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Get to Know Your Fellow CAE-CDs

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Get to Know Your Fellow CAE-CDs Initiative

The “Get to Know Your Fellow CAE-CDs” Initiative is co-chaired by:

  • Sandra Blanke, University of Dallas

  • Gretchen Bliss, University of Colorado Colorado Springs.

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Join us as we seek to host a series of monthly 1-hour presentations and discussions, hearing from many of our CAE-CD partners at each event, to build connections in our CAE-CD Community. Over 90 CAE-CD institutions have presented since we started back in July 2021.

 

Meetings will be held the 2nd Thursday of each month at 2pm ET, 1pm CT, 12pm MT and 11am PT over zoom (information below), so mark your calendars! Also, sign up to introduce yourself and your institution’s program(s) and hear from the growing number of CAE-CD institutions across the country on their programs and activities and discover ways to collaborate, partner, and grow!

Advanced Registration Required!

Only those using their .edu email to register and who are from a current CAE (CD, CO, and/or R) or part of the CAE Program Development or Application Assistance will be considered. Do not use gmail!

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After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. We will be using the same link for the upcoming monthly events, so feel free to add the link to your calendar.

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Registration Form

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Presentations are recorded and shared on the CAE Community YouTube Channel for those who cannot make the live presentation.

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Interested in presenting your school in future events?

Please contact Sandra Blanke at sblanke [at] udallas.edu or Gretchen Bliss at GBliss [at] uccs.edu if you are interested in presenting 10-minutes on your institution’s program or collaborating to expand cybersecurity education while attending a monthly session to hear more from other CAE-CD institutions!

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Hope you can join us!

Please help us improve the events!

If you attended a session or reviewed the recording, take the post-event assessment survey.

Upcoming Event:

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November 12, 2026

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The next monthly 'Get to Know Your Fellow CAE-CDs' event will take place on Thursday, November 12, 2026 at 2pm ET, 1pm CT, 12MT and 11PT. With a planned agenda of:

  • Shamik Sengupta - University of Nevada, NV

  • Bill Gardner - Marshall University, WV

  • Nick Rahimi - University of Southern Mississippi, MS

  • David Rose - Hinds Community College, MS

  • Breakout rooms to chat with the presenters (non-recorded sessions)

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Hope you can join us!

Updated: October 9, 2026

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October 8, 2026

The October 2026 monthly 'Get to Know Your Fellow CAEs' event took place on Thursday October 8, 2026 at 2pm ET, 1pm CT, 12MT and 11PT. 

 

The agenda was: 

  • DoW CIO Workforce Innovation Directorate – Ami Patel – Discussion on DCWF (Not recorded)

  • Massimiliano Albanese - George Mason University, VA

  • Sanjay Goel - University of Alabama State University, NY

  • Hazel Yamada - Portland Community College, OR

  • Breakout rooms to chat with the presenters (non-recorded sessions)

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Watch the Recording (coming soon!)

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Post-event Assessment Survey

September 10, 2026

The September 2026 monthly 'Get to Know Your Fellow CAEs' event took place on Thursday September 10, 2026 at 2pm ET, 1pm CT, 12MT and 11PT. 

 

The agenda was: 

  • Marrci Conner - Henry Ford College, MI

  • Sean McBride - Idaho State University, ID

  • Maria Weber - Saint Louis University, MO

  • Kevin Rickard - Moorpark College, CA

  • Breakout rooms to chat with the presenters (non-recorded sessions)

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Watch the Recording (coming soon!)

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Post-event Assessment Survey

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