Create IT Discovery Day provides high school students the opportunity to explore careers in information technology
March 1, 2012
COLUMBIA, SC – March 1, 2012 – Columbia, SC – Midlands 9th, 10th, 11thand 12th graders are invited to register now for the Create IT Discovery Day, to be held on Saturday, March 17th from 1 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. atIT-oLogy. High school students will learn about the exciting careers ininformation technology (IT). The goal of the program is to encouragehigh school students to pursue an interest in careers in IT.
Students and faculty from the University of South Carolina, along withIT professionals, will lead hands-on activities exploring the wide range of career options available in IT and the necessary skill sets required for success in those careers. Attendees will be engaged in activitiesdesigned to reinforce what is learned. Door prizes will include iPads,iPods and other technology goodies.
Create IT Discover Day will be held at IT-oLogy, located at 1301 Gervais Street in downtown Columbia, and at the University of South Carolina.Registration is limited; early registration is encouraged. To register,please visit www.HRSM.sc.edu. Create IT Discovery Day is sponsored byIT-oLogy, in collaboration with its partner TM Floyd & Company, andthe University of South Carolina.
The University of South Carolina College of Hospitality, Retail andSport Management (HRSM) is a world-class teaching and researchinstitution producing management-level graduates for the hospitality,restaurant, tourism, retail, sport, entertainment and technologyindustries. HRSM is the third largest college at USC with more than2,100 students enrolled annually and an award-winning internship program for all majors. For more information, please call 803.777.4290, visit www.hrsm.sc.edu or follow on Twitter at @UofSC_HRSM.
IT-oLogy is a non-profit collaboration of businesses, academicinstitutions and other organizations dedicated to growing the IT talentpipeline and advancing the IT profession. IT-oLogy does this throughthree major initiatives: Promote IT (K-12 schools), Teach IT (HigherEducation) and Grow IT (Professionals and Businesses).
For more information about IT-oLogy, visit www.it-ology.org or contact Powers Strickland at 803.354.5735 or [email protected].
