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)
In addition to the RMU students who attended the event, Dr. Steve Mancini was also an invited speaker at TRISS. Dr. Mancini was a panelist for an ISSA discussion for small businesses.
If you are interested in cybersecurity, check out the CAE career fair:
National Cybersecurity Virtual Career Fair
Friday, September 27, 2024
9am-1pm Pacific
12pm-4pm Eastern
For more information:
https://caecommunity.6connex.com/event/virtual/students/login
The Virtual Internship and Varied Innovative Demonstrations (VIVID) Coalition comprised of the University of Alabama in Huntsville, Augusta University, University of Arizona, and Florida International University has internship opportunities available for college undergraduates.
Objective
The virtual internships will be offered to address the problem of helping students translate academic learning to cybersecurity practice and competency in a work role or job as well as the opportunity to earn as they learn.
Important Information
– Interns will work 20 hours per week for 8 weeks at $18.00 per hour
– Internship is 30 Sep – 22 Nov, 2024
– Remote Work
– Minimum grade point average of 3.0
– Must have completed at least one year toward a cybersecurity-related academic program
– Must be a U.S. citizen
– Selectees will be notified by 6 September 2024
Application Deadline is August 25th, 2024. Apply Now!
Several CIS students achieved medals in the National Cyber League (NCL) Spring 2024 season based on their individual and team performance.
Rob Pava, Diamond Medalist
Steven Zalenski and Reese Martin, Platinum Medalists
James Bonacci, Gold Medalist
Peyton Lutchkus, Jerry Cook and Darren Gray, Silver Medalists
Congratulations to all!
CIS @ RMU 