Name: Dallas Crockett
Job title: Web Programmer
Department: University Communications
How long have you worked at Whitworth? One year, four months
What do you like best about your job? Getting to work with the entire campus on various website projects
In what ways do your gifts and abilities help meet the needs of the campus community you serve? A lot of tasks can be made easier to handle and more convenient by making them accessible online. I like to think that much of my job involves making other people’s jobs easier.
Favorite book: The Wheel of Time series by Robert Jordan
Favorite movie: “Happy Gilmore”
Favorite foods: Shrimp and pizza, but not together
Favorite quote: “Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere.” - Carl Sagan
Favorite music: Depends on my mood
Favorite animals: Real – cats & dogs; fictional – dragons
Guilty pleasure: Video/computer games
Hobbies: Writing, snowboarding, basketball, soccer, Ultimate Frisbee
Best vacation ever: Honeymoon in Hawaii
Birth place: Colville, Wash.
We’d be surprised to know that… I self-published a novel at age 19.
I collect… hockey cards and ninja turtles.
If you could travel anywhere in the world, where would you go? Ireland
What cartoon character best describes you? Donatello
If you could try anything and not fail, what dream would you attempt? To be a best-selling author
What is your favorite sound? Water, either in the form of rain or a waterfall
What is your life motto? Ecclesiastes 5:15
If the whole world was listening, what would you say? “Hug someone.”
Favorite childhood book: Harold and the Purple Crayon
Favorite childhood TV show: “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles”
Least favorite word: Can’t
If you could go on a road trip with anyone (from the past or present), who would you choose and where would you go? I’d take Jesus to a rainforest, because he saw a lot of desert when he was here.
Best high-school class subject: Math
