Week 4
❄️ Winter Quarter 2024 ❄️
✌️ January is over! ✌️
We have an additional Invited Talk next Tuesday – February 6th, 2024 with the STC Tech Club! Join us as we hear from Mollie Shealy, an accomplished recruiter and Program Manager, University Relations at Lumen Technologies! Keep reading for more details – you won’t want to miss ths!
📣 STC is proud to be hosting Doug Cavit on February 8th, 2024. Mr. Cavit is well known cybersecurity leader with over 20 years of combined experience as CIO McAfee, Chief Security Strategist at Microsoft, and now CISO for the startup Containn.
👉🏽 Check out the Events section for more information along with more industry events and talks!
🧳 Looking for an Internship or Scholarships? Check out the updated Opportunities section below!
🗣️ DEADLINE IS TODAY – February 1st, 2024 to apply for the DoD Cyber Scholarship Program (CYSP) 2024!
🔐 Don’t forget to email Morgan Zantua about the Cybersecurity competitions below. These are resume worthy experiences!
Keep reading for details and a code to attend New Tech NW for free! 👇
Student Spotlight
CityU Faculty & Alumni Greg Surber
Greg is a CityU alumni and associate faculty member! You might recognize him as one of your instructors or through Cybersecurity Club. Greg has recently accepted a role with Quenterix as a Cybersecurity Architect!
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Announcements
STC Tech Club Invited Talk
We are pleased to announce that Mollie Shelley will be speaking next Tuesday – February 6th, 2024 at 4:30pm!
NCL Registration is OPEN!
CityU has participated in NCL several sessions in a row. Join a Cybersecurity Club Meeting to get more information on how to join the team. The National Cyber League is a great opportunity to not only expand your cybersecurity skills but also showcase hands on experience that you can use on your resume!
2024 NCAE Cyber Games
🧑🏻💻 NCAE Cyber Games is a cyber security competition for college students who have never participated in a competition or hackathon before. Cyber competitions are a great way to build your skills and learn about the industry, but they can be intimidating if you’ve never tried one before. This program aims to make it easy (and fun) for students to see how competitions work and learn with others who are also new. In addition to building skills and exposure to industry tools, competitions can be used on resumes to show cybersecurity commitment and experience that employers and recruiters are looking for!
City University of Seattle wants to create a team with interested individuals for the 2024 games. Please attend a Cybersecurity Club Meeting or email Morgan Zantua if want to participate!
For more information about NCAE Cyber Games click here.
Opportunities
DoD Cyber Scholarship Program (CYSP) 2024
🚀 Exciting Opportunity🎓
The Department of Defense, in collaboration with the Center for Information Assurance Education (CIAE) at City University-Seattle, is thrilled to offer exclusive scholarships to passionate undergraduates (juniors/seniors) and graduate students. 🌟
Selected current and incoming CityU students can enjoy a full scholarship covering tuition, fees, books, and a generous living stipend—$27,000 per year for undergrads and $32,000 per year for grad students. 📚💸
In return for this amazing scholarship, recipients will have the unique chance to work with the sponsoring agency for a period equal to their scholarship duration. Don’t miss out on this incredible opportunity to fuel your education and launch your career! 🚀🎓
Deadline is February 1st, 2024
Click here for more info and to apply!
Google – Student Researcher, BS/MS, Winter/Summer 2024
🔹 Paid Internship Opportunity🔹
The Student Researcher Program’s primary objective is to foster academic collaborations with students through research at Google. Join Google for a paid Student Researcher position that offers the opportunity to work directly with Google research scientists and engineers on research projects.
The Student Researcher Program offers more opportunities for research students to work on critical research projects at Google in a less structured way. The program allows opportunities beyond the limitations of our traditional internship program on aspects such as duration, time commitment, and working location (with options for on-site or remote). The topics student researchers work on tend to be open-ended and exploratory, and don’t always have a clear deliverable like a traditional internship would. The US base salary range for this full-time position is $90,000-$116,000.
For more information and to apply click here.
