Having computer problems? We know just the guy to help! Meet our next Campus Celeb, Richard Stanton!
HC UIC: Year? Major? What are your plans after college?
RICHARD: I’m a senior and I’m majoring in Information and Decision sciences which deals with IT work and programming. I would like to work in an IT department or software development department of a corporation after college.
HC UIC: What got you into working with computers?
RICHARD: I’ve been fascinated since I was a kid. My dad got my siblings and I a computer when we were kids, and I was on it everyday learning new things.
HC UIC: What’s the most complicated thing about dealing with computers?
RICHARD: They’re all different, and they all have their own problems. Problems are pretty much inevitable in IT and software development.
HC UIC: Who do you look up to for inspiration in your field of work?
RICHARD: I look into new lines of phones and new operating systems because it’s interesting to me how they’re developed and made.
HC UIC: Where do you currently work now and what have you learned there?
RICHARD: I work at the Institute for Health Research and Policy currently. I’ve learned how to fix just about any computer problem.
HC UIC: What do you do in your free time?
RICHARD: I like to work out, and I’m the President of the fraternity Beta Kappa Zeta.