OIT's Center for Media Initiatives
in the Future Sawyer

The Center for Media Initiatives (CMI) in the new Stetson/Sawyer will be an animated new hub of creative activity run by about one quarter of the Office for Information Technology (OIT) staff.

In their new home on the north side of campus OIT staff from both Instructional Technology and Desktop Systems will provide multiple levels of support from solving basic problems to complex multi-media production.

Facilities and Services in the CMI will include Faculty Help Desk, Open Work Spaces, Project Rooms, Video Editing, Video and Audio Production Studio, Music Composition, Equipment Loaning, Instruction Space.

OIT is very excited by this opportunity to provide better services in an attractive and convenient new facility.

We want to ensure that the CMI is flexible and equipped to facilitate the changing needs of the Williams community in the future.With the intention of opening this ongoing planning process to the larger community, we have installed a number of furniture concepts in full scale in rooms 204 and 205 of Jesup.

These installations intend to explore concepts for learning spaces supporting individual as well as group work. The materials, detailing and finishes are generic and do not represent the furniture and fixtures that will eventually be installed at the new building. These mockups are meant to elicit discussion about functionality which will inform and orient further design decisions.

This is the first of two furniture configurations that are designed to kick-start a conversation about the CMI in the new building.

We are very interested in hearing your thoughts. Your experience and feedback using these environments will inform revisions and upgrades to be implemented in the next round of these installations.

• Write your thoughts on the provided large paperpads
• Fill out and submit one of the provided paper forms
• Talk directly to staff in rooms 208, 309, 313, 315
• Send us an email at itech@williams.edu
• Fill out the online survey