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Cyber Defense - Outreach Competition

CAE-CD Community Outreach Competition Initiative

The “CAE-CD Community Outreach Competition” initiative is co-chaired by:

  • Wei Li - Nova Southeastern University

  • Xiuwen Liu - Florida State University

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The CAE-CD Community Outreach Competition Committee was established by the CAE-CoP-CD Steering Committee to encourage and promote cybersecurity awareness and online safety practices by taking advantage of the October Cybersecurity Awareness Month and all throughout the year. As a CAE-CD, all institutions are conducting outreach and community activities, while most are enhancing such activities during the month of October to provide further support for Cybersecurity Awareness Month, others are continuously providing outreach activities to their community throughout the year. The CAE Program of Study (PoS) Validation and CAE Designation requirements call for outreach activities by all CAE-CDs to engage faculty members and students in extracurricular activities such as “experiential learning activities, local/regional/national cyber exercises and competitions, outreach to community colleges and high schools, computer check-up days…” (CAE-CD Requirement Document, p. 11), and “outreach activities allow the cybersecurity program to engage with business and industry to provide pathways for graduates while maintaining an appropriate curriculum to place graduates into those jobs” (p. 19). This initiative was formed to showcase the CAEs who are doing above and beyond their call for duty by recognizing the outstanding outreach work performed. Thus, the CAE-CD Community Outreach Competition will challenge CAEs to submit their activities to the CAE-CD Outreach Competition Committee based on the criteria noted below and will be evaluated for recognition of their
outstanding outreach work.

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To read more about this initiative, check via: 

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Additionally, the committee conducted sessions in early 2024 to solicit CAEs submissions of their 2024 Yearly (from Jan 2024 to Dec 2024) Community Outreach activities, following the information in the file above. During February 20245 the 2024 Award Committee reviewed all submissions and recommended the top CAE-CDs who provided the most impactful outreach activities to their community during the 2024 calendar year. 

The CAE-CD Community Outreach Competition - 2024 Award Committee: 

  • Xiuwen Liu - Florida State University, Award Committee Co-Chair

  • Wei Li - Nova Southeastern University, Award Committee Co-Chair

  • Bei-Tseng Chu - University of North Carolina at Charlotte

  • Michael Kelly - Community College of Rhode Island

  • Stanley Kostka - Moraine Valley Community College

  • Stanley Mierzwa - Kean University

  • Idongesit Mkpong-Ruffin - Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University

  • Mandy Reininger - Chemeketa Community College

  • Michael Tu - Purdue University Northwest

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We want to thank the 2024 Award Committee members for their dedication and hard work! 

2024 CAE-CD Community Outreach Award Winners:

University of Colorado at Colorado Springs - 1st Place 2024 CAE-CD Community Outreach Award
University of West Florida - 2nd Place 2024 CAE-CD Community Outreach Award
University of Alabama at Huntsville - 3rd Place 2024 CAE-CD Community Outreach Award
Coastline College - 4th Place 2024 CAE-CD Community Outreach Award
Michigan Technological University - 5th Place 2024 CAE-CD Community Outreach Award
 

Tennessee Technological University - 6th Place 2024 CAE-CD Community Outreach Recognition
California State University, San Bernardino - 7th Place 2024 CAE-CD Community Outreach Recognition
Indiana University of Pennsylvania - 8th Place 2024 CAE-CD Community Outreach Recognition
Florida State University - 9th Place 2024 CAE-CD Community Outreach Recognition
Purdue University Northwest - 10th Place 2024 CAE-CD Community Outreach Recognition

 

 

The 2024 Submitting CAE-CD Institutions (total submissions: 57):

