CTC News
Summer Working Connections Preview
Summer is almost here and that means it’s almost time for Working Connections. This year, our 17th summer, we have three: Working Connections North, June 5-9 in Lansing, Michigan; Working Connections South, June 19-23 in Jacksonville, Florida; and Working Connections Texas, July 10-14 in Frisco, Texas. The goal of Working Connections is to provide faculty…
Read MoreNational CTC Funded for Another Five Years
The National Science Foundation has awarded the National Convergence Technology Center (CTC) a $3.9 million renewal grant to spend the next five years addressing the ongoing shortage of skilled IT workers. This new grant will run through June 2022 and focus on emerging technologies – led by cloud computing and software-defined networking, plus the rapid…
Read MoreA New Approach to Helping Foster Diversity
Most community college educators know what it takes to recruit and retain under-served populations (hands-on activities, early outreach, success stories, role models, community events, data tracking, intrusive advising, and the list goes on). The trick is that those strategies must be employed again and again in order to deliver sustained results. But with community college…
Read MoreNVC Student Panel Recap
The National Science Foundation requires that all Advanced Technological Education (ATE) centers like the National Convergence Technology Center (CTC) host annual program reviews led by what’s called an “NVC” – National Visiting Committee. These yearly NVC meetings look at the work of the center over the previous 12 months to make sure grant goals are…
Read MoreHello to Our Newest Partner
Meet David Pope, lead representative for our newest Convergence Technology Center partner college, Ozarks Technical Community College. David holds a Bachelor of Arts in English from Missouri State University. Prior to joining OTC, David worked in hospital information systems for five years, and has worked in collections, legal investigation, and game design. Currently, David teaches…
Read MoreVirtual Labs: May Be Coming to a Campus Near You!
As you may know, Georgia Southern’s primary role for the National CTC is to help promote and deliver NetLab virtual labs to select Convergence College Network member schools. This NetLab system allows students to access IT labs 24 hours a day/7 days week from anywhere they can get an internet connection. They’re no longer bound…
Read More9 Things We Learned at Our Fall Conferences
The National Convergence Technology Center (CTC) attended several conferences this fall to make presentations and sit on panels and roundtables; to disseminate information about our grant work at exhibit hall booths, to recruit new member schools to our Convergence College Network (CCN) community of practice, and – when time permits – to attend breakout sessions…
Read MoreWelcome Belicia Miraval Albornoz
Belicia Miraval Albornoz has been a regular at Convergence Technology Center events for several years now, first as a student representative showcased at conferences and meetings, then later as an adjunct attendee learning cutting-edge topics at Working Connections. And now we’ll be seeing even more of her because Belicia has recently taken on lead for…
Read MoreFVTC’s Focus Magazine profiles IT student
Statistics and numbers can be impressive when showing how the National Convergence Technology Center (CTC) impacts classrooms and students. But it’s always the personal stories that resonate best. Even the no-nonsense members of our Business and Industry Leadership Team (BILT) sit up and take notice when we deliver a compelling story of how IT education…
Read MoreWelcome Brian Nelson
Many of you who have been involved with the Convergence Technology Center may already know Lansing Community College’s Brian Nelson from Working Connections events over the years. Recently he has stepped into the role of the Co-PI representing our partner LCC. Brian comes to us with many years of experience in both industry and education.…
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