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		<title>Central Illinois High School Students Compete in Cyber Defense Competition</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Illinois State University recently hosted the Central Illinois High School Cyber Defense Competition. The competition is modeled on the National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition. Teams from central Illinois high schools competed against each other on their ability to defend their computers and networks against hacking attacks from a &#8220;red team&#8221; consisting of School of Information Technology students [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.ilstu.edu/itk/2012/05/15/central-illinois-high-school-students-compete-in-cyber-defense-competition/</link>
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		<title>ISU Alumni Career Fair</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ISU Career Center Services for Alumni As an Illinois State University alum, the Career Center provides you a number of services and resources to help you connect with employers. Illinois State University&#8217;s Career Center is hosting an Alumni Career Fair for ISU Alumni who graduated between 2009-2012. This event will be held on May 15, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.ilstu.edu/itk/2012/05/07/isu-alumni-career-fair/</link>
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		<title>IT Student Rebecca Duxler Awarded AITP Scholarship</title>
		<description><![CDATA[School of Information Technology student Rebecca Duxler was named one of two Robert Half Technology/AITP Scholarship recipients during the 2012 AITP National Collegiate Conference  on Friday, March 30, 2012 in San Antonio, Texas. Each year, Robert Half Technology and the Association of Information Technology Professionals (AITP) offer two $2,500 scholarships to two outstanding AITP Student [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.ilstu.edu/itk/2012/04/24/it-student-rebecca-duxler-awarded-aitp-scholarship/</link>
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		<title>IT Student Jennilee Benda earns award</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Jennilee Benda, a Junior Information Systems major in the School of Information Technology, earned the 3rd place award for Computer Concepts at the Phi Beta Lambda (PBL) 2012 State Leadership Conference, held at Thelma Keller Convention Center in Effingham, IL , April 13 &#8211; 14, 2012. She now advances to the national competition. The Computer [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.ilstu.edu/itk/2012/04/18/it-student-jennilee-benda-earns-honors/</link>
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		<title>Helping Military Veterans Overcome Job-search Challenges</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When military veterans try to enter of reenter the U.S. work force, they face several obstacles that career services practitioners should understand and help them overcome. One free resource &#8230;. is the Occupational Network’s online military crosswalk, which allows users to search military occupations to determine knowledge, skills, abilities, and more, and give a clearer [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.ilstu.edu/itk/2012/04/13/helping-military-veterans-overcome-job-search-challenges/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;Transition to Professionalism&#8221; Prepares Students for Workplace</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Caterpillar Inc. has partnered with the School of Information Technology to aid students in making the transition from the academic world to the professional world by sponsoring the &#8220;Transition to Professionalism&#8221; presentation and dinner. Dr. Debbie Lindberg of the ISU Accounting Department will present her program entitled “Transition to Professionalism” on Tuesday, April 3, 2012. Dr. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.ilstu.edu/itk/2012/03/27/transition-to-professionalism-prepares-students-for-workplace/</link>
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		<title>Mobile Application Development (MAD) Contest Finalists Selected</title>
		<description><![CDATA[18 School of Information Technology students entered the MAD Contest, sponsored by State Farm, on Feb. 3, 2012. The objective of the contest is for students to develop a working mobile application that promotes good behavioral habits. Contest sponsor State Farm has provided a Sony Tablet, a Samsung Galaxy and an ASUS Eee pad as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.ilstu.edu/itk/2012/03/09/mobile-application-development-mad-contest-finalists-selected/</link>
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		<title>Center for Applied Information Systems Technology Approved</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Illinois State University’s Board of Trustees has approved center status for the Center for Applied Information Systems Technology. The Center for Applied Information Systems Technology (CAIST) will advance information technology education, training, consulting and applied research for business, education and government. The Center also supports the Illinois Critical Skills Shortages Initiative that identified information technology as one [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.ilstu.edu/itk/2012/02/21/center-for-applied-information-systems-technology-approved/</link>
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		<title>Employment Opportunity &#8211; Multimedia Network Operations</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Company: Verizon Full time/Part time: Full Time Internship /Temporary/Permanent: Permanent Description: Position Responsibilities Responsible for the configuration, management, troubleshooting and analysis of Verizons OTT (DRM) CDN architecture from a conditional access standpoint. Responsible for CAS architecture configurations, maintenance and analysis as needed. Ensure stability and quality of DAC Video Service Isolate and Troubleshoot DAC Video [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.ilstu.edu/itk/2012/02/14/employment-opportunity-multimedia-network-operations/</link>
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		<title>IT Degree Candidates Anticipate Winter Commencement</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Illinois State University will hold Winter Commencement in two ceremonies on Saturday, Dec. 17, in Redbird Arena. School of Information Technology graduates will participate in the afternoon ceremony at 1 p.m. that will include graduates from the College of Applied Science and Technology, College of Business and College of Education. Student Body Vice President Aaron Von [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.ilstu.edu/itk/2011/12/06/it-degree-candidates-anticipate-winter-commencement/</link>
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