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Welcome From Gene Longo
Ten years ago, Cisco launched the Cisco Networking Academy on Capitol Hill. This month, we returned to Washington, D.C. to celebrate the success of the Networking Academy in the last decade and to focus on the exciting direction of the program in the decade ahead.
Our honored guests during the two-day Tenth Anniversary Salute included 102 graduates and instructors representing all 50 states and the District of Columbia. These delegates came from a community of more than 2600 academies, 4000 instructors, and 460,000 graduates. We also welcomed the many guests who joined us for the event, including leaders from Cisco, education, government, and business.
The event was an exciting opportunity to experience the breadth and reach of the Cisco Networking Academy as we celebrate the unique public-private partnership that is the foundation of this program. In addition, it provided a forum to discuss the importance of technical education in maintaining U.S. competitiveness in a 21st century global economy. In keeping with that theme, in this issue of the newsletter we’ve highlighted a thought-provoking article written by Shirley Ann Jackson, Ph.D., president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. The article calls out the “Quiet Crisis” of the increasing shortage of scientific and technical talent in our country.
The Tenth Anniversary Salute also kicked off a campaign that will be rolled out over the next year in which we plan to host a number of state-level tenth anniversary events. The first state event was held in Indiana the day after our Capitol Hill event. We will keep you informed of upcoming events, but we also encourage you to contact your Area Academy Manager if you would like to participate in the planning and implementation of an event in your state.
In this edition of the newsletter, you will find a number of links to information about the Cisco Networking Academy, our Tenth Anniversary event in Washington, D.C., and our newly launched curricula. I encourage you to explore them.
It has been an exciting decade and promises to be even more exciting in the decade ahead.
Here’s to the next ten years!
Best regards,
Gene
Gene Longo is senior manager of the Cisco Networking Academy Field Operations in the United States and has worked in the education technology field for 23 years.
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Cisco Networking Academy U.S. 10th Anniversary Salute Draws Attendees from Across the Country
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.
Visit the new microsite for the Cisco Networking Academy U.S. Tenth Anniversary Salute
· Learn about the instructor and student delegates from your state
· Review your updated Project 51 state profile which contains new U.S. and federal sections.
· Download keynote presentations and the Mind Wide Open song
· Browse the digital time capsules
Find press coverage, articles, videos, and podcasts related to the two-day event here.
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Indiana Hosts First State Event to Celebrate Tenth Anniversary
The state of Indiana has the honor of hosting the very first state-level Tenth Anniversary event on October 4, the day after our Capitol Hill event. Lt. Governor Becky Skillman hosted the event in the State House and recognized the alumnus and instructor who represented Indiana in Washington D.C.
Cisco will be working closely with a number of states to schedule Tenth Anniversary events and we invite you to contact your Area Academy Manager to discuss hosting an event in your state.
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Falling Short in Producing American Scientific and Technical Talent
http://www.rpi.edu/homepage/quietcrisis/index.html
by By Shirley Ann Jackson, Ph.D., President, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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.
The crisis stems from the gap between the nation’s growing need for scientists, engineers, and other technically skilled workers, and its production of them.
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CCNA Curricula News and Updated Resources
Availability
The English versions of the first two courses of CCNA Discovery and CCNA Exploration were released on June 25, 2007. Interest in the new curricula is strong and 773 academies from around the world have already begun teaching CCNA Discovery or CCNA Exploration.
The English versions of the remaining two CCNA Discovery courses, Introducing Routing and Switching in the Enterprise and Designing and Supporting Computer Networks, and the remaining two CCNA Exploration courses, LAN Switching and Wireless and Accessing the WAN, are currently in development and will be available in the November–December 2007 timeframe.
Updated Resources
Previously released documentation for the new CCNA curricula has been revised and updated resources are now available.
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Curriculum Adoption Q&A with Gene Longo
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.
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Check Out These Online Cisco Networking Academy Resources
Be sure to check out these valuable resources for more information about Cisco Networking Academy.
· Academy Connection
· Cisco Networking Academy Resource Center
· Promoting IT Careers Website
· AcademyNetSpace
· U.S. Cisco Networking Academy Tenth Anniversary Website
· Press and PR Coverage About the Tenth Anniversary Salute in Washington, D.C.
· Videos
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Contact Us
Your Cisco Area Academy Manager (AAM) will gladly share more information about the Academy implementation in your state.
John Bjerke, johbjerk@cisco.com, 530 757-2976
Western Territory
AK, AZ, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, NM, OR, UT, WA, WY
Carroll McGillin, cmcgilli@cisco.com, 410 309-5540
National Initiatives, Military, District of Columbia, MD, VA
Judy Roberts, jurobert@cisco.com, 410 309-4818
Accredited Career Colleges
Clydene Stangvik, cstangvi@cisco.com, 952 967-8361
Central and Mountain Territory
AR, CO, IA, IL, ID, IN, KS, KY, MI, MN, MO, MT, ND, NE, NM, OK, SD, UT, WI, WY
Susan Weatherly, sweather@cisco.com, 678 352-2990
Southern Territory
AL, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, TX
Marie Zwickert, mzwicker@cisco.com, 410 309-4844
Northeast and Ohio Valley Territory
CT, DE, ME, MA, NJ, NH, NY, OH, PA, RI, VT, WV
If you have any comments or questions about this newsletter, please contact Gena Pirtle, U.S. Marketing Manager, at gpirtle@cisco.com.
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Networking Academy Students Top SkillsUSA Championship Podiums Again
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.
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Promoting IT Careers: Changing World, Changing Words
By Peter Joyce, Manager of Talent Transformation, Cisco Worldwide Channels
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
Two words that are frequently debated in today’s education circles are “education” and “training.” Aha! You say these are pretty much the same? Well, that does not seem to be true to many education professionals, and the debate becomes heated at times. To find the definitive resolution, I turned to the 21st century’s ultimate resource, Wikipedia.
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Cisco Networking Academy Graduate Builds Some of the Largest Networks in the Country
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
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