Academic Programs  Computer Science Spotlight  Jason Whitaker:
Returning Home  “What worked for me still works for our computer
science grads today. They’ll have a solid technical background,
and they’ll have skills that come from having a liberal arts
education that will give them a leg up.”  Jason Whitaker '97 got
his start in the computer science field while at Transylvania,
and it's also at Transylvania where he found his dream job as
vice president of information technology.  While Whitaker was
studying for a computer science major and studio art minor at
Transylvania, he took a part-time job at IBM as a software
developer. He used that experience along with his Transylvania
education to land a full-time position there after graduation,
eventually managing a team of developers.  Jason Whitaker  "A
lot of folks at IBM had degrees in computer science, but I felt
my ability to write well and think critically gave me a leg up,"
Whitaker said. "It was clear that my experience at Transylvania
was paying off, a