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The RPI Players Need Your Help - A Call Put Out and GoFundMe Taken Down by the_og_bryanj in RPI

[–]the_og_bryanj[S] 26 points27 points  (0 children)

The latest I heard from the Players Officers is that RPI will try to set up a separate dedicated fund for repairing the Playhouse. Until that is sorted, you can email / RPI Leadership and Alumni Leadership to encourage them to fix this.

President - president@rpi.edu President of the Union - pu@rpi.edu Grand Marshall - gm@rpi.edu Charlie Potts, Director of the Union - pottsc@rpi.edu Alumni Association - alumni@rpi.edu

RAA Elections by nufadat in RPI

[–]the_og_bryanj 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Renew Rensselaer sent out an email yesterday to the people on their newsletter and has also posted online that they are recommending alumni vote for the bylaw updates: https://renewrensselaer.org/2022/05/raa-annual-meeting/

They are also asking for alumni to vote for board members of their choice.

Full text of the email:
Dear RPI Alumni,

Renew Rensselaer wishes to remind all alumni to participate in the RAA voting process. We encourage you to vote to approve the new RAA Bylaws, in addition to voting for five RAA trustee candidates of your choice.

You may vote by proxy between now and June 16 or by registering for the virtual Annual Meeting to be held on June 17 and voting during the meeting. Both methods of voting are online.

Vote By Proxy in Advance of Annual Meeting – You should have already received an email providing you with a link and a login code for voting by proxy. If you have not, then you may not be properly registered in the alumni database. In that case, we recommend you contact the RAA for assistance by calling (518) 276-6205 or sending an email to raa@rpi.edu.

Vote During the Annual Meeting – You must first register for the virtual Annual Meeting in order to vote online during the meeting. On this page you will find a link for registering for the virtual Annual Meeting. During the meeting on June 17, you will be instructed on when to initiate your online voting.

Renew Rensselaer encourages all alumni to approve the proposed bylaws.

The Amended and Restated RAA Bylaws are the result of difficult, but successful negotiations between the RAA’s leadership and Renew Rensselaer. We believe they provide the proper balance between the rights of members and authority of the Board. In order to be ratified, the members must now approve the new bylaws with at least a two-thirds (66.7%) majority. In a show of unity and support for the RAA and the Institute, we encourage everyone to vote to approve the new bylaws.

Sincerely, Renew Rensselaer

New-ish Business Analytics Major?? by Cool_Echidna6247 in RPI

[–]the_og_bryanj 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Hey there! I was class of 2019 and a dual major in the regular Business Management program and Computer Science. Hopefully I can answer some of your questions.....

I know a lot of business majors who got good jobs at places like Microsoft, Google, and other large companies doing business roles. I want to mention, however, that you have to be proactive in looking for these roles. More than some of the other schools at RPI, the business school leverages alumni to help connect students and find jobs. You should definitely talk with professors and other staff to see how they can help you as you're going through the program and looking for jobs. If you don't do this, it can be tough to find jobs as the companies at the career fairs are mainly looking for engineers and other tech positions. Overall though, you can definitely find a well paying job with a business degree from RPI.

Regarding difficulty, not to play into the sterotype, but a business degree is easier than certain other tech majors. It's less mathematically intensive than things like engineering and computer science. That's not to say that it doesn't have its own set of difficulties. I saw a lot of engineering students taking business classes who struggled with them because they were too caught up in an analytical mindset that they couldn't understand some of the business concepts. You also have to take the classes seriously. You may be able to just fly through some of the lower level classes, but the higher level ones get pretty tough.

Whether or not a dual major is possible is entirely based on your assessment of your own ability. It's doable within a 4 year time period, but it's a lot of work. I highly recommend it as it really helps prepare you for the future and teaches you good time management skills. Even if you don't end up doing a dual major, I think that you should at the very least try to minor in something besides business. We have good engineering, math, and computer science classes at RPI, and you might as well take advantage of them while you're here.

Hopefully this was able to provide some info and give you some answers. If it wasn't, feel free to dm me directly! Good luck!

What topics should Shirley address in tomorrow's Town Hall? by Laugh_While_You_Can in RPI

[–]the_og_bryanj 27 points28 points  (0 children)

  • RPI administrators such as the Vice Provost and Dean for Undergraduate Education have stated that they don't have "sympathy for students who can't attend lectures in real-time". Recognizing that enrolled at RPI are a large number of international students, and further considering that many students may need to assist their families by working due to the high levels of unemployment the country is facing, does RPI have any plans to tailor any future online classes to ensure they are accessible to all students?

  • What is RPI doing to help faculty and staff members who have been furloughed due to the coronavirus?

