
2025 VIRTUAL FACULTY DEVELOPMENT WEEKS
Fuel Your Summer with Future-Ready Skills
WASTC’s 2025 Virtual Faculty Development Weeks (vFDW) kick off June 2, and Week 1 is packed with high-impact workshops designed to energize your curriculum and inspire your students. This year’s lineup includes hands-on training in Python programming, network automation, real-time data analytics, offensive security tools, virtualization with Proxmox, and more. Whether you're strengthening your technical skills or modernizing your instruction, there's a workshop for you.
🔗 https://www.engagez.net/vfdw2025 (Registration)
WEEK 1
June 2 - 6, 2025
1A: Introduction to Proxmox and Advanced Proxmox Labs
Presenter: Bill Saichek, NDG
1B: Pentesting with Sliver and other Offensive Security Tools
Presenter: Mike Masino, WASTC
1C: Python Essentials
Presenter: Roobed Trejo, OpenEDG
1D: Real-time Data Analytics with MongoDB and Tableau
Presenters: Daniel Coupal, Graeme Robinson & Faysal Shaarani, MongoDB
1E: Automation with Cisco IOS and Python for BEGINNERS
Presenter: Rick Graziani, Cisco
1F: IBM SkillsBuild Certificate Cybersecurity and Data Analytics
Presenter: Jen Lucia and others, IBM
WEEK 2
June 9 - 13, 2025
2A: Accelerating Cybersecurity for High-Speed Networks with P4 and DPDK
Presenters: Dr. Jorge Crichigno, Dr. Elie Kfoury, and Samia Choueiri, USC
2B: Attack on Mt. Kilimanjaro - Cybersecurity Resources and Strategies
Presenters: Irvin Lemus & Allyson Martinez, BACL
2C: AWS Gamification, Cloud Foundations, and AWS Academy
Presenters: Zeel Patel and Curtis Morton, AWS
2D: Fortinet Training Institute for Academia, Fortigate Administration
Presenter: Liang Wang, Fortinet
2E: Sam’s Cybersecurity Update for 2025
Presenter: Sam Bowne, WASTC
2F: Netlab for Newbies and Skills Builders
Presenter: Bill Saichek, BACCC
✅ Expert instructors
✅ Practical, real-world applications
✅ Fully online ($50 per week)
Join educators across the country who are investing in future-ready teaching strategies — and get a head start on a summer of learning and innovation!
🔗 https://www.engagez.net/vfdw2025 (Registration)