Chris Champagne, BA

Chris Champagne has a twenty year track record in the UCEDD network.  She joined HDC in 2014 and two years ago she became Core Faculty for HDC’s LEND Program. As part of her role with LEND Chris supports trainees and Mentor Faculty in the development and implementation of a Capstone Project, the program component designed to provide trainees with research experience. The Capstone experience affords the opportunity for trainees to incorporate knowledge gained from LEND into their Capstone project to address a real world problem, opportunity or issue that affects people with disabilities and their families.  Chris works closely LEND Faculty, campus library staff and consultants from within the UCEDD network to ensure that Capstone is a valuable learning experience for both trainees and faculty. Her favorite part of LEND is the beginning of the school year and getting to select, meet and learn from all the new trainees.