Be the Next Bill Gates

How much money is in your bank account right now?

Most college students' typical response to this question is "not enough," or "what's a bank account?" What if there was a way for you to fill up that bank account while helping to shape the future of technology at Lyndon?

 Well, there is and winners receive 700 dollars for first prize, 500 dollars for second prize, 350 dollars for third prize, 250 dollars for fourth prize and 150 dollars for fifth prize.

President Steve Gold has announced a competition named the Lyndon Information Technology Competition. Participants must create a creative response to form a Strategic Information Technology Plan for the next president of Lyndon State College, Joseph Bertolinio. Teams of three or more can be made up of faculty, staff, and students and are encouraged to participate and use one another's knowledge to create the best plan for Lyndon.

President Gold stated in an email that "I believe Information Technology is critical to the future of this college, it must be approached from a strategic perspective and IT resources must be used as efficiently as possible."             

Colleges from all across the country are beginning to take a strategic look at their information technology departments. One example of this is the College of Dupage which is located in Illinois. They have created a four year strategic plan solely based on Information Technology. Some of the issues that their plan tries to address are the ability to provide secure access to student information, reduce noise levels in the open labs, and provide group study space with computer access. They also aim to have presentation ability in each classroom and utilize more hybrid classes in their future academics.

As in any competition, there are rules to follow. Submissions are required to be in a narrative form that would describe a process or product that would generate efficiency and effectiveness for the college community in regards to Information Technology. These entries should be no more than 300 words focused on a concept instead of the detailed technical pieces of the proposal. There is also a section required that addresses the current problems within the institution. The due date is Friday, April 6th and all submissions must be emailed to Darcie Miles at Darcie.Miles@lyndonstate.edu.