Posts Tagged ‘CCN’
CCN Focus: Louise Kowalski, SUNY Erie Community College
As a part of the National Convergence Technology Center (CTC) featured blogs, we would like to introduce to you some of our professors and instructors in the Convergence College Network (CCN) community. The CCN is a select cohort of community colleges and universities from across the country that connects IT educators with a wealth of…
Read MoreThe Eight Traits IT Employers Demand from New Hires
Are your business council experts giving you specifics on what skills they’re seeking in new hires? The National Convergence Technology Center (CTC) recently convened a panel of four IT business experts and posed this question to them: what are the important skills or traits for an IT worker? Their answers are listed below. Never stop…
Read MoreStudent Feature: Amberly Hoffman, Sinclair Community College
The National Convergence Technology Center’s Convergence College Network (CCN) community is happy to showcase students in information technology (IT) by capturing their testimonials. This month we’re featuring Amberly Hoffman, a student at Sinclair Community College in Dayton, Ohio. Below is her student featured interview: Amberly, was also sponsored by CTC as a top student at this…
Read MoreEight Things We Heard at ATE PI
Live from Washington, DC… it’s the Principal Investigators conference! All NSF ATE (Advanced Technological Education) grantees each fall gather at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington DC to attend the Principal Investigators conference. In addition to hosting a breakfast roundtable on the popular BILT model and BILT toolkit, your National Convergence Technology Center (CTC) also attended…
Read MoreCCN Focus: Dr. Laura Berry and Rick Williams of North Arkansas College
Join us this week for a trip to North Arkansas College in Harrison, Arkansas to meet Dr. Laura Berry, Dean of Art Sciences, Business and IT and Rick Williams, Director of IT Services and a part-time faculty member. As you know, National Convergence Technology Center regularly features members of our CTC’s “Convergence College Network” (CCN) community, a…
Read MoreEight Takeaways from Talking to an IT Systems Engineer
When was the last time you talked to systems engineer at a major IT company about what your students need to know? The National Convergence Technology Center (CTC) manages a video series entitled “A Day in the Life” in which IT technicians and executives offer students their perspectives on the IT workplace. The hope is…
Read MoreIT Workers in High Demand
You’ve surely heard it before, in labor market data, in workforce reports, and in future-looking keynotes so popular at conference. Here at the National Convergence Technology Center (CTC), we hear it over and over from employer members of our Business and Industry Leadership Team (BILT). There are more IT jobs than there are skilled workers,…
Read MoreStudent Feature: Brett Piatek, University of North Texas
The National Convergence Technology Center’s Convergence College Network (CCN) community is happy to showcase students in information technology (IT) by capturing their testimonials. This month we’re featuring Brett Piatek, a student at the University of North Texas in Denton, TX. Brett, also, participated in CTC’s National Visiting Committee meeting as one of our success students given…
Read MoreTen Things to Consider When Voting on Job Skills
The “BILT model” (regular blog readers know that BILT stands for Business and Industry Leadership Team) championed by the National Convergence Technology Center (CTC) puts employers in a co-leadership role at a technical program. One of the cornerstones of that “BILT model” is an annual job skills validation vote in which employers prioritize and rank…
Read MoreStudent Feature: Peter Ukpebor, Collin College
The National Convergence Technology Center’s Convergence College Network (CCN) community is happy to showcase students in information technology (IT) by capturing their testimonials. This month we’re featuring Peter Ukpebor, a student at Collin College in Frisco, TX. Peter, also, participated in CTC’s National Visiting Committee meeting as one of our success students given the opportunity to…
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