Just the Facts
As you've probably figured out, my name is Keith. I work at Pacific Lutheran
University in Tacoma, Washington. I'm PLU's Systems Administrator. I oversee
the various computers which make up PLU's central computing facilities.
This includes fun stuff like setting up and maintaining the web server that
passed this page along to you.
But what a person does as a profession doesn't tell all. Take a look at
my list of links to get a feeling for some of the things I enjoy.
Some history? I grew up in St. Maries, Idaho. I attended college at PLU,
graduating with a B.S. in Computer Science in 1985. I met a wonderful woman
named Michele Dykstra in 1987 and promptly married her in 1993. I've held
various positions in the computing industry, having returned to PLU in a
professional capacity in 1994. How's that for brevity!
Thanks for stopping by my web pages. Feel free to send me
e-mail if you are so inclined.
Later!
07/20/99: Rather than totally re-write this, I thought I'd just add
something of a revisions section. As of a couple months ago, I was promoted
to the Director of Systems and Communications at PLU. I still do the work of
Systems Administrator, but I also oversee the networking and telecommunications
infrastructures at the University. I've also started working on my Master's
in Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Washington in Seattle.
You can check out the program
here.
12/16/00: I thought it was time to freshen this up a bit. Things are
pretty much the same as noted above. I'm much closer to finishing the
Master's degree. 5 classes down, 3 to go. I should be done this time next
year. The program is great and very fulfilling, but I am looking forward
to finishing.
10/30/05: I've had at least one of my friends tell me that I'd
better get around to updating this. Yup, I finished the Master's degree, many
years ago. I'm still at PLU as Director of Systems and Communications.
Not too much has changed since 2000. I've learned a few new things, tried a
few other things. Michele and I visited Scotland in 2003. That was a lot of
fun. We've done a bit of other traveling, as well. We visited Minnesota for
a family reunion of the Folsom's one year, and Santa Barbara, California for
the Dykstra's another. We've also been down to Mobile, Alabama, to visit our
friend Dan. Last fall, I started spending a lot of my time practicing for
what is known as Cowboy Action Shooting. Though I've let it go for a while, I hope to pick
it back up soon. It helps me stay in touch with my family's long heritage of
gun use and ownership, both for hunting and marksmanship. We live in a time
when a lot of people look down on this...so I also want to do my small part to
represent the positive side of the use of firearms to those who know me.
Maintained By: Keith E. Folsom (folsomke@plu.edu).
Last Update: 10/30/05
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