Four students have earned two-year scholarships facilitated by a Scholarship for Service Award this fall semester.
St. Cloud State is awarding up to six scholarships a year to undergraduate students in information technology security and graduate students in information assurance thanks to the five-year award from the National Science Foundation and the Department of Homeland Security.
The next application window is spring 2016.
The fall 2015 Cybersecurity Scholarship for Service scholars are:
- Scott Rysdahl, Information assurance, Tofte
- Michael Virnig, Information technology security, Big Lake
- Jordan Jenkins, Information technology security, Dayton
- Jordan Potti, Information technology security, Two Harbors
The undergraduate scholarship will cover tuition, books, professional development and travel to the annual CyberCorps job fair and conferences and a stipend of $22,500 per year.
The graduate scholarship will cover the same expenses and includes a stipend of $34,000 per year.
Following graduation, the students will work for the government at any level in a cybersecurity role for a period of time equal to the length of their scholarship.
In addition to the scholarships, the students will also form a Community Cybersecurity Champions team responsible for bringing awareness of cybersecurity issues to the broader community through seminars, workshops and talks to area high school students, teachers and counselors.
