Ihlenfeldt Sign Huge Multi Million Dollar Deal in 2006

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Chippewa Valley Technical College Renews Contract With SunGard Higher Education for Managed IT Services

MALVERN, Pa., November 28, 2006 — Chippewa Valley Technical College (CVTC) has renewed its contract with SunGard Higher Education for continued support in managing its information technology. A key objective of the college is to better serve the needs of the community by training students for local high-tech jobs. Together, the college and SunGard Higher Education are using technology to help enhance learning through the use of simulation and by applying it to new fields such as nanotechnology.

In addition to managing the 40-person IT department and maintaining the college’s network, SunGard Higher Education will provide Web and central help desk services, strategic planning, academic technology support, user services and lab support, and resource development services.
CVTC does not have any IT staff left, these are all Collegis employees in Florida or in Eau Claire.

“We are pleased with the relationship we have forged with SunGard Higher Education, and we’re looking forward to its continued support as we expand the technology services we offer our students, faculty and staff,” said Bill Ihlenfeldt, president of the college. “SunGard Higher Education has proven itself to be accountable and I know we can rely on SunGard as a trusted technology partner.”

Located in western Wisconsin and a member of the Wisconsin Technical College System, CVTC initially contracted with SunGard Higher Education in 2002 for assistance in, among other things, consolidating all IT functions and staff into a single service organization under the company’s management. The variety of managed services offered by SunGard Higher Education helped the college contain costs and increase productivity while enhancing services such as helping faculty develop hybrid and online programs.

“Chippewa Valley has demonstrated innovation in so many ways, but particularly in the use of technology to help achieve its strategic objectives and to transform the manner in which its faculty teach and its students learn,” said Ed Nadworny, president of managed services, SunGard Higher Education. “It is exciting for our employees to participate in helping the college make such a positive impact on local high-tech jobs. We look forward to continuing the relationship.”

About Chippewa Valley Technical College
Based in Eau Claire, CVTC serves an 11-county area of western Wisconsin, delivering progressive technical education to nearly 5,000 FTE students per year. CVTC programs include more than 55 majors in such disciplines as business, health, mechanical, public safety and transportation and construction. Distance learning, including Internet, ITV (Instructional Television Networks), computer assisted instruction and other modes of instruction, is an emphasis. Visit Chippewa Valley Technical College’s Web site at: www.cvtc.edu.

About SunGard Higher Education
SunGard Higher Education provides software and support, systems implementation and integration, strategic consulting, and technology management services to help colleges and universities build, unify, and manage their digital campuses. Bringing together people, processes, and technology, SunGard Higher Education assists more than 1,600 customers worldwide to strengthen institutional performance through improved constituent services, increased accountability, and better educational experiences.
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Mike Mathews Returns to Eau Claire For What

Live in the present

Book is 'wake-up call' to understand time reference
By Alyssa Waters
Leader-Telegram staff

Sixteen years ago Mike Mathews was living in Eau Claire and working for Cray Research. He considered himself an alcoholic.

Then, on a memorable Sunday, both he and his wife, Pam, were "saved" by God.

"I was so grateful for what the Lord did in my life," Mike Mathews said.

He studied to be a minister. After being ordained, he decided not to become a full-time pastor. Instead, he worked in rural churches part time. He continued his work with computers during those years.

In the past 16 years, Mathews has been asking himself some questions - and answering them. Now he's put his research in a book.

Mathews will sell and sign "What in Heaven and Hell Is Happening," from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, March 8, at Hope Gospel Mission Bargain Center.

The book focuses on the present.

"We have a tendency as humans to always live in the past," Mathews said. "Sometimes we get excited about the future and we miss the present."

Mathews, who grew up in a small town near Green Bay, went to college in Minnesota. He worked at Cray Research for 12 years.

He moved away from the area for three years and he came back to work at National Presto Industries and eventually began working for SunGard Higher Education, a company that provides technology management services to help institutions improve performance. One of his projects included working with Chippewa Valley Technical College.

Mathews now lives in Springfield, Mo., where he travels with SunGard.

Mathews said working with technology helped him to see the world was changing, but the church doesn't follow suit.

"The book in general is a wake-up call to help people understand a reference in time," he said.

People often celebrate the birth of Christ and his resurrection, Mathews said. Instead, people should be more in tune with what's happening today and how Christ will appear when he comes back.

"We need to get more in alignment with what he said he would look like more at the end of time than at the beginning of time," Mathews said.

Also, Mathews said recent weather patterns, school shootings and other worldwide destruction is God's way of shaking the world to see where people's faith lies.

Mathews said the weather patterns do not prove that God is mad, nor are they occurring because of global warming.

"In the (Bible) it's neither," Mathews said. "The reality is, every time God speaks, nature has to respond."

He said there are at least 30 references of nature's response to God's words in the Scriptures. Mathews wants to show there's a balance to both extreme ways of thinking.

"It's all good news if you take it in the context that he is coming back," Mathews said of Jesus. "We're caught up in ministry of religion - it's about faith."

Mathews also said the more production that goes into marketing the church, the more there is a reverse effect on society in relation to the church.

"It's not about music or books ... it's about faith alone," he said. "If you keep repeating the baby in the manger (story), you're missing what's happening today.

"I want to live today, I don't want to live some 2,000 years ago."

Waters can be reached at alyssa.waters@ecpc.com.