Alumni and instructors from all 50 states and the District of Columbia as well as government and education leaders participated in the event to celebrate the first decade of the Networking Academy. Cisco Chairman and CEO John Chambers addressed attendees and guests at a reception on Capitol Hill on Wednesday evening.

Lean more about the Cisco Networking Academy U.S. 10th Anniversary Salute at the new microsite

Find press coverage, articles, videos, and podcasts related to the two-day event here.

On August 1, 2007, Pearson VUE became the exclusive global vendor for Cisco certifications. As a result, Cisco Networking Academy has changed the way vouchers are issued and developed a plan for students who currently have a valid Prometric vouchers. Please refer to the FAQs to learn more about the voucher changes and exchange policies.

• Voucher Exchange FAQ (Students) (PDF - 220 KB)
• Voucher Exchange FAQ (Non-students) (PDF- 228 KB)

As we celebrate 10 years of success with Cisco Networking Academy, we strive to improve the experience for our academies, instructors, and students. With this in mind, we are excited to announce the pilot of a new Cisco Networking Academy Maintenance service in response to feedback from academies.

Click here to watch the Networking Academy Maintenance Podcast

There is a quiet crisis building in the United States—a crisis that could jeopardize the nation’s preeminence and well-being. The crisis has been mounting gradually, but inexorably, over several decades.

If permitted to continue unmitigated, it could reverse the global leadership Americans currently enjoy.

New Packet Tracer and Eagle Server Instructor Materials
Instructor materials for Packet Tracer 4.1 and Eagle Server are now available. These materials are designed to help instructors expand their knowledge of Packet Tracer and Eagle Server and provide strategies for using Packet Tracer and Eagle Server in the classroom to improve student learning outcomes and establish an isolated lab environment.

In June, the Cisco^® Networking Academy^® launched two new versions of the Cisco CCNA^® curriculum: CCNA Discovery and CCNA Exploration. Over the summer, instructors and administrators from around the United States have received valuable information about these two new products at Academy Conference 2007 and have gotten numerous announcements and updates via e-mail about the launch and strategies for transitioning to the new curricula.

Gene Longo, Senior Manager for U.S. Field Operations, recently shared some of his perceptions about the academy community’s response to the launch and some of the strategies for adoption.

Cisco Press products for the new CCNA 640-802 curriculum are being published this fall.

An all-time best seller in previous editions, the CCNA Official Certification Library, Third Ed., published the first week of September, complete with video training DVDs in both the Interconnected Network Devices 1 and 2 books.

Several CCNA Discovery and Exploration books will also be published by the end of 2007. Instructors who would like to use these books in the fall can download early chapters for free from the Cisco Press Website.

Visit www.ciscopress.com/irc for more information.

Thanks to all who participated in U.S. Academy Conference 2007! Presentations for the individual sessions as well as the general sessions are available for download.

For the past eight years, Internetworking competition winners in the national SkillsUSA Championships have been Cisco Networking Academy students. This year’s six winners were no exception.

It is back-to-school time. In my early days as a young student, one of the cornerstones of my school experience was the study of words—how to spell them, how to define them, and how to use them in a sentence. Today I am no longer a young student, but I find myself struggling with some of those words that I was led to believe had solid definitions. No one ever told me that using words in context would often be the object of debate.

Training Versus Education

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·         Cisco Networking Academy Announces 2007 "4R" Recognition Award Winners

It's impressive that there are two billion people connected to the Internet, but having four billion not connected is a social issue.

Technology companies are reaching out to those four billion people to connect them to the Web and its advantages of better education, a stronger economy, more political power, and a better life.

The quarterly newsletter informs readers of alumni benefits, Career Connection opportunities, and resources that Cisco provides for career development in and beyond the classroom.

We interviewed Richard Weeks from the Network Development Group (NDG), makers of NETLAB, on what makes this such a useful tool for Cisco Networking Academy.

CISCO: Networking Academies are often challenged to find a cost-effective means to provide the hands-on exposure to real equipment that students need to ensure their success. How does NETLAB+^® provide a solution?

Cory Gray, now a network engineer and consultant at Conquest Technologies, a Cisco Silver Certified Partner, has made great strides since he first registered for the Cisco Networking Academy as a high school student.

“Where Gray finds himself now is a far cry from what he was led to expect as a high school sophomore when networking first appeared on his radar screen. … He's created a life and career for himself building some of the largest networks in the country.”

Read the SearchNetworking.com interview