Beth Holloway

Welcome to the CSE Department! I am the Program Assistant for the Computer Science and Engineering Department. I began my career in this department in 1987, and have been here ever since. My favorite part of my job is watching the freshmen as they grow and mature into seniors. I truly admire our compassionate faculty members, our great students and our thoughtful alumni.

I am the mother of three daughters and six beautiful grandsons! My oldest daughter, Heather (Mason) Guy graduated in 1997 from TU with a degree in Business/Systems. She and her husband, Shane, are the proud parents of Payton (1998) and triplets Carter, Jackson and Grant (2006). They reside in Marion, Indiana.

Rachel also resides in Marion and keeps busy with two young boys, Tucker (2000) and Elijah (2002). My youngest daughter, Leah, is a TU history major. It‘s hard to believe that she is a senior! When she was a little girl, she always promised her father and I that she would never leave home. For one reason or another, I just don’t believe this is true anymore.

Questionnaire

Favorite part about your job?

Interacting with all the faculty in my department and the great students

First computer you had or used?

The VAX

Worst bug you had to track down?

Fleas

Prefered operating system?

Windows

Favorite Bible verse?

I Corinthians 13:4-8

Favorite quote?

"If you don't like something, change it; if you can't change it, change the way you think about it." ~Mary Engelbreit

Where do you get your computer news from?

Dave Crim in Taylor's Information Technology Dept.

Cat or dog person?

Cat

Favorite place to visit?

Florida and Vegas

Favorite author?

I have several - Barbara Delinsky, Sandra Brown, Nicholas Sparks, etc

Favorite smell?

Cinnamon

Puns: good or bad?

Dr. Brandle's puns!

Coffee or tea?

Neither

Favorite beverage?

Ivanhoes fountain cokes

Favorite TV series?

Law and Order, Without A Trace, CSI

If Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Richard Stallman, Linus Torvalds, Larry Wall, Bill Joy, and Denis Richie got in a brawl who would win and why?

The man with the most money/toys wins!

If you could have a super power, what would it be? Why?

I think I would like to be Elizabeth Montgomery in the old TV series "Bewitched". I could twitch my nose and get everything done, I could snap my fingers and disappear and appear elsewhere, and I could point my finger and move items from place to place. What a life!

When you go to a restaurant and they serve you a beverage, do you use the straw or take it out?

Leave it in, why?

If you take it out, would you consider using it to throw spit wads at the table across the aisle?

Not at my young age :)

What is your opinion of the Dungeon Monkey?

Cute, but he should come around more often