TO: George Crinnion

Assistant Director of Public Safety

FROM: Andrew Akinmola

First Year Mechanical Engineering Major

Date: February 19, 2022

SUBJECT: Revamping Cleared4

   Hello, my name is Andrew Akinmola and I would like to talk to you about an idea that I’ve had. I decided to come to you with this problem because you’re the director of assistant director of public safety which means that you can directly assist with this problem. If not that, then push it to people that are more suited to solve the problem.

I personally think that making a change to the Cleared4 system would be beneficial to all students and professor who enter the campus. The Cleared4 system was introduced around the Winter/Spring semester to accommodate students into the building with ease. Cleared4 was meant to be more efficient than an ID with a sticker serving as vaccination proof, but it does have its issues. Regarding Cleared4 link itself, the link corrupts or messes up occasionally forcing students to make a hard stop as they get to their next class. This results in them arriving late and being marked late for attendance which most professors don’t tolerate, and enough marks result in a decrease in the final grade.

Despite Cleared4 being new, I think that it needs to be revamped into an application or more sophisticated link compared to what it is now. The current Cleared4 we have now displays an access code allowing access to campus, but then students have to make a stop to search around for their IDS to show to the guard checking as well. Even though this sounds somewhat simple, creating an app which displays the access code and ID picture simultaneously would make the process of entering buildings on campus a lot easier. The application in thought would have the ability to do the same as the website link, create appointments and display an access code, as well as display their CCNY information so it won’t be too much of a hassle to get inside the building. Overall, this allows a smoother process when it comes to entering buildings on campus.

What prompted me to write this what the fact that every time I set foot on campus there are several students, including myself, that must make a pit stop to get out and show identification and an access code to security. With this application or new website, it would make this process a lot easier. Rather than having to barge around in our bags looking for information, we would be able to just pull it out on our phones and be past guards in less than 15 seconds. This would give CCNY students a better experience with entering every building on CCNY.

All in all, I would say that providing them an improved CCNY access application would also improve their overall experience on campus.