CIT/BAT Program http://cit.wvup.edu Making IT work for your future Mon, 30 Aug 2010 07:28:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Coffee House Event! http://cit.wvup.edu/2010/08/30/coffee-house-event/ http://cit.wvup.edu/2010/08/30/coffee-house-event/#comments Mon, 30 Aug 2010 07:28:08 +0000 admin http://cit.wvup.edu/?p=425 The fall semester’s first Coffee House event is Wednesday (Sept. 1) featuring Matt James & the Progress Notes at 11 a.m. in the Student Union.

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]]> http://cit.wvup.edu/2010/08/23/welcome-back/feed/ 0 Phi Theta Kappa Relay for Life raises $707 http://cit.wvup.edu/2010/05/18/phi-theta-kappa-relay-for-life-raises-707/ http://cit.wvup.edu/2010/05/18/phi-theta-kappa-relay-for-life-raises-707/#comments Tue, 18 May 2010 18:43:50 +0000 admin http://cit.wvup.edu/?p=418 [[Show as slideshow]]  The WVU-Parkersburg Phi Theta Kappa Relay for Life Team raised $707 this year at the 2010 Parkersburg Relay For Life on May 14th and 15th.  Here are some pictures of the event.  Be sure to thank Jamie Brown for doing such a good job as the team captain, and check out that cool dude on the trike!

]]> http://cit.wvup.edu/2010/05/18/phi-theta-kappa-relay-for-life-raises-707/feed/ 0 Opportunity for Students doing summer research at GWU http://cit.wvup.edu/2010/05/04/opportunity-for-students-doing-summer-research-at-gwu/ http://cit.wvup.edu/2010/05/04/opportunity-for-students-doing-summer-research-at-gwu/#comments Tue, 04 May 2010 08:01:31 +0000 admin http://cit.wvup.edu/?p=415 CyberWatch (CW) and GWU’s Cyber Security Policy & Research Institute (CSPRI) are teaming up to provide opportunities for a number of Community College (CC) students to participate in research efforts at the GWU campus during the summer months of 2010.  There will be a small stipend available for this participation (up to $4,000 per student).

 The competition for participation is on!  Here are the current targets for the work effort:

  1. Conduct background research around the topic “Can cyberspace be secured?” and explore the conduct of an invitation-only event round the topic
  2. Explore distance learning as a technology to promote sharing of course work from GWU and other 4 year institutions to 2 year CCs
  3. Work on the design of a comprehensive and effective linkage between the web site highlighting CSPRI’s research initiatives to CyberWatch’s own web site and users.
  4. Explore the design and maintenance requirements for a cyber security website at 2-year colleges using GWU resources and experience.  The website would promote basic computer security literacy in the general populace, as well as attract students to the field.  Examples of information on the website would be up-to-date guidelines for setting privacy settings for social networking sites, information about flash and browser cookies, and information about various open source software applications.
  5. Work with researchers and professors at GWU to develop modules on secure programming guidelines for C++ or Java to be used in programming classes at 2 year institutions.

 Interested? Please forward a letter of interest from your students to me at toregas1@gwu.edu , to include which of the 5 topics above are of interest, a current resume and availability for a quick interview in the next 2 weeks.  The deadline for applications is May 14, 2010.

]]> http://cit.wvup.edu/2010/05/04/opportunity-for-students-doing-summer-research-at-gwu/feed/ 0 Help us fight cancer! http://cit.wvup.edu/2010/04/20/help-us-fight-cancer/ http://cit.wvup.edu/2010/04/20/help-us-fight-cancer/#comments Tue, 20 Apr 2010 07:46:07 +0000 calmond1@wvup.edu http://cit.wvup.edu/?p=413 Donate to the WVU-Parkersburg Phi Theta Kappa Relay for Life team online

  1. Go to http://www.relayforlife.org/woodwv
  2. Click “Donate”
  3. Search by team name (WVU-Parkersburg Phi Theta Kappa)
  4. Click our name in the search results
  5. Select “Donate to Our Team”
  6. Fill out the form and submit it

With your help, we can help the American Cancer Society fight cancer.

