{"id":108199,"date":"2024-03-04T10:32:48","date_gmt":"2024-03-04T16:32:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/?p=108199"},"modified":"2024-03-04T16:01:30","modified_gmt":"2024-03-04T22:01:30","slug":"student-of-the-month-march-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2024\/03\/04\/student-of-the-month-march-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Student of the month, March 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\">\n<p>Austen Washington is the UNMC College of Medicine Student of the Month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Name: <\/strong>Austen Washington<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Hometown: <\/strong>Detroit<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Year: <\/strong>M3<br><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><br><strong>Education: <\/strong>Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio (30 minutes outside of Cleveland)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Hobbies: <\/strong>Pickleball, listening to hip hop podcasts, attending comedy shows (the last show I attended was Dave Chappelle in Omaha)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What do you do to stay balanced?<\/strong> I make a conscious effort to separate my workspace from my relaxation space. My room, for example, is work free; that is, only for enjoyment and relaxation. The same goes for the living room and whenever I go out into the city. The library, mainly anywhere on campus or a coffee shop are places where I focus on work. Keeping this separation helps with preventing academic fatigue and burnout.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Three things people may not know about me:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>I am the president of the recently chartered UNMC chapter of the Student National Medical Association (SNMA). We serve multiple purposes. One is to provide a safe space and support for students of color on campus (primarily in the college of medicine). Our second is to build and maintain relationships with undergraduate students, serving as a pseudo pipeline organization, to increase the population of the students of color on campus. 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