IIGE Students Shine at National and Regional Conferences

NextGen Civic Leader Corps Student Ambassador Jannat Musawi received the prestigious 2024 Student Civic Leadership Award from the Washington Campus Coalition for the Public Good. The award recognizes civically engaged students dedicated to making a difference locally and globally. Congratulations, Jannat!

The Global Honors Program continued its record of high acceptance at the Western Regional Honors Conference (WRHC) with seven student papers. All papers demonstrate the breadth and depth of the Global Honors curriculum which challenges students to propose informed and empathetic solutions to issues of impact around the globe.

In addition to the WRHC, we saw a first in the acceptance of a paper for the Notre Dame Pace Conference. All students received the IIGE Conference and Travel Award thanks to the generous support of the Bamford Foundation. Please join us in congratulating our hard-working students:

• 2024 Notre Dame Peace Conference, University of Notre Dame, Indiana, April 12-13:
  • Reese Ramirez, "Understanding Urban Warfare: A Defiance of Humanitarian Law."
• 2024 Western Regional Honors Conference, University of California Long Beach, California, March 28-29:
  • Erin Brown, Acknowledging Local Stakeholders in Sustaining Okinawa."
  • Eamon Challinor, "Remediation Gardens in Polluted Areas."
  • On leng (Rebecca) Leong, "Tacoma City Ballet along the Port of Tacoma"
  • Jannat Musawi, "Informational Display about the Tide Flats"
  • Mak Pennington, "Human-Centered Design and Mental Health"
  • Elizabeth Riffel, "Genetic Analysis of Postpartum Depression Through DNA Methylation"