Undergraduate Cybersecurity Student Intern
🔸 Los Alamos Nat’l Laboratory Internship Opportunity 🔸
Join the eXperience Information Technology (XIT) division. We are seeking energetic and undergraduate students to support the information and technology (computing) environment within the Laboratory. The division provides direct support to the unclassified and classified programmatic and mission support needs, as well as technical service to the configuration management services for LANL computing environments.
All candidates must have and maintain a minimum of 3.0 GPA on a 4.0 scale for consideration and be enrolled in a minimum of 12 credit hours each semester. For full consideration, candidates must be pursuing one of the following degrees (or equivalent): Information Technology, Computer Science, Information Systems, Cyber Security, System Administration, or Information Engineering Technology.
⭐️ Click here for more information and to apply! ⭐️
2024 Summer – Honeywell: Information Systems, IT, Cyber Engineer & Data Science
🔹 Paid Internship Opportunity🔹
Honeywell is hiring Summer 2024 Interns to join our technology teams. Are you ready to get inspired as you take on impactful projects, build business skills and interact with leadership? You’ll help solve real-world challenges. Internships at Honeywell prepare you for the future. You’ll work with leaders in your field on meaningful projects that directly relate to key Honeywell business goals.
What to expect
🔸 Must be pursuing a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree program in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, Data Science, Cyber Security or MIS
🔸 Must graduate after December 2024
🔸 Must continue enrollment in degree program upon completion of the internship
Click here for more information and to apply!
Security Compliance Intern, Summer 2024
🔸 Paid 3-Month Internship with Okta🔸
Okta is The World’s Identity Company. We free everyone to safely use any technology—anywhere, on any device or app. Our Workforce and Customer Identity Clouds enable secure yet flexible access, authentication, and automation that transforms how people move through the digital world, putting Identity at the heart of business security and growth.
Expectations
(In progress) BS in Information Systems or MIS, or related degree
Baseline understanding of NIST SP 800-53 and FedRAMP
Baseline understanding and desire to learn about terms and concepts used in information security, privacy, and risk assessments
Baseline understanding and desire to learn about how information systems and applications work in a modern cloud environment.
Click here for more information and to apply!
Cybersecurity & Technology Audit Internship
🔹Paid Summer Internship🔹
When you take on the role of summer intern with Liberty Mutual’s Cybersecurity&Technology Audit department, you’re signing on to a collaborative team that’s responsible for auditing all of our internal control systems.
Your key responsibilities during this rewarding 11-12 week internship program will include interviewing personnel, performing testwork, analyzing results, and communicating issues with managers. You’ll also participate in audit project teams to complete risk assessments and control evaluations for IT areas under review.
💫 Details 💫
🔸You have 0-2 years of professional experience.
🔸You are pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Business Management, Management Information Systems (MIS), Computer Science, or equivalent training, min 3.0 cumulative GPA.
🔸You are detail-oriented and thrive in a fast-paced work environment.
🔸You possess strong interpersonal, communication, organizational, and leadership skills.
🔸You have experience with technical programs, including a working knowledge of Excel.
You are able to commit to a full-time internship over the course of 11-12 weeks.
Click here to apply!
Data Science Intern, Algorithms (2024)
🔸Paid Internship with Lyft🔸
Lyft’s Data Science Team builds mathematical models underpinning the platform’s core services. Compared to other technology companies of a similar size, the set of problems that we tackle is incredibly diverse. They cut across optimization, prediction, modeling, inference, transportation, and mapping. We’re looking for Masters or PhD students who are passionate about solving mathematical problems with data and are excited about working in a fast-paced, innovative and collegial environment.
Details
🔹 Graduating with a Masters or PhD degree between December 2024 and June 2025
🔹 Experience coding in Python or R, SQL; standard data science libraries.
🔹 Bonus points: Experience in marketplace design, ridesharing, studying two-sided marketplaces, and/or transportation
Click here for more information.
