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Scholarships available for WASTC Faculty Development Weeks

Post Date:05/18/2021

WASTC-scholarship-intro-imgEducators can upgrade their technical prowess at a virtual workshop in June

NCyTE has a limited number of scholarships available to support members' registration fees for a virtual Faculty Development Week workshop being offered by the Western Academy Support & Training Center (WASTC) this June.

WASTC is offering six virtual workshops per week on various Information Communications Technologies (ICT) topics including cybersecurity, networking, and cloud computing. (See each week's workshop topics below.) Faculty can only attend one workshop per week. Workshop spots are limited— registration is first come first serve.

Each workshop costs $50. To apply for an NCyTE scholarship to cover the cost, email your full name, professional title, institution, and the workshop you want to attend, to ncyte@whatcom.edu.

Read more on WASTC.org.

June 7-11

  • 1A – NDG: New Cybersecurity Resources
  • 1B – WASTC: Networking with the Raspberry Pi
  • 1C – IBM: Cybersecurity & Threat Intelligence using SkillsBuild
  • 1D – VMware: Datacenter Virtualization & Virtual Cloud Networks
  • 1E – AWS: Academy Cloud Foundations
  • 1F – DevNet: Datacenter Programmability with Cisco NX-OS

June 14-18

  • 2A – UiPath: Robotic Process Automation Design & Development
  • 2B – Google: Google Cloud Foundations
  • 2C – USC: Hands-on Workshop on Advanced Networking Topics
  • 2D – WASTC: Introduction to Data Analytics with Tableau Desktop
  • 2E – WASTC: Teaching CIS with the Raspberry Pi
  • 2F – CompTIA: Teaching Practical Security+

June 21-25

  • 3A – WASTC: Network Forensics/Threat Hunting
  • 3B – Palo Alto Networks: Faculty Training: Admin I & II
  • 3C – WASTC: Programming Essentials in Python
  • 3D – USC: Open vSwitch and Software-defined Networking
  • 3E – Microsoft: AI and Machine Learning with Azure
  • 3F – WASTC: Cyber Buffet with Sam Bowne & Irvin Lemus
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It is our pleasure to share the news that Michele Robinson has accepted the position of Senior Director for the NCyTE Center. Michele comes with 20+ years of experience and proven leadership at senior and executive levels in information security, and 30 years of public service experience in policy and program execution, making positive impacts at both the state and national levels.   Michele is well recognized by the NCyTE staff and its partners.   She has been a member of the NCyTE Center's National Visiting Committee for 10 years, supporting our mission and vision.

Michele has numerous professional certifications and has represented various organizations in national arenas.  She most recently served as the  State of California Chief Information Security Officer.   Michele is looking forward to continuing to advance cybersecurity education through NCyTE’s resources and expanding the network of partnerships with business and industry, government agencies, and K-12 and higher education institutions.   Her experience in collaborating with other agencies and statewide initiatives and her commitment to cybersecurity education will be tremendous assets that she brings to NCyTE.

Michele will begin her work with NCyTE on September 1, 2023.   Please join us in welcoming Michele in her new leadership role!