On behalf of the ISACA Puget Sound Chapter (ISACA-PSC) Board of Directors, it is an honor to announce our inaugural (2024-25) Steven Jue Memorial Tuition Scholarship winners!
1st Place Nicole Herman -- For her continuing contributions to her local ISACA UW chapter and community and her answer prompt on AI Models!
2nd Place Khyati Morparia -- For her tireless dedication to teaching the next generation of cybersecurity students at UW as a TA and her answer prompt regarding IIoT and AI!
As the 1st place winner, Nicole will receive the following from ISACA-PSC:
- $3,000 tuition scholarship upon passing an ISACA examination of their choosing
Both winners, Nicole and Khyati, upon passing, will also receive the following from ISACA-PSC
- Free one year ISACA student membership ($25 value).
- Free one year ISACA student local Puget Sound Chapter membership ($18 value).
- Reimburse ISACA exam registration, online review course software, training materials and labs
- Recognition of the achievement at the ISACA-PSC Annual General Meeting in Spring 2025
Tuition Scholarship Details: This ISACA tuition scholarship is to recognize and immortalize founding ISACA Puget Sound Chapter President Steve Jue for all his contributions to the audit and cybersecurity community in Washington state. Mr. Jue founded the Puget Sound Chapter in 1976 as founding president and continued to serve on the board in various capacities until his passing in November of 2023. Mr. Jue was known as a change maker and agent of innovation for what IT audit and cybersecurity could and should be. This scholarship seeks to award similar young college minds who are contributing to the IT audit and cybersecurity profession and making a difference today.
The tuition scholarship will be in the award amount of $3,000 USD for the first-place winner upon passing an ISACA certification exam of their choice. For the winner and runner-up, the ISACA PSC will reimburse the membership test fees and costs of study materials to take and pass an ISACA certification exam of their choice. ISACA PSC will also pay for the current year’s ISACA Student Membership ($25) for the winner and runner up. Scholarship application registration occurs in the Spring. All junior, senior, and graduate university students located locally in the Puget Sound area and pursuing a computer science/cybersecurity major at the following schools are encouraged to apply:
- Seattle Pacific University
- Central Washington University
- Seattle University
- Bellevue College
- University of Washington
- Western Washington University
Students were given the opportunity to submit a 3-page paper, to articulate on the following prompts below.
- Explain your contributions to the cybersecurity and audit community in Washington state?
- What do you feel is the biggest risk now or in the future that we will face in cybersecurity and what are some methods of combating it to ensure a more secure world?
Ideally, the winner and runner-up are encouraged to join the ISACA Puget Sound Chapter upon graduation to continue being a change maker in the cyber and audit community.