Each semester, the College of Computing & Software Engineering hosts a variety of events for students to participate in. To celebrate student engagement, we offer students the ability to track how many events they engage in, and at the end of each fall/spring semester the top 10 students who engaged the most will win prizes. Points will reset after each fall/spring semester. See who's currently at the top of the challenge leaderboard here!

  • 1 point

    • Complete the Mid-Semester Course Feedback form (once per semester)
    • Attend a CCSE event
    • Participate as a mentee in the CCSE mentoring program (once per semester)
    • Join a (once per semester)

    2 points

    Fall 2025 Opportunities for Points

    (if the RSVP link is not active, please check back closer to the event)

    • 8/21 Participate in the FLIGHT '29 Treasure Hunt & Photo Safari () - 1 point
    • 8/26 Attend Career Compass: Showcase Your Best Self: Turning Experiences into Resume Highlights () - 1 point
    • 8/28 Attend Career Compass: AI Assisted Job Search () - 1 point
    • 9/3 Attend the Fall 2025 CCSE Student Community Day () - 1 point
    • 9/10 Attend Night 1 of 2025 Fall Employer Networking Nights () - 1 point
    • 9/11 Attend Night 2 of 2025 Fall Employer Networking Nights () - 1 point
    • 9/16 Attend Career Compass: What's Hot and What's Not in the Modern Computing Industry (RSVP) - 1 point
    • 9/19 Attend the CCSE Mentoring Info Session () - 1 point
    • 9/23 Attend Career Compass: Collaborative GitHub Fundamentals Hands-on Workshop () - 1 point
    • 9/26 Mentors/Mentees attend the Mentoring Program Goals Workshop () - 1 point
    • 9/30 Network with Google () - 1 point
    • 10/3 Office of Prestigious Undergraduate Awards Info Session () - 1 point
    • 10/9 Day in the Nest for Cybersecurity () - 1 point
    • 10/9-11 Participate in the Share Your Sparks: Fall 2025 CYBER Ideathon () - 1 point
    • 10/16 Attend Career Compass: Being Resilient () - 1 point
    • 11/4 Attend Career Compass: Get Hired and Stay Hired by UKG (RSVP) - 1 point
    • 11/14 Mentors/Mentees attend the Mentoring Program Expectations Workshop () - 1 point
    • 11/18 Attend C-day Prep/Career Compass: Project Teaser Video Production & Presentation Skills (RSVP) - 1 point
    • 11/21 Attend Fall 2025 Analytics Day - 1 point 
    • 12/4 Attend C-day - 1 point
  • Leaderboard Placement Prize
    1st Place $50 gift card & lunch with the Dean
    2nd Place $30 gift card & lunch with the Dean
    3rd Place $20 gift card & lunch with the Dean
    4th Place $10 gift card & lunch with the Dean
    5th Place $10 gift card & lunch with the Dean
    6th Place Lunch with the Dean
    7th Place Lunch with the Dean
    8th Place Lunch with the Dean
    9th Place Lunch with the Dean
    10th Place Lunch with the Dean

Fall 2025 Student Engagement Challenge Leaderboard

Place Student Name Major Classification Points
1 Brandon Mackey Artificial Intelligence Graduate

4
1 David Holland Computer Science Senior

3
3 Sangeetha Devaraj Computer Science Graduate 3
4 S'dhari Hardy Software Engineering Sophomore 3
5 Oluwafemi Solomon Computer Science Freshman 2
6 Shahiba Shamshad Software Engineering Graduate 2
7 Lasya Mattaparthy Data Science & Analytics Graduate 2
8 Callaway Sewell Computer Science Freshman 2
9 Jaden Nelson Computer Science Freshman 2
10 Deekshitha Kanala Computer Science Graduate 2

Look for this flyer and scan the QR code at an event to enter for points!

Example engagement challenge flyer

 

    1. Sanjay Ravikumar
    2. Zhi Ern Tan
    3. Faninder Reddy Kalakota
    4. Maryam Baban
    5. Sarah Baban
    6. Giau Nguyen
    7. TJ Taylor
    8. Devon Haynes
    9. Adam Martin
    10. Gavin Thomas
    1. Faruk Muritala
    2. Khang Nguyen
    3. Trisha Nguyen
    4. Ramon Mandujano
    5. Helena Patino Cruz
    6. Kevyn Lopez
    7. Faninder Reddy Lopez
    8. Santi Di Los Rios
    9. Yonnas Alemu
    10. Obie Ezeobi