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In defense of learning weird stuff in college

January 1, 2015Last updated February 13, 2015 by Andrew Jenner

Running a power plant effectively requires keeping tabs on an awful lot of data relating to fuel consumption, power output, weather conditions, grid demand, etc. & etc. And in turn, keeping

Falling backwards into God’s calling

January 1, 2015Last updated February 13, 2015 by Lauren Jefferson

Dan Shenk-Evans ’92 characterizes his career in technology as “falling backwards” into God’s calling. For years, every position he sought in direct social ministry eventually led him reluctantly to a computer,

One of 8 doing I.T. at Ten Thousand Villages

January 1, 2015Last updated February 13, 2015 by Lauren Jefferson

Each holiday, Rick Rutt ’84 and his family add an ornament from Ten Thousand Villages to their Christmas tree. This year, 14 ornaments from different countries hang from its branches, a

Four I.T. Entrepreneurs

January 1, 2015Last updated February 13, 2015 by Randi B. Hagi

Starting in refugee camps Philip Borkholder’s ’89 journey to information technology began by majoring in fields that had little to do with computer science: biology and international agricultural development. This led

A little bit of everything in schools’ I.T.

January 1, 2015Last updated February 13, 2015 by

If a computer glitch threatens to derail something like a state-required proficiency test at Harrisonburg (Virginia) High School, Craig Shoemaker’s phone is bound to start ringing. “[Teachers] get anxious,” he said, chuckling. “I’m

Swartzendruber pioneered early global intranet for Lilly

January 1, 2015Last updated February 13, 2015 by

Soon after graduating with a degree in chemistry, John Swartzendruber ’79 landed a job in the scientific research group of Eli Lilly and Company, one of the top pharmaceutical companies in the

Weikle: Electrical engineering to computer science pioneer

January 1, 2015Last updated February 13, 2015 by Lauren Jefferson

In the male-dominated field of computer science, Dee Weikle is used to being in the minority. The associate professor of computer science at EMU can name all of her female

I.T. in higher ED: In the end, it’s about people

January 1, 2015Last updated February 13, 2015 by Andrew Jenner

As a UNIX systems engineer at Virginia Tech, Josh Akers ’07 is charged with “provisioning” a few dozen “enterprise systems” at university, while also “administrating VMware infrastructure” and supporting operation of “Advanced Research

EMU’s Own Techies

January 1, 2015Last updated February 13, 2015 by Kara Lofton

As a work-study student on EMU’s helpdesk in 1999, these were Jason Alderfer’s tools: “A telephone and a legal pad.” A couple times a day, Alderfer or another work-study student would check

Professor and former NASA researcher shares about science, faith, and the mysterious universe

November 11, 2014Last updated December 2, 2014 by Robert Propst

Have you ever wondered if animals are conscious? Are plants conscious? Does an amoeba have free will? David Pruett, James Madison University emeritus professor of mathematics, recently argued in a

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