On September 27, 2017 University of Arizona President Robert C. Robbins and a delegation of UA personnel visited to the Gila River Indian Community. At the invitation of GRIC Governor Stephen Roe Lewis, President Robbins spoke with the GRIC Education Standing Committee and then the group toured and received briefings on the MAR5 riparian site, the Gila River Hospital, and Gila River Farms. WRRC Director Sharon Megdal was honored to join President Robbins, Governor Lewis, and the other UA delegation members: Tim Bee, Vice President, Government and Community Relations; Shane Burgess, Vice President and Dean, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences; Karen Francis-Begay, Assistant Vice President, Tribal Relations; Jeff Silvertooth, Director, University of Arizona Cooperative Extension;Trent Teegerstrom, Associate Director, Tribal Extension Program; Valerisa Joe, Ph.D. candidate and Alfred P. Sloan Scholar; Francisco Moreno, Assistant Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion, Health Sciences; Claudia Nelson, Director, Native Peoples Technical Assistance Office; and Karletta Chief, Assistant Professor, Department of Soil, Water and Environmental Science, and Extension Specialist.