Curriculum Advisory Committee
Cybersecurity Curriculum Advisory Committee (CAC)
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 visionCurriculum 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)