MERCYHURST ANNOUNCES $1 MILLION INVESTMENT IN CYBER PROGRAM MCPc TO BUILD HIGH-TECH CYBER LAB, NETWORK OPERATIONS CENTER ON ERIE CAMPUS
A $1 million investment by national technology company MCPc will take the Ridge College of Intelligence Studies and Applied Sciences to the next level by accelerating the expansion of its innovative cybersecurity program. The Cleveland-based company, with ofces in Erie, will create a cyber lab in Hammermill Library that will be used by the Ridge College to educate students in the high-tech cyber feld. Adjacent to the lab, MCPc will create and manage a high-security Network Operations Center that will employ Mercyhurst students. MCPc CEO Andy Jones joined President Michael Victor in making the announcement on July 25. At the same time, Victor announced the naming of a new dean for the Ridge College, and two other faculty leaders, charged with taking the Intelligence Studies program into a new era of growth and innovation. (See story at right.) Former Pennsylvania Governor and the nation’s frst U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge, after whom the Ridge College is named, said, “Mercyhurst University’s Intelligence Studies program enjoys a global reputation for world-class research, exceptional teaching and
student outcomes. The construction of new cyber training facilities and today’s introduction of three new leaders make for a potent combination that will ensure Mercyhurst remains the vanguard of the feld.” Mercyhurst Provost David Dausey said MCPc’s expertise in cybersecurity “will build upon Mercyhurst’s strengths as a leader in the feld of intelligence studies, and develop a pipeline of work-ready talent to meet the nation’s cyber needs.” Today, Mercyhurst Intelligence Studies graduates are employed in all 17 U.S. intelligence agencies, scores of law enforcement organizations and a broad cross-section of corporate America, including a number of Fortune 500 companies. “From terrorism, to the world of cybersecurity and big data, to corporate risk management, we continue to up our game to ensure that our Intelligence Studies majors emerge as the best-equipped graduates in the feld,” President Victor said.
He added, “We all recognize the widespread incidence of cyber threats
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