The Women in Cybersecurity Club will host a student-run information session on our NSF Cybercorps SFS program. Come learn more about this scholarship from the students in the program!
Wednesday, March 5th @ 4:30pm in Wheatley 114
Interested students can find more information on the web: https://www.rmu.edu/academics/sihss/nsf-cybercorps-sfs-program
The ISACA Pittsburgh Chapter will be hosting the 5th annual Student Information Security Day on Tuesday, March 18, 2025, from 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm. This is a free event for students.
For more information and to register: Virtual Security Awareness Day
The event agenda is currently being designed and topics will be added when selected.
An outline of the timing is as follows:
The following students were awarded the Three Rivers Information Security Symposium Scholarship (TRISS) this year!
Kate Shannon (4+1 student)
BS Cybersecurity & Digital Forensics
MS Cyber Investigations & Intelligence
Kelson Bowman(4+1 student)
BS Cybersecurity
MS Cyber Investigations & Intelligence
Sean Miller (4+1 student)
BS Cybersecurity
MS Cyber Investigations & Intelligence
Jon Eggie
BS Cybersecurity
Pictured from left to right: Jonathan Eggie, Kate Shannon, Sean Miller, Kelson Bowman
RMU team won the 3rd place out of 12 teams in the Northeast Regional competition for the 2025 NCAE Cyber Games sponsored by the National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity (NCAE-C) on Feb 15, 2025.
9 RMU students shown below participated in the competition. Connor Quinn (front center) served as the Team Captain. Dr. Ping Wang served as the RMU Faculty Coach.
Front Row: Jorge Pinzon, Connor Quinn (Captain), James Bonacci
Back Row: Chloe Dzuba, Harlon Baker, Mintas Ivaska, Max Barnes, Grant Carvender, Reese Martin
Tomorrow, February 12th at the UPMC Events Center.
2025 Ready, Set, Go! College of Business & STEM Summit happening on Wednesday, February 12th. Sessions kick off at 9 a.m., with the last one starting at 3 p.m. The schedule lists the speakers by session, along with their companies.
This is a great opportunity for students to gain valuable insights, career advice, and a better understanding of the skills they’ll need to succeed.
Interested students can find more information on the web: https://www.rmu.edu/academics/sihss/nsf-cybercorps-sfs-program
NSF leadership highlighted and commended RMU for the SFS (Scholarship for Service) grant accomplishments and student success at the opening ceremony of the annual NSF SFS grant PI meetings and student job fair in Washington DC during January 7-9, 2025.
RMU NSF SFS grant PI Dr. Ping Wang and Co-PI Dr. Noory Etezady supervised the following 11 RMU SFS students at the job fair:
Connor Quinn, Will Rebello, Grant Carvender, Rob Pava, Jorge Pinzon, Steven Zalenski, Reese Martin, Darren Grey, James Bonacci, Chloe Dzuba, Peyton Lutchkus
Students interested in learning how to build their professional network and write a cybersecurity resume are invited to join RMU’s Chief Information Security Officer, Jim Mahony, on Wednesday, January 29th at 1:00pm in Wheatley 113.
Don’t miss this event that will help support your job search.
Pizza will be served!
Commendation from National Cyber League (NCL)
The National Cyber League (NCL) Commissioner has formally commended the following RMU NCL faculty coach and students for placing #69 nationally in the Cyber Power Rankings among over 9,260 students from 550 colleges and universities in the NCL Fall 2024 Season.
RMU NCL Faculty Coach: Dr. Ping Wang
RMU Students with Outstanding NCL Performance:
Connor Quinn, Will Rebello, Steven Zalenski, Rob Pava, Grant Carvender, James Bonacci, Landon Morrison, Jeremy Tuskin, Isabelle Horgan, Peyton Lutchkus, and Sierra Dayak.
James Bonacci, an NSF SFS student scholar in RMU’s accelerated BS/MS Cybersecurity program, was invited and funded by the national Information Security Research Education (INSuRE) program to present at the 2024 National Cybersecurity Education Colloquium (NCEC) in St. Louis, Missouri during October 7-10, 2024. The presentation was based on a guided team research project on AI/neural network models for security completed in the spring semester by 4 RMU NSF SFS student scholars (James Bonacci, Peyton Lutchkus, Reese Martin, and Rob Pava). Dr. Bradford Kline from the National Security Agency (NSA) served as the government mentor, and Dr. Ping Wang was the RMU faculty supervisor for the team. Thanks to RMU Provost Dr. Joseph Zimmer for his attendance at NCEC in support of RMU cybersecurity programs and students!
(Pictured above James Bonacci and Dr. Ping Wang)
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