Educators from all over the world are currently investigating or actively teaching mainframe technologies. This is a partial listing of the most active schools in the United States and Canada. The schools are listed alphabetically by state or province.
If you are interested in locating and recruiting new talent for internship and job opportunities, reach out to the educator listed as the school contact.
For general inquires about the IBM Academic Initiative program or if you're an educator that would like to be included in this list, contact the System z Academic Initiative team at zskills@us.ibm.com.
States and provinces with participating schools
Multiple U.S. locations
Alabama
Arkansas
Bentonville, AR
Contact: Christine Davis
Fayetteville, AR
Contact: David Douglas
Case study (157KB)California
Carson, CA
Contact: Mohsen Beheshti
San Jose, CA
Contact: Teng Moh
Colorado
Denver, CO
Contact: Dan Likarish
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Columbus, GA
Contact: Neal Rogers
Idaho
Illinois
Chicago, IL
Contact: Amanda Geist
Charleston, IL
Contact: Vicki Hampton
East Peoria, IL
Contact: Trudee Bremer
Normal, IL
Contact: Chu Jong
Chicago, IL
Contact: Norm Noerper
Indiana
Muncie, IN
Contact: Stephan Jones
Iowa
Ottumwa and Centerville, IA
Contact: Daniel Terrian
Louisiana
Natchitoches, LA
Contact: Barbara Russell
Maryland
Baltimore, MD
Contact: Lewis Berman
Largo, MD
Contact: Barry Bugg
Princess Anne, MD
Contact: Dr. Bryant Mitchell
Case study (74.5KB)Massachusetts
Minnesota
Virginia, MN
Contact: Shelly McCauley Jugovich
Missouri
Jefferson City, MO
Contact: Leon Stevens
Parkville, MO
Contact: John Cigas
Nebraska
Beatrice, Lincoln and Milford, NE
Contacts: Beth Stutzman, program chair
Roxanne Stutzman, instructor
New Jersey
Madison, NJ
Contact: Harvey Lowy
Hoboken, NJ
Contacts: Jerry Luftman, graduate program
Dominic Duggan, undergraduate program
New York
New York, NY
Contact: Stan Wine
Binghamton, NY
Contact: Merwyn Jones
Potsdam, NY
Contact: Jeanna Matthews
New York, NY
Contact: Donna Dillenberger
Poughkeepsie, NY
Contact: Manuel Sairitupa
New York, NY
Contact: Gary Weiss
Contact: Anthony Cocchi
Brookville, NY
Contact: Chris Malinowski
Poughkeepsie, NY
Contact: learnzos@marist.edu
New Rochelle, NY
Contact: Janice Girardi
Contact: Harry Simmons
Middletown, NY
Contact: Fern Steane
Westchester and New York, NY
Contact: Hsui-lin Winkler
Rochester, NY
Contact: Lawrence Hill
New Paltz, NY
Contact: Hanh Pham
Contact: Bruno Andriamanalimanana
Syracuse, NY
Contacts: David Dischiave, Susan Dischiave
Case study (32KB)North Carolina
Greensboro, NC
Contact: Cameron Seay
Durham, NC
Contact: Dr. Alisha Malloy
Raleigh, NC
Contact: Yannis Viniotis
Ohio
Columbus, OH
Contact: Mary Vaughn
Kirtland, OH
Contacts: Donna Lohn, Tony Slabicki
Canton, OH
Contact: Yannis Viniotis
Cleveland, OH
Contact: Martin Walsh
Pennsylvania
Indiana, PA
Contact: Dr. William Oblitey
Pittsburgh, PA
Contact: John Turchek
South Carolina
South Dakota
Madison, SD
Contact: Del Johnson
Texas
Plano, TX
Contact: John Byers
Dallas, TX
Contact: Getachew Haile
Austin, TX
Contact: Carolyn Golden
Pasadena, TX
Contact: Clara Evans
San Antonio, TX
Contact: Carolyn Green
San Marcos, TX
Contact: Dr. David Wierschem, Kevin Jetton
Denton, TX
Contact: Steve Guynes
Utah
West Virginia
Fairmont, WV
Contact: Richard Harvey
Wisconsin
Appleton, WI
Contact: Rose Guthrie
Platteville, WI
Contact: Dr. Lisa Landgraf
Ontario, Canada
London, ON
Contact: Evan Lauersen
Barrie, ON
Contact: Greg Rodrigo
Toronto, ON
Contact: Muthana Zouri
Hamilton, ON
Contact: Martin Weddum
Toronto, ON
Contacts: Janet Shusterman, certificate program (link resides outside of ibm.com)
Joshua Panar, undergraduate program (link resides outside of ibm.com)
Toronto, ON
Contact: Luis Tumialan
Quebec, Canada
Rimouski, QC
Contact: Bruno Lavoie
Thetford Mines, QC
Contact: Francois La Haye
Case study (146KB)Gatineau, QC
Contact: Stephane Gagnon
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