The Beginning of Something Big: IT and the Post–Traditional World
Diana Oblinger
Monday, 21 Apr 2014 at 8:00 pm – Sun Room, Memorial Union
Diana Oblinger is president and CEO of the nonprofit EDUCAUSE, where she works with more than 2,000 institutions to advance higher education through information technology. Oblinger has held many leadership roles in academia and business, including Vice President for Information Resources and the Chief Information Officer for the University of North Carolina system, Executive Director of Higher Education for Microsoft, and IBM Director of the Institute for Academic Technology. She was on the faculty at the University of Missouri-Columbia and at Michigan State University and served as the Associate Dean of Academic Programs at the University of Missouri. Oblinger earned all three of her degrees from Iowa State, including a doctorate in cytogenetics. Part of the Women's Leadership Series and Women in STEM SeriesCosponsored By:
- Information Technology Services
- Office of the Executive Vice President & Provost
- Office of the President
- Women's Leadership Consortium
- Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)
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