{"id":209714,"date":"2026-02-03T18:27:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T23:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/03\/wvu-parkersburg-and-washington-state-college-of-ohio-announce-cybersecurity-degree-partnership\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T18:50:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T23:50:08","slug":"wvu-parkersburg-and-washington-state-college-of-ohio-announce-cybersecurity-degree-partnership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/03\/wvu-parkersburg-and-washington-state-college-of-ohio-announce-cybersecurity-degree-partnership\/","title":{"rendered":"WVU Parkersburg and Washington State College of Ohio announce cybersecurity degree partnership"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wtap.com\/2026\/02\/03\/wvu-parkersburg-washington-state-college-ohio-announce-cybersecurity-degree-partnership\/\">WVU Parkersburg and Washington State College of Ohio announce cybersecurity degree partnership<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wtap.com\/2026\/02\/03\/wvu-parkersburg-washington-state-college-ohio-announce-cybersecurity-degree-partnership\/\">https:\/\/www.wtap.com\/2026\/02\/03\/wvu-parkersburg-washington-state-college-ohio-announce-cybersecurity-degree-partnership\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-02-03 18:27:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.wtap.com\">www.wtap.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">PARKERSBURG, W.Va. (WTAP)- West Virginia University Parkersburg (WVUP) and Washington State College of Ohio (WSCO) have announced a new partnership designed to make pursuing a cybersecurity degree more accessible to students in the Mid-Ohio Valley.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The partnership is available to students interested in transferring after completing their associate degree at WSCO. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Under the new agreement, students will complete their first two years at Washington State College of Ohio before transferring to WVUP to finish their final two years and earn their bachelor\u2019s degree in cybersecurity. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Students must meet the admission requirements of both institutions to graduate.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">WVUP President Tori Jackson emphasized the strategic advantage of the collaboration, said the partnership allows the institutions to build on each other\u2019s strengths.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cWe know that by partnering with another institution that we can build on what they\u2019re already doing, which is a great foundation for cybersecurity,\u201d Jackson said. \u201cThen, they\u2019re going to be able to come to us and be able to get the last two years so they can have a four-year degree, which makes them very employable in any technology field globally.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">According to a press release made by WVUP, courses for the bachelor\u2019s degree will be delivered by WVU Parkersburg through its online learning platform, enabling working students to balance their education with other commitments.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Sarah Parker, president of WSCO, highlighted the economic benefits of pursuing the four-year degree.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cThe other thing we like for them to understand is the more that they learn, the more that they earn,\u201d Parker said. \u201cMaking sure that once they\u2019re finished with that associate degree, the baccalaureate is going to open doors for further opportunities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Jacob Stealey, a WVUP senior graduating in May, demonstrates the program\u2019s impact at WVUP.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cMyself, I didn\u2019t know anything about cybersecurity, networking, anything like that before I came here,\u201d Stealey&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wtap.com\/2026\/02\/03\/wvu-parkersburg-washington-state-college-ohio-announce-cybersecurity-degree-partnership\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WVU Parkersburg and Washington State College of Ohio announce cybersecurity degree partnership https:\/\/www.wtap.com\/2026\/02\/03\/wvu-parkersburg-washington-state-college-ohio-announce-cybersecurity-degree-partnership\/ Publish Date:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":209715,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/gray-wtap-prod.gtv-cdn.com\/resizer\/v2\/P3IVARZ7ZJAFBK2K5UQQCOP2LA.jpg?auth=180adb96831da155d969c228529f4b858e01be14456625a72d395bf888e76dfd&width=1200&height=600&smart=true","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-209714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cybersecurity"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209714"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=209714"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209714\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":209716,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209714\/revisions\/209716"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/209715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=209714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=209714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=209714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}