This past week, Bowling Green has been host to the 13th annual ResNet Symposium.
The event brings together over 300 Information Technology Service and Residential Computing Connections professionals from the United States and Canada. Students and professors alike came from as far away as California, Washington, New York, Ontario and Texas to discuss innovations in technology at their various academic institutions.
RCC is the organization whose goal it is to provide students residing on campus with information technology resources and services to enhance learning and personal development.
Similarly, ITS provides technical support on residential and faculty computers on campus. Their continued hardware support is what keeps servers up and running at the University as well as maintaining classroom audio/visual equipment.
The symposium featured daily lectures on a variety of topics ranging from team building exercises to wireless network security to movie festival planning. This year, there were a symposium record of seven different sessions each consisting of six presentations per session.
“The ResNet Symposium’s goal is to promote academic initiatives in technology for students at higher education institutions. They do this by combining techniques from their experiences, ranging from giving and going through training programs, managing students or designing living-learning spaces,” said Kristy Headley, assistant conference coordinator.
Guests were also involved with a plethora of recreational activities both on and off-campus. including Geek Olympics; ResNet Jeopardy; a vendor fair; and trips to Cedar Point and Put-in-Bay.
The week culminated in a conference at the Toledo Zoo where attendees enjoyed full access to the zoo and a large dinner where the events of the past week were summarized and next year’s host was announced. The University of California in San Diego was chosen for next year’s symposium.
Previous hosts have included prestigious universities such as Princeton, Stanford and Georgia Tech.
David Futey, chair of the ResNet steering committee, stepped down Monday evening after serving three years in his position.
“These past three years in the role of Chair have been gratifying on many levels, in particular working with Steering, Host and Program committees,” Futey said.
This was his 10th consecutive symposium.
The guests themselves were housed in Offenhauer alongside future students here for orientation.
Overall, the event provided for an open flow of ideas between students, professors, marketers and universities in an effort to improve technological services on campuses across the nation.