Erwin Karincic
University: Virginia Commonwealth University
Major: Computer Engineering, Junior
Erwin Karincic is pursuing a Bachelors of Science in Computer Engineering at Virginia Commonwealth University.
Erwin is also the president of Cyber Security Club at VCU.
Sharlene Sledge
University: University of Central Florida
Major: Computer Science, Sophomore
Sharlene Sledge is a sophomore at the University of Central Florida majoring in computer science.
While attending school, she has worked on multiple websites such as Crowdfund Teachers and SledgeDB.
In high school, she took calculus in the 10th grade and created an Amazon Alexa Skills App to help her study for classes.
During her freshman year of college, Sharlene made the president's list, became a member of the honor society, and was president of the Society of Women in Engineering.
As president, she and other members went to local elementary schools and taught students how to build flashlights.
In the future, she hopes to attain her MBA (Masters of Business Administration).
Sharlene’s main vision is to create a startup company that will improve the world, bring people together, and achieve greatness.
Official Rules of the 2021 Snort® Scholarship Awards
Definitions. Unless otherwise defined in these Official Rules, capitalized terms used herein shall have the following meanings:
Terms.
To learn the identity of the Awardees after the Drawing, look for a notice on https://snort.org/community/scholarship on or about June 3, 2019.
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This Promotion is open to participants ("Participants" or "you") who are:
(1) eligible to receive a high school diploma or equivalent, in 2021 or
(2) who are enrolled in a Qualified Organization in 2019 and can provide reasonable evidence to Sponsor (in the form of an official student enrollment form that list Participant's declared major or other similar form from the Qualified Organizations) that they are seeking a degree in computer science, information technology, computer networking, cyber security or a substantially related field of study in a tuition-based program at a Qualified Organization and
(3) are age eighteen (18) years or older at the time of entry.
Company Personnel and their immediate family members are ineligible.
We will begin accepting applications for the scholarship award on April 15, 2019. The open application period will end on May 15, 2019. After this time, the application will be removed from the site and additional candidates will no longer be accepted.
To be considered for the scholarship award you will need to meet both applicant and application requirements. These requirements are as follows:
Eligible Applicants. This promotion is open to participants (“participants” or “you”) who:After submission, you will be redirected to a confirmation page. In addition, a confirmation email will be sent to the address provided on your application. Please check your junk or spam box first, if you do not initially see your confirmation email.
Notification of Awardees. Within approximately one (1) week after the Drawing, Cisco will make all reasonable attempts to notify the potential Awardees, by email or by U.S. mail at Cisco’s discretion, using the potential Awardee’s addresses of record set forth in his or her Application. If after reasonable attempts we cannot contact a potential Awardee within (7) days of the initial Drawing, or a potential Awardee otherwise fails to claim an Award once notified, then Cisco will conduct a second Drawing to select another potential Awardee. Cisco will hold the Award funds until both Awards have been paid to the designated Qualified Organization.
To learn the identity of the Awardees after the Drawing, look for a notice on https://snort.org/community/scholarship on or about June 3, 2019.
Payment of Award. You shall provide Cisco with all necessary information to permit Cisco to pay the Award to your Qualified Organization. Awards cannot be assigned, transferred, exchanged or redeemed for cash or other value, and shall only be paid to a Qualified Organization on your behalf.
Once eligibility has been verified and all required documentation is received to process payment requests, awards will be disbursed on a NET-60 term.
Please contact snort-scholarship@cisco.com and provide your university name, country and state (if applicable). Upon verification, the university will be added to our database.
No. Prior award recipients are not eligible for consideration.
Please select: Academic degree->Bachelor’s-> Academic status -> Freshman
Please contact snort-scholarship@cisco.com for all unaddressed inquiries.