Achievement

In response to student requests, we have instituted a monthly CHANGE lunch as a social/educational activity for past and present CHANGE students. The topics for each lunch are selected by the students in consultation with CHANGE-IGERT staff. The monthly lunch allows students to maintain the professional and personal ties they formed during CHANGE training, learn about the work being done by cohorts other than their own, and develop important collaborative contacts for future research efforts. Topics for the lunch have included: presentations on final CHANGE capstone projects, 3x5 (3 slides, 5 minutes) presentations of CHANGE Trainee and Associate research, and presentations from UW Library staff on legal and practical issues related to Data Management. CHANGE students working on their dissertations have been particularly pleased to have a supportive, informed, interdisciplinary audience with whom to discuss research work in progress.