Joseph Vaughan is chief information officer and vice president for Computing and Information Services and has been at HMC for 17 years. He is responsible for a wide range of information technology at the College, from the underground fiber and the network switches in the dark, cold closets to making sure that the HMC community has access to modern hardware and software in all areas of their work (and play!). Joseph leads the CIS team, which handles user support and core technology services as well as academic and research computing. CIS provides or manages over 200 services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My favorite part is meeting people, learning about their needs and ideas, then finding ways to help and support them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Information technology is complex and interconnected, and there is a tangled web of connections within HMC and between the Claremont Colleges, not to mention the rest of the world. This sometimes means it can take longer to get things done (maybe even way longer!) than any of us would like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chris Sundberg, associate dean for students and campus life director. I would love to ride around on my bike and really get to know the students the way Chris does. I find our students so engaging and inspiring but I don’t often get the opportunity to be with them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I think I would build a co-working space that had comfortable furniture, great snacks, games and a welcoming environment designed to encourage employees to leave their offices and cubicles. The one thing that would not be encouraged: sitting only with people from your particular department. Instead, we\u2019d see people mingle while working.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Once, when my son, Milo, was about 5, Miguel Ruvalcaba, senior director for dining services, made him a special ice-cream sundae. Our family has never forgotten that moment (and Milo is now 15!). That was my favorite dish ever. I love the salads when I go for lunch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Almost any event that I attend at Mudd does that. I really loved the back-to-school parties in the past. Commencement is always inspiring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I\u2019ve been sailing competitively for many years; I love that. But I\u2019ve also recently fallen in love with hand tool woodworking. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhen you set out for Ithaka, ask that your way be long,\u201d from the poem, Ithaka<\/em>, by C. P. Cavafy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If the stress is related to work, as I\u2019m leaving campus, I say to myself that I am leaving my problems hanging in the trees. I often completely forget them. And they are usually hanging there waiting for me when I come back next day!<\/p>\n\n\n\n My superpower would be the ability to wave a wand and remove miscommunications between people. I would use it all the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I\u2019m working on a project that involves taking a large ash log and turning it by hand into useful items (a seat and a lamp are the first two).<\/p>\n\n\n\n Co-Intelligence: Living and Working with AI<\/em> by Ethan Mollick and Artificial Intelligence: The Very Idea<\/em> by John Haugeland \u201966<\/p>\n\n\n\n Last: Rhiannon Giddens at the Hollywood Bowl. Second last: Orville Peck at the Hollywood Palladium.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Joseph Vaughan is chief information officer and vice president for Computing and Information Services and has been at HMC for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145,"featured_media":14766,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,217],"class_list":["post-14765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-staff","category-unlisted"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/145"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14765"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14765\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14772,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14765\/revisions\/14772"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/about\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}What is your most effective strategy for dealing with stress?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
If you could have one superpower, what would it be and how would you use it at work?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Are you studying or learning something new?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
What book or podcast are you enjoying right now?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
What is the last concert you attended?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n