The newly endowed positions will focus on teaching software development, application design and user interfaces.
Ms. Faulkner earned her master’s degree in computer sciences from UW-Madison, and she was awarded an honorary doctorate from the university in 2010. She said the gift will help create a talent pool to fill technology jobs.
“Computer scientists will be needed in almost every industry, and there is a significant shortage,” Ms. Faulkner said. “Through this gift, the UW-Madison computer science faculty will educate more computer scientists to help fill current and future needs.”
Already, many UW-Madison graduates work for Epic, as the vendor’s campus is located in a suburb of Madison.
“Here in the Madison area, Epic is our Microsoft,” said Mark Hill, the chair of the computer sciences department at UW-Madison. “It’s a huge tech giant right here in our backyard. We’re grateful to Judy Faulkner for her longstanding support of our department.”
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