Northern Kentucky University’s Center for Applied Informatics (CAI) has been named the 2018 National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE)/Chevron Award winner. The CAI was honored at the NACE Conference Awards Program.
The NACE/Chevron Award recognizes outstanding achievement for innovative programs in the college career services field. The CAI, housed in the College of Informatics, provides a high-impact virtual, professional and technical co-op program to undergraduate and graduate students.
“Through the CAI, students gain valuable experience working on cross-disciplinary teams for a variety of organizations, including large corporations, small startups, local governments, schools and nonprofits. Just as a data scientist uses an algorithm to sift thru meaningless data to see relevant patterns, so goes our program in providing projects to move from the abstract to the concrete. It’s a recipe for student success,” said Jill Henry, CAI executive director.
To select the winners, NACE reviews programs based on needs/objectives, content, design, creativity, innovation, measurable outcomes and ease of replication. As a 2018 Award recipient, CAI was recognized at the NACE Conference on June 7 in New Orleans and will be featured in the NACE publications in the fall.
Pictured left to right: Marilyn Mackes, NACE Executive Director; Juliane Stockman, NKU CAI Associate Director; Jill Henry, NKU CAI Executive Director; Cynthia Murphy, Chevron; and Glen Fowler, NACE President (provided photo)
“The CAI’s virtual co-op and apprenticeship programs are truly innovative programs that give our students real-world experience working on cutting-edge technology and media projects while earning their degrees,” said Kevin Kirby, dean of the College of Informatics. “We are incredibly proud to be named the 2018 NACE/Chevron Award recipient.”
In addition to the CAI, NKU’s College of Informatics also houses the Center for Information Security, hub for information security research and education.
Northern Kentucky University is celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2018. NKU is a a growing metropolitan university of more than 14,000 students served by more than 2,000 faculty and staff on a thriving suburban campus near Cincinnati.
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