The role of the Cybersecurity Curriculum Advisory Committee (CAC) is to provide a bridge between the Cybersecurity community of faculty, staff, and students, to the community at large—our alumni, friends, businesses, corporations, and foundations—in order to shape the exciting future of the Cybersecurity Program and the College of IS&T. CAC members can potentially be involved in one or more of the following activities:
- Departmental strategy and vision
- Curriculum and programmatic development strategy
- Development of student internship and employment opportunities
- Developing opportunities for networking, mentoring, and guest speaking
- Human resource maintenance—encouraging employees and colleagues to participate in learning opportunities by pursuing graduate/undergraduate degree programs and certification in information assurance areas
- Identifying and developing joint/cooperative research, joint/sponsored student projects, specific-term development, and consulting initiatives of mutual interest to businesses and cybersecurity faculty/staff/students
- Identifying and developing funding opportunities such as endowed chairs, research grants, or fellowships
- Identifying and developing faculty-in-residence programs
- Identifying and developing internship and co-op opportunities
- Establishing brand recognition for UNO Cybersecurity programs
The CAC plans to meet twice a year as a lunch meeting. Members may receive curriculum-related materials to review prior to the meeting, and the focus is on the discussion to test ideas/initiatives, identify gaps, and engage in future thinking.
Current Membership
CAC members are our alumni and friends or representatives from businesses, corporations, and foundations that have an interest in workforce development in cybersecurity.
- Jeff Weeks (FNNI)
- Jim Kastle (Conagra)
- Corby Dill (Kiewit)
- Michael Perdunn (Werner)
- Anita Klanderud (FNNI)
- Shannon Ginsburg (FNNI)
- Luke Wentz (Orion)
- Gary Sparks (MCC)
- Brad Vogt (Northeast CC)
- Rick Holmes (UP)
- Melissa Moreno (Gallup)
- Jim Taylor (NDRC)
Meetings
Agenda for the Last meeting (Friday, October 2nd, 2020)