ECPI University, Raytheon Intelligence & Space Host First Joint Hackathon

Winning Team Creates Website to Help Homeless

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (Date) – ECPI University and Raytheon Intelligence & Space hosted its first joint hackathon at the university’s Newport News campus with a team comprising students from the Orlando and Charlotte campuses coming out on top. A hackathon is a timed event in which computer programmers and software developers collaborate intensively on a software project or a website. The goal is to create functioning software or website by the end of the event. 

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ECPI University Director of Marketing - 757.490.9090 or publicrelations@ecpi.edu
Release Date:
Tuesday, November 17, 2020

Federal, State, and Local First Responders Join ECPI University for Mass Casualty Disaster Response Simulation

Interdisciplinary Drill Designed to Simulate Campus Active Shooter Drill

Manassas, VAMore than 200 ECPI University students will team up with approximately dozens of first responders to simulate a mass casualty event at the Northern Virginia campus in Manassas on Saturday, October 12. Criminal Justice, Nursing, Surgical Technology, and Radiography students will engage in a fusion-based response event that begins with heavily armed active shooters entering campus, inflicting casualties, then barricading themselves in a classroom.  Included in the first responders who will be guiding the students along the way are:

  • Virginia State Police
  • Prince William County Police
  • Fairfax County Police
  • U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
  • Manassas Park Police
  • First Responder Canine
  • City of Manassas Community Emergency Response Team 

Based on course of study, students will be assigned to teams in order to establish a perimeter, command and control operations center, negotiate with hostage takers, triage victims, and provide emergency care. 

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ECPI University Director of Marketing - 757.490.9090 or publicrelations@ecpi.edu
Release Date:
Friday, September 27, 2019

ECPI University eSports Partners with HP

Virginia Beach, VAECPI University is proud to announce that the HP and its OMEN line of gaming PCs have been named an official partner of the ECPI University Rams Collegiate eSports team, making it the exclusive provider of gaming PCs for all of the ECPI University eSports arenas.  

The ECPI University Rams eSports teams compete across a variety of games throughout the year, including Overwatch, League of Legends, Counter Strike: Global Offensive, Hearthstone, and Rocket League. The “battle arenas” that the players compete in are the located on the campuses and are outfitted with high-end gaming PCs that support all of the games the Rams compete in.

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ECPI University Director of Marketing - 757.490.9090 or publicrelations@ecpi.edu
Release Date:
Monday, July 1, 2019

Cybersecurity Forum Spotlights Massive Skill Gap, Career Opportunities

Lake Mary, FL – It would be difficult to overstate the looming cybersecurity crisis. As attacks continue to escalate, there are simply not enough skilled professionals available to fight back. According to a recent report conducted by (ISC)²: 

  • The shortage of cybersecurity professionals is now close to 3 million globally
  • 63% of respondents report their employer has a shortage of dedicated cybersecurity staff
  • 59% say their organization is at extreme or moderate risk due to cybersecurity staff shortages 

Many of the applicants for cybersecurity positions lack foundational information, technical knowledge, and people skills. In essence, there are two different issues. One, applicants who are self-taught and tech savvy does not have the skills to address the major issues businesses face. Two, higher education curriculums typically follow a traditional approach, where education is based on a teaching-oriented environment full of theories, which may lack real-world applicability. 

“Many companies lack the time and resources to provide training in the actual skills required to defend against attacks,” says ECPI University Lake Mary Campus President Mr. Michael Fontaine. “Employers are looking for applicants who are job-ready.” 

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ECPI University Director of Marketing - 757.490.9090 or publicrelations@ecpi.edu
Release Date:
Friday, March 15, 2019

ECPI University Receives NSA/DHS Recognition

Designation Signifies Excellence in Cyber and Network Security Education

Virginia Beach, VAECPI University is proud to announce that it has been designated a National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense Education (CAE-CD) by the National Security Agency (NSA) and U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The goal of the program is to reduce vulnerability within the national information infrastructure by promoting higher education and research in cyber defense and producing professionals with cyber defense expertise for the nation. 

Earning this designation requires that schools meet stringent CAE criteria and mapping curricula to a core set of cyber defense knowledge units. Requirements focus on: 

  • Course Content and Relevance
  • Laboratories
  • Faculty Involvement 
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ECPI University Director of Marketing - 757.490.9090 or publicrelations@ecpi.edu
Release Date:
Thursday, June 7, 2018

ECPI University First Hampton Roads School to Field Intercollegiate eSports Team

Will Compete Nationwide in World’s Fastest Growing Sport

Virginia Beach, VAECPI University is proud to announce it is forming an eSports team that will be the first in Hampton Roads to play at the intercollegiate level. Competing as the ECPI University Rams, it has joined the National Association of Collegiate eSports (NACE) where it will face up to 87 other colleges and universities across the nation. 

