South Hills Community News Release
ALTOONA, PA — Information Technology (IT) students from South Hills School of Business & Technology’s Altoona Campus recently traveled to the Microsoft® Training Center in Malvern, PA to attend Philly.NET Code Camp 2019. This two day event provided free learning & networking and was organized by Philly.NET (Philadelphia Area .NET User Group), a user group focusing on Microsoft® technologies.
The students were exposed to some of the newest technologies available from professional developers and had a chance to meet with representatives from companies that hire entry-level IT graduates. South Hills IT Instructor, Guido Santella, coordinated the trip and said, “Our main goal at South Hills is to help our students land a new career. Going to events like this allows the students to get up close to what is currently happening in the world of software development, information technology, and the cloud so they can be prepared to attain this goal. And since most of our learning comes from a hands-on approach, I always find new technology at these events to bring back and experiment with in my classroom."
In addition, the students were able to choose from more than 45 training sessions including: