[Asis-l] University of South Florida SI home to Intelligence Community Center of Academic Excellence

[Andrews, James]

The University of South Florida School of Information is happy to announce it is now home to a federally-funded Intelligence Community Center of Academic Excellence - IC CAE, and Certificate Program in National Intelligence. This program is funded by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) through the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA). The USF Program in National Intelligence (http://information-analytics.cas.usf.edu/INTEL/Home.html) articulates well with the overall mission and programs of SI, particularly our new MS in Intelligence Studies, which will enable continued funding and sustainability.

The current certificate program has been exceptionally successful, and has had a wonderful impact on the students involved. Through a combination of existing courses across USF, and specialized workshops, seminars, and internship opportunities, students receive a solid intellectual foundation for careers in the intelligence community.  Many students from the USF program have landed internships in some amazing places, such as the White House, State Department, CIA, and other federal agencies. More USF students are selected to attend the national IC CAE Summer Seminar each year in comparison to other university programs. USF's Program in National Intelligence organizes an annual trip for select students in the program, as well. This past May the trip involved special visits to the CIA, NSA, White House, and a number of other agencies, and previous years have involved overseas tours of foreign government agencies. This week, students in the program are engaged in an intensive, 4 day summer seminar, which began with a full day at the Special Operations Command (SOCOMM) Intelligence Center. They are working on analyzing real world topics, practicing briefing in front of actual intelligence officers, and developing other areas of intelligence tradecraft and analytical skills.

We are fortunate to have two exceptional leaders with extensive experience leading the IC CAE:

The  Director of the Program in National Intelligence, IC CAE, is Mr. Walter Andrusyszyn, has an extensive background in both business and government. Temporarily returning to government in 2009, he served as the deputy permanent representative to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization or NATO and shared responsibility in preparing U.S. President Barack Obama's first visit to Europe. He has also served on the White House's National Security Council and held various positions with the Department of State. Mr. Andrusyszyn has private sector experience as a manager for a large American company that began operations in Europe in 2003. He is also a recipient of several national and international awards, including the Secretary of State's Award for Heroism in 1996 for helping to negotiate the release of an American journalist in Serbia. Mr. Andrusyszyn earned a master's degree in law and diplomacy from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy in Massachusetts. He also has a bachelor's degree in history, German, and English from New York University.

The Deputy Director of the Program in National Intelligence, IC CAE, is Dr. Barbara Bennington. Dr. Bennington completed her Ph.D. in the Department of Communication at the University of South Florida, focusing on Organizational Communication. Her dissertation analyzes leadership decision-making and public communication in emerging and unpredictable threat and crisis situations affecting large complex government organizations. Her most recent corporate experience was with Booz Allen Hamilton, a global management consulting company based in the Washington DC metro area. As an Associate in the Strategy & Organization Human Capital Learning and Communications team her client engagements involved strategic and operational planning for the Office of the Secretary of Defense, HQs US Special Operations Command, the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency, and other Intelligence Community member agencies. Dr. Bennington is a military veteran with over 20 years of active duty service as an Intelligence Officer in the U.S. Army, giving her more than 30 years of combined government and civilian experience in the Intelligence Community.




James E. Andrews, Ph.D.
  Director, School of Information?
  University of South Florida
  4202 E. Fowler Ave | CIS 1040 | Tampa, FL  | 33624
  jimandrews at usf.edu | 813.974.2108

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