Restructuring the portfolio system at RPI and establishing well-defined and publicly available organizational structure to the institution.  I have experienced a lot of issues in the past year since starting at RPI in defining roles and responsibilities as well as facilitating research collaboration among different portfolios. Establishing a new collaborative structure and encouraging communal-effort rather than competition among portfolios and resource would be incredibly beneficial to the university. 

 
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We should utilize the President’s box at the field house to serve as an incubator of sorts for RPI students, faculty, and staff.  Tickets could be given to interested students, faculty, and staff with a set percentage of each group per game.  This would be a great way to use the box for games where it is not otherwise being utilized. The hockey incubator would provide the opportunity for the three groups to meet, mix, and ideate with each other and it would foster and encourage connections with people across campus that might not otherwise cross paths
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Launch a fully supported e-sports program in a new esports arena at the '87 gym, modernizing and revitalizing this historical home of competition at RPI, bringing new life and purpose to this building.

Create a Central Business Office (CBO) where all business staff and business processes reside. Procurement, AP, Payroll, Travel, any other area that Researchers/Students need to be succefsfull here ar RPI.  A 'one stop shop' for all things business.  This would promote cross training opportunities, OOO coverage, and create the opportunity to streamline all business processes. 

Including some coverage of Fertility Treatments (IVF) for Faculty/Staff in benefits. 

ECAV Phase 2 has been talked about since my hiring over a decade ago. Beyond very general conversation and teasers by people throughout campus there has been no vision or actual evidence that it will happen that I have seen. An indoor track and sports center (tennis court or turf on the infield of the track) would provide a competition venue for sports like track and field and tennis, and a safe practice place for winter and spring sports.
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I enjoy reading the ideas in the Idea Bank! However, the way that some of these ideas are displayed makes it hard to see if an idea is completed (sometimes it is just one or two sentences, or a short paragraph), or if there is more to read that is hidden from view.  I know I have glossed over ideas only to realize at a second visit that there was more to the idea. Can the 'Read More' button be more prominently displayed to signal if there is more to read? or place a ".... more" at the bottom of whatever can be displayed.  Thanks!

Rensselaer Polytechnic Insititute ensures that active faculty and staff have computing access that includes an "@rpi.edu" email address that is affiliated with their RCS account.    This access is tied to having an active payroll status.  In other words, when the paid appointment ends, the former faculty or staff member's computing access ends and their @rpi.edu email account is no longer valid.   For the most part, this makes sense.   
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To simplify the student experience, we should digitize as many processes as possible and have them available through SIS (Change of Major, Minor Declaration, Transfer Credits, Late Add/Drop, Pass/No Credit, Changing Names, etc). If the current technology cannot allow an approval/notification process, it may be time to assess new technology options. 
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