Final hh - 16.9.7 - miami valley teen coding challenge kick-off

1. News Release
September 7, 2016
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Sinclair Community College and AT&T Announce the
Miami Valley Teen Coding Challenge
“#Unhackable: Keeping It Secure,” a 12-week programming competition, aims to
provide 21st
century skills via computer science education
DAYTON, Ohio, Sept. 7, 2016 — Sinclair Community College and AT&T* today announced
the Miami Valley Teen Coding Challenge, #Unhackable: Keeping It Secure – a 12-week
programming contest for Miami Valley high school students.
The Miami Valley Teen Coding Challenge seeks to equip Miami Valley high school students
with 21st century skills via computer science education, provide college and career
readiness, solve real-world problems and open the doors of opportunity and creativity. To
accomplish this, students will learn to use software-based tools. Using those tools, students
will write code and develop their own app related to security. Miami Valley high schools
entering teams include: Centerville High School; Hamilton High School; Kettering Fairmont
High School; Miami Valley Career Technology Center; Ponitz Career and Technology Center;
Springboro High School; and Stebbins High School.
Students will meet today at the Sinclair Community College Dayton Campus to kick-off the
Miami Valley Teen Coding Challenge. Sinclair is the only Ohio community college designated
as a National Center of Excellence for Information Assurance Education and Training
certified by the National Security Agency. Student participants in today’s program will have
the opportunity to brainstorm project ideas and hear from community leaders including Jeff
Hughes of cyber technology company Tenet 3 and Chris Hahn of website design firm
Catapult Creative.
Through the remainder of the 12-week period the students will learn to use coding software
platforms to create their apps. The apps must be focused on improving data security and
will be judged on quality, the potential impact on the Miami Valley region, execution and
creativity. A team of Miami Valley area leaders will judge the students’ work, and winners
will be announced at a finale event on December 7.
“AT&T's commitment to technology innovation and high school students in Ohio grows out
of our company's investment of nearly $1.5 billion in our wireless and wireline networks
between 2013 and 2015,” said Adam Grzybicki, President, AT&T Ohio. “By encouraging
students in the Miami Valley area to learn to code and explore mobile app development we
are spotlighting the enormous demand for developers and engineers needed to create the
software that will drive our mobile economy.”

2. September 7, 2016
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"One of the major workforce development questions today is how to fix the tech talent
shortage,” said Steve Johnson, President, Sinclair Community College. “Colleges and
companies must partner to introduce non-traditional methods to stimulate interest and
talent in tech fields. The Miami Valley Teen Coding Challenge is one way that AT&T, Sinclair
Community College and the Miami Valley Tech Prep Consortium are working together to
promote computer science education, prepare high school students for college and careers,
and enable them to express their creativity."
To learn more please visit www.sinclair.edu/enroll/new-student-center/miami-valley-teen-
coding-challenge/.
Media interested in covering the #Unhackable event should report to the Smith Auditorium
in Building 12 on the Sinclair Community College Dayton Campus by approximately 10:00
a.m.
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