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Three MICUA Schools Win BRAC Higher Education Grants |
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MICUA Matters
Spring 2010
On December 15, 2009, Lt. Governor Anthony Brown announced the recipients of the 2010 Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Higher Education Fund grants. Three of the 12 grants awarded to two- and four-year colleges and universities across the State went to MICUA institutions. “Governor O’Malley and I have set clear priorities that put an emphasis on job creation, and we wholly understand that our strong network of public, independent, and community colleges plays an important role in reaching our ambitious goals,” said Lt. Governor Brown. The MICUA projects receiving grants are:
- $92,992 to expand the information assurance laboratory capacity at Capitol College. The cyber battle laboratory will train students to simulate, detect, analyze, and defeat hacker attacks, preparing students for jobs in cyber security and IT.
- $43,615 for Loyola University Maryland’s Computer Science Boot Camp for career changers. Loyola will deliver an intensive boot camp program to retrain degree-holding professionals in core software development capabilities. Students will be able to obtain Sun Microsystems’ Java certification after completion of the program.
- $92,482 for a geospatial technology training program at Washington College. The program will utilize a virtual learning environment and web meeting software to develop an innovative combination of distance learning techniques.
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