University of Minnesota announces three-year collaboration with Target on cyber security education

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By William Knowles
Senior Editor
InfoSec News
October 10, 2019

The University of Minnesota College of Science and Engineering announced on 
Wednesday, October 8, 2019, a three-year collaboration with Target that 
includes a $250,000 donation from Target to fund programs that will educate the 
next generation of cybersecurity experts. The collaboration will kick off 
tonight at Target's Cyber Security Day at the University of Minnesota, an event 
for students interested in cybersecurity careers.

The donation, provided by Target's Cyber Security department, is Target's first 
major gift to the University's College of Science and Engineering. The gift 
helps build course curriculum and offers hands-on information security 
experiences, student scholarships, fellowships, and grants, as well as 
opportunities for students to network with cybersecurity experts.

"We're grateful to Target for supporting the University in our efforts to build 
the pipeline of high-tech workers in this state and around the world," said 
Mostafa Kaveh, dean of the University of Minnesota College of Science and 
Engineering. "When industry and academia work together to solve problems, great 
things can happen. We look forward to collaborating with Target for many 
years."

One of the highlights of the new collaboration is a year-long, in-depth 
capstone project in the Department of Computer Science & Engineering where the 
University and Target will provide students with hands-on technical experience 
prior to graduation. In this course, the instructor and students will work with 
leadership at Target to solve a real-world industry problem and develop 
innovative solution considerations.

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