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Montgomery County Community College is offering two summer events for students interested in computer science and cybersecurity. These events are sponsored by the PA Community College Consortium Cooperative Agreement (PC4A) and are provided free of charge for anyone interested in attending.

PC4A Partner Westmoreland County Community College is offering two summer camps for middle and high school students through the PA Community College Consortium Cooperative Agreement (PC4A). These events are available for free, and students are encouraged to register today!

Waleed Farag, the director of the IUP Institute for Cyber Security and current PI of several major federally funded grants, visited Indiana Area Senior High School on April 16, 2025, to share information about cybersecurity and career opportunities.

In April 2025, the PA Community College Consortium Cooperative Agreement (PC4A) offered two faculty development workshops on the POGIL instructional method.

On March 28-29, 2025, 30 students from the PA Community College Consortium Cooperative Agreement (PC4A) competed in a Jeopardy-style Capture the Flag competition, hosted through Hack the Box.

Butler County Community College (BC3), a member of the PA Community College Consortium Cooperative Agreement (PC4A), is hosting a free cybersecurity conference on April 10, 2025, at their main campus in Butler, PA. 

Since its inception in 2006, Indiana University of Pennsylvania Institute for Cybersecurity has secured millions of dollars in funding to bolster cybersecurity education.  In the years since then, the sector has changed considerably which will be reflected in the university's 17th Annual Cybersecurity Day.

IUP will host its 17th annual Cyber Security Day at the Hadley Union Building on October 29th. The annual event co-sponsored by the university’s Institute for Cyber Security in collaboration with the PC4A Project and Information Technology Support Center will feature nationally recognized security experts along with speakers from the government, academia and the security industry.

Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Institute for Cyber Security, in collaboration with the PC4A Project and Information Technology Support Center, will host the seventeenth annual Cybersecurity Day on October 29 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Institute for Cyber Security, in collaboration with the PC4A Project and Information Technology Support Center, will host the seventeenth annual Cybersecurity Day on October 29 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

The PA Community College Consortium Cooperative Agreement (PC4A) has awarded scholarships to five community college transfer students, providing one year of free tuition in AY 2024–25.

On August 5, 2024, PC4A hosted the second annual Partner Conference at Montgomery County Community College. PC4A is a consortium of community colleges, led by IUP and funded by the Department of Defense, working together to strengthen the cybersecurity workforce in our country.

According to published reports, federal officials are warning of ‘low-level’ cyberattacks to deny access to election information — but an expert at Indiana University of Pennsylvania said that doesn’t necessarily mean the integrity of the returns themselves would be affected.

Despite the rainy weather outside, Montgomery County Community College’s Blue Bell Campus buzzed with the enthusiasm and excitement of more than 100 girls who attended the American Association of University Women (AAUW) Lansdale Branch’s annual Discover Your Future on Saturday, March 9. Designed to fuel the passions of middle school girls and steer them towards exploring STEM careers, the day was packed with inspiration and opportunity.

Pennsylvania Highlands Community College proudly announces the launch of the Institute of Cyber Security (ICS), offering a comprehensive educational suite of pathway programs that includes three associate degree programs and two certificate options.

Waleed Farag, director of the IUP Institute for Cyber Security and professor of computer science, was recently invited to participate in the kick-off meeting for the newly formed Regional Cyber Hub.

According to the FBI’s most recent Internet Crime Report, the bureau received 800,944 complaints of digital-related attacks on infrastructure that houses critical assets and information during 2022.

Waleed Farag, director of the IUP Institute for Cyber Security and professor of computer science, visited Indiana Area Junior High School on February 6, 2024, to share information about cybersecurity careers and the upcoming IUP GenCyber Summer Camp with middle school students and staff.

On February 5, 2024, IUP’s Institute for Cyber Security hosted seven delegates from Iraq as part of the International Visitor Leadership Program through the US Department of State.

As a conclusion to National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, IUP held the sixteenth annual Cybersecurity Day on October 31, 2023, sponsored by the PC4A Project, IUP IT Support, and the IUP Mathematical and Computer Sciences Department.

The PA Community College Consortium Cooperative Agreement (PC4A) is sponsoring an upcoming cybersecurity conference held by BSides on October 26, 2023, in Johnstown, PA.

Waleed Farag, PC4A Program Director and Director of the IUP Institute for Cybersecurity, hosted personnel from six PC4A partner community colleges for the first annual PC4A Partner Conference on August 7-8, 2023.

