The Spring 2023 ITM Undergraduate Advising Notes are posted and are now available at https://blogs.iit.edu/itm_loopback/files/2022/10/Spring2023ITMUndergraduateAdvisingNotes.pdf and http://www.itm.iit.edu/data/Spring2023ITMUndergraduateAdvisingNotes.pdf.
Here are the ITM Student Information and Departmental Policies publications for Fall 2022, and for all the new students who missed it, here are the slides and a link to the video of our New Student Orientation session held on August 19, 2022. We can’t give you doughnuts online though, so if you didn’t come to orientation you missed those.
The Fall 2022 ITM Undergraduate Advising Notes are posted and are now available at https://blogs.iit.edu/itm_loopback/files/2022/03/Fall2022ITMUndergraduateAdvisingNotes.pdf and at http://itm.iit.edu/data/Fall2022ITMUndergraduateAdvisingNotes.pdf.
The U.S. Department of Defense is offering Cyber Scholarships to U.S. citizens who will be Juniors, Seniors, or graduate students in the fall of 2022. Because Illinois Tech is a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Education, you may be eligible to apply. This is a one-year scholarship covering full tuition, books, a computer, and a $27,000 stipend for undergraduates or a $32,000 stipend for graduate students. The scholarships are renewable but require a new application each year. After graduation, scholarship recipients will work one year of federal service in a cyber security or digital forensics role for each year of scholarship support, or four years of military service. Applicants must be eligible for a security clearance. Applicants are not limited to students in the Department of Information Technology and Management but may also be students in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and Business—but because of the nature of the application, knowledge of and a clear understanding of cyber security is a necessity. The application is entirely online this year. A transcript must accompany your application but unofficial digital versions are acceptable. Your application must be completed and submitted by February 1, 2022. Full details are at https://www.dodemergingtech.com/cyber-scholarship-program-cysp/.
If you have questions, please contact Professor Ray Trygstad at trygstad@iit.edu. Please include “DOD Cyber Scholarship” as the first thing in the subject line of your email.
Spring 2022 ITM Undergraduate Advising Notes have been published and are available here.
The annual ITM Student Information publications have been updated and are now available for academic year 2021-2022.
In addition, new policies for M.S. students for thesis and project preparation and presentation have been added to our existing guidelines for preparation of scholarly papers and papers for publication.
Because many courses taught by the Department of Information Technology and Management are mapped to certifications, and because many students recognize the value of the certifications we address, many actually want to complete the certification exams to receive the certification. If students purchase exam vouchers through the CompTIA Academic Store and can prove their student status, they will get a 40% discount: Certification Vouchers – CompTIA Marketplace Academic. Students who join CompTIA as a student member, which costs $29, can get a 50% discount: CompTIA Student Membership – CompTIA Marketplace Academic. Not a bad idea, huh?
Dr. Darrell Burrell recently spoke with students at Illinois Tech on how to navigate and apply using USAJobs, the United States Government’s website for listing civil service job opportunities with federal agencies. Other highlights were navigating the Presidential Management Fellow (PMF) program. Dr. Burrell is the Director, Fort Lee Education Center and Associate Professor of Business, Bisk College of Business at Florida Institute of Technology. You can view Dr. Burrell’s discussion at https://youtu.be/kc4VuwtY-O8.
Good post by DataCamp on quora.com in answer to the question: “What are the major differences between Python and R for data science?” https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-major-differences-between-Python-and-R-for-data-science/answer/DataCamp-5
In Information Technology and Management we believe they are both important—that’s why we teach both, and teach them together.
The U.S. Department of Defense is offering Cyber Scholarships to U.S. citizens who will be Juniors, Seniors, or graduate students in the fall of 2021. Because we are a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Education, you may be eligible to apply. This is a one-year scholarship covering full books, tuition, and a $25,000 stipend for undergraduates or a $30,000 stipend for graduate students. The scholarships are renewable but require a new application each year. After graduation, scholarship recipients will work one year of federal service in a cyber security or digital forensics role for each year of scholarship support, or four years of military service. Applicants must be eligible for a security clearance. Applicants are not limited to students in the Department of Information Technology and Management but may also be students in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and Business—but because of the nature of the application, knowledge of and a clear understanding of cyber security is a necessity. Please read the scholarship details document carefully and completely before filling out the application. An official transcript must accompany your application but digital official versions are acceptable. A complete application with all documents included in a zip file must be uploaded by 8:00am Monday January 25 so we can evaluate and include your scholarship in our funding request. All files must be PDF files.
The application and full details of the scholarship are included below.
If you have read all of the materials and you still have questions, please contact Professor Ray Trygstad at trygstad@iit.edu. Please include “DOD Cyber Scholarship” as the first thing in the subject line of your email.
