COLLABORATIVE EFFORT BETWEEN DSU, CISCO SYSTEMS AND THE PADUA ACADEMY GUIDES WOMEN TO COMPUTER SCIENCE CAREERS
Delaware State University press release:
DELAWARE STATE UNIVERSITY
University Relations
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Carlos Holmes
(302)
857-6062
COLLABORATIVE EFFORT BETWEEN DSU, CISCO SYSTEMS AND THE PADUA ACADEMY
GUIDES WOMEN TO COMPUTER SCIENCE CAREERS
Will Work to Close the Gender Gap
whereas only 35% of the Information Technology Workforce is made up of Women.
WILMINGTON, Del. – Delaware State
University has joined academic forces with
the Cisco Networking Academy
in a collaboration to address the gender gap in the information technology
workforce.
DSU, Cisco
Systems – which includes the Cisco Networking Academy
– and the Padua Academy
(an all-girls Catholic school in Wilmington) will
collaborate on an initiative that will teach new IT skills to students at Padua. To help jump start this effort, Cisco has donated
more than $10,000 in networking equipment to fund the costs of becoming an
authorized Cisco training facility for the young woman of Padua.
In celebration of these efforts, an
event has been scheduled to take place on March 4th at Padua Academy, featuring
guest speaker Emmanuel Conde – the only Cisco Certified Internetwork
Expert (CCIE) recruiter promoted by World Wide Channels of Cisco Systems. Mr.
Conde has spoken at Cisco
Academy events, developed
an international CCIE mentor program, writes for ITWorld magazine and produces the CCIE Flyer (an online magazine published monthly). Eman will do a motivational presentation
focused on the need for more qualified individuals in technology called “IT
Rocks”.
Other guest speakers will include Eve Tahmincioglu - Columnist, Your Career, MSNBC.com,
Marie Zwickert – Business Development Manager, Cisco and Robert Morand –
Executive Director of Academic Computing, DSU.
The donation of the equipment
will be presented by Steve Bradley – Account Manager, Cisco and accepted by Sister
Ann Michele - Principle
Padua Academy.
DSU welcomes this collaboration as
a way to create opportunities for individuals to attain new skills and earn
industry-recognized credentials. Young people who successfully complete any
part of the Academy curriculum in high school will be granted equivalent
academic credit upon matriculating at DSU.
Padua Academy has been previously recognized as a National
School of Excellence by the U.S. Department of Education and was awarded the
Blue Ribbon Award. Schools honored in
the Blue Ribbon Schools Program represent the full diversity of American education.
Their message to the American people is that with the winning combination of
leadership, hard work, caring, vision, and common sense, excellence can be
achieved."
“Part of the challenge of getting girls interested in technology is showing
them how it is so relevant to their lives and interests," said Jacqueline
Wilson, technology coordinator at Padua Academy. “We’re very excited about this
endeavor with DSU and The Cisco Networking Academy”!
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