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The one and only John Fairfield

January 1, 2015Last updated February 13, 2015 by Bonnie Price Lofton

This is a man who spent much of 1970-71 in Belgium’s national library absorbing British computer research. He was learning French too in Brussels, so that he could use French to

From local threesome to national Jenzabar

January 1, 2015Last updated February 13, 2015 by Steve Shenk

It all started in a corner of EMU’s old administration building in 1980. Two employees began tinkering – on their own time − with ways for colleges and universities to manage

From software to 3D carriage wheels

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

When asked what he does in his spare time, Lynn Roth ’99 mentions his 3D printer, home built with the help of open source plans. He’s printed “doodads,” his catch-all word for

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,

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

Computer science students take first and third in national contest against 47 other teams

May 13, 2014Last updated May 23, 2014 by Kara Lofton

Teams comprised of Eastern Mennonite University computer science and math students beat 47 teams across the nation in a contest that required code-breaking under time pressure. The EMU teams took

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