Monthly Archives: November 2022

Virtual Information Session for DoD Cyber Scholarship Program Today (11/29) at 2pm

The Department of Defense (DoD) Cyber Scholarship Program provides full ride scholarship grants to promote the education, recruitment, and retention of qualified and selected students in cybersecurity studies at institutions with National Center of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity (NCAE-C) designations, including RMU.

Dr. Ping Wang will be holding a virtual information session today, November 29, at 2:00pm. to discuss the program, eligibility requirements, and the application process.

More information can be found here:
https://www.rmu.edu/academics/sihss/center-for-cybersecurity-education/dod-scholarship

Please email Dr. Wang at wangp@rmu.edu for an invitation and access link for the online information session today.

RMU Professors Win Best Paper Award at CONISAR 2022

Congratulations to Dr. Kevin Slonka (RMU D.Sc. Graduate, Class of 2014) from Saint Francis University and Dr. Sushma Mishra, Dr. Peter Draus, and Dr. Natalya Bromall from the Computer Information Systems department at RMU for winning the Best Paper Award at the Conference on Information Systems Applied Research (CONISAR) 2022! CONISAR 2022 was held in Clearwater, FL on November 2-5, 2022.

Their winning research paper was focused on organizational security governance and was titled “Measurement, reporting, and monitoring organizational security governance: A qualitative analysis of security professionals’ experiences.”

Last-Minute Opportunity: TRISS Scholarship Program

Three Rivers Information Security Symposium (TRISS) is offering scholarships for students in western PA in information security-related programs. The deadline for this application is November 13, 2022. More info can be found at:
https://threeriversinfosec.com/scholarships

May 2023 FLEAP to Norway and Sweden

The CIS Department is offering a Faculty-Led Education Abroad Program (FLEAP) in May 2023. For those of you who are interested in taking a class abroad, the opportunity is now – applications are due soon. For more information or to apply, please go to:
https://www.rmu.edu/academics/provost/cge/study-abroad/fleaps