NPS and WV ... more opportunity for graduate education?

From the HS digital library blog (hsdl.org/hslog) ... another good blog site.
Here's at least a little more info on this supposed 2nd NPS facility in Shepherdstown.



Congressional Record Recognizes the Center for Homeland Defense and Security
Submitted by ijkaijan on Thursday, February 7, 2008 - 20:05

See attachment below: "Madam Speaker, I am pleased to advise my colleagues of the 5th anniversary of the Center for Homeland Defense and Security, located at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, CA. NPS has always been at the forefront of military graduate education for all the military Services and no more so than 5 years ago, when the School was selected by the Department of Homeland Security to fill a critical gap in graduate level education for our current and future leaders of homeland defense and security. Since 2002, the Center has graduated nearly 200 students from the ranks of our Nation’s first responders-public health, law enforcement, fire, emergency management and other disciplines that make up homeland security, and from almost every State in the country.

The highly competitive application process and the rigorous academic excellence of the master's degree program ensures that Center graduates are having a significant impact on protecting the Nation. Moreover, the success of the Center in Monterey compelled the Department of Homeland Security in June 2007 to establish the DHS Homeland Security Academy in the National Capital Region. NPS was again called upon by DHS to replicate the Center's success by providing faculty and curriculum for DHS employees at the second site in West Virginia. At that time, FEMA Administrator Paulison said the following, 'The NPS master's program has a proven track record of building a national network of leaders who work across agency and jurisdictional lines to solve problems and protect the American people."

https://www.hsdl.org/hslog/?q=node/3964

NPS Center for Homeland Defense and Security turns 5!

NPS graduate HS program celebrates its 5-yr anniversary! This gold standard of graduate-level HS education is expanding to the East Coast (Shepherdstown WV, so I read) this year as part of its 5-yr anniversary.

Born out of the chaos and tragedy of Sept. 11, 2001, the Naval Postgraduate School's Center for Homeland Defense and Security has lived up to expectations, say those who started it.

The center is celebrating its fifth anniversary this week at the Navy school with a reunion of founders and alumni that started with a reception at the school Tuesday. The program has about 90 graduates a year.

It began its first class of 14 master's degree candidates in 2003, and some of them, like retired New York Fire Capt. Vincent Doherty, were there when the World Trade Center was hit by suicide pilots flying jetliners, collapsing the mammoth twin towers and killing more than 3,000 people.

Full story:

http://www.montereyherald.com/news/ci_8116508

SE KY Community & Technical College and their HS Training Certificate Program

Homeland Security Training Certificate Program offered
Local News Commonwealth Journal

Southeast Kentucky Community & Technical College has become the first higher education provider in the nation to make the Homeland Security Training Certificate Program a fully credited class.

The unique Web-based training program is the result of a collaborative effort between The Center for Rural Development in Somerset; Teleologic Learning Co., headquartered in Atlanta, Ill.; and the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, Calif. It consists of a virtual city where participants can adopt the role of a police officer, fireman, mayor, city manager, etc., and play an integral part in thwarting a terrorist threat.

Article here:
http://blogs.open.ac.uk/Maths/ajh59/012375.html