On May 10 and 11, 2023, the PC4A Project is offering faculty development workshops for Butler County Community College and Bucks County Community College with presentations on the PC4A project by Waleed Farag, Network Defense by Xin-Wen Wu, and the NCAE Cyber Sandbox by James Rice.

Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Institute for Cybersecurity will host three senior personnel—including one IUP graduate, an Indiana native, and a central Pennsylvania native—from the Department of Defense’s Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) Business Systems Center on April 11.

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. – Pennsylvania Highlands Community College will hold a free cybersecurity trivia event from noon to 4 p.m. March 25 at its Richland Township campus. 

Waleed Farag, PC4A program director and director of the IUP Institute for Cybersecurity, was recently invited to present a talk to the DoD STEM leadership and the community on the progress of the PC4A project at the inaugural DoD STEM Exchange Conference in Washington, DC.

Butler County Community College will fund financial awards, boot camps and professional information-technology certification examinations for eligible networking and cybersecurity program students as part of a $400,000 U.S. Department of Defense grat the college was allocated as a partner organization in a new consortium.

BUTLER — Les Graves, an associate professor of computer information systems and coordinator of BC3’s networking and cybersecurity program, speaks with Charles Zangas, a computer information systems student before a final examination in cybersecurity I. BC3 has been awarded a $400,000 grant as a partner organization in a new consortium emphasizing cybersecurity education.

U.S. Rep. Lois Frankel (D-Florida) announced the funding this month at the Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence on PBSC’s Lake Worth campus. Funds were secured through the Community Project Funding process for the fiscal year 2023 budget.

Waleed Farag, director of the Institute for Cybersecurity and current PI of several major federally funded grants, visited the Homer-Center Junior/Senior High School on January 27, 2023, to share information about IUP’s cybersecurity education efforts, including current grant information and opportunities for scholarships.

Butler County Community College is among several postsecondary institutions that will receive federal funding to emphasize cybersecurity education. BC3 will receive nearly $134,000 a year for three years from the U.S. Department of Defense through the National Defense Education Program.

BUTLER - Butler County Community College will fund financial awards, boot camps and professional information-technology certification examinations for eligible networking and cybersecurity program students as part of a $400,000 U.S. Department of Defense grant the college was allocated as a partner organization in a new consortium.

(Butler, PA) Butler County Community College will fund financial awards, boot camps and professional information-technology certification examinations for eligible networking and cybersecurity program students as part of a $400,000 U.S. Department of Defense grant the college was allocated as a partner organization in a new consortium.

Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry Secretary Jennifer Berrier toured River Valley School District’s STEAM Academy on Tuesday during a roundtable event with a number of local leaders.

Montgomery County Community College is part of a consortium of community colleges across Pa. that will be working with Indiana University of Pennsylvania to enhance cybersecurity and STEM education. The program is funded by a $4.98 million grant from the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD).

Blue Bell/Pottstown — Montgomery County Community College is part of a consortium of community colleges across Pennsylvania that will be working with Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) to enhance cybersecurity and science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education that is being funded by a $4.98 million grant from the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD).

Montgomery County Community College is part of a consortium of community colleges across Pennsylvania that will be working with Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) to enhance cybersecurity and science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education that is being funded by a $4.98 million grant from the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD).

Waleed Farag knows all too well the growing need for computer systems security professionals. As director of Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Institute for Cyber Security, he is hoping to address the steadily increasing demand for computer-based professionals by tapping the resources of six community colleges, including Westmoreland County Community College.

INDIANA, Pa. – Indiana University of Pennsylvania has received $4.98 million from the Department of Defense for the first three years of a novel project to enhance Cybersecurity and STEM education in Pennsylvania (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics).

The Department of Defense has announced Northampton Community College (NCC) will be part of a cooperative agreement under the National Defense Education Program (NDEP) to foster the development of Two-Year Institution/Community College (2YI/CC) Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education.

As part of the project — dubbed "A Collaborative Pennsylvania-wide Community College Consortium for Enhancing STEM and Cybersecurity Education" — IUP faculty and graduate students will team up with other faculty and administrators from six community college partners across the commonwealth.

Indiana University of Pennsylvania is getting $4.98 million from the U.S. Department of Defense for the first three years of what is termed a novel project to enhance cybersecurity and STEM.

Indiana University of Pennsylvania has received $4.98 million from the Department of Defense for the first three years of a novel project to enhance Cybersecurity and STEM education in Pennsylvania (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics).

The Department of Defense announced today cooperative agreement awards of up to $55 million to five awardees under the National Defense Education Program (NDEP) to foster the development of Two Year Institution/Community College (2YI/CC) Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education consortia.