CEED engages over 200 underrepresented and disadvantaged undergraduate engineering students in an academic learning community designed to increase retention and develop students who can successfully transition into industry or advanced studies.

The services and support provided to CEED students are offered through:

Freshmen Retention Program - Orients freshmen to the university/major, nurtures community building and provides support during the critical first year.

Core Retention Program - Prepares and supports students (including incoming transfers) entering the upper-division core engineering curricula.

CEED Learning Community - Encourages peer-to-peer support and industry involvement in the academic and professional development of all CEED students.

Student Organizations - CEED supports it's affiliated student organizations which support student retention and wholistic growth.

FOCUS - Frontier Opportunities in Computing for Underrepresented Students. Supports potential and current community college transfer students in computer science.