CSP and ECU Launch Internship Program

(Raleigh)  Computer Service Partners, a Raleigh based IT Firm and Cisco Systems Advanced Unified Communications Partner, has announced together with the East Carolina University’s College of Technology and Computer Science it will launch a program this spring to provide internships to students of the College. 

According to John Cameron, an Account Executive at CSP, “We service clients of all types and sizes, from small, single site businesses with a few employees, to large banks with multiple branches spread around the state. With more and more organizations moving to Unified Communications the ECU students will gain valuable real-world experience working with our engineers as they design and deploy Cisco IP phone systems and other cutting edge communications, networking and computing solutions.”

John Pickard, a Teaching Instructor in the Department of Technology Systems at ECU added “As a Cisco Networking Academy site, partnerships like this strengthen our program as well as provide our students with an amazing opportunity to receive first-hand experience from industry leaders like Computer Service Partners.  This is a true win-win situation for everyone involved.”  

Headquartered in Raleigh, NC, CSP is a privately and locally owned corporation that serves commercial businesses and governmental agencies across the southeast with various information technology assessment, design, deployment, and management solutions.

For over a century, East Carolina University has served the people of North Carolina and the nation. From modest beginnings as a school for training teachers, ECU has grown to become an emerging, national research university with an enrollment of more than 26,000.

The College of Technology and Computer Science has broad range of technology focused programs designed to prepare our graduates for the twenty-first century global marketplace.  Our College includes the Departments of Computer Science, Construction Management, Engineering and Technology Systems and has been among the fastest growing Colleges on ECU’s campus over the last five years.  

4/14/08

CONTACT: John Cameron of CSP, Inc. 

1-919-424-2000, jcameron@cspinc.com

CONTACT: John Pickard, of ECU’s Department of Technology Systems

1-252-328-9646 or pickardj@ecu.edu