{"id":150183,"date":"2021-10-20T15:48:49","date_gmt":"2021-10-21T01:48:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=150183"},"modified":"2021-10-20T15:49:31","modified_gmt":"2021-10-21T01:49:31","slug":"gross-comptia-advisory-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2021\/10\/20\/gross-comptia-advisory-board\/","title":{"rendered":"New national IT<\/abbr> educational advisory board taps Leeward CC<\/abbr> professor"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>
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Petersen Gross<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Leeward Community College<\/a> Assistant Professor Petersen Gross<\/strong> has been named to a new national council of CompTIA<\/abbr><\/a>, the nonprofit association for the information technology (IT<\/abbr>) industry and workforce. The nascent CompTIA<\/abbr> National Career and Technical Education (CTE<\/abbr>) Advisory Council includes representatives from all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.<\/p>\n

“We strongly believe that CTE<\/abbr> will play a critical role in our recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, which has devastated household finances and changed educational plans for many families,” Angel L. Piñeiro Jr., CompTIA<\/abbr> vice president, said in a statement. “With the help of an elite group of educators and other leaders we intend to raise national awareness of CTE<\/abbr> as a creator of opportunities for careers that will provide a better way of life for multiple generations to come and to do so in a way that addresses digital inequity head-on.”<\/p>\n

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Petersen Gross (center) at Leeward CC<\/abbr> with students<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In January 2021, U.S. employers advertised more than 232,000 job openings for core IT<\/abbr> positions, according to a CompTIA<\/abbr> release. These openings occurred in virtually every industry sector and included positions in software and application development, IT<\/abbr> support, systems engineering and architecture and IT<\/abbr> project management.<\/p>\n

Garret Yoshimi<\/strong>, University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> vice president for IT<\/abbr> and chief information officer, applauded Gross\u2019 appointment to the CompTIA<\/abbr> National CTE<\/abbr> Advisory Council.<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s great to see Pete acknowledged for his skills and abilities,” Yoshimi said. “He directly participates in a number of efforts that contribute to the greater good to benefIT<\/abbr> all of UH<\/abbr>.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

IT<\/abbr> career and technical education to play a critical role in pandemic recovery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[598,416,65,71],"class_list":["post-150183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-people","tag-faculty-recognition","tag-information-technology","tag-leeward-community-college","tag-uh-community-colleges","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t