University of Tulsa Cyber Corps Initiative -- Training the Next Generation of MacGyvers

塔尔萨大学网络军团计划在其现有的联邦网络服务：信息保障（IA）服务奖学金（SFS）计划中增加了三个新的本科生和研究生群体。该项目旨在培养具有强大领导能力和公共服务承诺的熟练信息保障和取证专业人员。学生们正在参加一个紧张的学习计划，为他们在情报、研发、运营、项目管理、企业安全或执法方面的职业生涯做好准备。所有参与者都将在联邦政府机构实习一个暑期学期，毕业后将在联邦政府担任全职职位。学生可以获得多达五项CNSS信息保障认证，并从多个方向中进行选择。“MacGyver Track”包括硬件、软件和外语课程，面向有意加入情报界的学生。其他课程是为学生在研发、运营和项目管理方面的职业生涯做准备。该项目的一个独特之处在于使用政府专家作为学生导师。该项目通过为毕业生提供通用计算和安全技能，对联邦劳动力的信息保障和取证能力产生了直接影响。实施了一些创新的方法来实现学生在联邦政府的成功安置，包括与几个机构安排学生群体进行暑期实习，并有可能随后成为全职工作。现有强有力的机制来吸引和吸引非传统学生和代表性不足群体的成员。一些奖学金名额留给来自社区大学的优秀学生，这些大学有大量的女性、少数民族和低收入家庭的学生。

The University of Tulsa Cyber Corps Program is adding three new cohorts of undergraduate and graduate students to their existing Federal Cyber Service: Scholarship for Service (SFS) program in Information Assurance (IA). The program is graduating skilled information assurance and forensics professionals with strong leadership skills and a commitment to public service. Students are engaging in an intense program of study to prepare them for careers in intelligence, research and development, operations, project management, enterprise security, or law enforcement. All participants are spending a summer term as interns with federal agencies and, upon graduation, are assuming fulltime positions with the federal government. Students earn up to five CNSS information assurance certifications and select from several tracks. The "MacGyver Track" includes hardware, software and foreign language courses for students intending to join the intelligence community. Other tracks are preparing students for careers in research and development, operations, and project management. A unique aspect of the program is using government experts as student mentors.The project is having an immediate impact on the information assurance and forensics capabilities of the federal workforce by providing graduates with general computing and security skills. A number of innovative approaches are implemented to achieve a successful placement of students in federal government including arrangements with several agencies to take groups of students for summer internships with the possibility of subsequent fulltime employment. Strong mechanisms exist to attract and engage non-traditional students and members of underrepresented groups. Several scholarship slots are reserved for high achieving students from community colleges with large populations of female, minority and low-income students.