Collaborative Project: Carolina Cyber Defender Scholarship

夏洛特夏洛特与NC A T州立大学合作，继续并扩大过去三年建立的SFS网络军团计划。在最初的计划期间，夏洛特夏洛特和NC A T州立大学已经培养了33名高素质的熟练信息保障（IA）专业人员，累计招收了68名学生，其中49%是非洲裔美国人，32%是女性。夏洛特夏洛特SFS计划有一个平衡的课程，是匹配以及与联邦政府的人力资源需求。它受益于杰出的教师和充满活力和资金充足的IA研究计划。为了加强学生的学习，该计划是建立在几个创新的功能，包括IA证书的学生正在与他们的学士学位一起赚取，文学士，M.S.或博士信息技术，计算机科学或软件和信息系统学位;研究项目和体验式学习活动。学生通过参与社区服务活动，对社区服务做出了坚定的承诺，而计划校友则担任当前SFS学生的导师，以帮助学生安置工作。更广泛的影响。夏洛特夏洛特SFS计划正在帮助满足国家对信息保证和计算机安全领域的合格信息技术专业人员的需求，这些专业人员在研究和开发（技术和政策领域），运营以及项目管理方面接受过培训。为了增加联邦劳动力中IA专业人员的多样性，夏洛特夏洛特SFS计划特别强调从代表性不足的群体中招募和毕业高素质的学生。多年来，NC A T州立大学一直是公认的世界领先的生产高品质的非洲裔美国工程师。它有一个非常完善的机制，以吸引来自美国各地的有才华的少数民族学生和一个非常发达的指导和支持系统，以帮助他们成功，无论是在学术上，以及在就业安置。NC A T是许多联邦机构青睐的招聘目的地，这是帮助将SFS毕业生安置在联邦服务中的重要优势。

UNC Charlotte, in collaboration with NC A&T State University is continuing and expanding the SFS Cyber Corps program established over the last three years. During the initial program period, UNC Charlotte and NC A&T State University have produced 33 high quality skilled Information Assurance (IA) professionals with a cumulative enrollment of 68 students consisting of 49% African American and 32% women.Intellectual Merit. The UNC Charlotte SFS program has a well-balanced curriculum that is matching well with the human resource needs of the federal government. It is benefiting from a distinguished faculty and a vibrant and well-funded IA research program. To enhance student learning, the program is building on several innovative features including IA certificates students are earning in conjunction with their B.S., B.A., M.S. or Ph.D. degrees in Information Technology, Computer Science, or Software and Information Systems; research projects, and experiential learning activities. Students are developing a strong commitment to community service through participation in community service activities, and program alumni are serving as mentors to current SFS students to aid in student placement efforts. Broader Impact. The UNC Charlotte SFS program is helping to address the national need for qualified information technology professionals trained in information assurance and computer security in areas of research and development (in both technology and policy areas), operations, as well as project management. In order to increase the diversity of IA professionals in the federal workforce, the UNC Charlotte SFS program is placing special emphasis on recruiting and graduating highly talented students from underrepresented groups. For many years, NC A&T State University has been a recognized world-leader in producing high quality African-American engineers. It has a very well established mechanism to attract talented minority students from all over the U.S. and a very well developed mentoring and support system to help them succeed, both academically as well as in job placement. NC A&T is a favored recruitment destination for many federal agencies, an important advantage to help place SFS graduates in federal services.