Welcome letter from the editor

Abstract

During a faculty meeting in the spring of 2015, NUGSE professors brainstormed ways that students could gain more experience participating in research and sharing their work on a wider scale. The idea for this journal came out of that meeting and subsequent discussions with faculty, students, and alumni over the next year. Now we celebrate our fifth issue, beginning our third year as the first English-language, student-run, peer-review journal in Kazakhstan. In that time, we have grown and established a working model for a successful journal...