Walsh Re-Designated Center For Academic Excellence In Info Assurance

TROY – Walsh College was re-designated as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education for the years 2009 – 2014. Walsh met the criteria for depth and maturity of established programs in the field of Information Assurance.

Nanette Poulios, Director of the Information Assurance Center, and Dr. Jeffrey A. Livermore, Chair of Information Assurance, received the award during the Colloquium for Information Systems Security Education (CISSE) in Seattle, WA. During the Colloquium, Livermore and Poulios presented a workshop on developing a capstone course.

In other news, Walsh College students are often searching for organizations needing an IA or IS project. If your organization would like to explore sponsoring a graduate student project, please contact Nanette Poulios email [email protected]

or Dr. Livermore email [email protected]

The next capstone course starts June 29. Students will be looking for projects prior to this date. Keep in mind that projects must start during the first week of the course and finish by the end of the 11-week semester.

Registration is currently open for the summer semester. The summer semester starts June 29, 2009. Applications for undergraduate and graduate students may be submitted on line at: WalshCollege.Edu

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