Meet Some University Employees
Kim
She is in charge of computer buying, selling and consulting on campus and regularly
serves individual students, staff and faculty, as well as entire departments. She must
focus on two levels in this capacity: both on the individual and on the University as a
whole. She regularly accommodates special requests from individuals, helping them find
the perfect package for their needs, and at the same time thinks large, about how to
increase the University's buying power so that both the University and individuals can
benefit from good prices. She plans strategically to guide the University on a clear path
by setting school-wide standards and the direction in which the University should move.
While Kim loves the work she does and feels challenged by it continually, she believes that
the principle benefits of her job lay elsewhere. The University provides a truly complete
community experience. She has made many close friends with students and staff. She serves
as a sexual harassment counselor on campus. She lives in University housing, having found
her apartment through University Real Estate Operations. Every morning, she walks her son
to the University of Chicago Laboratory School, where he attends using tuition remission.
"Everyone knows him. People are always telling me that they saw him on campus somewhere.
I know he is safe." She meets him for lunch sometimes, and whenever she has to work late,
appreciates being able to run over and get him, then bring him back to her office. Most of
all, she appreciates how much her son loves school. "My son has grown up around higher
education. It will be hard for him not to end up well-educated, just being exposed to this
environment."
Kim feels the same way about herself. She is using tuition remission to further her own
education in Economics and plans to pursue her MBA at the Graduate School of Business.
"Working here is an investment in my son's education and mine."
Finally, Kim appreciates the sense of purpose she feels by working in an academic institution.
"Higher education is a higher ideal. I love working towards that ideal."
These days, most University of Chicago students do most of their work on-line, and many of
them have Kim to thank for it. Kim is the Assistant Director of Information Technology
Acquisition, and as such manages the Networking Services and Information Technologies
Department, the Desktop and Personal Computing Section and the Campus Computer Stores.
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