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Ahhh, fall‌ Bring on the pumpkin spice lattes, warm scents, chili cookoffs and in Arkansas, a winter coat AND a pair of shorts depending on the day. I am not positive that fall ever came meteorologically speaking, but the activities of fall definitely manifested a bountiful spread in the world of EAST! Grab a cup of your favorite warm drink and dive into my first issue of EQ as the new Communications Coordinator at EAST. There are plenty of savory stories to sample and share this fall! Many of them fit into the age-old sequence of seed, time, and harvest. The seeds that have manifested into this colorful harvest of stories are only a glimpse into the success EAST has had this fall and we are excited to share them with you! As you peruse the menu, I recommend that you start with a serving of self-confidence harvested on a North Little Rock farm, a side of newly developed partnerships that touches the past, present, and future; a pinch of tradition and preservation and help yourself to a few slices of second chances that life is handing out; I promise no one will judge you! Sip slow and enjoy!
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WHAT HAS EYES, EARS & GROWS ON A FARM? North Little Rock 7th grader benefits from years in EAST.
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WHAT WOULD LIFE BE WITHOUT WOMEN IN STEM?
EAST students help preserve Choctaw Nation traditions.
EAST at The Excel Center at Goodwill trains fighters for their second chance at life.
EAST and Women’s Foundation of Arkansas partner to offer STEM training for girls.
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EAST at Bentonville High School connects with Village House for renovations.
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MEET EAST
CONTRIBUTORS Jody Verser PHOTOGRAPHY Diana Denning Apryl Jackson
Jody Verser of modus studio gives us the rundown on Revit.
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out a business plan with a classmate to help his community and converting measurements to build a fancy coop for the class chickens. Using his hands made him feel strong and capable, but using his hands in conjunction with technology made him feel like he could change the future.
What has eyes, ears, and grows on a farm? ichael Bryant, full-time North Little Rock Middle School seventh-grader, part-time carpenter and farmer, has built several things during his time in EAST: a ramp to help an elderly Arkansan, a fence to protect the chickens he and his classmates are raising, and, most importantly, a higher level of confidence in his innate abilities!
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attended three to five hours of tutoring after school weekly. He dreaded school and the types of challenges it presented for him. Michael joined EAST in sixth grade as a highly introverted student who felt like doing the “hard things”-like math problems or making class presentations--was impossible for him.
Dr. Susan Bryant, child psychologist and a firm supporter of EAST at North Little Rock Middle School, sat down to talk with members of the EAST Board of Directors about how being a part of EAST has aided in her son’s cognitive development and ultimately the development of his self-confidence.
As early as kindergarten, Michael struggled to perform well academically and was labeled by his teachers as challenged or a slow learner, and, admittedly, his performance was less than stellar, according to his mom. As his education progressed, a gift for building and constructing things began to surface, and this is where Dr. Bryant started to see a change in her son. EAST became a place for Michael to be free and to express himself through his natural talents. While he hated contractions in English and struggled through fractions in Math, he loved writing
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Jean Piaget’s theory of cognitive development explains how people construct their thought processes, including remembering, problemsolving, and decision-making, from childhood through adolescence to adulthood (Wadsworth 1996).“The discipline they learn in EAST helps with the mental discipline to get through hard things. It helps them realize, ‘I can do hard things,’ so when it comes time to do stuff that seems hard, the students already know, I can do hard things,” says Dr. Bryant. Michael and Dr. Bryant attribute much of the advancement of Michael's confidence in himself and his ability to learn to his EAST facilitator, KJ Kite. Ms. Kite has sought out projects in Michael’s areas of strength and encouraged him to complete each one better than he did the last. Ms. Kite is reinforcing the thought processes needed to be a great problem solver and helping those thought processes become second nature. Dr. Bryant believes that EAST has played a significant role in the improvement of Michael’s academic and social abilities. He is less self-conscious and enjoys middle school more. Now instead of three to five hours of tutoring, Michael attends two to three hours of tutoring. He spends his extra free time mentoring new EAST students and being a coowner to a lawn care business with two classmates, Seth and Noah. So, what has eyes, ears, and grows on a farm? A student in EAST!
