https://www.infosecnews.org/university-of-minnesota-announces-three-year-collaboration-with-target-on-cyber-security-education/
By William Knowles
Senior Editor
InfoSec News
October 10, 2019
The University of Minnesota College of Science and Engineering announced on
Wednesday, October 8, 2019, a three-year collaboration with Target that
includes a $250,000 donation from Target to fund programs that will educate the
next generation of cybersecurity experts. The collaboration will kick off
tonight at Target's Cyber Security Day at the University of Minnesota, an event
for students interested in cybersecurity careers.
The donation, provided by Target's Cyber Security department, is Target's first
major gift to the University's College of Science and Engineering. The gift
helps build course curriculum and offers hands-on information security
experiences, student scholarships, fellowships, and grants, as well as
opportunities for students to network with cybersecurity experts.
"We're grateful to Target for supporting the University in our efforts to build
the pipeline of high-tech workers in this state and around the world," said
Mostafa Kaveh, dean of the University of Minnesota College of Science and
Engineering. "When industry and academia work together to solve problems, great
things can happen. We look forward to collaborating with Target for many
years."
One of the highlights of the new collaboration is a year-long, in-depth
capstone project in the Department of Computer Science & Engineering where the
University and Target will provide students with hands-on technical experience
prior to graduation. In this course, the instructor and students will work with
leadership at Target to solve a real-world industry problem and develop
innovative solution considerations.
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