Focus Magazine | December 2020

Paul Mlakar Hanging off a skydiving plane’s support, Director of Academic Information Systems Paul Mlakar starts his static jump over the Ohio countryside.

“When I let go,” Mlakar said, “I was trying to grab back and get a good arch. I didn’t do that very well.”

After untangling his cord, Mlakar enjoys the rest of his jump. He doesn’t remember being shaken up at the time. His parachuting days are behind him now.

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There’s only 3,500 feet. There’s not a lot of time before you’re back on the ground. There’s nobody else around. You’re all by yourself. You have to climb out by yourself. You have to fix everything by yourself. But for Paul Mlakar, “that’s the exhilaration of