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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>2012 MAD Contest Winners Announced</title>
		<description><![CDATA[School of Information Technology (IT) graduate student Surekha Methuku (pictured (center) with Kentrica Coleman of State Farm (L) and Dr. Joaquin Vila-Ruiz, IT (R)), candidate for the M.S. Degree in Information Systems with a concentration in Internet Application Development, was named the winner of the 2012 Mobile Application Development (MAD) Contest, sponsored by State Farm. State Farm representative Kentrica [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.ilstu.edu/itk/2012/05/01/2012-mad-contest-winners-announced/</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>Commencement Reception &#8211; School of Information Technology</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The School of Information Technology will host a commencement reception for our May &#38; August graduates and their families prior to the commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 12. The reception will be held in the Circus Room of the Bone Student Center from 10:30-11:30 am. Faculty and staff are encouraged to attend. Join our students [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.ilstu.edu/itk/2012/04/03/commencement-reception-school-of-information-technology/</link>
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		<title>Job Outlook: Hiring expected to increase 10.2 percent</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Employers expect to hire 10.2 percent more new college graduates from the college Class of 2012 than they did from the Class of 2011, according to NACE’s Job Outlook 2012 Spring Update. Read the complete article.]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.ilstu.edu/itk/2012/03/28/job-outlook-hiring-expected-to-increase-10-2-percent/</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>IT Grad Students Part of Team Developing Map System to Aid Emergency Services</title>
		<description><![CDATA[School of Information Technology graduate students Kushal Panchal, Ji Zheng, Shreeti Banerjee and Laura Hanna are part of a team lead by John Kostelnick, assistant professor in the Department of Geography-Geology and director of GEOMAP at Illinois State, that is developing a web-based mapping system to help the Illinois Emergency Management Agency (IEMA) coordinate efforts [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.ilstu.edu/itk/2012/02/28/it-grad-students-part-of-team-developing-map-system-to-aid-emergency-services/</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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