Welcome

Welcome!

This first post is long so I will tell you what is in it real quick and you can read the parts you want. There are four sections in this post:

• About me
• Purpose of this site
• What is GEN?
• Rules

About me

My name is Mark Renslow and I am the Dean of Information Technology (IT) for the Globe Education Network (GEN) colleges and universities. Therefore the URL of this site is

IT-GEN.blogspot.com

URLs are not case sensitive, so you can also type "it-gen.blogspot.com" to get here and read my posts and make comments. My job is to keep the IT programs "in shape". I am a listener, a researcher, a thinker, and a creator of recommendations. I am not the decider, but I am close.

Purpose of This Site

The purpose of this blog site is for you to learn more about what is on my mind and also for you to give me some things to think about. Together, we can work and learn. I expect students, graduates and staff to be interested in the IT programs and the courses we offer as well as the plans we have for keeping the programs current.

What is GEN?

"Globe Education Network" is a term used within our consortium of colleges to describe the 17 campuses that we currently administer. Presently, GEN has campuses in Minnesota, Utah, and Wisconsin. Also, we have online campuses.

GEN schools presently include campuses with the following names:

Globe University

Minnesota School of Business

Utah Career College

All three colleges are nationally accredited and have Information Technology (IT) degree-granting programs. In March 2008, I became the head of these programs as well as of the Programming and Game Development Program at the Minnesota School of Business.

Rules

The rules are simple, but allow me to state the obvious:

1. Respect each other and assume that those who are posting here have good intentions.
2. Be liberal in what you read and conservative in what you post. Think before you click "publish post".
3. Emotional messages should be carefully considered before posting. Do not get involved in an emotional exchange with others here.
4. The purpose of this blog site is to assist in the learning process by providing a community forum for learners in IT and related fields. Posts that I determine are counter to that purpose may be deleted by me for any reason.

I look forward to hearing from each of you!