Dr. Laura Grabowski and Supraja Gurajala
Much has changed in the way of technology and career opportunities since the inception of SUNY Potsdam’s Department of Computer Science program nearly 50 years ago. Recently the department has seen a jump in enrollment from 38 computer science majors in 2009 to nearly 100 students now. Led by a group of four faculty members, the department now includes an equal representation of male and female professors with the addition of Dr. Laura Grabowski and Supraja Gurajala—something that is somewhat rare in a male-dominated field.
Sailing into the Classroom
Much like the character in her children’s book, Katie Yang ’23 has been on her own adventure—taking a bullet train out of Shanghai to teach English in China for a year, volunteering as an ESL teacher at Fort Drum, and now completing her master’s degree in childhood education at SUNY Potsdam.