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Cisco in the News
SCC
Designated As Regional Cisco
Networking Academy
Southwestern Community College
is teaming up with Cisco Systems
Inc., to become the area's
only Regional Cisco Networking
Academy.
"We are particularly
proud of this very important
designation," said Cecil
Groves, SCC President. "This
designation reflects Southwestern's
strength in the area of technology."
By working with Cisco, a
worldwide leader in networking
for the Internet, SCC will
equip students with the skills
necessary for filling some
of the estimated 350,000 high-technology
jobs currently available in
businesses throughout the
United States.
In announcing the new academy,
SCC Vice President for Instructional
Services Gene Couch pointed
at the wide-open job market
in networking-related fields
as one of several reasons
Southwestern wanted to become
a Regional Academy.
"The average starting
pay for these jobs is around
$25,000," Couch said.
"This new Regional Academy
will open up all kinds of
possibilities for the people
of western North Carolina,
and especially the citizens
of Jackson, Macon and Swain
Counties and the Qualla Boundary.
Additionally, SCC strives
to provide students with relevant
programming. The establishment
of this Academy achieves that
goal by providing students
in western North Carolina
with the latest high-tech
training. When folks are interested
in learning more abut computers
and associated programs, we
want them to think of SCC.
This adds another piece to
the technology puzzle."
The program will offer students
at SCC an educational option
with marketable skills that
are in high demand. In addition
to providing coursework to
regular students, the college
will make it available to
high school students. This
training is a component of
the new Accelerated College
Education program, which was
announced by college and school
system administrators on March
1. The academy will allow
prep students in SCC's service
area to get one year of training,
which can lead to a Cisco
certification, completed by
the time they graduate from
high school. A highly structured,
dual-enrollment program, ACE
is available to area high
school students in Jackson,
Macon and Swain Counties as
well as the Qualla Boundary.
In support of the college's
new academy, Cisco is donating
equipment - including a Cisco
Micro Webserver - to assist
Southwestern in setting up
a media lab for the academy.
"When corporations consider
relocating to an area such
as western North Carolina,
the first thing they look
at closely is whether the
area has high-quality education
available," Cisco representative
Darren Barnes said. "They
want to know the technical
aptitude of the population.
Cisco is a prime example of
corporate America today."
Using Cisco's own proven
networking curriculum, students
at SCC will be taught the
conceptual and technical skills
needed to design, install,
operate and maintain state-of-the-art
computer networks. For more
information about Cisco Systems,
Inc., visit its website at
http://www.cisco.com.
And for information on Cisco's
role in education, visits
its education website at http://www.cisco.com/edu.
For more information about
the Cisco Academy at SCC or
to learn more about the new
ACE program, call (800) 447-4091
outside of Sylva or 586-4091
in Sylva.
SCC
Staff to Help Cisco Systems
Cisco Systems, Inc., one
of the world's leading Internet
networking companies has requested
help from two staff members
at Southwestern Community
College (SCC). Jim Campbell,
the Vice President for Information
Technology and Telecommunications
and Michael Deaver, a Computer
Engineering Technology instructor,
are going to Miami to train
24 high school and several
college computer instructors
in the latest Cisco networking
techniques.
"Were going down there
to train the trainers."
Deaver said.
Campbell and Deaver were
chosen after attending training
in Wilmington.
This past spring, the College
teamed with Cisco to become
a Cisco Regional Training
Academy, covering all of western
North Carolina. The nearest
training academy is in Caldwell
County. SCC will begin offering
the Cisco courses at its Sylva
campus this fall. Southwestern
will also be setting up local
Cisco training academies at
its centers in Swain and Macon
Counties, at local high schools
and at other facilities throughout
western North Carolina.
For more information about
Cisco Systems Inc., visit
its website at www.cisco.com
and for information on Cisco's
role in education, visit its
education website at www.cisco.com/edu.
For more information about
about the Cisco Academy at
SCC, call (800) 447-4091 outside
of Sylva or 586-4091 in Sylva.
SCC
Trains Local Teachers in High
Technology
Now that Southwestern Community
College (SCC) has established
itself as a Cisco Regional
Training Academy in Sylva,
instructors at the College
are taking the next step and
helping to establish local
training academies throughout
the region.
In July, 15 teachers from
local educational institutions
attended the first few weeks
of their Cisco Networking
training at SCC. Along with
technology instructors m Southwestern,
representatives came from
Haywood Community College,
Tri-County Community College,
Transylvania schools and the
Macon County public school.
In attendance were: From SCC,
David Kochersberger, Joe Roman,
Brett Sellars, Lee O'Neal,
Ronnie Stillwell and Mark
Lyons; from Haywood Community
College, Bill Wolfe, Marcus
Steven and Joe Looney; from
the Transylvania school system,
Betty Russell and Jack Noel;
and from Tri-County Community
College, George McCabe, Ed
Young, Trevis Hicks and Marjorie
Tucker.
Michael Deaver, an SCC Computer
Engineering Technology instructor
and Jim Campbell, the College's
Vice President for Information
and Telecommunications, led
participants in lecture and
hands-on training, preparing
them for the fall when they
will be teaching Cisco techniques
to their students. Administrators
at SCC are working to establish
local Cisco academies in every
community west of, and including,
Buncombe County.
Cisco Systems, Inc., one
of the worlds largest computer
networking companies, joined
with SCC last spring, providing
both their unique training
program and tens of thousands
of dollars worth of equipment
for use at the school.
"This partnership with
Cisco will provide valuable
experience for our students,"
Campbell said. "It gives
them the opportunity to train
on the best equipment available."
Deaver and Campbell were
trained by Cisco to "teach
the teachers." Along
with helping local North Carolina
teachers establish Cisco academies,
the two recently returned
from Miami, Fla., where they
trained the high school and
community college instructors
of that community.
For more information about
the Cisco Regional Training
Academy, local training academies
throughout the region and
other technology programs
offered at SCC, call the admissions
office at (828) 586-4091 ext.
352 in Sylva or (800) 447-4091,
ext. 352 outside of the area.
SCC
to team with Cisco in Networking
Academy
Southwestern Community College
is teaming up with Cisco Systems
Inc., to become the area's
only Regional Cisco Networking
Academy.
By working with Cisco, a worldwide
leader in networking for the
Internet, SCC will equip students
with the skills necessary
for filling some of the estimated
350,000 high-technology jobs
currently available in businesses
throughout the United States.
The program will offer students
at SCC an educational option
with marketable skills that
are in high demand. In addition
to providing coursework to
regular students, the college
will make it available to
high school students.
This training is a component
of the new Accelerated College
Education program, which was
announced by college and school
system administrators on March
1. The academy will allow
high school students in SCC's
service area to get one year
of training, which can lead
to a Cisco certification,
completed by the time they
graduate from high school.
A highly structured, dual-enrollment
program, ACE is available
to area high school students.
In support of the college's
new academy, Cisco is donating
equipment - including a Cisco
Micro Webserver - to assist
Southwestern in setting up
a media lab for the academy.
For more information about
the Cisco Academy at SCC or
to learn more about the new
ACE program, call (800) 447-4091
outside of Sylva or 586-4091
in Sylva.
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