1. Create a central location for department planning and organization 2. Manage projects, deadlines, schedules, submissions, and shared resources 3. Improve collaboration across faculty, staff, and student workers/interns 4. Support clearer workflow tracking and follow-through 5. Reduce the need to manage information across multiple disconnected tools

1. Current processes often involve multiple spreadsheets, emails, folders, and manual tracking methods 2. Information can become scattered, duplicated, outdated, or difficult to manage 3. Airtable offers a more visual, organized, and flexible way to manage complex information 4. It combines spreadsheet-style familiarity with the structure of a database 5. It allows information to be connected, filtered, updated, and viewed in multiple useful ways

1. Creates one organized system instead of multiple disconnected files 2. Improves visibility of projects, deadlines, tasks, and responsibilities 3. Makes department processes easier to manage and maintain 4. Supports better organization as department needs continue to grow 5. Provides a more sustainable long-term system for shared department work

1. Keeps shared information up to date and visible to the team 2. Reduces reliance on long email chains for tracking details 3. Improves transparency across department tasks and projects 4. Supports clearer accountability and ownership 5. Makes collaboration easier across faculty, staff, and interns

1. Student showcase submission tracking 2. Mac Lab Data Tracking 3. Newsletter workflow management 4. Internship tracking 5. Department scheduling 6. Inventory Tracking 7. Budget and hour tracking 8. Resource and asset organization 9. Equipment Inventory / Checkout Process 10. Many more

There is currently no central location for students to access important department information, and the mini-PC-powered display provides a single, dynamic hub to communicate schedules, updates, and resources in one cohesive space.

Excel is limited in managing connected, real-time data; Airtable is designed to handle it.

1. Allows students to explore information independently 2. Expands how much information can be shared without clutter 3. Creates more opportunities for guidance and assistance 4. Makes the display more useful than passive signage alone 5. Improves accessibility, engagement, and usability 6. Improve communication 7. Support students more effectively 8. Reduce printing and related costs 9. Help faculty share information more efficiently 10. Strengthen student tours and recruitment 11. Showcase the department in a more modern, interactive, and professional way

1. Improve organization 2. Streamline workflow 3. Reduce manual and repetitive work 4. Improve collaboration 5. Support more accurate tracking 6. Reduce confusion and outdated information 7. Create a more efficient and sustainable system

Purpose

Why the Mini-PC is Needed

Benefits to Students

Benefits to Faculty and Staff

Benefits to Prospective Students and Enrollment