What would I change

I would say that overall TRIO SSS is well organized and its services are helping students get that extra help that they need. Workshops and cultural activities are mandatory for everyone in order to be consider an active TRIO student so I think that pushes some people to get out of their comfort zone and get out there to experience something new.  However, if I had the chance to change something about the organization itself it would not be any of the cervices but instead it would be the way data is managed internally, especially sign-in sheets.

            As a federally funded program TRIO need to report all expenses and use of resources to the federal government before re-applying for a grant. For this reason students need to sing in every time they come into the office and have to specify what is the reason of their visit. We are currently still using paper sign-in sheets, which can make it time consuming when it comes to entering the data on our software. I have seen other departments use more effective forms of keeping record of who comes to use their services, one of the most common one is having students swipe their ASU ID to automatically get their information. The only issue that we are having at TRIO is that the software used to swipe ASU ID’s is not compatible with the software we use to store our data.