INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
ALUMNUS PURSUES HIS PASSION FOR COMPUTER PROGRAMMING NOW A LEAD ENGINEER
for Target®, Sean Jones rediscovered his love of computer programming in Computer & Information Technology at Lake Land.
was in helping get me to where I am,” Jones said. “I felt it was a silly decision to go back to junior college after earning a bachelor’s degree. However, it ended up being one of the greatest decisions of my life.”
Jones excelled in programming, helped others in the tutoring “I decided to go back and check center, started an internship at out Lake Land, and when I toured Patterson Dental, and was hired the Innovation Lab it was magical, full time before he graduated. like Willy Wonka’s Chocolate Factory,” Jones said. “Scott Jones said that he [Rhine, IT instructor,] felt a strong sense of has such great passion "WHEN I FOUND community throughout for what he teaches THAT IT WAS his time at Lake Land and for helping SOMETHING I COULD and felt collaboration students learn the NOT ONLY DO BUT and camaraderie with his material.” ALSO EXCEL AT, THE fellow students made it MATERIAL BECAME A “some of the best times Jones said he was FUN CHALLENGE." of his life.” interested in game design in high school, -JONES “It was fun to work but liked literature together with the and history too. He initially went to other students and as a tutor to Lake Land for history, graduating help others learn too,” Jones with an associate degree in said. “When I found that it was 2004. After going on to earn something I could not only do but a bachelor’s degree from also excel at, the material became Eastern Illinois University a fun challenge.” in History with Teacher Certification, Jones said he struggled to find satisfying work. “I know how tough my situation was and how instrumental Lake Land
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