Cybersecurity and STEM education, inclusion, and outreach for the benefit of society.
Hundreds of students converged at Hawkeye Community College in Waterloo, Iowa on March 13, 2025. This is the second year that Docent has help to host the event, providing an engaging and refreshed Capture the Flag competition. (See the video of 2024 at the bottom of the post.)… Read the rest
Docent is hosting a CTF for a couple hundred high school students again in Waterloo, Iowa on March 13, 2025. Our Director of Educational Programs will be attending in person to run the competition. Photos will be posted after the event.
[Article by juliawise on Lesswrong.com]
I think of us in some kind of twilight world as transformative AI looks more likely: things are about to change, and I don’t know if it’s about to get a lot darker or a lot brighter.… Read the rest
Docent, in conjunction with our partners, will be hosting 50+ high school students for a cybersecurity career introduction and CTF on April 17th. The event will be hosted by IIT Rice Campus in Wheaton, IL.
We held our Spring Kids’ Hacker Camp at EICC in Davenport yesterday for 50+ kids! It was a great time and I want to thank all of the volunteers, parents and kids for making this event fun and successful. Everyone was helpful and well-behaved, even the volunteers!!… Read the rest
We want to thank the Chicago Public Schools and our partners and sponsors for supporting another great cybersecurity career introduction to high school students!
We had a turnout of 160 students and 20 teachers and volunteers at Morningstar headquarters in downtown Chicago on March 13, 2024.… Read the rest
On March 7, Docent hosted a Capture The Flag (CTF) for over 200 students in Waterloo, IA. Docent Director of Educational Programs, Dr. Somchai Rice, attended and led the CTF. The students found the event fun and educational. This was also an opportunity to prove out the ability to support events like this remotely, in the future.… Read the rest
Did you know there are over 300 colleges and universities across the country with designated cybersecurity degree programs? Many of those offers scholarships as well – $27,000 for undergraduate degrees and $37,000 for graduate degrees.
https://niccs.cisa.gov/cybersecurity-career-resources/featured-stories/march-expanding-girls-horizons-science-and
Docent is a proud partner of ‘looCon24 in Waterlook, IA on March 7, 2024. We will be providing the Capture The Flag (CTF) platform for 200+ high school students to learn about some of the skills useful for a career in cybersecurity.… Read the rest
Docent Institute will hold its third High School Cybersecurity Career Day next week in both downtown Chicago and in the western Chicago suburbs. This follows a highly successful career day that was held on March 21, 2023 at IIT Kent College of Law for more than 100 Chicago Public School (CPS) students.… Read the rest