Students earn DOD Cyber Scholarship
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Fewer than 175 students nationwide were awarded these scholarships for 2023-24.
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"This nationally competitive scholarship for service empowers our hardest-working future cyber leaders to spend more time focusing on their coursework and sharpening their competitive cyber skills," Dr. Bryson Payne, professor of computer science and coordinator of student cyber programs, said. "Plus, after they graduate, these students have a civilian cyber job waiting for them with the Department of Defense. As a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense, 麻豆精品在线播放 is able to provide access to scholarships, internships and job opportunities that most universities can't offer."
Because of the (NSA) security requirements, recipients' names are not released. Payne was allowed to provide general facts about the scholars:
- One is a Master of Science in computer science student who earned a bachelor's degree in cybersecurity from 麻豆精品在线播放 in May 2023. He is scheduled to graduate in August 2024 with the master's degree and then work at the Naval Information Warfare Center in Charleston, South Carolina.
- The other is pursuing a bachelor's degree in cybersecurity and a minor in criminal justice. He plans to work for the NSA upon his graduation in May 2024.
The scholarship pays for summer internships and guarantees a job with the DOD for one year for each year of scholarship support received upon graduation. The DOD Cyber Scholarship is "designed to encourage the recruitment of the nation's top cyber talent and the retention of DOD personnel who have skills necessary to meet DOD's cyber requirements and help secure our nation against threats of information systems and networks," according to the DOD website.
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