Mark Alan Rohlf has been affectionately dubbed "The Accidental Geek." He completed his Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications with an emphasis in Public Relations in 1996. His passion for Journalism and Still Photography took root early in his career during his four year tour in the United States Navy as a Photographer's Mate.
Mark published several articles and photographs for both local as well as Navy wide publications within the Navy community. Later, Mark noticed the swelling wave of the World Wide Web in the early 90s and began to focus his attention on the technologies that allowed for digital communications. This, in turn, led Mark to an interest in computer networking, which began his right turn from Communications into the world of Information Technology.
Mark completed a Master of Science degree in Instructional Technology in the summer of 2000. His research project focused on a strategic plan in teaching non-technical workers to create, deploy, and maintain content in digital format using client/server http technologies.
Currently Mark is serving as Seward County's Information Technology Supervisor. He has logged several years as a technician in the hospital setting, and he has served a few years in the Wireless Internet Service industry.
Mark achieved his first Cisco Certified Network Associate certification in the same year he completed his Master's degree. A few years later, he served a term as FHSU's Kansas Cisco Academy Program Specialist.
As Program Specialist, Mark was responsible for managing the Cisco Academy’s quality assurance program. FHSU’s academy is a regional with several local academies subordinate to the regional. FHSU's role in the Academy Program has grown in stature since then. He also made annual quality visits to the local sites, and provided training and curriculum support.
As Mark was transitioning out of the Program Specialist role, he noticed a need for a local academy in Salina, and began communicating with the Faculty at Kansas Weslayen University. He then went on to help KWU implement the local academy under FHSU's leadership. KWU is currently stepping up their efforts to increase their presence within the Academy community, as a result of Mark's foresight.
Currently Mark is teaching two INT courses through the Virtual College.
INT 291 - Internetworking I
INT 300 - Foundations of Information Networking & Telecommunications
