Brown Mackie College Renews Sponsorship with BDPA Cincinnati

Brown Mackie College (Cincinnati)

Brown Mackie College agreed to renew its in-kind sponsorship of the program meetings hosted on the 3rd Wednesdays of each month for BDPA Cincinnati chapter. The monthly face-to-face gatherings are a major reason that BDPA Cincinnati is now the largest local chapter in the nation.

Monthly program meetings hosted by Brown Mackie College in 2015 included:

1. 3D Printing
2. Everything You Need to Know about the BDPA Computer Camp
3. Big Data: Friend or Foe?
4. Challenge of IT in Sub-Saharan Africa
5. Diving into Augmented & Virtual Reality
6. ePublishing
7. Financial Strategies for Small Businesses
8. Innovation and Minority Entrepreneurship
9. IT Recruiter's Roundtable
10. The Internet of Things
11. The Smart Grid
12. What Cloud Means for Business

Brown Mackie College also informs its students about BDPA programs such as:

• sponsored college student memberships - Other BDPA sponsors are willing to pay the $25 membership dues for any interested Brown Mackie College student
• recruit Brown Mackie College students interested in competing in the 3rd Annual Mobile Application Showcase
• recruit Brown Mackie College students to compete in our 14th Annual IT Showcase 
• recruit Brown Mackie College students interested in helping us train high school students at our BDPA Computer Camp

Brown Mackie College demonstrates to other organizations how important it is to find a way to work with the local BDPA chapter in your geographic area.

"Looks good and I’ll keep our students in the loop," says Julie Gabbard, Information Technology director, Brown Mackie College. "I hope they all sign up!"

BDPA seeks to advance the careers of African Americans in the technology industry from the classroom to the boardroom. We want to take a quantum leap in the number of sponsorships involving BDPA programs, scholarships and services over the coming weeks.  Please reach out to BDPA by email (corpsales@bdpa.org) or phone (301.584-3135 x108) if you have questions or wish to discuss further.

Member on the Move: Prince Ellis (BDPA Cincinnati)

Prince Ellis

BDPA is all about the advancement in careers made by people of African descent in the Information Technology (IT) industry from the 'classroom to the boardroom'. As such, we are proud to share some news about the upward mobility of BDPA Cincinnati VP-Finance Prince Ellis.

Prince recently accepted a promotion to Department Chair of Information Technology at Brown Mackie College (BMC). Prince joined BMC in 2007 as an IT adjunct instructor and was later promoted to full-time instructor. He holds a B.S in Finance and a Master of Science in Information Systems from Northern Kentucky University. Currently, he is pursuing a Doctoral Degree from Argosy University in Business Technology. He serves on various committees at BMC including the Faculty Development Leadership Team, Professional Learning Committee, Blended Task Force Committee, and Library Advisory Committee for IT / Computer Networking.

Some of his recognitions at BMC include May 2010 Faculty of the Month and August 2010 recipient of the Valerie C. Miles "Spirit of Student Support" Award.

In addition to serving on the BDPA Cincinnati Board of Directors as its VP-Finance, Prince also volunteers time on Saturdays to teach basic computer skills to high school students. Prince was instrumental in providing two computer labs for the TECHie Camp project to take place in Cincinnati later this summer.

Please join us in congratulating Prince on his promotion!