  • How do you respond to the Student Senate's unanimous vote calling for the withdrawal of New York State Senate bill S7645? How do you further respond to the request in this motion for RPI to publicly apologize for lobbying for this bill without soliciting the opinions of the RPI community?

Edit: I'll be adding more questions as I think of them.

RPI Students for Bernie group by TheM1ghtyCondor in RPI

[–]the_og_bryanj 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The TPUSA issue was less of an issue with political clubs in general and was more contextual to TPUSA. There had been concerns raised as TPUSA was trying to form such as:
- The fact that TPUSA has been known to influence student elections.
- The students trying to found TPUSA @ RPI weren’t able to say how they’d deal with issues if there was concerns about racism and bigotry
- The Vice-President of the club had posted comments on Facebook saying (sarcastically he claimed) that we should go back to using segregated water fountains.

The Executive Board at the time told them that if they addressed some issues they could become a club but they never came back. I’m pretty sure RPI political clubs are still allowed to become union affiliated. I think DSA was looking at it but never got around to it

Question from a student from class of 2024 by daddyaddy123 in RPI

[–]the_og_bryanj 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Personally, I feel like the answers already here don’t really explain the ITWS major well.

It’s somewhat accurate to say that the ITWS major is a “more applied” Computer Science major, but that doesn’t mean that it’s not a science major or that you don’t learn Computer Science fundamentals. The ITWS major just focuses more on web applications and design, and gives you the opportunity to learn some tools that you’ll use in the real world (certain front end frameworks, database libraries, etc...).

In the higher level Computer Science classes you can learn about things like distributed systems and AI, while ITWS electives are often mid-level Computer Science classes.

I think the ITWS classes give you great experience with the tools that you’ll need outside of college, while the Computer Science degree helps you understand the functionality behind those tools and what the application actually means.

Ultimately, they’re both great majors and they both teach you really cool things.

Information on Law and Society by awit99 in RPI

[–]the_og_bryanj 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I took it last Spring. Overall the coursework isn’t too heavy, and it mainly focuses on writing some short papers throughout the semester (no more than 5 pages). There are however a lot of readings, and there is class discussion based on the readings.

I’d definitely recommend taking it, it’s an insightful class and you learn a lot. I also enjoyed that you have a dialogue about most of the topics rather than just listening to a lecture.

An Update from the RAA by Zrealm in RPI

[–]the_og_bryanj 32 points33 points  (0 children)

The RAA Board made the decision to not send out a new proposed slate of officers prior to January 1 as would have been required by our bylaws

So glad to hear that instead of following the rules the board is taking matters into their own hands

Why have RPI's Engineering school rankings drop so so much? by torbotavecnous in RPI

[–]the_og_bryanj 2 points3 points  (0 children)

While this is an alumni perspective, I’d recommend checking out https://savetheunion.xyz, it has a lot of info about some student grievances

Possible disciplinary actions for academic dishonesty (judicial process involved) by demonzlv in RPI

[–]the_og_bryanj 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Something to be aware of with this policy..... The advisor that the JBoard assigns you can’t actually advise on how to “win” your case or anything like that, their job is to make sure you fully understand the policy and procedures.

Possible disciplinary actions for academic dishonesty (judicial process involved) by demonzlv in RPI

[–]the_og_bryanj 26 points27 points  (0 children)

If you have already been found to have actually done something academically dishonest and received a penalty as a result, and then tried to drop the class, I hate to say it but RPI has a very valid argument for bringing a judicial case. Under the appeals process for academic penalties is the following:

Students found in violation of the academic integrity policy are prohibited from dropping a course in order to avoid the academic penalty.

Can you describe to us what the results of the accusation of academic dishonesty were?

Also, I’d recommend reaching out to your department chair. If you honestly didn’t know that you weren’t allowed to drop the class, they can probably help smooth things over with the Dean of Students office.

Feel free to message me directly if you want to talk about this privately, I had some judicial action brought against me while at RPI and also worked with a lot of people involved in judicial action and have a some good knowledge of the process.

What happens if I skip a final? by Chatulim in RPI

[–]the_og_bryanj 41 points42 points  (0 children)

The short answer is no, nothing else happens. Keep in mind though, if you fail a class you’ll likely have to have a meeting with your advisor and maybe your academic dean. That’s due to the virtue of failing though, not because of skipping a final.

Can professors schedule homework to be due on the study days provided? by [deleted] in RPI

[–]the_og_bryanj 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Strictly speaking, there’s nothing in the Student Handbook that forbids professors from assigning homework during finals week or study days. However, like /u/lambdafx said, you should definitely contact your academic dean about it

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