Christopher Babcock

Vice Chair of Community Engagement

•Fourth year PhD student in Economics, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences

•Served for a decade as a pilot in the US Navy

•Bought a fixer upper in Charlottesville and enjoys renovating it

•Hoping to leverage experience at three other major universities attended (undergrad and two masters) and bring to UVA

•Community Engagement Plan: Would like to organize one event per semester in which graduate students give back to the community – looking for ideas (Saturday Habit for Humanity, etc.)