Tuesday, July 26, 2016

Julia Huprich Featured in KSU Stories

Julia Huprich is a recent graduate from MSIT and got featured in KSU Stories.

"Huprich, who will earn her Master of Science in Information Technology during summer commencement ceremonies, has already used what she learned at Kennesaw State to launch a new learning management system for the Georgia Public Library System, the state administrative agency for all public libraries."

"Huprich created the Cobb GEMS program (Girls in Engineering, Math and Science) at the Cobb Library in 2014. She called on faculty experts from the Marietta Campus to talk with area female teens and teach on STEM topics. The program grew from 40 participants to 125 in 2016."

Read the full story here http://web.kennesaw.edu/news/stories/reaching-higher

Wednesday, June 29, 2016

2016 SHARE Career Day -Hosted by zNextGen Wednesday, August 3rd

2016 SHARE Career Day -Hosted by zNextGen 
Wednesday, August 3rd – Atlanta Marriott Marquis Atlanta, GA


Event will start at 9:00 am zNextGen is proud to host a career day at the SHARE conference, in Atlanta, GA. We invite you to this no cost, face-to-face enterprise systems event. You will learn about high paying jobs in Information Technology using computing systems that are transforming businesses, industries, and even the world. Agenda items will include (Full agenda available soon): 

 Meet industry leaders in enterprise systems computing
 Learn about career opportunities 
 Find out how to prepare for a role in enterprise computing 
 Meet young IT professionals in enterprise computing 
 Learn how you can join this exciting and innovative community 

To learn more about the zNextGen community visit: www.zNextGen.org Contact: zNG@share.org for more details on this event. To Register: Send an e-mail to zNG@share.org with your name and University.

Wednesday, June 15, 2016

EVENT: AITP Geeks Giving Back Civic Engagement Event - June 30

KSU College of Computing and Software Engineering Students will be participating in an AITP Geeks Giving Back Civic Engagement Event at West Cobb Senior Center on June 30th.

Senior Citizens will arrive with any kind of electronic device they have and we will help them with whatever they need to solve a problem. These problems range from creating a group text for their grandchildren, uploading their data to the cloud, install and practice using an app, getting rid of malware, install iTunes and music, change their ringtone, etc.  It's a troubleshooting Extravaganza! We need student volunteers to help with this effort.  This event is open to other college students from Georgia State Colleges and Technical Colleges.  All students must register to volunteer for the event through EventBrite so that we may know how many seniors we can serve.
Please register to volunteer through this eventbrite notice so that we can serve more seniors!

To Volunteer for This Event Click Below!


If you know of senior citizens who are interested in attending, have them register to participate through West Cobb Senior Center at https://apm.activecommunities.com/cobbcounty/home

Tech Time: Troubleshooting #7235
Thursday, June 30
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Free; Registration required
Technology is constantly being updated in today’s society. Although it can improve our lives, it can cause frustration to many. Students from KSU Marietta Campus will be available to assist in any electronic device, application or any technological based questions you have. Appointments are available.

Monday, June 13, 2016

#JobAlert: LevelNet Consulting seeking an experienced Network Consultant


Company - LevelNet Consulting, levelnetconsulting.com

Position -  Network Consultant. 

Brief Description - Seeking a candidate with a background in network and systems administrator. This position is W2 with starting hours around 15-20 but for the right candidate, that would scale to 30+ hours weekly. 
 
Contact Mark Allen via email at mark.allen@levelnetconsulting.com if interested.

Friday, June 3, 2016

The Center for Civic Innovation is launching the Atlanta Civic Innovation Fellowship


The Center for Civic Innovation is launching the Atlanta Civic Innovation Fellowship, a leadership and business development program for social entrepreneurs in Atlanta! They are looking for individuals with innovative, outcome-driven ideas to tackle social challenges in the city of Atlanta.

Applications are due on June 3rd:

http://www.civicatlanta.org/fellowship

The program selects a cohort of eight fellows and provides them with business development workshops, free work space, mentorship, advising, and leadership development training for six months.
National Day of Civic Hacking on June 4

After you apply for the fellowship, join us this Saturday to work on your choice of one-day challenges at General Assembly Atlanta in Ponce City Market:

https://nvite.com/NationalDay/c378

Challenges will be geared towards all sorts of skill areas: design and user experience, research and analysis, map-making, and of course, software development.
Connect With the Center for Civic Innovation

Follow us on Facebook and Twitter for future updates:
http://www.facebook.com/codeforatlanta
http://twitter.com/codeforatlanta
 

Thursday, May 26, 2016

Coca Cola Internship Specifically for African American Students

Coca Cola Internship Specifically for African American Students (offered by  the AACUC Internship program aacuc.org) : 
The Internship involved the following experiences: 

DoR Project.  The tasks:

•       Create risk values for application and hardware assets
•       Develop Excel worksheets with formulas to calculate risk assessment
•       Assign mitigation controls to threats
•       Develop processes for testing and monitoring high value (critical) assets
•       Assist with IT asset inventory updates and data input

High level Objectives:
•       Create risk assessment program
•       Create testing and monitoring program
Paid Internship $12/hr
Location : Coca Cola on North Ave. 
Number of Hrs: 20-40  per week
Flexible hours and sensitive to school activities/schedules

Internship starts  as early as June  1st !

If you are interested please email a resume  and cover letter to Dawn White at dawn.white@coca-cola.com. 

To learn how to get course credit at KSU contact Dawn Tatum at dtatum7@kennesaw.edu.

Wednesday, May 25, 2016

National Security Agency (NSA): Recruiting Graduates for Computer Network Operations

Computer Network Operators work in the Remote Operations Center (ROC) is a part of the Tailored Access Operations (TAO) group which works on the hardest intelligence collection problems the Nation Security Agency faces.  It is an incredibly competent and tenacious workforce.  TAO  employs some of the brightest minds in the world and we are actively looking to hire individuals with backgrounds in:
        - Computer Science
        - Networking & Communications
        - Information Technology
        - Cyber Security

The NSA has a complete training program for all new hires in this work role which is so rigorous those who complete the training earn master's degree credits from several universities. 


Students undergraduate (juniors or seniors) or graduate students are encouraged to apply. The first step is for any qualified applicants is to apply online at www.nsa.gov to the Computer Network Operator vacancy (the specific job opening number is 1062972).

It is important for applicants to NSA to apply late in their junior year or early in their senior year due to the security processing involved to grant a top secret clearance.

NSA currently has openings at the following sites:
        
        -Baltimore/Washington
        -Hawaii
        -Texas
        -Georgia

Once your online application is filled out, email Andy Smith at atsmit7@nsa.gov
directly and he will expedite their initial processing to the extent he can.