Every year the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) selects a unique group of students to
participate in its FBI Honors Internship Program. The program is a 10 week summer internship
open to both undergraduate and graduate students. The selection process is highly competitive
and a very small percentage of applicants from universities are admitted. Two students from
the graduate Information Assurance program at the University of New Mexico, Kevin Rodriguez
and Leila Potts, were selected to participate in the 2009 program.
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Students in the Information Security course at the University of New Mexico's (UNM) Anderson
School of Management are taking what they learned in the classroom and reaching out to the
Albuquerque and surrounding area schools. Students are traveling to local high schools, middle
schools, and even elementary schools to demonstrate safe computer behavior and raise awareness
about best practices on how to protect your personal information. The student presentations have
been well received over the past two years. Parents and teachers of the students have been very
appreciative of UNM's public outreach program as well.
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The University of New Mexico is one of only six universities throughout the country
selected to participate in the FBI Collegiate Marketing Program. As part of this
semester-long program, students in the advertising campaigns course at the Anderson
School of Management are managing an in-class marketing agency, Nvent Marketing
Partnership, responsible for researching, developing, implementing, and evaluating
an integrated marketing campaign for the bureau.
Read the Albuquerque Journal article.
Students at the University of New Mexico's Anderson School of Management are
going to Albuquerque-area schools giving presentations to help teach students
in middle and high school grades important computer safety tips centering on a
computer users identity. The community outreach is a continuation of a program
started by Alex Seazzu, Anderson Professor and director of the Center for Information
Assurance Research and Education (CIARE). Read more...
"Happening Now," with Jon Scott and Jane Skinner on the FOX News Channel (FNC) featured a peer-to-peer marketing campaign for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) created by marketing students at UNM's Anderson School of Management.
The segment, "Spying 101," included an interview with Chris Hodge, a senior marketing student, and presented ads produced by the students for the campaign. To view the segment about the campaign, go to http://www.foxnews.com/video-search/m/22048303/spying_101.htm.
