Mr. Richard McDonald
Professor of Computer Information Systems, Emeritus
WHEREAS Mr. Richard McDonald has served the 香港六合彩开奖直播 with distinction in teaching and service from 2014 to 2023; and
WHEREAS Mr. McDonald has greatly benefited 香港六合彩开奖直播 Community and Technical College students through his expert teaching in the information technology field; and he secured technologies that the IT specialist program uses to teach online at a quality level previously achievable in only a face-to-face setting; and
WHEREAS Mr. McDonald鈥檚 novel methods have brought online technical training to students in rural Alaska; and when COVID-19 globally disrupted teaching in 2020, Cisco Systems invited Mr. McDonald to present online teaching methods to its affiliated networking instructors worldwide; and
WHEREAS Mr. McDonald has published multiple technical textbooks, with some translated into more than a dozen languages; and he has made numerous conference presentations on both technical topics and online teaching methods; and
WHEREAS Mr. McDonald has served on several university committees; and he has served as a mentor to other faculty members in the IT program; and he has volunteered as a docent at the University of Alaska Museum of the North;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the 香港六合彩开奖直播 expresses its deep appreciation to Mr. Richard McDonald for his extensive contributions to the state of Alaska and to the university; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the 香港六合彩开奖直播, in further recognition of the invaluable services rendered by Mr. McDonald and as evidence of the university鈥檚 desire that his identification with the university be maintained, hereby salutes the appointment of Mr. Richard McDonald as professor of computer information systems, emeritus; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this resolution be appropriately engrossed and signed by the chancellor of the 香港六合彩开奖直播 as further evidence of the esteem and respect in which he holds Mr. Richard McDonald, and conveyed to Mr. McDonald on this sixth day of May, 2023.