Wadsworth, B. J. (1996). Piaget’s theory of cognitive and affective development: Foundations of constructivism (5th ed.). White Plains, NY, England: Longman Publishing
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n a world full of things designed to make life more customizable, efficient, and modern, there is still a need, whether out of curiosity, honor or entertainment, for cultural traditions to be shared between generations. Preserving and sharing traditions brings about a different level of respect, understanding, comfort, and, most importantly, a sense of belonging. The students of EAST at Kiamichi Technology Center in Poteau, Oklahoma with EAST Facilitator Kelly Falkner have created a project that exemplifies the importance of communicating cultural traditions and are on their way to helping a nation of people keep their traditions alive. Faith, Family, and Culture: Tradition at the Table is a collaborative effort between EAST students and the LeFlore County Museum at Hotel Lowrey. This exhibit will analyze the cultural importance of traditional foods of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma and creatively display the tribe's core values according to community partner and Museum Director, Bonnie Prigmore. With the guidance of local architect Michael Riley, the students are building an exhibit that will host interview footage with Choctaw Chief Batton, onsite Choctaw storytellers, live cooking demonstrations, Choctaw cookbooks, and artifacts showing the process of food and fellowship within the Nation, from harvest to the table. In efforts to make the
exhibit as interactive and lifelike as possible, visitors will experience 3D modeling and 3D printing of replicas of traditional food items and artifacts as well as a recording of a Choctaw flutist to incorporate music for the exhibit and footage for the Smithsonian archive. A community partner, Scotty Morrison, a local film company owner, is assisting the students with capturing footage to share in the museum. Brayden Treat, a student leader on the project shared his perspective: “History is the preservation of a legacy that stands the test of time. We want to help honor the Choctaw culture that millions have fought for so many years to preserve.” It is important to Falkner, Prigmore, and other community partners like Pam Waugh of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma Capitol Museum, that this group of students complete this project to educate their peers on the importance of traditions. The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma is working hard to connect the past with the future so that no traditions are forgotten. "So much has already been lost to the hands of history. We should work to preserve much of the Choctaw culture, and what better way to do that than with food?" says EAST student Samm Woodruff. “The family values they are learning about are influencing them in the best way,” Falkner said. She went on to express her joy about a
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conversation she heard two of her students having that reflected on how a project through EAST has brought them together: “I used to go hang out in a crowd alone…now I hang out in a crowd with my EAST friends!” To which another student replied, “That’s right (laughing), you’re never alone in EAST!” With faith in each other, they have become family. And in becoming family they are not only living out the core values of the Choctaw Nation but also a value of EAST. Over the summer, Kelly Falkner and her students applied for a grant with the Smithsonian museum and worked with Smithsonian representative Shannon Sullivan in Washington, D.C.to ensure grant compliance. Although those who have been awarded the grant will not get official word until January, the EAST students are proceeding with the project and will continue with or without funding. “We are determined to make this happen,” says student team member Kaylee Pinkerton.
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TWO n life, second chances aren’t given very often, especially not for adults who need to complete their high school education in order to reach their goals. Anyone who takes on this task, along with the random marks from life in tow, is a fighter; a fighter training for a knockout performance. Goodwill Industries, a corporation known for changing lives one donation at a time, has not only built a metaphorical gym to train these fighters but has also given them a great one-two combination that will have them standing in the center of the ring being cheered on as a champion.
