Community College of Beaver County (CCBC) Joins AWS Academy

Monaca, PA – Community College of Beaver County (CCBC) is participating in AWS Academy, an Amazon Web Services (AWS) program that provides higher education institutions with a ready-to-teach cloud computing curriculum that prepares students to pursue industry-recognized certifications and in-demand cloud jobs.
The AWS Academy curriculum is developed and maintained by AWS subject matter experts, ensuring that it reflects current services and up-to-date best practices and provides access to hands-on learning experiences and scenario-based project exercises about cloud computing. To teach the courses, CCBC
instructors must be approved by AWS Academy to help students become proficient in AWS technology. “We are proud to make the AWS Academy curriculum available to students in our technology programs including Computer Science, Cybersecurity, and Software Development,” said Dr. Katie Thomas, Dean of CCBC’s Business, Arts, Science, and Technology department. “The rapid rise of cloud computing is creating a growing number of high-quality technology jobs at organizations around the world, and the technical skills that students develop through this program will position them well for their careers today and in the future.”
As cloud technologies continue to help organizations rapidly transform, employees with the necessary cloud skills are in high demand. According to LinkedIn data, cloud computing is the number one hard-skill companies need most.