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April 1st – Graduate Certificate Information Evening

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Looking to accelerate your career with a postgraduate certificate or intensive diploma program?

“What’s a Graduate Certificate?”

– An Ontario College Graduate Certificate requires an applicant to hold a university degree or a college certificate or diploma for admission, building on knowledge and experience gained through previous postsecondary study. Algonquin College offers many different Graduate Certificates from all areas of the College.

“Why should I attend this event?”

– You should consider attending this event if you would like to learn more about how continuing and focusing your studies may help you find the job you want or help advance in your current career.

Discover the exciting potential of postgraduate programs offered at Algonquin College. On April 1st, 2015 we are holding a special information event where you can network and learn more about the variety of post-grad options available at Algonquin College.

April 1 from 6:00pm – 8:00pm in room T102 (Ottawa Campus).

Visit this page to learn more and register for the event – https://www.algonquincollege.com/future-students/2015-postgrads/gradfair/

Computer Systems Technician and Bachelor of Information Technology – Networking programs to embed Aruba Networks Content

The Computer Systems Technician and Bachelor of Information Technology – Network Technology programs will be incorporating Aruba Networks content into their Wireless Networking courses beginning this fall, following the signing of an agreement with the networking company.
The Aruba Mobility Academy is the world’s first accredited mobility education program designed for universities and colleges. Mobility is one of the fastest-growing networking technologies, with wireless traffic expected to exceed wired traffic by the end of 2015. The Aruba Mobility Academy enables students who want to become Mobility Engineers to build secure, scalable and reliable enterprise-class WLANs. It is taught in a vendor-agnostic fashion while leveraging Aruba Networks products for the hands-on learning labs.
Another great learning opportunity for our students!

You are invited to Algonquin College’s Cyber Security Day – October 3, 2014

Join Algonquin College and its partners from the education, high technology and government sectors on October 3 in a free, one-day conference to share ideas about the hottest topics in cyber security, data privacy, ‘dark actor’ tactics, identity theft, the future of cyber security careers, and much more.
In support of International Cyber Security Month, events include a program of presentations and discussions led by leading players from Canada’s cyber security-rich community held in Algonquin’s beautiful new 700-person theatre, plus a trade show fair featuring industry vendors, activities, and technology prize giveaways.

For more information
www.algonquincollege.com/infosec/ac-cyber-security-day or to register for tickets for this event click here.
Contact Event Organizer
Craig Delmage, CISSP
tel: 613.727.4723 / email: craig.delmage@algonquincollege.com

Algonquin College Cyber Security Day information

CyberGonq Event – October 27th from 11:30am until 4:00pm

The Algonquin College School of Advanced Technology, in collaboration with HackingAway.org, has set up a realistic virtual corporate infrastructure to give students a real-life experience. The event, called CyberGonq, is to be held on Sunday, October 27th, from 11:30am to 4pm (+/-).

The event costs $20, which covers setup costs + snacks, lunch and drinks for the event.

Students can apply their classroom learning in a real world situation by competing to attack and defend a “live” company infrastructure from cyber security threats of all kinds.

The goals for the students and the College are to:

– Solidify and expand their knowledge by working in a realistic corporate environment.

– Prepare for future employment by developing many practical job skills that can be immediately applied to help their future employers.

– Algonquin College School of Advanced Technology is proud to fulfill their mandate, and help the students have some fun!

– HackingAway.org is pleased to help organize the event, and glad to motivate the students to keep Hacking Away.

To sign up for the event, visit http://hackingaway.org/cybergonq/registration/

NOTE: The CyberGonq event is specifically for Algonquin students, their invited guests, and recent graduates.

If you are interested in other upcoming “open” events aimed at IT Security Professionals, see “Upcoming Events” at HackingAway.org: – http://hackingaway.org/events/cybersnatch/

– Nov 24th, 2013, 11:30am to 4pm

 

For more information you may also connect with

Patrick Ouellette

Program Coordinator – Computer Systems Technology – Security Programs

Email: ouellep@algonquincollege.com