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“If our graduates are to make meaningful contributions to
the organizations they serve, they must be more than comfortable
with today’s technology,” says Debra Ringold, professor
of marketing at Willamette’s Atkinson Graduate School of
Management. “Technology is not an end in itself. It is a
means by which organizations can better achieve their objectives.
Of course, our graduates must understand
today’s technology. More important is the development of
their ability to learn, use and manage the technologies of tomorrow.
We want our graduates to be influential participants in
the technology decisions that profoundly affect today’s
organizations.”
Ringold and the faculty of the Atkinson
School prepare students to apply and manage technology through
coursework, teamwork and a state-of-the-art wireless network.
“We offer a top-level view of information resources. Our
wireless network enhances the ability of students to access and
process information, communicate and collaborate with colleagues.
Cases, class projects and client projects allow students to apply
what they are learning.”
 In
a global society, where ideas and even innovations move at the
speed of light, technology literacy has joined reading, writing
and critical thinking as the hallmarks of a liberal education.
“Willamette must teach all of our students to be proficient
users and critical evaluators of technology, now and in the future.
Our University must be a place where the desire to innovate, the
desire to develop technologies that enhance teaching, research
and learning is encouraged.”
“Technology has the potential
to catapult new ideas into practice. It also has the potential
to diminish human interaction. I want our graduates to influence
technology, not the other way around.” - Debra Ringold
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What
can I Imagine? Technology Innovation