Transcript Understanding Undergraduate Research: An Overview Workshop

The Center for Undergraduate Research, Scholarship and Creative Activities
Teaching Learning Workshop
Friday, November 12
Understanding Undergraduate Research:
An Overview Workshop
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Collaborative Overview:
 Begun Fall 2008 as a Working Group
 Tasked with defining and promoting undergraduate
research at St. Norbert College
 Became a Center with a Director in Summer of 2009
 Received a budget in and offered grants Fall of 2010
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Definition of Undergraduate Research, Scholarship and Creative Activities
The Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) defines collaboration or undergraduate research
as “an inquiry or investigation conducted by an undergraduate student that makes an original,
intellectual, or creative contribution to the discipline,” while recognizing that any definition of
research and scholarship is unique to each discipline and that research is frequently
interdisciplinary.
More specifically, St. Norbert College defines collaboration as follows:
Undergraduate research, scholarship, and creative activities include any scholarship undertaken by an
undergraduate student in collaboration with a faculty or staff mentor that strives toward
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original scholarly insights
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new interpretations or applications of existing knowledge
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creation of new works
Such research should add to the richness of the specific discipline and lead to professionally reviewed
scholarship in the form of
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presentations
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exhibitions
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publications
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performances
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•What are the Benefits? The Developmental Process of Undergraduate Research
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Integrative skills
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•Critical thinking
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•Problem solving
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•Written communication
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•Oral communication/public speaking/presentation skills
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Research skills
•Discourse community—the research that is done for specific field
•Field-specific research
•Real-world academic research
•Involvement in this exchange—peer reviewed journals, conference
presentations, poster presentations
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Intangible skills that connect with SNC’s mission of holistic education: intellectual,
spiritual and personal development
•Intellectual curiosity
•Intellectual excitement-commitment
•Patience
•Fortitude
•Dependability/reliability
•List goes on:
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•Brief CUR Chronology
•1978:
CUR started as directory of undergraduate research in Chemistry
•1980:
First CUR newsletter
•1984:
Physics/Astronomy and Biology added to CUR organization
•1985:
First national conference of CUR at Colgate University
•1986:
Geology added to CUR
•1987:
First National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR)
•1989:
Mathematics and Computer Science added to CUR
•1990:
At-large council added to CUR
•1993:
Psychology added to CUR
•1997:
Engineering added to CUR
•1999:
All fields covered by National Science Foundation added to CUR
•2001:
Social Sciences division added to CUR
•2004:
Diversity task force added to CUR
•2005:
Undergraduate research program director’s division added to CUR
•2008:
Arts and Humanities division added to CUR
•2009:
CUR and NCUR become one body
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Biology Collaborative Research:
BIOL 490/492
 Student Faculty Development Endowement Fund
 Funding:
O’Keefe Fellowship
Alumni Gifts
NSF (National Science Foundation) grant
J-term/Summer Session Return funds
Collaborations
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A Natural Science Undergraduate Research Success Story
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Day of Celebration April, 2009
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Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, October, 2009
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Day of Celebration April, 2010
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Chemistry Collaborative Research:
CHEM 490/492
 Student Faculty Development Endowment Fund
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Summer REU (research experience for undergraduates)
funding: ~ $4000/student = stipend and room
Zehren Endowed Chair
Alumni Gifts
NSF (National Science Foundation) grant
PRF (Petroleum Research Fund) grant
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Summer 2005
Chemistry Collaborative
Summer Research Projects:
2005-present
39 student reseachers and counting
PA school
Industry jobs
chem Ph.D. program
med school
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Mathematics Collaborative
Summer Research Projects:
http://www.snc.edu/math/researchprogram.html
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Psychology Collaborative Research:
Often begins in the classroom
Student Faculty Development Endowment Fund
PSYC 490/492
McNair Scholar-Summer Research Program
Research Fellows Program
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Undergraduate Research in Psychology
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Collaborative Research Grants
In conjunction with the Office of Faculty Development
•Student-Faculty Development Grants
$1000 Deadline: ended
These grants (total of 10) are designed to support research that will be
undertaken during the spring semester.
•Collaborative Summer-Fall Grants
$1000 Deadline: March 7, 2011
These grants (total of 5) are designed to support research that will be
undertaken during the summer or during the fall semester.
•Continuation Grants
$500
Deadline: April 18, 2011
These grants (total of 4 ) are designed to provide additional support for
previously funded collaborative research projects.
www.snc.edu/collaborative/researchgrant.html
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NCUR Travel Grants
Student Travel
NCUR Travel Grants
$1000 Deadline: Abstract deadline
Nov. 19, 2010
The St. Norbert Collaborative provides travel grants of $1000 to help
offset the cost for students to attend and present their research or
creative scholarship at the National Conference on Undergraduate
Research (NCUR) (http://www.ithaca.edu/ncur2011/) . Students
who have submitted an abstract online to NCUR are eligible to apply
for funding for the conference.
www.snc.edu/collaborative/ncurgrant.html
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Collaborative Grants
Classroom and Pedagogical Grants
$200
Deadline: Open
Classroom and pedagogical collaborative grants—up to $200—are
designed for students and faculty to conduct research on pedagogical
innovations in the classroom, which may lead to course redesign,
update, and/or new course proposals. In addition, these grants can
provide support for 1) classroom projects that engage students in a
collaborative manner, and 2) the purchase of pedagogical materials
(including software).
www.snc.edu/collaborative/cpcgrant.html
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Student Travel Grants
•Student Academic Travel Grants
$300
Deadline: May 2, 2011
The Student Academic Travel (SAT) Fund is designed to help students
defray the cost of participating in academic conferences and competitions.
www.snc.edu/collaborative/satfund.html
•Attendee Grants
$100
Deadline: Until May 2, 2011
The Collaborative offers a number of attendee grants—up to $100—that
do not require participation in an academic conference. Attendee grants
allow students to explore scholarly possibilities for future undergraduate
collaborative research projects.
www.snc.edu/collaborative/satfund.html