1.0Augsburg Now/nowLaura Swanson Lindahl '15 MBA/now/author/swansonl/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="KqxvwxeczB"><a href="/now/2012/11/01/matt-van-zant-08/">Matt Van Zant ’08</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="/now/2012/11/01/matt-van-zant-08/embed/#?secret=KqxvwxeczB" width="600" height="338" title="“Matt Van Zant ’08” — Augsburg Now" data-secret="KqxvwxeczB" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> /now/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2012/11/Matt-Van-Zant-e1455555399734.png571379For Matt Van Zant ’06 MBA ’08, the decision to go back to school wasn’t easy, but it was simple. In 2001, Van Zant was employed in the information technology (IT) industry. IT, at that time, was one of “a few remaining professional fields where work experience was acceptable” in lieu of a college degree,