{"id":113064,"date":"2026-01-06T19:06:54","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T19:06:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/113064\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T19:06:54","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T19:06:54","slug":"collin-college-cybersecurity-program-honored-with-2025-academic-awards-from-ec-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/113064\/","title":{"rendered":"Collin College Cybersecurity Program Honored with 2025 Academic Awards from EC-Council"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The EC-Council annually awards honors to global academic communities in cybersecurity training and education.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Collin College\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.collin.edu\/department\/cybersecurity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">cybersecurity program<\/a> is a 2025 recipient of the Academia Circle of Excellence award by the International Council of E-Commerce Consultants, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eccouncil.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">EC-Council<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The EC-Council annually awards honors to global academic communities in cybersecurity training and education.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are honored to once again be recognized by EC-Council,\u201d said Damien Smith, director of workforce cybersecurity at Collin College. \u201cThe esteemed Academia Circle of Excellence award is a testament to our dedication to cybersecurity education and supporting the next generation of leaders in the field. We are committed to a high standard of excellence and are delighted to see that our passion and efforts are being recognized on an international stage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/planomagazine.com\/collin-college-handshake-award\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Collin College<\/a> is one of five institutions in EC-Council\u2019s North America academic division to receive this award, according to a press release. Along with the program as a whole, cybersecurity professor Glenn Kimball was named a recipient of the 2025 Academia Instructor Circle of Excellence award.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m humbled and honored to be selected to receive the EC-Council 2025 Academic Instructor\u00a0Circle of Excellence Award,\u201d Kimball said. \u201cInspiring students to elevate their knowledge and skills to address the complexities and challenges in cybersecurity is core to my teaching mission. This award validates\u00a0that our core approach, collaborative partnerships,\u00a0and\u00a0dedication to student outcomes and advancement\u00a0is\u00a0on target. I am grateful to have a partner like EC-Council to advance the cybersecurity cause.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The EC-Council annually awards honors to global academic communities in cybersecurity training and education.\u00a0 &#13; Collin College\u2019s cybersecurity&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":113065,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[160,162,161],"class_list":{"0":"post-113064","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-plano","8":"tag-plano","9":"tag-plano-headlines","10":"tag-plano-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113064"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113064\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/113065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}