The Raleigh Chapter of the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA) has made a multi-year pledge of $25,000 to establish the Charles W. Kelly / Raleigh ISSA Scholarship Endowment, which will support a junior or senior with a demonstrated interest in working in the field of computer security.

The endowment is named to honor the founder of the Raleigh ISSA chapter, Charles W. Kelly.

The chapter recently presented the department with a check for $6,000, of which $5,000 will go toward the endowment funds and $1,000 will be distributed to a qualifying student this year.

Individuals or corporations interested in contributing to this fund should make their donations to the NC State Engineering Foundation Inc. noting for the Charles W. Kelly / Raleigh ISSA Scholarship Endowment in the memo section. Donations can be sent to the NCSU Department of Computer Science, Campus Box 8206, Raleigh, NC 27695.