Scholarship to be presented at the Hoover High School’s Academy Awards

San Diego, CA – May 8, 2008 – The San Diego Chapter of the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA) announced that they will present a $1,500 scholarship at this year’s Hoover High School Academy Awards on Thursday, May 15, 2008. The scholarship will be awarded to a student belonging to the Academy of Information Technology (AOIT), an organization emphasizing the importance of technology and integrating its uses in a variety of subjects.

“By supporting organizations in our community such as the AOIT we can help ensure that information technology continues to be an area of continued educational growth, the earlier students are exposed to the capabilities of technology the better prepared they will be for college and the work force”, says Peter Bybee, President of the San Diego ISSA chapter, “if we want to continue to see advances in the world of technology, we have to invest in its future – these students are the future”.

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