In addition to the rewarding experience I gained from being able to network with others in the same field as me, I was able to gain valuable knowledge in the field of work. Over the course of the two-day symposium I was able to learn about not only the work being done by other schools dealing with this grant, but also incredibly helpful knowledge in the field I hope to go into. With the grant as a whole dealing with archival investigation of integration at the respective schools with each school’s presentation of their work, students and faculty presented their findings in the year or so since the grant began. Because of these presentations, along with talking with others, I was able to gain some knowledge on practices that may improve my own work. For example, one institution mentioned involving the local community churches that were involved with the narrative they were creating. This was done in order to gain a fuller understanding of the stories they were uncovering. This would aid in my work in particular, possibly talking with relatives of those whom I am researching to get more background and understanding of the person. Overall, the conference as a whole provided me with great experience that will be useful in my future work which I was not expecting to gain.