Though initially established to introduce high school students in rural Alabama to the field of cybersecurity, the Expanding Cybersecurity Innovative Incubator to Extended Demographics (ExCIITED) program has managed to do much more over the course of its first year. Indeed, not only did 16 members of its initial cohort successfully complete the program’s requirements, but three of its four seniors will also be attending UAH this fall. "I am very pleased with the success of the program and students," says Sharon Johnson, the program’s coordinator. "They have performed beautifully."