  1. Alamo Colleges District

  2. Assumption College

  3. Bismark State College

  4. Bowie State University

  5. California State University, San Bernardino

  6. Coastline Community College

  7. College of Western Idaho

  8. Community College of Baltimore County

  9. Community College of Rhode Island

  10. County College of Morris

  11. Dakota State University

  12. Florida State University

  13. Forsyth Technical Community College

  14. Glendale Community College

  15. Hennepin Technical College

  16. Illinois State University

  17. Indiana University

  18. Indiana University of Pennsylvania

  19. Kean College

  20. Loyola University Chicago

  21. Mercer University

  22. Michigan Technological University

  23. Middle Georgia State College

  24. Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College

  25. Montgomery College

  26. Murray State University

  27. North Carolina Central University

  28. Norwich University

  29. Nova Southeastern University

  30. Purdue University Northwest

  31. Regent University

  32. Rowan College

  33. Saint Cloud State University

  34. State University of New York at Buffalo

  35. Tallahassee State College

  36. Temple University

  37. Tennessee Technological University

  38. Terrant County College

  39. United States Air Force Academy

  40. United States Naval Academy

  41. University of Advancing Technology

  42. University of Alabama at Huntsville

  43. University of Arkansas - Little Rock

  44. University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

  45. University of Memphis

  46. University of Nevada, Reno

  47. University of North Carolina at Wilmington

  48. University of North Georgia

  49. University of Puerto Rico

  50. University of San Diego

  51. University of Tampa

  52. University of West Florida

  53. Wayne Community College

  54. Webster University

  55. Western Illinois University

  56. Wichita State University

  57. Wilmington University

The CAE-CD Community Outreach Competition - 2023 Award Committee: 

  • Xiuwen Liu - Florida State University, Award Committee Co-Chair

  • Wei Li - Nova Southeastern University, Award Committee Co-Chair

  • Bei-Tseng Chu - University of North Carolina at Charlotte

  • Glenn Dietrich - University of Texas at San Antonio

  • Michael Kelly - Community College of Rhode Island

  • Stanley Kostka - Moraine Valley Community College

  • Stanley Mierzwa - Kean University

  • Mandy Reininger - Chemeketa Community College

  • Michael Tu - Purdue University Northwest

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We want to thank the 2023 Award Committee members for their dedication and hard work! 

2023 CAE-CD Community Outreach Award Winners

University of Colorado Colorado Springs - 1st Place 2023 CAE-CD Community Outreach Award
University of West Florida - 2nd Place 2023 CAE-CD Community Outreach Award
United States Air Force Academy - 3rd Place 2023 CAE-CD Community Outreach Award
University of Alabama in Huntsville - 4th Place 2023 CAE-CD Community Outreach Award
Forsyth Technical Community College - 5th Place 2023 CAE-CD Community Outreach Award
Kean University - 6th Place 2023 CAE-CD Community Outreach Recognition
Coastline College - 7th Place 2023 CAE-CD Community Outreach Recognition
Michigan Technological University - 8th Place 2023 CAE-CD Community Outreach Recognition
Murray State University - 9th Place 2023 CAE-CD Community Outreach Recognition
Tennessee Technological University - 10th Place 2023 CAE-CD Community Outreach Recognition

The 2023 Submitting CAE-CD Institutions (total submissions: 42)

Alamance Community College
Bismarck State College
Capitol Technology University
Coastline Community College
Community College of Baltimore County
Eastern Washington University
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Ferris State University
Fordham University
Forsyth Technical Community College
Illinois State University
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Iowa State University
Kean College
Kennesaw State University
Laurel Ridge Community College
Loyola University Chicago
Maryville University
Michigan Technological University
Middle Georgia State College

​Moraine Valley Community College

Murray State University

New York University

Northwood Technical College

Stark State College

Talladega College

Tennessee Technological University

The Citadel - The Military College of South Carolina

Towson University

United States Air Force Academy

University of Alabama at Huntsville

University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

University of Maine System

University of Maryland Global Campus

University of Memphis

University of North Florida

University of Southern Mississippi

University of the Incarnate Word

University of West Florida

University of Wisconsin - Stout

Wayne Community College

Xavier University

Archive

Updated: April 23, 2025

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