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The Excel Center at Goodwill in Southwest Little Rock is one of those gyms. Goodwill Industries of Arkansas opened The Excel Center in the fall of 2017 and became the first tuition-free adult high school in the state. The Excel Center provides adults with an opportunity to obtain a full high school diploma (not just a GED) and receive various industry recognized certifications, like business management, through multiple eight-week sessions. When training a fighter, trainers
look for things to keep the fighter competitive and give them an edge. This is how EAST became a part of The Excel Center curriculum. According to Steve Vaughn, EAST Facilitator at The Excel Center, most of the students have not been exposed to technology at this level or had the opportunity to learn about 3D printing and virtual reality. EAST was sought out by The Excel Center specifically because of the unique experiences
and environment they wanted to provide for their students. Steve has seen an improvement in the students' ability to solve problems and process disappointments in the classroom--and life--differently. Many students started the program with the mindset of “get a job; keep a job” and now the student mindset has evolved into “self-advocacy through education, training, and employment,” says Vaughn. For example, Stephon Robinson, a father of three and soon-to-be graduate of the inaugural class of EAST at The Excel Center, has gained certifications in computer science in preparation to attend Belmont University where he will major in computer engineering with an emphasis in cybersecurity. Stephon has taken his experience in EAST at The Excel Center and used it to make a better life for himself, and his family. He says, “my kids know that I am learning like they are and that completing school and going to college is the goal. Plus EAST helped me learn more about things like virtual reality and augmented reality.” “Our EAST program is very different. Every eight weeks I could have a different set of students, so
our projects are special. Many aren’t completed tangibly, but the lessons they take away definitely help to complete their educational journey,” says Vaughn. Tracy Clay, a mother of two from Little Rock who was just shy of completing her high school diploma requirements her senior year, decided to join EAST at The Excel Center because she needed an extra credit for the eightweek term. Tracy noted that she has never been good at science, but after participating in EAST at The Excel Center and having the opportunity to complete classes such as physics and chemistry, she is confident enough now in her science skills that she wants to become a nursing assistant. Someday she hopes to manage her own clinic. Since joining, Clay has taken the lead on a project that aids Vaughn in teaching his monthly forklift certification class. Clay uses a 3D printer to build a stability triangle to better explain the center of gravity and its importance to students. Clay will complete all the credits necessary for graduation in January 2019 and plans to attend Pulaski Technical College in the fall; a dream she has carried with her for many years. A major component of EAST is that
each program is customized to fit the needs of the community and the goals of the students. It sets EAST apart from nearly everything else in a school. It is with this mentality that EAST at The Excel Center will continue to train greater fighters that will last for rounds to come. Fighters like Tracy and Stephon who have exemplified strength, endurance, and capability and are actively passing it on to their children; an audience of support and motivation that will carry them to the center of the ring with one hand raised high as the victor!
“Our President (and CEO of Goodwill Industries) always says, ‘Either school failed them or they failed school; no matter what, they deserve a second chance to be successful.’” - Steven Vaughn, EAST Facilitator
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What Would L Life Be Without Women in STEM?
ife without women in STEM would be life with no meteorological tools to measure humidity; thanks, Katharine B. Blodgett1. Life without women in STEM would be life without accurate tuberculosis testing; thanks, Florence Seibert2. Life without women in STEM would be life with no doctoral degrees in the field of astronomy with a dissertation that detailed the composition of the natural lights of the night sky, stars; thanks, Cecilia Payne3. Without women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, wars would have ended differently; quite a few men would not have been awarded Nobel prizes4, and many minority cultures would not proudly carry the title of being the first5! The women who accomplished all of these things laid the foundation 1 Katharine
Burr Blodgett (1889-1979) - earned a bachelor’s degree from Bryn Mawr College and a master’s degree from the University of Chicago before becoming the first woman to earn a doctorate from England’s Cambridge University. She is known for helping with meteorological sciences by developing a device to measure humidity.
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Seibert (1897-1991) - graduated from Yale University with a doctorate in biochemistry in 1923. During her 27 years of teaching at the University of Pennslyvania, she developed a system to purify a protein found in Tuberculosis that became the international standard for TB testing still in use today.
3 Cecilia Payne (1900-1979) - Earned her first de-
gree at Cambridge University in the 1920s; a time where women were not being granted degrees. She later came to the United States and became the first person to earn a doctorate in astronomy from Havard University. She is known for asking and answering “What are Stars made of?”
4 Chien-Shiung Wu (1912-1997) - Known as the
First Lady of Physics and graduated from the National Central University of Nanking and University of California-Berkley. During World War II she was an intricate part of the U.S. Army’s secret project to develop the atomic bomb. Two of her male colleagues received a Nobel Prize in 1957 and her contributions went unrecognized.
5 Mae C. Jemison (1956-Present) - Graduated from
Standford University and Cornell University Medical School. In 1992 she became the first AfricanAmerican woman to travel into space.
