53 Virginia students named as national cyber scholars
Date Posted: Tuesday, June 7, 2022
The Virginia Information Technologies Agency (VITA) and the Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) recently announced that 53 Virginia students have been named as national cyber scholars in this year’s CyberStart America competition, earning cyber training scholarships worth approximately $3,000 each and totaling $159,000 statewide.
Virginia ranked as one of the top five states nationally for the number of students registered for CyberStart America this year, with 24 students named as semi-finalists and 219 students named as finalists in the competition.
For additional information contact VITA Communications at vitacomms@vita.virginia.gov