IN PROGRESS | Cultivating a Sense of Belonging
IGC Capstone Project | Interfaces of Global Change
Cultivating a Sense of Belonging for International and Underrepresented Graduate Students
Student Members:
- Sameer Dhakal, Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Dominique Edwards, Biological Sciences
- Reyhane Rastgoo, Fish and Wildlife Conservation
Faculty Mentors:
- Dr. Ashley Dayer, Fish and Wildlife Conservation
- Dr. Austin Gray, Biological Sciences
“Cultivating a Sense of Belonging for International and Underrepresented Graduate Students” will create an event, with the intention of becoming an annual event, designed to inform both first year and returning international and underrepresented IGC students about campus and community resources centered on embracing diversity and inclusion while navigating the sciences. Through the combination of a resource list, graduate student panelists, and community-building gathering, graduate students will cultivate togetherness and solidarity with one another in a time where it could not be more valuable to do so.
The Interfaces of Global Change IGEP provides PhD students with a unique intellectual focus and training.
Each IGC Fellow gains depth in their specific scientific area of expertise (e.g. biology or engineering), while simultaneously gaining breadth in the multifaceted realm of global change and the science-policy interface.
