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Pittsburgh Career Launch Event on September 28

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The Pittsburgh Career Launch event will be held at Yorktown Hall from 12 – 3pm on Thursday, September 28th.  Please plan to attend and meet potential employers from around the Pittsburgh area.  Companies related to Computer Information Technology that will be in attendance include:

All Lines Technology
creehan & company
Duquesne Light Company
Federated Investors
Highmark Health
HM Health Solutions
Legend Financial Advisors, Inc.
K&L Gates LLP
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.
Pocket Nurse
Rivers Casino
rue21
Schneider Downs
Tax Technology Group, Inc.
United States Steel Corporation
UPMC
Vitro

The Career fair is open to all RMU students and alumni.

Uber Presentation – Wednesday, September 27th

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Matt Wood, a member of Uber’s security team, will be presenting on cyber security threats and vulnerabilities as they relate to autonomous cars. The presentation will take place on Wednesday, September 27th, from 4:00PM to 5:30PM in the Wheatley Atrium.

This is a Top Secret Colonials sponsored event. Refreshments will be provided. Students can earn one hour of SET credit for attending the event. A flyer for the event is posted below.

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TSC Presents: Technology Careers at PNC Bank – Tuesday, September 19th

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On Tuesday, September 19th, recruiters from PNC Bank will be on campus to meet with RMU students about potential job and internship opportunities. Through this event, students can learn about the technology internships and various programs at PNC. The event will take place in the Wheatley Atrium from 4:30PM to 5:45PM.

The event is business casual and open to all CIS students. This is a TSC-sponsored event. Pizza and refreshments will be available. Students can earn SET credit for this event. A link for an event flyer is posted here.

TSC Collection for Hurricane Harvey Victims – August 31 to September 11

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The Top Secret Colonials will be collecting items for the victims of Hurricane Harvey. TSC has partnered with two groups in Pittsburgh that will be sending tractor trailers filled with needed items to the Texas area. TSC will have boxes in the lobby of Wheatley for item collection from August 31st to September 11th. The items will then be delivered by students for transport to Texas.

The organization is asking for new items only. The following is a partial list of what is needed:

– Toiletries (toothpaste, tooth brushes, razors, shaving cream, soap, shampoo, etc.)
– Batteries
– Flashlights
– Water
– Diapers
– Baby Food
– Blankets
– Pillows
– Feminine products
– Pet food
– Cleaning supplies
– Canned food
– Paper products
– Crayons

– Paper

For more information, please contact Dr. Paullet at paullet@rmu.edu. An updated photograph of the collection box area is shown below.
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Dr. Karen Paullet presents NSF-funded research on Mobile Forensics & Security at the RMU Research & Grants Expo

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paullet-nsf-grant-expoOn April 24, 2017, RMU held a Research & Grants Expo highlighting a variety of faculty research and grant projects.  All of the RMU campus was invited to attend this event.  Dr. Karen Paullet presented the Mobile Forensics and Security Project, an NSF-funded grant.  Dr. Paullet is the PI on the grant, along with Dr. Jamie Pinchot (Co-PI), Dr. Sushma Mishra (Co-PI), and Dr. Fred Kohun.  Mobile security and forensics is an underrepresented area of study that is increasingly important in our current society.  This research will advance knowledge in the field of mobile cybersecurity and mobile forensics through a train-the-trainer program for 50 faculty members from universities across the United States.  Twenty-five faculty were trained in July 2016 and the remaining half will be trained this year.  Dr. Paullet also highlighted a new online certificate offered by RMU in Mobile Forensics and Security (MFS).  This certificate is now available and you can learn more about it here: Mobile Forensics and Security Certificate Program.

TSC Blaze Pizza Fundraiser

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Top Secret Colonials will be having a fundraiser at Blaze Pizza on Monday, April 3rd. The fundraiser will take place between 4 pm and 9 pm. In order to be involved with the fundraiser, all you have to do is bring the flyer (posted below) or show it on your phone before paying. Blaze Pizza will donate 20% of proceeds to the Top Secret Colonials.

Blaze Pizza is located in Settlers Ridge at 290 Settlers Ridge Center Drive in Robinson Township. For more information about the event, see the flyer below.

