Student Government is working on an initiative to give students one less thing to worry about.
The initiative would allow students to schedule appointments with advisers online to avoid confusion and save time.
With 89 percent approval, SG Senate passed a resolution Sept. 28 to request the University use an online scheduling system for students to make appointments to meet with advisers.
Scott Sullivan, College of Science senator, said the main purpose of the online system would be to save time as well as provide information about the college and academic building.
Human errors can occasionally occur when scheduling appointments by hand, and an online scheduling system would allow students to access the database and check their appointment time, he said.
Sullivan said he thinks ITS can set up a central database for the program without any additional cost to students or the University.
Thomas Rodgers, SG director of academics, said he spoke about this topic with the department heads of the College of Science and the College of Education during the summer.  While Laura Lindsay, College of Education dean, is still considering whether the new system should be implemented, Martha Cedotal, assistant dean of the College of Science, said she doesn’t think there is a need for an online scheduling system, Rodgers said.
“The College of Science said they find most student calls for appointments need to be screened to see if the calls were going to the appropriate place,” Rodgers said. “If all students were just scheduling appointments, they would have an overload of appointments to sort appointment.”
Sullivan said he isn’t necessarily asking for colleges to be required to switch their scheduling system, but he is encouraging and recommending the addition to the current system.
In addition, Sullivan said implementing the online service won’t require students to schedule online either.
“Students still have the option to walk in and make an appointment,” he said.
But De Andre Beadle, UCFY senator, said he is concerned students will schedule an appointment but will not show.
In response, Sullivan said this is an issue advisers face with the current system.
“This already happens,” Sullivan said. “We can’t penalize students for not showing up for