Arlington, VA: On September 26, Christopher Butcher participated with faculty, alumni, and industry leaders in an advisory board for the Management Information Sciences and Computer Information Sciences programs for Marietta College, in Ohio. 　

The advisory board is responsible for developing a curriculum for Marietta students to prepare them for post-academic work. The department has engaged in extensive research to identify needs in the professional world that can shape the academic program. Says Butcher,

“I’m delighted to share my expertise with an organization like Marietta. Many colleges can produce bright people, but it takes a very special program like the one Marietta is developing to produce entry-level graduates who can hit the ground running. As a graduate of a liberal arts college, I know how difficult it can be to apply the theoretical work you do academically to the business world. At Heuristics, we like graduates from liberal arts programs, but the investment to bring them to a full understanding of how to get the job done is considerable.”

The advisory group is led by Bob Van Camp, Associate Professor of Computer Science, and Mark Miller, Chair of the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science. It is comprised of Marietta graduates in the field, faculty, and industry leaders. Says, Van Camp:

“We are considering options on how to improve our current degrees. We encourage the input of experts in industry like Christopher Butcher to help us with this process. Christopher shares our belief that students need strong conceptual knowledge as well as practical experience. As the layers of abstraction increase, one challenge is to find what kind of domain knowledge students need to be successful. Christopher has extensive knowledge and experience in this regard and greatly contributed to our discussion.”

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