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EAST PARTNERS
Two EAST students, Keeley Ausburn, and Anna Yates, share their experiences in STEM and how EAST and WFA will help shape their future.
throughout the duration of the grant partnership and to use schools with an EAST program as a meeting site.
for young women everywhere to be trailblazers in their own right and EAST, in partnership with the Women’s Foundation of Arkansas (WFA), has endeavored to foster intentional opportunities for today’s young ladies to keep making history. This partnership has manifested in the form of a $15,000 grant, the largest single organizational grant in WFA’s 20-year history, that will connect female EAST students to successful women in the STEM field. According to a U.S. Census Bureau study conducted in 2016, women now comprise half of the national workforce, earn more college and graduate degrees than their male constituents, and by some estimates, women represent the most significant single economic force in the world. However, the gender gap in science is still more prevalent than in many other professions, specifically in high-end, mathintensive fields like computer science and engineering. EAST is supporting WFA in their efforts to combat these issues by recruiting and volunteering for two of WFA’s signature programs, Girls of Promise Conference and Million Women Mentor program.
Each year the WFA hosts an annual conference for 8th-grade girls introducing them to female mentors and careers in STEM fields. Since its start in 1999, Girls of Promise has proven to be a great encourager to over 5,000 girls to continue pursuing higher-level science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) courses past eighth grade, with goals towards careers in these fields, according to WFA impact assessment. This conference is geared toward helping young ladies during a pivotal time in their life to not conform to negative stereotypes or peer pressure to not embody high scholastic and ethical standards. WFA recently became an affiliate of the national program, Million Women Mentors (MWM) with the goal to connect their Girls of Promise conference attendees with support and guidance postconference. Research shows that individuals with mentors exemplify increased academic, social, and economic capacity. MWM thrives by establishing local programs across the U.S. and managing connections with a mentor network of over 1000 volunteers. EAST is committed to recruiting 1000 new mentors and young ladies to be mentored
Facts taken from: http://www.css.edu/the-sentinel-blog/historical-women-in-stem.html
These two strategic programs are designed to engage females around the 8th grade which research notes as the typical age that female students lose interest in the field, and are often persuaded to seek other professions less challenging or come with less societal bias. WFA Executive Director Anna Beth Gorman shared, “We are thrilled to partner with EAST and grow our Girls of Promise footprint around the state, engaging more girls in career and educational pursuits around STEM.” EAST is thrilled to join forces with WFA and combat the gender bias and negative stereotypes that deter young ladies from joining the STEM field by hosting four exclusive training opportunities. Sessions will address coding, photography, and videography as well as align the attendees with the Million Women Mentors program for further development. These training sessions will plant the seeds needed to influence what Forbes Magazine describes as one of the biggest challenges facing the tech world today: STEM careers being seen as just for men. STEM requires diversity in thinking, ethnicity, and gender to solve the problems in today’s world innovatively. FALL 2018 | EAST QUARTERLY
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When Plan A doesn’t work, remember there are 25 more letters to choose from. That’s the mindset the EAST students at Bentonville High School adopted during the developmental stages of a partnership with Village House Adult Day Program. Sara Scott, the Executive Director for Village House Adult Day Program in Bella Vista, AR, recently faced a challenge that is common for business owners: her facility needed renovating and the funds available to her did not cover all of the renovation needs. It was at this point Sara and the EAST students began their journey through the alphabet. 8
