Fort Hays State University


600 Park Street
Hays, Kansas 67601
United States

Fort Hays State University (ASC and Local Academy)
Contact: Kevin Shaffer, +1 785-628-4484 or +1 785-628-5373 (front office)

Fort Hays State has both a local academy and an Academy Support Center:

The LOCAL ACADEMY: The Department of Informatics at Fort Hays State (FHSU) makes use of the Cisco Networking Academy program curricula within our degree programs including the Computer Networking major. Students have the opportunity to take courses on campus or through distance learning. All students complete hands-on lab exercises as part of their curriculum study. We teach CCNA, CCNP, CCNA Security, LPIC-1, Voice over IP and VMware curriculums offered through the Networking Academy platform. FHSU is a very affordable comprehensive university and articulation pathways are possible for transfer students coming from two-year programs. http://www.fhsu.edu/informatics/

The ACADEMY SUPPORT CENTER: The Department of Informatics also acts as an Academy Support Center for local Networking Academies in our region. We hold an annual in-person conference (Kansas Networking Academy Symposium) and invite all of the instructors in our extended region, provide phone and e-mail support as well as on-boarding assistance. Local academies may also lease equipment pods on our NetLab system to offer remote access lab access to students.

As an ASC, we ...
● Assist with finding instructor training as well as provide advice on setting up classrooms/labs and ordering equipment
● Help instructors build awareness, understanding and usage of resources/tools offered by the program anad NetAcad partners
● Provide a program orientation to administrators and instructors from supported academies
● Localize and disseminate critical communications from Cisco
● Assist supported academies with alignment of Networking Academy courses to current offerings
● Collaborate with supported academies to improve the quality of academy operations and instruction in Networking Academy courses
● Provide guidance on marketing to attract students

Cisco Academy, ID 1410
Netacad Courses Offered

CCNA R&S: Introduction to Networks
CCNA R&S: Routing and Switching Essentials
CCNA R&S: Connecting Networks
CCNA R&S: Scaling Networks
CCNA Security
Partner: NDG Linux I
Partner: PCAP - Programming Essentials in Python
CCNP ROUTE: Implementing IP Routing
CCNP SWITCH: Implementing IP Switching
Partner: NDG Linux II