On November 15 the HUB at Eden Prairie will have its ribbon cutting ceremony at approximately 1:30 p.m. Activities will start at 11:30 a.m. with tours, lunch, networking, and other activities leading up to the actual ribbon cutting.
Some of you may be wondering what the Hub is.
In essence, this will be an operation at the Eden Prairie campus that will be designed to help individuals achieve various IT certifications. Certifications that people will have the chance to attain through the Hub includes A+, Network+, MCSA, MCSE, and CCSP. Other certifications will be made available on a regular basis so our catalog of offerings will be expanding.
The students in Hub courses will be utilizing a blended model for learning the various topics in their certification courses. Online vlabs and multimedia presentations will be available in the online portion of these courses that will be accessible anytime of day as long as the student has Internet access. The vlabs in particular will be key elements in many of these courses as students will be connecting into real equipment and be able to practice configurations and performing other tasks associated with the hardware/software in question. In addition, the students will be able to utilize the IT lab at Eden Prairie and make use of the PCs with removable hard drives, network access, Windows 2003 server, Cisco routers and switches, and other equipment and tools that will help them learn the objectives of each course.
I have talked about IT certifications before in the past in different forums, including this blog. Many companies still look for certain certifications as a way to demonstrate a certain knowledge level in a particular technology. Also, these certifications are a way to differentiate you from others who might be applying for the same position.
For those of you in the Twin Cities area on November 15 feel free to stop by and get a look at the Hub at Rasmussen College.
Are you up for the challenge of gaining some new certifications?