Get to Know Your Fellow CAE-CDs

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Cyber Defense - Get to Know Your Fellow CAE-CDs

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.

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 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!

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.

Registration Form

Presentations will be recorded so they can be shared further on the CAE Community YouTube channel for those that cannot make the live presentation.

Youtube Channel

Review prior events and join us for future events:

Please find additional information about past events and upcoming events via the CAE Community of Practice (CoP) for Cyber Defense (CD) page.

Interested in presenting your school in future events?

Please contact Sandra Blanke at sblanke@udallas.edu or Gretchen Bliss at GBliss@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!

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: September 11, 2025

The next monthly 'Get to Know Your Fellow CAE-CDs' event will take place on Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 2pm ET, 1pm CT, 12MT and 11PT. With planned agenda of:

Announcements from the PMO
Michael Ruth - Roosevelt University, IL
Deniz Gurkan - Kent State University, OH
Alex Torres - Sierra College, CA
Breakout rooms to chat with the presenters (non-recorded sessions)

Hope you can join us!

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Cyber Defense - Get to Know Your Fellow CAE-CDs