Alumni Weekend events set for April 16-18
UNG will hold a Reunite on the River event at Pine Valley at noon April 17. This photo is from the 2019 Alumni Weekend event at Pine Valley.
The University of North Georgia (UNG) Alumni Weekend will take on a different feel in 2021, but many of the weekend s most popular events will remain in place April 16-18. While we continue to follow CDC guidelines, and respect those who are not yet ready to come to Dahlonega, many alumni are telling us they are ready for safe engagement, said Wendi Huguley, director of the Alumni Association. It is with this in mind that we have scheduled a fabulous weekend that is largely outdoors and allows for maximum spacing.
Cyber talent earns Hayes full ride to graduate school
UNG alumnus Thomas Hayes earned a full-ride graduate school scholarship through the CyberCorps Scholarship for Service program. He is pursuing a master s degree in cybersecurity and privacy at New Jersey Institute of Technology.
Thomas Hayes left no stone unturned when it came to building his credentials and helping others while he was a student at the University of North Georgia (UNG). Now, the December 2020 graduate with a bachelor s degree in information systems has parlayed those qualities into a prestigious full-ride graduate school scholarship.
Hayes is pursuing a master s degree in cybersecurity and privacy at New Jersey Institute of Technology through the CyberCorps Scholarship for Service program, which covers full tuition, a $34,000 annual stipend, health insurance, and money for professional development and textbooks. Funded by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, the scholarship is designed to recruit and train
Academies to train teachers and high school students in cybersecurity
High school students work during cybersecurity training at UNG s 2019 GenCyber Warrior Academy. UNG will host an academy for students and one for teachers this summer.
The University of North Georgia s (UNG) popular GenCyber Warrior Academy (GCWA) for high school students will return this summer, and the university will hold its first-ever cyber opportunity for educators, the Advancing GenCyber Education for North Georgia Teachers (AGENT) Initiative.
More than 520,000 cyber jobs are available nationwide and more than 17,000 in Georgia, according to CyberSeek, which provides data on the cybersecurity job market. Dr. Lindsay Linsky, a UNG associate professor of middle grades education and the AGENT Initiative s lead instructor, said that s why the program is so important.
Georgia universities sweep NSA competition
University of North Georgia has won a National Security Agency competition.
DAHLONEGA, Ga. - Georgia s universities such as the University of North Georgia and Georgia Tech are producing some of the country s top future malware hunters.
These students can be considered the good guys. The National Security Agency s competition tested their ability to hack into different platforms and solve real-world problems, some of which could save lives.
Malicious hackers often make the news, but there are good ones, and the world needs more of them.
University of North Georgia students Houstoun Hall and Brenna Durham are on the right track to becoming professional malware hunters.
UNG wins NSA Codebreaker Challenge for second year in a row
UNG scored 323,150 points to win the NSA Codebreaker Challenge, which wrapped up Jan. 31.
Even with changes to the National Security Agency (NSA) Codebreaker Challenge in 2020, including a vastly expanded scope of tasks from previous years, the University of North Georgia (UNG) emerged victorious for the second year in a row.
UNG students, faculty and staff tallied 323,150 points, while second-place Georgia Tech finished with 74,010. Oregon State University, University of Cincinnati, and University of California, Santa Cruz rounded out the top five of the event that wrapped up Jan. 31.
Eighty-nine UNG participants completed the first six tasks of the challenge, with no other school having more than seven players complete that many tasks. UNG also had 27 participants complete the seventh task, with the next-closest school having four competitors reach that point. UNG s team had 168 participants complete at least one task.