3.0
Nov 25, 2012
Former employee, more than 5 years
State College, PA
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook
Pros
Within the IT realm, there is a serious emphasis on leadership development and lots of opportunities for professional development. There is a mentoring network, and a peer coaching network. As a research-1 university, this is a chance to play with the big boys in higher ed IT. Recent changes in IT leadership have been for the positive.
Cons
It's in the middle of freaking nowhere. If you don't live for beer and football, it's not a great place to live. Also, there is a strong anti-Microsoft bent, so a lot of enterprise systems (data warehouse, e-mail, web services) run on awkward technology stacks.