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Social media has negative impact on IC hiring, Mercyhurst study shows
You check Facebook first thing every morning. You’re tweeting on your smartphone over coffee. Your online persona and that of your family, friends and colleagues are part of the fabric of your life. Would you give it up for a coveted job in the intelligence community (IC)?
Market forces turn one-trick ponies into one-stop shops
More traditional US institutions are playing for-profits at their own game by offering short professional courses. Jon Marcus reports
TIME, INC. Story Cites Dr. James Breckenridge
Jim Breckenridge, Executive Director of the Institute for Intelligence Studies, and Reggie Herndon, a student of Intel's counterintelligence graduate certificate program, were interviewed for a Time.com story on "The 'Cash Cow' of U.S. Universities: professional certificates instead of degrees."
Mercyhurst intel studies grad trying to 'stop the Pitt bomb threats'
A 2010 graduate of applied intelligence at Mercyhurst University, Andrew Fournaridis, is using his background in intelligence analysis to spot patterns and trends in the recent spate of bomb threats at the University of Pittsburgh. His online analysis has already sparked more than 270,000 hits since he began April 3.
Mercyhurst Officials Announce Permanent Location in Ireland
University officials on Friday announced the opening of a new international center in Dungarvan. The center will act as the permanent location for Mercyhurst students to study abroad and will be the first step in a planned international expansion of the school.
Two Mercyhurst intel students claim top honors from AFCEA
Mercyhurst University intelligence studies majors Spencer Vuksic and Joseph Reinhard distinguished themselves among a field of 14 students nationwide to earn the only undergraduate intelligence scholarships awarded this year by the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA).
USA Today - Kristan Wheaton, J.D., Intelligence Studies
Mercyhurst intelligence studies professor Kristan Wheaton, J.D., is quoted on his use of games in the teaching of strategic intelligence in this USA Today story titled Video games hit higher level of U.S. education.
Mercyhurst team to research Iran's Baha'i as future genocide target
A team of intelligence studies students from Mercyhurst College will soon commence research to assess the threat of ethnic-based violence against the Baha’i population in Iran, a project undertaken at the behest of the Sentinel Project for Genocide Prevention.
Intelligence studies alumnus earns FBI Director’s Award
Christopher J. Anderson, a graduate of the intelligence studies program at Mercyhurst College, has been awarded the FBI Director’s Award for Excellence in Intelligence Analysis, which recognizes Bureau employees for their extraordinary contributions to the FBI’s mission.
Mercyhurst Intelligence Studies deals another winning card
Mercyhurst Intelligence Studies Department Chair Jim Breckenridge never expected to be immortalized in a deck of cards, let alone as the formidable Jack of Diamonds, but he’s in good company.
