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Jack Rutt’s journey to EMU

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

After graduating in 1972 as a psychology major from EMU, Jack Rutt got his first job in the business world at Goodville Mutual Casualty Company in New Holland, Pennsylvania. Rutt initially

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,

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

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

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

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