CertStudent: Construction, snowboarding, tech support

Fourteen months ago, Seth Palmer of Alpine, Utah was working construction to make ends meet and support his snowboarding habit …

CertStudent: Working on computers to work on cars

Not every person entering the IT field wants to become a network administrator or a cybersecurity guru. In fact, one such student at Mountainland Applied Technology College (MATC) in Utah (there are four campuses …

CertStudent: Perseverance pays off for energetic teaching assistant

At Mountainland Applied Technology College (MATC) in Lehi, Utah, Jed Patrick works hard at training his information technology students. Of those students, you will find no one more determined to succeed than Patrick’s lab assistant …

Certification takes IT instructor to Afghanistan and back

Rosa Mattress was trimming and raking shrubs on a hot summer day the first time she met Chelsea Johnson. “I looked up and two ladies in a car were driving up,” Mattress said. The driver was Johnson …

CertStudent: Lucky IT admin gets free certification training for life

 CertStudent  is a regular feature that profiles students of all ages who are pursuing certification at schools, in training programs, and on their own time (and own dime). Know an interesting  CertStudent ? Share the details with us at editor (at) certmag (dot) com.

From somewhere in the picturesque environs of Aschaffenburg, Germany, 26-year-old Mario …

CertStudent: Teacher and students earn certifications together

 CertStudent  is a regular feature that profiles students of all ages who are pursuing certification at schools, in training programs, and on their own time (and own dime). Know an interesting  CertStudent ? Share the details with us at editor (at) certmag (dot) com.

It’s fall, and fall means football season. Just as a high …