“ECPI University is so excited to have an eSports term,” says team coach and Associate Dean of Academic Technology Gerry White. “It just makes sense for our school, being so forward thinking with technology, to also help and shape the future of eSports.” 

Tryouts are for the Rams are set for June 22 and 23. Each student that makes the team will receive a scholarship of between $1,000 and $5,000. “ECPI University has a longstanding tradition of leading the way locally and nationally for non-traditional learning and success,” says team manager and ECPI University Director of Web Services Mike Glover. “It only makes sense that we would lead the way with the first eSports Varsity team in Hampton Roads.” 

For those unfamiliar with the eSports phenomena, it is developing at an exponential rate. No longer confined to local banquet halls, these events are now full-blown spectator sports, selling out venues like Madison Square Garden and Staples Center. And experts say this is just the beginning.

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ECPI University Director of Marketing - 757.490.9090 or publicrelations@ecpi.edu
Release Date:
Monday, June 4, 2018

Special Surprise Awaits Chesterfield Dual-Enrollment Students

Free Build-It-Yourself Drone Kit Will Put New Skills to the Test

Richmond, VA – Nine Chesterfield Technical Center (CTC) students have spent part of their spring semester dividing their time between their own school and ECPI University’s Richmond/Moorefield campus. They’re dual-enrollment students taking EET 231, Introduction to Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs). It’s a hands-on learning experience designed to develop skills that can be directly applied in the advanced manufacturing workplace. 

“We’ve been talking about how PLCs are used to start and stop motors, and also regulate industrial motor control,” says faculty member Dr. Paul Nussbaum “More and more, industrial motor speed control is being handled digitally, and so we were talking about DC (Direct Current) motor control through PWM (Pulse Width Modulation). 

“Recently, we were talking about their interests, and pretty much across the board they are interested in drones. Drones use small motors and use digital speed control, so it seemed like a perfect way to integrate what they are learning.”  

With that in mind, Campus President Matt Grinsell decided to make their experience especially memorable. So, he purchased “Build-It-Yourself” Drone Kits for each student. The CTC students will arrive for their big surprise at the ECPI University campus, located at 800 Moorefield Park Drive in Richmond, on Friday, April 20 at 10:00 am and will depart at 12:00 pm. 

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ECPI University Director of Marketing - 757.490.9090 or publicrelations@ecpi.edu
Release Date:
Tuesday, April 17, 2018

HIRE Peninsula Career Fair to Draw More Than 50 Employers

Open to the Public, First Hour Reserved for Veteran and Military Job Seekers

Newport News, VAECPI University is proud to host HIRE Peninsula 2018, a career fair to be held from 12:00 to 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, April 18 at ECPI University’s Newport News campus, located at 1001 Omni Boulevard. 

More than 50 employers are expected to participate, including:

  • Huntington Ingalls
  • SC3 (a Technology company)
  • Canon of Virginia
  • Sentara Healthcare
  • Riverside Health Systems
  • Williamsburg Landing
  • Virginia Health Services
  • Department of the Air Force
  • Hampton Division of Fire and Rescue
  • Newport News Shipbuilding
  • Norfolk Police Department
  • Bon Secours
  • Virginia Beach Police Department
  • Consulate Hearth Care/Newport News
  • Ferguson 
Contact:
ECPI University Director of Marketing - 757.490.9090 or publicrelations@ecpi.edu
Release Date:
Wednesday, March 21, 2018

Don’t Miss the 5th Annual Palmetto State Job Fair

 SC’s Largest Professional Job Fair Draws More Than 100 Employers

Columbia, SC – For the fifth consecutive year, ECPI University’s Columbia campus is leading a coalition of community organizations to host the Palmetto State Job Fair. The event will be held on Wednesday, March 14, 2018 from 9 am to 3 pm at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center, located at 1101 Lincoln Street.   

Held in conjunction with area Chambers of Commerce, including South Carolina, ColumbiaGreater Irmo, Greater Cayce West Columbia, Greater Lexington, Kershaw County, Aiken, Sumter, and Newberry County, as well as the South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce, IT-ology, SC Cyber, South Carolina National Guard, Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve, and Alpha Media, this event is devoted to professional job seekers and is free and open to the public.  More than 100 employers will be on hand to meet with job seekers, including:

Contact:
ECPI University Director of Marketing - 757.490.9090 or publicrelations@ecpi.edu
Release Date:
Thursday, March 1, 2018