Please share your thoughts and memories of Scott as an opportunity to come together in shared appreciation of what Scott has meant to us.
Carol and Michael Eisenberg were close friends with Scott for more than 20 years. Read the eulogy they delivered at his memorial service.
Personally, I have a lost a dear colleague, a respected friend. Someone known to me with great affection as “Mr. Barker.” Unreplaceable.
Simple fact: Of the 2000+ Informatics alums there is not a single one who did not personally encounter or was not impacted by Scott Barker. This is fact, not hyperbole.
Scott lived and breathed Informatics. For over two decades he advocated for, championed, sang praises of, architected curriculum for, celebrated, went to battle for Informatics students in a myriad of ways: scholarships, IUGA, WINFO, internships, capstone, the minor, and more.
Scott was “doing” Informatics before the major was a major, before even the name was “Informatics.” And he continued “doing” Informatics through the pandemic – opening the world of Informatics and the iSchool to undergrads from all walks of life, with all types of interests, motivations, and passions.
There is no greater tribute to Scott than the 2000+ alums who are taking their Informatics education out into the world – making a difference.
Simple fact: Of the 2000+ Informatics alums there is not a single one who did not personally encounter or was not impacted by Scott Barker. This is fact, not hyperbole.
Scott lived and breathed Informatics. For over two decades he advocated for, championed, sang praises of, architected curriculum for, celebrated, went to battle for Informatics students in a myriad of ways: scholarships, IUGA, WINFO, internships, capstone, the minor, and more.
Scott was “doing” Informatics before the major was a major, before even the name was “Informatics.” And he continued “doing” Informatics through the pandemic – opening the world of Informatics and the iSchool to undergrads from all walks of life, with all types of interests, motivations, and passions.
There is no greater tribute to Scott than the 2000+ alums who are taking their Informatics education out into the world – making a difference.