Outreach

COMMUNITY COLLEGE OUTREACH

The Grainger College of Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has partnered with community colleges in Illinois to provide students with a pathway for transferring into the College of Engineering after they complete their Associate's degrees. The Grainger Engineering Pathways program helps ensure that talented students have the opportunity to pursue their education to the fullest. Among other benefits, the program is particularly good at enabling first-generation college students and underrepresented minority students to study at the U. of I.

CYBERSECURITY AWARENESS PROGRAMS AT THE U. OF I.

Office of the Chief Information Officer's Privacy & Cybersecurity website; includes training opportunities and other resources.
- University of Illinois Information Security Policy

STUDENT PROGRAMS

Students at the U. of I. who are interested in doing research in information security or cybersecurity can apply to the Illinois Cyber Security Scholars Program through the Information Trust Institute. Selected students have the opportunity to follow a career in the government for two years as a security professional, be part of a University program focused in this area, pay no tuition, and receive a generous stipend.
SIGPwny is a student-run cybersecurity club at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign that teaches information security through hands-on meetings, competitions, and research, welcoming members of all skill levels.
The Worldwide Youth in Science and Engineering (WYSE) program invites high school students to campus each summer for a week-long camp, where they engage in hands-on activities, attend classes, observe demonstrations, and explore a wide range of engineering topics.
The Information Trust Institute and the Office for Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education (MSTE) have partnered to help teachers and students explore the electricity delivery system and the challenges it faces in the future. The resulting CREDC educational materials were designed for students in grades 7-12 and are classroom-ready; they illustrate key concepts in electricity, the power grid, and related areas of mathematics.