Its been a little while;  my bad so much good programming going on.  We met to prepare for our Lansing session and the supporting documents that need to be developed for the meeting.  Chris and i revised the agenda based on a session that she, Dr Gant and Prof. S had around planning for the student evaluation team.  Dr Gant forwarded a overview draft of what the students would be doing and Chris and i sort of reviewed that process looking at time lines.  She and I are scheduled to meet the professor (Chris took her class) and student in the upcoming weeks so that's exciting. On aonther note i continue to read Stack's dissertation and now i am reading MSU;s APR.  The more i engage with staff and different discussions around the program the better the connections are.

Yesterday we met with the Lansing team and this was another good cognitive and social connection to GEAR UP for me.  I feel more confident in that i can make better connections with how GEAR UP works as an overall program.  I thought the meeting went well and everyone is clearly invested in building this evaluation model that will better reflect program impact.  We meet tomorrow to de-brief so until then...