暑期付费项目说明

Exposure of undergraduates to basic research, scholarly, and creative activities serves 几个目的. First, it provides a strong teaching tool through "hands-on" experience and provides the means to develop critical thinking. 换句话说，这些活动 allow students to move beyond the mere repetition of printed information into a new level in which they learn how this information is discovered and disseminated. These ideas have recently been addressed in a report by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching entitled "Reinventing Undergraduate Education: A Blueprint for America's 研究 Universities" and have been echoed by the administration at the 十大彩票网投平台 with the creation of UCUR in 1998.

学生 receiving Summer Undergraduate 研究 Fellowships will be expected to:

• Devote about 20 hours a week to their project: The time commitments will vary from discipline to discipline. 时间分配 also vary given the unpredictable nature of most scholarly activities.
• Write or present the results of their studies in a format considered appropriate for 他们的纪律.  Appropriate formats should be discussed with your mentor, and will also be addressed 在车间.  Your final submitted document will be evaluated for an outstanding project award to be given at the fall symposium.
• Meet with other students and their mentors on a regular basis: Undergraduates involved in the summer program will meet three times during the Summer semester, in small groups, to present and discuss their projects with participants 从其他学科. This will be done to train students to present ideas in a non-technical format so that even non-experts will be able to understand. 这些会议 will be organized and supervised by the Program Director and will be facilitated by 指导老师.
• Present their results to their peers on Campus: All undergraduates conducting scholarly and creative activity during the summer will present their results in poster or short oral format, as an exhibit or performance during the Undergraduate Symposium to be held in the Fall semester. 这个研讨会 on campus is designed to stimulate awareness among students and faculty.
• Attend an organizational meeting (end spring term), professional development workshops (summer) and complete a responsible conduct of research online training program.