REDWOOD SHORES, Calif., Oct. 28,
2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Oracle announced that The
Pennsylvania State University
(Penn State) will now offer Oracle
Academy computing education curriculum and resources across 22
campuses, which serve nearly 100,000 students. Through the
collaboration, students receive hands-on technology experience and
develop skills to become career-ready in the era of cloud
computing, artificial intelligence, data science, and beyond.
"In today's economy, technology is essential to every industry,"
said Donald J. Welch Ph.D., Penn
State's vice president for Information Technology and chief
information officer. "Oracle Academy's wide range of resources –
including creative and engaging curriculum designed for diverse
groups, personalized faculty trainings, and access to Oracle Cloud
Free Tier – provide Penn State students
with unique opportunities to understand and experience the
technologies changing the world."
"We are thrilled that Penn State has
joined Oracle Academy in a shared mission to advance computing
education," said Denise Hobbs, North
America Regional Director, Oracle Academy. "Deploying Oracle
Academy resources at one of the world's leading higher education
and research institutions highlights the value of our program and
helps bring essential computing knowledge and skills to more
American university students."
Oracle's leadership in cloud and emerging technologies propels
Oracle Academy's innovation-focused curriculum, resources, and
workshops. As an Oracle Academy Institutional Member, Penn State will gain free access to a wide range of
computing tools and training, including:
- Oracle Academy Cloud Program: Access to Oracle
Autonomous Database and Compute Virtual Machines (VM) through
Oracle Cloud Free Tier, as well as 3,500 hours of free cloud
credits annually for emerging technologies, infrastructure,
database, application development, and more.
- Oracle Application Express (APEX): Access to Oracle
Application Express (APEX) for hands-on practice in the cloud. APEX
is a cloud-based, low-code development platform that enables users
to build scalable, secure enterprise apps, with world-class
features, that can be deployed anywhere.
- NetSuite: Access to NetSuite and NetSuite OneWorld
software as a service (SaaS) solutions to provide students with
practical, hands-on business computing experience in enterprise
resource planning (ERP), sales and marketing, ecommerce, supply
chain, and more.
- Curriculum and Learning Resources: College-ready and
career-focused curriculum and learning modules in Java, database,
and project management. A sampling of courses include: Artificial
Intelligence with Machine Learning in Java, Oracle Application
Express (APEX) Development Foundations, and Oracle Primavera P6
Professional Project Management Fundamentals.
The Penn State faculty are fully
supported by Oracle Academy to help students learn, build, explore,
and become innovators and leaders in and outside of the
classroom.
Supporting Resources
- Join Oracle Academy
- Learn about Oracle Cloud
- Follow Oracle Academy on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook
About Oracle Academy
As Oracle's global, philanthropic
educational program, Oracle Academy advances computing education
around the world to increase knowledge, innovation, skills
development, and diversity in technology fields. The program
engages with thousands of educational institutions and educators in
more than 120 countries, helping millions of students become
college and career ready.
About Oracle
The Oracle Cloud offers a complete suite
of integrated applications for Sales, Service, Marketing, Human
Resources, Finance, Supply Chain and Manufacturing, plus Highly
Automated and Secure Generation 2 Infrastructure featuring the
Oracle Autonomous Database. For more information about Oracle
(NYSE: ORCL), please visit us at oracle.com.
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of Oracle and/or its affiliates. Other names may be trademarks of
their respective owners.
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