Southwest Florida College students to visit a premier Help Desk and the Help Desk Analyst of the Year Awards

Southwest Florida College Information Technology students will visit South Florida Information Technology Premier Help Desk and participate in the South Florida Help Desk Analyst of the Year Awards celebration on December 13, 2011. Southwest Florida College is a Silver Member of HDI (formerly the Help Desk Institute). Many of the classes taught at Southwest Florida College help prepare students for Tier 2, 3, 4 jobs in an IT Organization. The HDI Analyst of the Year Awards celebration will honor one winner who will represent the HDI South Florida chapter. The winner will also compete at the HDI Southeast Regional level competition and will receive free conference admission valued at $1695 for the Annual HDI National Conference in April of 2012 in Orlando, Florida, where the statewide 2011 HDI Analyst of the Year will be awarded. Cengage Learning has paid for the bus to transport the Southwest Florida College students on this trip. Breakfast will be served on the bus and is being paid for by Pearson Learning. HDI has covered the cost of the celebration for all of the students. Thank you for all of your support, Cengage Learning, Pearson Learning and HDI! http://www.swfc.edu/it/IT-Disclosures.htm About Southwest Florida College: Southwest Florida College is an accredited, private institution of higher learning that is listening to employers and providing its students with placement assistance in today’s most demanding career fields. The college is located in Fort Myers, Tampa, Port Charlotte and Bonita Springs. The Institute of Interior Design is also located within the Bonita Springs campus. For more information, call 1-877-455-0107 or visit www.swfc.edu.

Information Technology Advisory Board

We will be hosting the advisory board meeting on December 2, 2011 at Fort Myers Campus. This is an opportunity to meet with the local IT Employers and discuss topics of curriculum, graduate placement, and community support. If you or your business are interested in participating as a member of our Information Technology Advisory Board please contact Ms Cohen at jcohen@swfc.edu

We will be honoring our Veterans on campus November 10 in the IT Department. Our campus will be closed for Veterans day November 11.

Information Technology Students invited to visit Carnival Cruiselines Helpdesk in December. As part of our HDI membership we have business partners offering tours of their facilities to our students. We are Silver Members of the HDI South Florida Chapter. www.THINKHDI.com
We hope to have more field trips and speakers coming from HDI to present in our Desktop Support class and other IT Courses.

Certified Students: 2011

 Congratulations to the following students who have earned their certifications!

Wayne Langer: A+, Net+, Sec+
Frank Rhoades: A+, Net+, Sec+
Wendy Davis: Security +
Richard Harris: A+, Net+
Eston Taylor: A+, Net+
Adam Oakley: A+, Net+
Jeff Norris: A+, Net+
Vincent Zinkus: A+, Net+, Sec +
Doug Little: A+, Net+
Larry Theil: Net+
Kevin Fontes: A+, Net+
David Schmidt: A+
Alan Thomas: A+
Richard Kraus: A+
Terry Collins: A+
Rickie Zarb: Net+
Robert Rossi: A+

http://www.swfc.edu/IT/IT-Disclosures.htm

About Southwest Florida College: Southwest Florida College is an accredited, private institution of higher learning that is listening to employers and providing its students with placement assistance in today’s most demanding career fields. The college is located in Fort Myers, Tampa, Port Charlotte and Bonita Springs. The Institute of Interior Design is also located within the Bonita Springs campus. For more information, call 1-877-455-0107 or visit www.swfc.edu.

Students Certified 2011

CONGRATULATIONS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY STUDENTS SWFC
COMPTIA CERTIFIED

Wendy Davis: Security +
Frank Rhodes: A+, Net+, Security +
Wayne Langer: A+, Net+, Security+
Adam Oakley: A+, Net+
Terry Collins: A+
Jeff Norris: A+, Net+
Vincent Zinkus: A+, Net+, Security+
Rickie Zarb: Net+
Richard Harris: A+, Net+
Robert Rossi: A+
Eston Taylor: A+
Doug Little: A+, Net+
Larry Theil: Net+
Kevin Fontes: A+
David Schmidt: A+
Alan Thomas: A+
Richard Kraus: A+

Southwest Florida College is an accredited, private institution of higher learning that is listening to employers and providing its students with lifetime career placement assistance in today’s most demanding career fields. The college is centrally located in Fort Myers, Tampa, Port Charlotte, and includes the Institute of Interior Design located within the Miromar Design Center in Estero. Career training is offered in fields such as Health Care, Business, Design, Education, Information Technology and Legal Studies. For more information, call toll free 888‐526‐7973 or visit http://www.swfc.edu/it.