Virginia Gielincki Kasten

You can reach me by email at
vgkasten@mystery.com

A Little About myself...

Family & Friends

I live with my husband of nearly 14 years, Gary Gielincki, and our two cats, Smokie & Tiger. As my friends and co-workers can attest, Gary has a lot of patience with my work and hobbies.

Since I have been married I have claimed I have three families: My birth family, My husband's family and My SEMGS/GT family. It means that I get to have a lot of nieces and nephews.

School and Work

I grew up in Saugatuck, Michigan. Then, I attended Michigan Technological University where I majored in Mathematics and Electrical Engineering. Work has brought me to southeastern Michigan. Each move has been to a larger and larger community, a trend that needs to be reversed.

I have 15 years with General Motors. I have worked for both manufacturing and product engineering in the Truck Group. Currently, I do IT support for engineers who do vehicle design simulations(crash, electrical systems, heating & cooling and mechanical parts).

Adventures

I started using and learning Linux in February 1995. Linux, Slackware distribution with XFree86, is the OS that I am using at home.

I started using the Web in August 1995. I took Purdue's Internet Resources Design and Development as a distance course by videotape and Internet. The project work for that course has evolved into the current Women and Mathematics Information server. I also run an email list for this group out of mystery.com.

Just finished another distance course. This one is CS590M Information Systems, from Purdue. I enjoyed learning while I was using what was being taught.

I was a GM moderator for Purdue CE597N:Internet Resources Design & Development This class had changed since I took it. It was now done over the Internet entirely. No Lectures, some students struggle at first with this concept. However, I believe most students from our site enjoyed it.

New adventures ...

Images of us ...

Virginia
Tiger
jpeg of Tiger
Smokie
jpeg of Smokie
Gary
jpeg of Gary


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