Thursday, July 24, 2008

Colleges Reach Deal On Student Transfers

Prince George's Community College in Largo and Capitol College in Laurel announced a partnership this month that will allow the community college's students to transfer to Capitol to get a bachelor's degree in science information assurance.

To be eligible, the community college students must have completed an associate of applied science degree in information security.

Charlene M. Dukes, president of Prince George's Community College, and Michael T. Wood, president of Capitol College, signed the agreement. The schools are members of CyberWATCH Center, a consortium of 25 educational institutions, businesses and government agencies in the Washington metropolitan area that seeks to strengthen information security education from elementary school through graduate programs. The center is supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation.

Bowie resident Cameron Bennett, who graduated from DeMatha Catholic High School, received a $1,000 scholarship from Commerce Bank as part of its annual American Dream Scholarship program, which recognizes 225 community service-oriented high school seniors annually.

Bennett plans to attend the University of Maryland at College Park and major in engineering. His high school extracurricular activities included memberships in the National Honor Society and the Boy Scouts of America, in which he attained the rank of Eagle Scout.

-- Compiled by AKEYA DICKSON