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<div style="margin:0;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman,serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><font color="black" face="Calibri,sans-serif">Dear Parents/Guardians,</font></span></font></div>

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<div style="margin:0;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman,serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><font color="black" face="Calibri,sans-serif"><span class="highlight" id="0.5429979743488367" name="searchHitInReadingPane">Applications</span> are now open for

 our 2017 Cyber Defense Training <span class="highlight" id="0.8075710825978891" name="searchHitInReadingPane">

Camp</span>:</font></span></font></div>

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<div style="margin:0;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman,serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><font color="black" face="Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Cyber Defense Training

<span class="highlight" id="0.6023514385477561" name="searchHitInReadingPane">Camp</span>:</span></font><font color="black" face="Calibri,sans-serif">

</font><font color="black" face="Calibri,sans-serif"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">For rising juniors and seniors (Grades 11 and 12)</span></strong></font><font color="black" face="Calibri,sans-serif"><br>

</font><font color="black" face="Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>Dates:</strong></font><font color="black" face="Calibri,sans-serif">

</font><font color="black" face="Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>July 9-15, 2017</strong></font><font color="black" face="Calibri,sans-serif"><br>

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Cyber Defense Training <span class="highlight" id="0.5571168529320148" name="searchHitInReadingPane">

Camp</span> is an advanced level </font><font color="black" face="Calibri,sans-serif"><em>(some technical experience is required)

</em></font><font color="black" face="Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>7 day residential

</strong></font><font color="black" face="Calibri,sans-serif">summer program for high school men and women (rising juniors and seniors). Students will have the opportunity to expand their knowledge of cybersecurity and gain practical skills through instruction

 by an experienced security professional, while living on the UMD <span class="highlight" id="0.882012439783828" name="searchHitInReadingPane">

camp</span>us. Students learn about the field, take at least one field trip and hear from a variety of speakers to learn more about how to prepare to enter this exciting profession.</font></span></font></div>

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<div style="margin:0;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman,serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><font color="black" face="Calibri,sans-serif">Find more information &

<strong><a href="https://mc2summercamps.wufoo.com/forms/s16o5njk0b0pam2/">ONLINE APPLICATION</a></strong></font><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"><strong></strong></font> here:</font></span></font></div>

<div style="margin:0;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman,serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><a href="https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3a%2f%2fcyber.umd.edu%2feducation%2fcyber-defense&data=01%7c01%7csteve.crow%40microsoft.com%7ceeea74d6901c42b181c008d3273060b4%7c72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7c1&sdata=n%2b5aJWTfJQMI3%2bNjho%2bTCXGKpADifdvzhRZC0lOokcw%3d" target="_blank"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">http://cyber.umd.edu/education/cyber-defense</font></a></span></font></div>

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<div style="margin:0;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman,serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><font color="black" face="Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>**Please Note**  -  All applicants must send most recent UNOFFICIAL TRANSCRIPTS to

<a href="mailto:jharring@umiacs.umd.edu" target="_blank"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;">jharring@umiacs.umd.edu</a><font color="black" face="Calibri,sans-serif">.

<span class="highlight" id="0.310105318059243" name="searchHitInReadingPane">Applications</span> without corresponding transcripts/emails will not be evaluated for the program. Transcripts must be sent within one week of the submitted application.</strong></font><font color="black" face="Calibri,sans-serif"><br>

</font><font color="black" face="Calibri,sans-serif"><br>

</font><font color="black" face="Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Please title all emails as follows:</span></font></span></font></div>

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<li style="margin:0;"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman,serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">Applicants First and Last Name - Cyber Defense Application 2016.</font></span></font></li><li style="margin:0;"><font size="3" color="black" face="Times New Roman,serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif"><em>Example: John Smith - Cyber Defense Application 2016</em></font></span></font></li></ul>

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<div style="margin:0;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman,serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><font color="black" face="Calibri,sans-serif">We also have a commuter day

<span class="highlight" id="0.6894128779848017" name="searchHitInReadingPane">camp</span> for rising 7</font><font size="-1" color="black" face="Calibri,sans-serif"><sup>th</sup></font><font color="black" face="Calibri,sans-serif"> and 8</font><font size="-1" color="black" face="Calibri,sans-serif"><sup>th</sup></font><font color="black" face="Calibri,sans-serif">

 grade g</font><font color="black" face="Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>irls</strong></font><font color="black" face="Calibri,sans-serif">:

</font><a href="https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3a%2f%2fcyber.umd.edu%2feducation%2fcyber-stem&data=01%7c01%7csteve.crow%40microsoft.com%7ceeea74d6901c42b181c008d3273060b4%7c72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7c1&sdata=woLpQgrjon%2fsWGLM8PXxdP6yxjEye0aet%2f7NeD%2fE7SE%3d" target="_blank"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">http://cyber.umd.edu/education/cyber-stem</font></a><font color="black" face="Calibri,sans-serif">

 and a commuter day <span class="highlight" id="0.32887544319312967" name="searchHitInReadingPane">

camp</span> for rising 9</font><font size="-1" color="black" face="Calibri,sans-serif"><sup>th</sup></font><font color="black" face="Calibri,sans-serif"> and 10</font><font size="-1" color="black" face="Calibri,sans-serif"><sup>th</sup></font><font color="black" face="Calibri,sans-serif">

 grade </font><font color="black" face="Calibri,sans-serif"><strong>girls</strong></font><font color="black" face="Calibri,sans-serif">:</font><a href="https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3a%2f%2fcyber.umd.edu%2feducation%2fintermediate-cyber-stem&data=01%7c01%7csteve.crow%40microsoft.com%7ceeea74d6901c42b181c008d3273060b4%7c72f988bf86f141af91ab2d7cd011db47%7c1&sdata=bNZbE7AuwuIZHWTDbR8W1nEWSjL29nIQQvfj6WLLPKw%3d" target="_blank"><font face="Calibri,sans-serif">http://cyber.umd.edu/education/intermediate-cyber-stem</font></a><font color="black" face="Calibri,sans-serif">

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<div style="margin:0;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman,serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><font color="black" face="Calibri,sans-serif">We look forward to your

<span class="highlight" id="0.12410770487699063" name="searchHitInReadingPane">applications</span>!</font></span></font></div>

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<div style="margin:0;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman,serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;"><font color="black" face="Calibri,sans-serif">Best regards,</font></span></font></div>

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<font size="3">Jessica N. Harrington<br>

Graduate Assistant for Education   <br>

Maryland Cybersecurity Center (MC2)<br>

3400 A.V. Williams Building <br>

jharring@umiacs.umd.edu <br>

301-405-6735<br>

<a target="_blank" href="http://www.cyber.umd.edu/education" tabindex="0" id="NoLP">www.cyber.umd.edu/education</a>

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