Student Media Interactive
Student Media Interactive (SMI) is Marquette University's student-run World Wide Web development agency. SMI is responsible for the presence of all outlets of Marquette Student Media on the web.
History
Student Media Interactive began existing as it does today in 2003,[1] when the Diederich College of Communication had a problem: content from all of its Student Media outlets had been produced but had no way of being displayed within the college's main building, Robert A. Johnston Hall. Freshman Paul Hinze and Sophomore Michael Schultz were asked to create such a system, using 2 30-inch Apple Cinema displays, a Power Mac G5 and Adobe Flash. The project, dubbed WindowBox, was completed roughly a year later. It consisted of XML files with media data in them being fed to Flash, and being jointly displayed on the twin screens. Michael and Paul where then asked to remain employed by the college and work on other technological projects for them.
Staff
SMI is typically staffed by 5 individuals: 1 director, 2 programmers, and 2 designers.
Directors
The following tables lists former and current director(s) of Student Media Interactive
| Academic Years | Person |
|---|---|
| 2006-2007 | Michael Shultz (Co-Director) Paul Hinze (Co-Director) |
| 2007-2008 | Paul Hinze |
| 2008-2009 | John Luetke |
Current Staff
Staff for the 2008-2009 academic year will be announced in early September, 2008.[2]