2018-2019 President's Report

mation sciences. According to the Center for Cyber Security and Education, women comprise only 11 percent of the information security workforce. With the grant, East Central sponsored four Cy berWarriors GenCyber Camps in summer 2019 in Decatur, Choctaw, and Louisville. Each camp provided hands-on learning activities that allowed participants to learn cybersecurity vulnerabilities, cybercrime, and how attention to safe online behavior is crucial to their personal safety. Guest speakers introduced the campers to computing careers, with particular attention to cybersecurity and the importance of continuing education. All participants received a Sphero robot to take home to continue learning and to share knowledge gained with friends and family. ECCC Awarded Grant for Cybersecurity Camps

E ast Central was awarded a $74,646 grant from the National Security Agency and National Science Foundation to offer free GenCyber Camps for girls in summer 2019 in four locations throughout the col lege’s district. The grant was part of the National Security Agency’s GenCyber Program 2019. The free camps for girls entering grades three through five in fall 2019 were designed to get more females interest ed in careers in the computer science industry. According to the National Center for Women in Technology, women earn 57 percent of all under graduate college degrees, but only 18 percent of all undergraduate degrees in computer and infor

Mr. and Miss ECCC Sophomore pre-nursing major Rebekah Scitzs of Collinsville and sophomore secondary education major Austin Blaine of Louisville were selected Mr. and Miss East Central Community College for the 2018-19 school year by a vote of the student body. Road Warriors Tour The ECCC Alumni Association announced its first Road Warriors Tour held in July 2019. President Dr. Billy Stew art, Director of Athletics Paul Nixon, and other college officials scheduled lunch stops in each of the five counties East Central Community College serves, including Leake, Neshoba, Newton, Scott and Winston, on select days during the month. The one-hour events included a Dutch-treat lunch, brief college and athletics updates, and door prizes.

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