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September 11, 2009
Fountainhead College of Technology Sponsors 2009 East Tennessee CyberSecurity Summit
The ETCSS Committee proudly presents the Fifth Annual East Tennessee CyberSecurity Summit to be held in beautiful downtown Knoxville, Tennessee at the Knoxville-Hilton Hotel on October 20th and 21st, 2009. This years theme centers on cybersecurity in a downturned economy.
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February 27, 2009
Fountainhead College of Technology Celebrates Perfect Job Placement Rate
The recently released Tennessee Higher Education Commission’s Student Enrollment, Graduation and Placement Report 2007-2008 gives Fountainhead a job placement rate of 100 – a perfect score. Essentially, this means the graduating students deemed placeable by the school found or were placed in jobs this past year. Nearly 90 percent of these students found jobs related to their major.
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November 20, 2008
Vishing: An Emerging Threat Vector?
As people get smarter about protecting their personal information, criminals have gotten smarter about trying to get it. “Vishing” is a new twist on the “phishing” scams hackers use to make you think your bank or credit card company is e-mailing you. The “V” in “vishing” is for “voice” or “VoIP.”
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November 10, 2008
The Division of Consumer Affairs offers tips for staying safe online
“Criminals are using technology to commit these crimes against consumers,” said Mary Clement, director of the Tennessee Division of Consumer Affairs. “So, it really would behoove consumers to grow as well-versed in the risks of the Internet as possible. There are tools they can use to grow more secure.”
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October 1, 2008
IACT Co-hosts Cyberspace Profiling at the Fourth Annual East Tennessee Cybersecurity Summit
Discover "Cyberspace Profiling" from industry experts. Discussions cover the existing threat, its emergence and countermeasures. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), the TVA Office of Inspector General, Fountainhead College of Technology and the University of Tennessee will co-host the fourth annual East Tennessee Cyber Security Summit.
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September 8, 2008
Fountainhead and South students practice skills during a disaster scenario
Battered and bloody, the earthquake survivors are collected on the front steps. First responders slowly begin to realize that some victims had been exposed to chlorine. Meanwhile, there’s the ever-present fear of more tremors, which could knock out electrical power and send all communication systems offline. Yes, as disasters go, Fountainhead’s recent event was a big success.
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April 21, 2008
Fountainhead gets approval to offer new programs in medical information management
The Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development calls them “hot jobs.” Now Fountainhead College of Technology is offering a cool program for people who want to take advantage of the growing role of technology in the health-care industry.
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2010
Spring Semester 2010
January 4
January 18
February 15
April 20
April 21-22
Classes Begin
Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday
Presidents' Day Holiday
Classes End
Final Exams
Summer Semester 2010
May 3
May 31
July 5
August 17
August 18-19
Classes Begin
Memorial Day Holiday
Independence Day Holiday
Classes End
Final Exams
Fall Semester 2010
August 31
September 6
November 25
December 14
December 15-16
Classes Begin
Labor Day Holiday
Thanksgiving Holiday
Classes End
Final Exams

Featured Testimonial

Tim Cantrell
Computer Technician
Scripps-Howard
The Fountainhead staff was really good at prepping us for job interviews, preparing resumes, and trying to teach us how to market ourselves. The day I graduated I went to my final interview at my dream job.

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