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Practice Interviews for Computer-related majors with Federated Investors

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Federated Investors will be on campus Monday, April 3 to conduct practice interviews specifically for Computer-related Undergraduate students. These majors include:

BS (Bachelor of Science) or BS in Information Sciences
Computer Information Systems
Cyber Forensics Info Security (Fully Online)
Cyber Forensics and Information Security
Data Analytics

Students should treat these mock interviews as real interviews, dressing professionally and researching the company. The practice interview times will be on a first-come, first-serve basis. They will be conducted in the Career and Professional Development Center (aka Career Center), which is located in Benjamin Rush, the building near the back entrance of campus.

To sign up for these interviews:

  1. Go to the ON-CAMPUS INTERVIEW tab on the top toolbar of ColonialTRAK and select ‘Sign up for Interviews or Resume Drops‘
  2. Select Schedule 770 / PRACTICE INTERVIEW – IS/IT/COMPUTER-related Undergraduate MAJORS ONLY- Federated Investors Company Name: Mock.
  3. Click on the ‘Sign Up‘ button centered near the top of the page.  The list of available interview times will appear.  Select the time desired for the practice interview.

Students should only sign up if they are committed to attend the practice interview. For more information, go to the ColonialTRAK website. If anyone has questions, please contact Carole Weldon at weldon@rmu.edu.

CIS Student Advising Day

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Come to the CIS Student Advising Day so that you can be cleared to register for Fall 2017 classes.  It will be held in the Wheatley Atrium on Wednesday, March 22nd from 4-6pm. CIS faculty will be available to assist you with scheduling.  As always, you can also contact your academic advisor for a private one-on-one meeting if you prefer.

Free pizza will be provided at this event!

WestPACS Career Fair

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The Western PA Collegiate Job and Internship Fair will be held on Wednesday, March 15 from 10 am to 3 pm at the Monroeville Convention Center. This is the largest job fair in the region, with more than 150 employers expected. At least 33 of the employers will be for Computer Science and IT majors.

Students and alumni from WestPACS member schools (RMU included) may pre-register online by 11:59pm on March 13 and attend for free. Otherwise, you may register at the event for a $10 fee. All candidates are required to wear appropriate professional attire.

To pre-register for the event, or if you would like more information, please visit: http://www.westpacs.org/

Below is a list of some of the companies that will be at the event:

Aerotech, Inc.
All Lines Technology
Ariba
Bechtel Plant Machinery, Inc.
Callos / Nesco Resource
Compunetix, Inc.
Cook MyoSite, Inc.
Creehan & Company
Distributed Information Technologies
Enterprise Rent-A-Car
Eurofins Lancaster Laboratories
Keller Williams Real Estate Professionals
KFORCE
Lifesteps
PA Dept. of Corrections
Peace Corps
PA State Police
Robert Half
rue21
US Army
UPMC
US Air Force
WESCO Distribution
Wheeling Hospital
Highmark Health
Hoss’s Steak and Sea House
Kurt J. Lesker Company
Management Science Associates, Inc
Smith Micro Software, Inc.
PA Army National Guard
Mylan Inc
PennDOT
True Commerce, a HighJump Company

UPMC Presentation – a TSC sponsored Event

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The Top Secret Colonials will be sponsoring a presentation by UPMC which will be held on Wednesday, March 1st from 4:30 – 5:30 pm in the Wheatley Atrium. UPMC will be presenting on security awareness; they will talk about how to handle one of the largest in-house security teams in Pittsburgh. The presenters will discuss the various teams that make up the information security group and the different skill sets they look for in employees. UPMC will also discuss the different software and hardware tools that it uses to keep the organization protected.

There will be three presenters from UPMC at this event:

  • Darrin Henderson – Senior Manager of Network Security and F5 Application Delivery at UPMC. Darrin has over ten years of IT experience, with degrees from Pittsburgh Technical Institute, Robert Morris University, and Capitol College.
  • CJ Gerardi – Intermediate Information Security Analyst for the Security Operations Center at UPMC. CJ has worked with UPMC for three years and is a graduate of Robert Morris University.
  • Greg Kassimer – Director of Security for the Information Services division at UPMC. Greg has over eighteen years of experience in healthcare IT and is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh.

A member of the HR team will also be present to answer questions about internships and full-time opportunities with UPMC.

Students will receive SET credit for attending this event, and pizza will be provided. For more information about this event, contact Dr. Paullet at paullet@rmu.edu.

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