Higher education continues to face challenges as a more geographically distributed student body grows and expands to include more nontraditional students. Combinations of on-campus and online courses are being deployed to meet student needs, and IT departments must adapt to support the increasing variety of end-user devices, tools needed by students and faculty, and demands for remote access to graphics-intensive applications. GPU-enabled VDI made the grade to deliver cutting-edge performance beyond the physical computing labs at USC Viterbi School of Engineering. We'll describe the strategies and path USC Viterbi took to implement GPU-enabled VDI that boosts student academic success while reducing desktop support, management, and security costs.