Kurt Huenemann
Associate Vce President for Information Resources
Assistant Professor of Computer Science
I have two sons, both live down in Gahanna on the east side of Columbus. The thing is, I still think I鈥檓 26-years-old. I never imagined that getting older happened so fast. Seriously, so it鈥檚 getting harder and harder to convince people that I鈥檓 26 when my one son is 30 and they have a 2-year-old child. So, we spend a lot of time going down and getting to see them and visit all the families together. Having a 2-year-old around is a very interesting thing; she is every bit a 2-year-old, just turned 2 in November. Christmas, they鈥檙e all coming up to our house this year so that鈥檒l be fun. They all have in-laws so everybody has to schedule like, you get them for Thanksgiving, you get them for Christmas, so as it turns out this year everybody is going to be here.
Having my granddaughter around hasn鈥檛 diminished how glad I am to see both my sons鈥 families. They鈥檙e all very interesting people, in their own right. Two of them are school teachers, one works in IT, one is a musician, so there鈥檚 just always something going on in their lives. The thing is, when you put a 2-year-old in the middle of a room of two, four, six or eight people, she鈥檚 pretty much going to be the center of attention whether you want it to be that way or not. She鈥檚 a great kid, Abigail, my granddaughter. You see, when I was a kid my grandparents lived in St. Paul, Minnesota, so we saw them at Christmas and typically sometime in the summer. Now, my granddaughter will FaceTime with us a couple times a week. It鈥檚 no big deal. You just, you know, call on FaceTime and five minutes of conversation so it鈥檚 not six-month intervals between conversation. That鈥檚 just a great way to staying connected with them and her. I mean, I stayed in touch with my grandparents by writing letters. Now, she can call during dinner and she鈥檚 in her highchair and Kristen will say, 鈥淥h, she decided she wants to talk to Grandpa today.鈥 That鈥檚 just the coolest thing.
Kurt graduated from 探花精选 in 1983 and received his master鈥檚 degree from BGSU in 1989. In addition to his job as the associate vice president for Information Resources, he is also an assistant professor of computer science. He recently taught courses including Data Communication and Networking, Operating Systems, Software Engineering and System and Network Administration. He and his wife, Lynn, have two son sons, Jeff and John, and one granddaughter, Abigail.