Courses
CIS305 - Unix Administration
NET157 - Networking I
NET158 - Networking II
NET161 - Windows Professional
NET162 - Windows Server
NET190 - Unix Operating System
NET195 - Unix Administration
NET222 - Network Defense &
Countermeasures
NET230 - E-Mail Services
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Eric
Straw
ECPI Online
Instructor
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ECPI College of Technology
5555 Greenwich Rd.
Virginia Beach, VA 23452
Phone: 1-800-986-1200 or 1-757-671-7171
Email: estraw@ecpi.edu
IM Accounts:
AOL:
professorstraw
MSN:
eric@professorstraw.com
YAHOO:
professorstraw
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| Biography |
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From high school I
went into the U.S. Navy's advanced electronics program and served a
little over four years onboard the submarine U.S.S. Florida. After the
Navy I went on to earn a Bachelor's in Business from Western Baptist
College (now Corban
College) and a Master's in Computer Information Systems from
Nova Southeastern University
Graduate School of Computer and Information Science. I am
currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Information Systems from Nova
Southeastern University. Sandwiched in between the Navy and the
teaching that I am currently doing I ran my own manufacturing business
for nearly seven years and spent a couple of years as a site manager
for a contract company providing telephony and IT support services to
the Hewlett-Packard campus in Corvallis, Oregon.
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| Teaching Philosophy |
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Learning is not
always easy. My father dropped out of high school, so education was
never a big priority when I was a kid. My wife graduated from college
just before we got married and that motivated me to pursue my own
education. Because of work and family responsibilities I took 14 years
to finish my undergraduate degree. It was a lot of hard work, but it
was well worth it. As I pursued my own education I discovered that I
love to learn. The French philosopher Joseph Joubert said, "To teach is
to learn twice." I teach because I love to learn, I love to share what
I learn, and I love to help and watch others learn.
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Office Hours
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The official
"Office hours" can be found on the Communication tab under the
Instructor's Office link in each course.
You will find me
online and available through instant messaging much of each day. Please
feel free to stop by and chat!
You can find my IM accounts under Contact Information above.
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