AWS Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) Scholarship Program
The AWS Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) Scholarship program, in collaboration with Intel and Udacity, aims to help underserved and underrepresented high school and college students learn foundational ML concepts to prepare them for careers in AI and ML. For more information click here.
STC Tech Club Invited Talk – Molly Shealy
Week 5 Invited Talk – Doug Cavit
New Tech Seattle February 2024 Meetup
New Tech is the Northwest’s largest tech community with 60,000+ members. We’re the un-networking place where you’re a neighbor, not just a business contact.
Come make meaningful connections, learn from the industry’s best, and have a fun night out. Most importantly, you’ll join an engaging group of go-getters, developers, founders, and professionals, and discover the people, partners, organizations, and resources to help you build your dreams.
February Presenters
Founders, leaders & innovators share their passion & new tech through 8-minute presentations & 3 minutes of your Q&A.
- Estelle Giraurd, CEO & Co-Founder, Trellis Health – reimaging the family health record
- Jason Booker, Founder, EdXeno – Connecting higher ed institutions with students like never before
For more information and to RSVP click here.
Use the code garlic for free entry!
ISSA Puget Sound – February 15th Meeting
BSides Seattle 2024 has just been announced! In addition to attending they are calling for presentations, volunteers, and sponsors!
BSides Seattle continues to provide space for the open sharing of ideas, concepts and debates.
A place where security geeks of all ages, all levels of learning, all walks of life can bring their true selves and learn amazing things
Consider going to this community driven event
When: Saturday, April 27, 2024. 8:30a – 6:00pm PST
Click here for more information.
Missed out on an Invited Talk or Tech Talk?
Check out the C4CYI YouTube Channel for STC recorded Invited Talks and events.
Explore ACM Tech Talks and the ACM website to watch their free informative Tech Talks. ACM, the world’s largest educational and scientific computing society, delivers resources that advance computing as a science and a profession.
You can find record CAE Tech talks here. For questions on CAE Tech Talk, please send them email.
Watch the Latest Invited Talk!
On November 2nd, 2023, City University of Seattle hosted Nate Stemen. Nate gave a truly cutting-edge talk over Quantum Computing and his work over at Unitary Fund. Watch it here!
STC Clubs
Interested in the Tech field? Wish to broaden your network? Check out our clubs.
Cybersecurity Enthusiasts are welcome to join!
Check out the Breach of the Week program; A club member presents current cyber events to the club in 3-5 minutes. This is a great opportunity to learn, participate and network.
We encourage all current and future alumni to attend the meetings.
Meeting Times:
Fridays, 3:00PM (PDT) Over MS Teams
Fill this form if you wish to join the club!
City University of Seattle has just created a new WiCyS student chapter.
The purpose of the club is to build a community within our CityU school that promotes women’s education, participation, and leadership in the field of cybersecurity.
Typical meeting time: Fridays, 11:00AM (PDT) over MS Teams.
Next Meeting
TBA
Fill this form if you wish to join the club!
STC Tech Club meets to provide tech-related learning opportunities, skill development, and networking. Students or faculty who would like to share their expertise or project, please reach out.
Meeting Times:
Thursdays, 4:30PM (PDT) Over MS Teams
Fill this form if you wish to join the club!
This quarter, we will be covering various topics including Computer Vision, Data Engineering, and NLP! Take a look at our calendar and club page for more.
We are recruiting new officers for the Data Science Club. If you are interested in becoming one, please fill out the form here, or scan the QR code in the flyer.
Meeting Times:
Wednesdays, 4:00PM (PDT) Over MS Teams
Fill this form if you wish to join the club!
The City University of Seattle’s Google Developer Club is coming back this quarter!
Click here for more information and to join.
Looking for more project/work experience to put on your resume?
Try contributing to an open-source project:
GitHub for beginner-friendly open-source projects
How to Contribute to Open-Source Projects – guide
STC TA documentation for setting up environments
Valuable certifications:
AZ-900: Microsoft Azure Fundamentals
Looking for extra help to guide you through your tech career?
Check out Mentors in Tech
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