Tag Archives: Terry Whitmore

Now, Prof At College, Before, Techie at Alcoa

August 9, 2011 – 5:10 pm

Michael Murphy ’97 felt his career as a database manager and technologist at Alcoa (Aluminum) Home Exteriors in Stuarts Draft, Virginia, hitting a ceiling for lack of a bachelor’s degree. His decision to enroll in one of the first classes offered through EMU’s then-new Adult Degree Completion Program, though, launched him on an entirely different ...More

Classes Tap into Life Experiences for Vibrant, Relevant Lessons

August 8, 2011 – 6:24 pm

It was bitterly cold the week in February 1994, when Terry Whitmore ’70, MBA – then teaching business classes as an adjunct instructor – and a few others traveled from EMU to Spring Arbor University in Michigan to study its adult learning program. EMU had considered launching a program targeted at adults returning to school, ...More