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I continuously tell friends and colleagues about the magic that is EAST... --Community partner Sara Scott Plan A: Find a Designer to Bring My Vision to Life Sara had a goal of wanting to provide what she described as a safe and modernized environment where growth through experience and exposure was the standard. This was the driving force behind the initial work between Village House and EAST at Bentonville. Jubal Young, one of three student leaders who established a connection with Village House for EAST at Bentonville has taken on the mission to help Sara complete all the renovations originally drafted by his peers, Noah Hess and Sommer Pruitt, that graduated last year. This is Jubal’s second year giving his time and talents to help his community partner provide a place where day program attendees have enjoyable and stimulating interactions each day. “After 20-plus site visits and multiple discussions about how to make my vision and their vision come together, we finally had a plan that everyone was happy with,” says Sara. Working with large traditional floor plans that resemble what she wanted the renovation to ultimately look like, Sara ran into some issues. “Jubal along with Noah and Sommer took the ideas and made them real to me,” says Sara. Plan B: Paper, Photos, or Revit? With the guidance of Ben Manatt, Bentonville’s EAST facilitator, and Ben’s college friend Jody Verser, architect and Revit trainer for modus studio, Jubal and the other students chose to use Revit, an architectural drawing software, to design accurate plans. “We experienced some depth and texture issues when we attempted to explain things with 360-degree photos,” says Jubal. Sara described the students as having
elaborate design preferences, and she learned many ways to say no in a positive and constructive manner. Plan C: Negotiate and Win with Oculus There was also an opportunity to sharpen their negotiation skills. The students initially designed a space for a waterfall, an outdoor fireplace, and a tinker wall. The outdoor fireplace and waterfall were not well received at first by the Village House team, but the students' advocacy for these features led to their inclusion. The students developed a virtual simulation of the design using Oculus, and after viewing the collaborative plans for the Village House through the Oculus platform, Sara felt confident that she would find investors to complete the desired renovations and upgrades, allowing her to keep the waterfall and outdoor fireplace. Plan D: Deliver and Donate Manatt and his students stayed in contact with Sara and helped her raise money to complete the renovations they designed. Sara felt confident that by allowing potential donors and investors to experience the renovations virtually, she would secure the $40,000 she needed to facilitate a premier programming center. Not only did Sara, with the assistance of EAST students, raise close to $40,000 in donations, but one investor was so impressed with the visual representation that they committed themselves to match that $40,000 in an effort to cover anything else needed. Allowing investors and donors to see what their money was funding before it was complete proved to be an excellent plan for Village House.
Plan E: Phase II Now that Phase I is complete, the project is still in progress. Jubal wants to help Village House identify specific needs that EAST might additionally be able to help fulfill. Jubal is also making sure to leave Phase II in good hands as he prepares to graduate. He has been developing a younger EAST student to step in and continue to use Revit in efforts to draft additional plans as new ideas come about and current plans evolve. Builders and architects have the current Revit files in hand and have not identified any changes that need to be made. While coming to a consensus on floor plans was a challenge, there is no debating that everyone involved agreed that this has been a great partnership and project. This project was recognized as a finalist for the Fay Jones Architectural Challenge Award given out by the Fay Jones School of Architecture and Design at the University of Arkansas. Student leader Jubal Young revealed that his involvement in this project solidified his desire to go into architecture as a career. The community partner, Sara Scott, shared, “I continuously tell friends and colleagues about the magic that is EAST and how this partnership changed my professional life and allowed me to go back to high school again.” Ben Manatt, sixth year EAST facilitator and EAST alumnus expressed that he is proud to be an active part of EAST and how it is giving him a platform to be impactful not only as a student but also as a facilitator.
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GEEK SPEAK
Revit: Model it All Meet Jody Verser, native Arkansan, a graduate of the Fay Jones School of Architecture and design at the University of Arkansas, and Associate Architect for modus studio. Jody believes that the use of digital technology and architecture combined has grown exponentially in recent years. Read how he explains this in this edition of Geek Speak.
