1. It is all about the students
IGERT
It is all about the students

2. IGERT program intends to:
Provide a cultural change in graduate education by…
Establishing new models for graduate education and training for…
Students who will pursue careers in research and education and…
Support an integrative research-based graduate education experience

3. The research theme is secondary
Must have a comprehensive interdisciplinary research theme
Must be integrative
BUT…
The focus is on the educational experience, the training, the courses, how you will get the students to have interdisciplinary experiences

4. Diverse disciplines & Departments

5. Adaptive Management: Water, Wetlands, and Watersheds IGERT
Engineering
Education
Law
CLAS
CALS

6. Core courses including Team taught courses
Ecosystem Modeling (Environmental Engineering)
Watersheds (Env. Eng., SNRE, Forestry, Law)
Water Politics (Political Science, Women’s Studies)
Leadership, ethics, and communication (Women’s Studies, SNRE)
Field courses
Everglades (Env. Eng., WEC, Law)
Botswana (Env. Eng, Law, Women’s Studies, Geology, Geography, Political Science)
Costa Rica (Law, Env. Eng.)

7. Training experiences at international sites

8. Other educational elements
Fostering strong interactions among students and among faculty
Innovative educational methods
Develop in the students an appreciation for interdisciplinary work and for the broad global impacts of their research
Encourage ‘side bar’ projects
The PI and/or a Co-PI has to be on each student’s committee

9. Homeless waifs?

10. Other elements Engage undergraduates – how will you do this?
Disseminate the innovative graduate education activities – how will you do this?
Institutionalization of successful elements – how will you do this?
Recruiting underrepresented students – how will you do this?
How will you handle ‘associate’ students?
How will you fund international students?

11. Evaluation plan Student learning outcomes Faculty learning
Institutional learning
Recruiting success
Dissemination success
Trainee follow-up – jobs!
Research results

12. It is ALL about the students!