what STFC stands for. "Student T-…I don't know what it stands for," freshman Brendan Ng said.
Some students aren't aware of how STFC functions either. "I don't even know what that is," sophomore Beth Crook said.
STFC stands for the Student Technology Fee Committee, which functions to provide funds for the improvement of technology for students at UW Tacoma. "It's basically technology funded for students by students," STFC Co-Chair and senior Daniel Arroyo said.
Yet, if students' money provides the funding that this committee allocates, why is it that some know so little about STFC? "STFC wasn't communicated effectively to students in the past. This year, has differed greatly. The committee has talked to more students, we've been getting e-mails and concerns and we've advertised over LCD screens," Arroyo said.
By the second week of May each year, ASUWT requires STFC to submit a written report that includes the current funding status and important events regarding STFC. "The biggest issue we've been trying to fix is student involvement. Students have the biggest say. It's important for them to have a say," Arroyo said.
But how would one go about getting involved with STFC? "Students can submit proposals to request additional technology on campus like laptop computers for checkout, cameras, video equipment, etc. or consider serving as a member of the STFC for the 2010-11 school year," STFC Co-Chair, junior Diane DeFries said in an e-mail.
When asked, sophomore Samuel Driz said "I have no idea. If I had to guess I would say the people who maintain the computers at school-the people in the computer labs in Cherry Parks."
However, this isn't the case. Full-time students pay their $40 Student Technology Fee to the ASUWT Committee, STFC. For this winter quarter alone, 3,155 full-time students enrolled. Multiply that number by $40 and this number comes to $126,200. For part-time students, the Student Technology Fee is prorated. Yet even though students are paying this fee, it seems that some aren't aware of what STFC stands for. "Student T-…I don't know what it stands for," freshman Brendan Ng said.
Some students aren't aware of how STFC functions either. "I don't even know what that is," sophomore Beth Crook said.
STFC stands for the Student Technology Fee Committee, which functions to provide funds for the improvement of technology for students at UW Tacoma. "It's basically technology funded for students by students," STFC Co-Chair and senior Daniel Arroyo said.
Yet, if students' money provides the funding that this committee allocates, why is it that some know so little about STFC? "STFC wasn't communicated effectively to students in the past. This year, has differed greatly. The committee has talked to more students, we've been getting e-mails and concerns and we've advertised over LCD screens," Arroyo said.
By the second week of May each year, ASUWT requires STFC to submit a written report that includes the current funding status and important events regarding STFC. "The biggest issue we've been trying to fix is student involvement. Students have the biggest say. It's important for them to have a say," Arroyo said.
But how would one go about getting involved with STFC? "Students can submit proposals to request additional technology on campus like laptop computers for checkout, cameras, video equipment, etc. or consider serving as a member of the STFC for the 2010-11 school year," STFC Co-Chair, junior Diane DeFries said in an e-mail.
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