Amazon Web Service Education Programs to be Offered at Dyersburg State to Prepare Students for Cloud Computing Careers

Through the education program initiative, DSCC will work to bridge the gap between industry and academia.

At a press conference on March 18, 2022, Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), the Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR), and the Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC) announced a joint effort to train, upskill, and certify 5,000 students in cloud computing by 2025. Through this initiative, Dyersburg State Community College (DSCC) will work to bridge the gap between industry and academia.

Dyersburg State is committed to student success and providing technical skills training and education to fill in-demand cloud computing jobs throughout West Tennessee. This includes available jobs from organizations across various areas such as software development, cloud architecture, data science, cybersecurity, cloud support engineers, and more.

Dyersburg State will have the opportunity to build completely new cloud computing programs or incorporate cloud-computing skills into existing Information Technology courses and offer courses online.

As the workforce is growing, more individuals are interested in upskilling. For those unemployed or underemployed, cloud computing skills training offers an opportunity for workers to reskill and re-enter the workforce.

Visit https://www.tbr.edu/news/college-system-tennessee-collaborates-amazon-web-services-prepare-5000-tennesseans-cloud to read more about the collaboration with TBR and Amazon Web Services.

To learn more about the AWS Academy program, which is available to Tennessee schools, please visit https://aws.amazon.com/training/awsacademy/

To learn more about TBR’s role in this new collaboration and participating colleges, visit https://www.tbr.edu/academics/tbr-amazon-web-services-aws-certification-partnership