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CAE-CD Community Outreach Competition
The “CAE-CD Community Outreach Competition” initiative is co-chaired by:
- Wei Li - Nova Southeastern University
- Xiuwen Liu - Florida State University
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.
To read more about this initiative, check via:
- The Criteria, Rule, and Submission Instructions for the 2024 CAE-CD Community Outreach Competition (Deadline: February 15, 2025) - Click here!
- Submission site: https://tinyurl.com/CAE-Outreach2024-Submission
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
We want to thank the 2024 Award Committee members for their dedication and hard work!
2024 CAE-CD Community Outreach Award Winners:
The top winners of the 2024 CAE-CD Community Outreach Award will be recognized during the 2025 CAE Community Symposium. Additionally, this year, all CAE-CD institutions that will submit for the competition, will be listed on this page in rank order.
Archive of Prior 'CAE-CD Community Outreach Competition' Year
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
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
The CAE-CD Community Outreach Competition - 2022 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
- Steve Weldon - Augusta University
CAE-CD Community Outreach Competition 2022 Award Winners
We want to thank the 2022 Award Committee members for their dedication and hard work!
2022 CAE-CD Community Outreach Award Winners:
University of West Florida - 1st Place 2022 CAE-CD Outreach Award
Nova Southeastern University - 2nd Place 2022 CAE-CD Outreach Award
University of Colorado Colorado Springs - 3rd Place 2022 CAE-CD Outreach Award
Murray State University - 4th Place 2022 CAE-CD Outreach Award
Capitol Technology University - 5th Place 2022 CAE-CD Outreach Award
Forsyth Technical Community College - 6th Place 2022 CAE-CD Outreach Award
University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW) - 7th Place 2022 CAE-CD Outreach Award
University of Southern Maine - 8th Place 2022 CAE-CD Outreach Award
Middle Georgia State University - 9th Place 2022 CAE-CD Outreach Award
Kean University and Fairleigh Dickinson University - Both are tied for 10th Place 2022 CAE-CD Outreach Award
The 2022 Submitting CAE-CD Institutions (total submissions: 29)
Capitol Technology University
Carnegie Mellon University
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Fairleigh Dickinson University
Fayetteville Technical Community College
Forsyth Technical Community College
Franklin University
Kean University
Loyola University Chicago
Maryville University
Middle Georgia State University
Minot State University
Murray State University
Northern Michigan University
Nova Southeastern University
Pitt Community College
St. Louis Community College
St. Mary's University
Talladega College
The Citadel - The Military College of South Carolina
University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
University of Maine System
University of Maryland Global Campus
University of Missouri-St. Louis
University of North Carolina Wilmington
University of Washington
University of West Florida
Western Illinois University
Xavier University
The CAE-CD Community Outreach Competition - 2021 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
- Shannon Clark - University of Colorado, Colorado Springs
- Glenn Dietrich - University of Texas at San Antonio
- Sidd Kaza - Towson University
- Stanley Kostka - Moraine Valley Community College
- Mandy Reininger - Chemeketa Community College
CAE-CD Community Outreach Competition 2021 Award Winners
Hub Submissions Ranking
Southeast Region - 1st Place 2021 CAE-CD Outreach Hub Award
Northwest Region - 2nd Place 2021 CAE-CD Outreach Hub Award
Northeast Region and Midwest Region - Both are tied for 3rd Place 2021 CAE-CD Outreach Hub Award
Individual CAE submissions
Kennesaw State University - 1st Place 2021 CAE-CD Outreach Award
Forsyth Technical Community College - 2nd Place 2021 CAE-CD Outreach Award
Dakota State University - 3rd Place 2021 CAE-CD Outreach Award
Honorable Mentions
University of West Florida - 4th Place 2021 CAE-CD Outreach Award
University of Colorado - Colorado Springs - 5th Place 2021 CAE-CD Outreach Award
University of South Florida - 6th Place 2021 CAE-CD Outreach Award
The 2021 Submitting CAE-CD Institutions (total submissions: 49)
Alamance Community College
Augusta University
Bismarck State College
Boise State University
Bowie State University
Brigham Young University
Chemeketa Community College
City University of Seattle
College of Southern Maryland
Colorado Mesa University
Columbus State University
Dakota State University
Eastern Florida State College
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Florida International University
Forsyth Technical Community College
Franklin University
Highline College
Hinds Community College
Idaho State University
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Kennesaw State University
Liberty University
Loyola University Chicago
Mississippi State University
Murray State University
North Carolina State University
Northern Kentucky University
Nova Southeastern University
Regis University
Roane State Community College
Robert Morris University
Tennessee Technological University
The Citadel - The Military College of South Carolina
Towson University
Trident Technical College
United States Air Force Academy
University of Alabama in Huntsville
University of Central Florida
University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
University of Missouri-St. Louis
University of Montana, Missoula College
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
University of North Carolina Wilmington
University of South Alabama
University of South Florida and Cyber Florida
University of Virginia (UVA)
University of West Florida
Updated: Dec 4, 2024
