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The video above contains comments from Prof. Waleed Farag and student participants regarding their experiences during the Summer 2022 GenCyber Camp.

IUP GenCyber Summer Camp Program

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is a national initiative supported by the National Science Foundation and the National Security Agency. This program has the following goals:

  • Ignite, sustain, and increase awareness of K-12 cybersecurity content and cybersecurity postsecondary and career opportunities for participants through year-round engagement;

  • Increase student diversity in cybersecurity college and career readiness pathways at the K-12 level; and

  • Facilitate teacher readiness within a teacher learning community to learn, develop, and deliver cybersecurity content for the K-12 classroom in collaboration with other nationwide initiatives

The Funded Grant

Under the leadership of Professor Waleed Farag, IUP, along with a group of national universities, were awarded funding to offer GenCyber summer programs for middle and high school students and teachers. Between 2016 and 2024, IUP offered a total of 10 programs, training over 500 students and teachers. For complete details on offered programs, visit any of the past camps webpages. 

Previous Camps Information

Questions

If you have any questions, please send an email to gen-cyber@iup.edu or contact the grant principal investigator:


  • Director, IUP Institute for Cybersecurity and Professor of Computer Science
  • Phone: 724-357-2608
  • Fax: 724-357-7908
  • Institute for Cyber Security
  • Stright Hall, Room 233
    210 South Tenth Street
     Indiana, PA 15705
  • Phone: 724-357-2608
  • Fax: 724-357-7908
Office Hours
Monday through Friday
8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
1:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.