Cincinnati State Board of Trustees, 9/20/2016 (Frank Hill)

Frank Hill

Frank Hill was recognized for his outstanding accomplishments as an adjunct instructor (he teaches computer applications) and his volunteer work with the Cincinnati Chapter of Black Data Processing Associates (BDPA). One of BDPA’s priorities is helping minority high school students prepare for college and STEM careers.

“When I see these high school kids, I see such great potential,” Hill said. “I see that for Cincinnati State students, too.”

My CState Daily News, 4/16/2015 (Frank Hill)

Frank Hill

Cincinnati State Honored at BDPA Event. Cincinnati State was recognized as the Corporate Sponsor of the Year by the Cincinnati Chapter of the BDPA.  During an awards luncheon last week, the organization also recognized the work of Instructor Frank Hill (pictured above) from the Business Technologies Division and read a proclamation from Ohio Gov. John Kasich recognizing the College’s work in the field.

BDPA was originally known as Black Data Processing Associates. It is an international organization with a diverse membership of professionals and students in the fields of information technology, computer science and related STEM fields. Members are actively engaged in serving the community through outreach and charting the future of the IT industry.

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Cincinnati Herald, 9/4/2014 (Hasani Harrigan)

Hasani Harrigan and Frank Hill

Reaching for the Stars honors 2015 Leaders for the Future. The Reaching for the Stars Program takes great pride in identifying, honoring, and creating awareness of young, emerging leaders in the African American community destined to be future leaders of our City. These exceptional leaders epitomize excellence in character, service, leadership, and achievements. The 2015 Leaders for the Future were honored in June in a very special ceremony at the University of Cincinnati’s African American Cultural and Resource Center.

Hasani Harrigan, Seven Hills High School, junior. Hasani is an honor student and a three-sport athlete. He received the Coaches Award for Golf, was the team MVP in baseball, and he played on the basketball team. He was awarded Best Overall Science Portfolio by the Emerging Ethnic Engineers, Outstanding Technical Achievement recognition by the BDPA Cincinnati.

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Slideshare, 9/1/2010 (Greg Greenlee, Frank Hill)

Blacks In Technology Newsletter (Sep 2010)

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Cincinnati State, 6/2/2010 (Greg Greenlee, Ronnie Hash, Frank Hill)

Information Technology: A Full Color Career. Frank Hill was born in Crawford, Mississippi, pop. 691, in the middle of the last century. He remembers spending his early years there in a society that was practical, hard-nosed and self-sufficient. Family and friends raised their own crops, built their own homes, slaughtered their own hogs, made their own clothes. The only time they really needed money, he recalls, was the one time during the year when the tax bill came due.

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[NOTE: Frank Hill is past president of BDPA Cincinnati chapter]

YouTube, 2/1/2005 (Gina Billings, Steve Gutter, Frank Hill)

2005 BDPA Cincinnati High School Computer Camp. These are video clips from various parts of the 14-week computer camp hosted by BDPA Cincinnati chapter in 2005.




Here is link to this YouTube video clip.

Cincinnati Enquirer, 1/6/2002 (Gina Billings, Blaine Clark, Wayne Hicks, Frank Hill)

Group Trains Teens in Technology Skills. The Cincinnati chapter of the Black Data Processing Association (BDPA) has in recent years run programs training teens interested in computers or technology. Called the Student Information Technology Education & Scholarship Program, or SITES, the program consists of a computer camp, a youth technology seminar series and the formation of a team for the National Computer Competition.

Read the full Cincinnati Enquirer story here.

Business Courier of Cincinnati, 8/20/2001 (Gina Billings, Wayne Hicks, Frank Hill)

Hicks Named National BDPA President. Wayne Hicks, president of the Cincinnati chapter of Black Data Processing Associates, was named the national president-elect of the association at a ceremony during BDPA's national conference this past weekend. "Part of what got me elected is the belief that what we've done in Cincinnati, we can replicate in other chapters in the United States," he said.

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Business Courier of Cincinnati, 8/20/2001 (Gina Billings, Wayne Hicks, Frank Hill)

Hicks Named National BDPA President. Wayne Hicks, president of the Cincinnati chapter of Black Data Processing Associates, was named the national president-elect of the association at a ceremony during BDPA's national annual conference this past weekend...

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