Most if not all large buildings you see being built today are designed with the help of a computer. For decades the reigning software champ for drawing buildings has been Autodesk’s AutoCAD. In the last 10 years, the professional use of another Autodesk software, Revit, has grown significantly. One of the biggest differences between the two is Revit’s focus on making things with three-dimensional components. AutoCAD represents a wall with lines and Revit represents a wall with a length, thickness, and height. Revit also stuffs a lot of information into those three-dimensional components. In addition to its length, thickness and height, a Revit wall can tell you its layers, materials, volume, surface area, floor level, phase, quantity, and more; Revit’s content is “smart.” AutoCAD’s walls don’t know they are “walls” -just lines. This sets up Revit’s most valuable feature(s). Since you model in three-dimensions from the beginning, your plans, elevations, and sections can reflect any changes to components instantly. One big ca10
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veat is that this makes it much harder to fudge the lines. I would argue that this is a good thing. The trade-off for this smart content is the need for a lot of sustained effort in the early stages of design to make sure you and your design team correctly label, categorize, and organize content. This is the other powerful, yet unwieldy, aspect of Revit; on larger projects, you are likely working with other colleagues at the same time. At Modus to keep us from stepping on each other’s toes, we keep working while Revit keeps up with the components we’ve “checked out,” and then we frequently synchronize our changes to share them with our co-workers. In the middle of last-day deadline hustles, you’ll hear a lot of “Syncup!’s” shouted across the studio. In the end, Revit simply allows fewer people to tackle more and keep up with changes. I’ve been working at modus studio for five years, using Revit for eight years, working in architecture
professionally for fourteen years, creating computer models for twenty years, drawing for twenty-seven years, and living for thirty-two years. I founded an architectural software education business, deprocess, with two colleagues after graduating from the Fay Jones School of Architecture in 2009. For the four following years, I created digital models and architectural visualizations of the University of Arkansas to support its Planning Group’s efforts during a time of significant campus growth and development. While at modus studio, I had the chance to see my colleagues design EAST’s new headquarters in Little Rock. Recently I spoke about Revit at EAST’s Summer Seminar in Fayetteville and will soon be holding workshops in Fayetteville and Little Rock for EAST students this coming school year. When training people new and familiar to Revit, I always stress the importance of taking the time up-front in a project to establish
a good organization and follow best practice. Revit demands that kind of effort early in the design process, but it makes up for it when changes inevitably come. The better organized you are on the frontend, the easier it will be to move, slide, swap, and slice on the fly. As a bonus, this early effort and constant design-in-three-dimensions allows for a very fast and smooth transition to visualization software to either share with clients or co-workers. At Modus, I’ve particularly enjoyed working on projects that are gigantic, complicated, or both. The community of designers that is constantly innovating, overcoming obstacles, and devising shortcuts in Revit is huge. It’s exciting for me to use the most of this tool and teach others what I learn. We used Revit’s visual scripting add-in, Dynamo, to generate hundreds of floating,
wooden, and filleted pentagons that now define a learning and play space in the treetops of Garvan Gardens. We used Revit to help coordinate a spaghetti-wad of HVAC and dust collection ductwork with an existing metal building shell that now houses artists of the University of Arkansas’ new Sculpture Studio. We used Revit to design and draw in real-time with architecture firms across the country for the University of Arkansas’ new Stadium Drive Residence Halls soon to house hundreds of new students.
Revit can be seen throughout EAST classrooms when students have a project that requires architectural designs for landscaping, structural renovations, and other forms of architecture students may need to complete a project! Read about how Jody helped EAST students at Bentonville High School complete their project using Revit on pages 8 and 9.
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EAST STAFF
MEET THE EAST TECHNICAL SERVICES TEAM We asked a few members of our staff:
“If you didn’t have to sleep, what would you do with the extra time?” Reuben Canada
Senior Director of Information Technology Reuben@EASTstaff.org
Adam Crider
Web Developer Adam@EASTstaff.org
I would learn to build apps. I would totally be an IT guy by day and an app man by night.
I would fill it learning and exploring new hobbies. And I would turn my bedroom into a theater since I wouldn’t need to sleep anymore.
Aaron David
Larry Dicus
Technical Services Representative Aaron@EASTstaff.org
Technical Services Representative Larry@EASTstaff.org
Literally go inside as the damaged neurons in my brain would be unable to repair themselves or create new pathways thus creating deep and disturbing hallucinations and waking nightmares causing the brain to literally fry itself from exhaustion and overheating.
I would spend my time improving the way I cook. Currently I am perfecting my chicken fajitas.
Doug Gusewelle
Eric Holt
Manager of Technical Services Doug@EASTstaff.org
I have recently become interested in Deep Learning algorithms. I would use the extra time to do a deeper dive into Deep Learning and maybe even train my own AI.
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Internet Services Manager Eric@EASTstaff.org
I would read all night long. I am a fan of trashy Sci-Fi novels.
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