Every year since USG has had a website, the new administration has made a new one. After five consecutive failed attempts to create a useful website, I developed a strong web presence for the USG that students found extremely useful. This project coincided with SBUlife.com. A major issue for USG is the ease of uploading and updating content. WordPress is the perfect solution for a future-proof website that almost anyone can maintain. We based the organization of the content on the Associated Students of the University of California (http://asuc.org). I’m proud to say that we have a solid and scalable product that can fit the needs of USG for years to come. Finally, another step towards consistency.

When I first took office as the VP of Communications in the Undergraduate Student Government at Stony Book, I decided to tackle a problem that many universities face; centralizing student life information online. We currently scatter this info across Facebook, University Calendars, poster boards and through word of mouth. In many cases, events are held and money is spent without any advertising at all. SBUlife is a campus social network built on BuddyPress for WordPress MU that will automatically post every event that the USG funds as of Fall 2010.

When I was a freshman at Stony Brook, I realized that I had no easy way of keeping track of my meal plan. I could check the balance, but that didn’t tell me much about my spending patterns. To solve this, I created a little neat PHP application to login to CampusDining.org with cURL and fetch my balance. Once I had a really simple text-based app working, I started telling friends about it, and they are hooked now too. I have redesigned the app, and soon it will be integrated into SBUlife. For now, check it out at http://dmazza.net/mealplan.php

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