Epic is giving generously to the University of Wisconsin-Madison this holiday season, endowing three faculty associate positions in the computer sciences department.
Epic's founder and CEO Judy Faulkner earned her master's degree in computer sciences from UW-Madison, and she was awarded an honorary doctorate from the university in 2010. In an article postedo on the department's website, she said the gift will help create a talent pool to fill technology jobs. The newly endowed positions will focus on teaching software development, application design and user interfaces.
"Computer scientists will be needed in almost every industry, and there is a significant shortage," Faulkner said. "Through this gift, the UW-Madison computer science faculty will educate more computer scientists to help fill current and future needs."
Already, many UW-Madison graduates work for Epic, with the vendor's campus located in a suburb of Madison.
"Here in the Madison area, Epic is our Microsoft," said Mark Hill, the chair of the computer sciences department at UW-Madison. "It's a huge tech giant right here in our backyard. We're grateful to Judy Faulkner for her longstanding support of our department."
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