]]> http://cit.wvup.edu/2010/04/20/help-us-fight-cancer/feed/ 0 McDonough Outstanding Faculty Member of the Year http://cit.wvup.edu/2010/04/19/mcdonough-outstanding-faculty-member-of-the-year/ http://cit.wvup.edu/2010/04/19/mcdonough-outstanding-faculty-member-of-the-year/#comments Mon, 19 Apr 2010 14:57:05 +0000 admin http://cit.wvup.edu/?p=411 Candidates for the outstanding faculty member of the year may be nominated by any person or group of persons in the college, or by college alumni. All nominations must be accompanied by a one-page narrative detailing the credentials and contributions of the nominee and explaining why the nomination was made. All nominations should be sent to Cindy Kelley by April 23, 2010. Electronic submissions will be accepted.

Please take time to nominate a faculty member that you feel is deserving of this recognition. The award will be announced at the Spring Commencement on Saturday, May 15th

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]]> http://cit.wvup.edu/2010/04/12/career-opportunities-with-the-fbi/feed/ 0 New Study Abroad opportunity http://cit.wvup.edu/2010/04/12/new-study-abroad-opportunity/ http://cit.wvup.edu/2010/04/12/new-study-abroad-opportunity/#comments Mon, 12 Apr 2010 13:05:09 +0000 calmond1@wvup.edu http://cit.wvup.edu/?p=407 Do you like mountains? Rivers? Beaches? Ancient ruins? Modern cities? Would you like to spend a month in Europe while earning six hours of college credit? If so, head to the Multicultural Awareness Coalition meeting in Room 1318 on Wednesday, April 14, for the 11:00 engaged time. Office for Global Initiatives coordinator Rebecca Phillips will be sharing information about a study abroad opportunity in Ruse, Bulgaria, to begin May 2011. You will be pleasantly surprised at the cost and at the number of funding sources available.

]]> http://cit.wvup.edu/2010/04/12/new-study-abroad-opportunity/feed/ 0 Be Aware .. New Pop-Up in Java 6 Update 19 http://cit.wvup.edu/2010/04/01/be-aware-new-pop-up-in-java-6-update-19/ http://cit.wvup.edu/2010/04/01/be-aware-new-pop-up-in-java-6-update-19/#comments Thu, 01 Apr 2010 09:27:06 +0000 calmond1@wvup.edu http://cit.wvup.edu/?p=403 The newest update to Java 6 now presents users with a pop-up asking if unsafe components should be blocked, everyone should click NO! By clicking Yes, certain components in eCampus will NOT function properly. If a user has clicked Yes, close out of the eCampus session and browser window, open a new window, log back in and click No when prompted.

Be sure to click “No” on the Java pop-up!

]]> http://cit.wvup.edu/2010/04/01/be-aware-new-pop-up-in-java-6-update-19/feed/ 0 A new study of IT certifications shows… http://cit.wvup.edu/2010/04/01/a-new-study-of-it-certifications-shows/ http://cit.wvup.edu/2010/04/01/a-new-study-of-it-certifications-shows/#comments Thu, 01 Apr 2010 08:24:03 +0000 calmond1@wvup.edu http://cit.wvup.edu/?p=401 A new study of IT certifications shows Cisco, Microsoft certifications increase high-tech salaries. Here is an excerpt from the article:

“IT professionals trained as Cisco Certified Network Associates (CCNA) are seeing bigger paychecks, according to research. Having the “ability to install, configure, run and troubleshoot medium-sized routed and switched networks” is paying off for CCNAs, who by getting this IT certification also prove they can handle security and wireless technologies as well as a number of network protocols. Dice.com lists more than 650 available job opportunities requesting CCNA skills.”

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