UpDate - Vol. 15, No. 35, Page 1
June 20, 1996
University among top 100 in 'Computerworld' survey

     The University's leadership in information technologies has been
recognized again, this time for creating one of the 100 best places to
work in technology-related, positions, according to Computerworld
magazine.
     The publication's third annual "Best Places to Work" ranking
captures the essence of what it takes to be an outstanding information
systems organization that provides an environment where information
technologies professionals can survive and thrive.
     More than 1,100 organizations were surveyed, and the University
of Delaware, ranked at 90, was one of only nine educational
institutions included in the select listing.
     Major corporations, businesses, manufacturing and service
companies and state and federal governmental agencies also were
recognized. Noteworthy worksites range from Sears, Roebuck & Co. and
Home Depot Inc. to Xerox Corp. and the U.S. Department of Housing and
Urban Development.
     Other educational institutions in the ranking include the
universities of Miami, Wisconsin at Stevens Point, California at Davis
and Notre Dame, North Dakota State University at Fargo, Kansas State
University at Manhattan, Bowling Green State University and Florida
Atlantic University in Boca Raton.
     Included in an accompanying article, entitled "Get a Life On
Campus," were comments by Dan Grim, UD executive director of Network
and Systems Services, discussing the University's $2.5 million project
to install fiber links to residence halls and offices across the
campus. "There is no problem whatsoever in getting the resources to do
things right" at the UD, Grim was quoted as saying.
     Ed Phillips, another UD Network and Systems Services employee,
provided comments related to employment opportunities for advancement
in a university information systems setting.
     According to the article, Phillips, who was hired in December
1988 as a computer operator, "moved into a brand new career track to
become a programmer through on-the-job training in November 1992. He
moved from a junior systems programmer to his current position, as an
associate systems programmer, in March. The next move on the ladder
will be a position as a full-fledged systems programmer, which is the
entry-level job for employees with college degrees.
     "They gave me the opportunity to show what I could do," Phillips
said in the article. "I don't think employers in industry would have
been willing to take that chance. "
     "The University is pleased to receive national recognition as an
outstanding workplace for information technologists, practitioners in
a highly demanding and competitive field," Susan Foster, vice
president for information technologies, said. "It is also in keeping
with the high degree of satisfaction reported by employees in a recent
University survey."