Faculty and Staff mentoring relationships are key. Contractual relationships exist between mentors and students and weekly meetings are conducted to monitor dynamics of work responsibilities. Students meet monthly to share experiences and help evolve the STA program.
Electronic communications help intertwine participants.
The STA program provides valuable work experience that can be a great addition to career goals. The STAC Clearinghouse Page will serve as a tool for the construction, maintenance and propagation of Student Technology Assistant programs in colleges and universities around the nation. Student Technology Assistant programs train undergraduates in both technology and consultation skills in order to help students and faculty adopt and integrate innovative computing applications in classwork and research. Student Technology Assistant programs can take many different forms, but all share the need for ideas and support from similar programs around the nation. The STAC Clearinghouse Page serves to unite proponents of and participants from these programs by offering a forum in which ideas can be shared, discussed, dissected and resolved.