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The camp will take place from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. daily in Room 1170 at the Mendocino College Ukiah Campus, 1000 Hensley Creek Road.
Drinks and snacks will be provided, along with a camper T-shirt.
The CyberCamp curriculum is provided by the Air Force as part of the Cyber Patriot Program, which is potentially a year-long competition.
This CyberCamp is a week-long introduction to CyberSecurity and CyberPatriot with the following content included:
Monday - MODULE 1: Introduction to the CyberPatriot National Youth Cyber Defense Competition, cybersecurity career opportunities, cyber ethics, online safety, how computers work, and cyber threats.
Tuesday - MODULE 2: Cybersecurity principles, virtual machines, basic Windows security policies, tools, and account management. Students will follow along and work with the Windows 10 demonstration image.
Wednesday - MODULE 3: Windows file protections, auditing and monitoring, and introduction to Linux.
Thursday - MODULE 4: Ubuntu 16 terminology and concepts, basic graphical user interface security, basic command line security, and intermediate Ubuntu security. Students will follow along and work with the Ubuntu 16 demonstration image.
Friday - MODULE 5: Mini-CyberPatriot Competition. Students will compete against their fellow campers on Windows 10 and Ubuntu 16 competition images.
Preregistration is required at http://bit.ly/MCCyberCamp .
The camp is limited to the first 22 campers.
Participants are expected to attend all five days of camp.
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- Written by: Elizabeth Larson
The Dean’s Honor Roll recognizes students who completed 12 semester hours or more of VCSU classes for which grade points were earned with a grade point average of at least 3.50.
Nicholas Aaron Vargas of Hidden Valley Lake, Calif., is among those students honored on the list.
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HIDDEN VALLEY, Calif. – Mediacom Communications presented Noah Brown, a 2019 graduate of Middletown High School, with a $1,000 scholarship as part of the company’s World Class Scholarship Program.
The award recognizes the Hidden Valley Lake resident for outstanding leadership and academic accomplishments.
Mediacom annually gives $1,000 scholarships to 55 graduating seniors to provide support for the students’ post-secondary education.
Mediacom’s local area operations director, Shawn Swatosh, presented the scholarship to Mr. Brown during the high school’s recognition program held last night.
“As a technology company, Mediacom understands how important it is to invest in future leaders like Noah Brown,” Swatosh said. “I’m proud that my company supports talented local students with scholarship support, and we congratulate Noah on his accomplishments.”
This year marks the 18th consecutive year Mediacom has funded World Class Scholarships for students who live in areas served by the cable and broadband company.
On average, approximately 1,200 students apply for the scholarships each year. Recipients must attend an accredited two-year or four-year college, university or technical school within the United States.
Mediacom plans to continue funding its World Class Scholarships in all areas where it provides digital cable and broadband services.
High school administrators will be notified in the fall of 2019 when scholarship applications become available online for students in the Class of 2020.
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SACRAMENTO – As California and the nation celebrated 529 College Savings Day on Wednesday, State Treasurer Fiona Ma – joined by Lt. Gov. Eleni Kounalakis – announced that there is still time left in a matching promotion that gives people $50 in exchange for starting a ScholarShare 529 College Savings Plan.
To be eligible for the matching promotion, participants must open a new ScholarShare 529 account between May 28 and May 31, 2019, with a minimum $50 deposit – to be contributed and invested at the time the new account is opened – and sign up for an automatic contribution plan of $25 or more for a minimum of six months.
"What if I told you that by giving up five trips to Starbucks and one meal out per week you could save enough to cover a full year of private school tuition in 18 years!" said Ma. "That's right, by investing just $160 per month in a 529 college savings plan you could end up with $62,286 by the time your newborn is ready for college, based on an annual investment return of 6 percent."
"Thank you Treasurer Ma for your leadership in ensuring that parents and families can easily and conveniently open a 529 college savings plan to start saving for their children’s future today. A 529 account can be used to pay not only for tuition but for certain room and board costs, technology, books and other necessities. I encourage families to invest now in saving for their children’s education," said Kounalakis.
A matching deposit of $50 will be made to the eligible ScholarShare account on or before 11:59 p.m. PST on Jan. 31, 2020. There is a limit of one matching deposit per new ScholarShare 529 account opened for each new beneficiary.
The average student loan debt is $36,521. According to the U.S. Department of Education’s College Affordability and Transparency Center, there is $1.48 trillion total student loan debt in the United States www.collegecost.ed.gov . That’s up from $620 billion in 2008, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. When Californians are saddled with student loan debt, they are not able to buy homes, cars, and other products that boost the economy.
The ScholarShare 529 College Savings Plan has more than 322,000 accounts and over $9 billion in assets. In 2018 alone, more than $513 million was withdrawn for qualified higher education expenses. With 100-percent tax-free growth, families can accumulate up to 25% more money for higher education – funds which can be used for a range of qualified expenses at most trade schools, colleges, and universities nationwide.
ScholarShare 529 is administered by the ScholarShare Investment Board, which is chaired by California State Treasurer Fiona Ma. TIAA-CREF Tuition Financing, Inc. Program Manager.
To learn more about the ScholarShare 529, visit www.ScholarShare529.com .