Tag: undergraduate research

01/27/11

Student Research Conference Registration Now Open

Registration is open for both the Meeting of Minds Undergraduate Research Conference and the UM-Flint Student Research Conference.

Meeting of Minds (MOM) is a collaborative event, co-sponsored by UM-Flint, UM-Dearborn, and Oakland University; with particular interest in undergraduate research and creative activity. Oppositely, the UM-Flint Student Research Conference (SRC) is a campus-only event showcasing research and creative activities from BOTH undergraduate and graduate students.

Both conferences provide students an opportunity to do oral presentations, poster presentations, performances, and demostrations. Additionally, students who present have the opportunity to have the papers they present published in the conference journal.

Oakland University is the site for this year’s MOM. The event will take place on Friday, May 13, 2011. The UM-Flint SRC will take place here at the University of Michigan-Flint on Friday, April 1, 2011. For more information, visit the following sites:

For Meeting of Minds: www.umflint.edu/research/MOM

For the UM-Flint Student Research Conference: www.umflint.edu/research/SRC

Sign up today!

01/13/11

UM-Flint Students Help Preserve Buick’s History

From the Mel Serow, University Relations:

Sloan Museum’s Buick Gallery and Research Center houses the history of the once Flint-based Buick Motor Division. Each semester, the staff of the center welcome history students from the University of Michigan-Flint for a unique learning experience as Collections Management Interns. Interns receive supervised, hands-on experience working directly with the faculty and staff, curating the museum’s collection of records that chronicle the history of the carmaker.

Staff members provide the most direct supervision working with the interns on defined projects as part of the learning strategy developed by the interns’ faculty supervisor. Over the course of one semester, students complete 100 hours of supervised work, learning methods in museum practices and records management.

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[UM-Flint History Professor Thomas] Henthorn hopes to use the Buick collections internship as a model for other community partnerships that will help the university expand its internship program and meet the learning needs of the student as well as the needs of the community.

Full article

11/19/10

US House of Representatives Declare Undergraduate Research Week April 11, 2011

From the desk of Nancy Hensel, Executive Office of the Council on Undergraduate Research:

On November 16, 2010 the United States House of Representatives voted to declare the week of April 11, 2011 as Undergraduate Research Week. We and Washington Partners drafted a resolution and it was carried forward by Representative Rush Holt of New Jersey. Representatives Glen Thompson of Pennsylvania and Representative Mazie Hirono of Hawaii spoke in favor of the bill. Below are links to the C-Span recordings of their remarks and I have attached a copy of the resolution that was passed and the press release we have sent out.

We are hoping to schedule Posters on the Hill on April 12th or 13th and are waiting for confirmation of space from our contact in Congress. Because of Congressional transition, it is taking a little longer than it normally does. Regardless of when we are able to schedule Posters on the Hill, we would like to have many events across the country to celebrate the week. Some members have asked their mayor and their state legislature to declare a particular day or week as Undergraduate Day. It would be exciting if we had college towns all across the country celebrating undergraduate research by recognizing the week, having students speak at local service organizations, and local newspapers do feature articles on undergraduate research at your institution. It would also be very exciting if we had 50 governors declare April 11th as undergraduate research week. Would you work with your president, vice president for academic affairs and public relations office to see how your campus might celebrate this special week?

We are also very pleased to note that we had nearly 700 abstracts submitted for Posters on the Hill this year. This is a record number and about a 75% increase over last year. Undergraduate research is becoming a major learning strategy on campuses across the United States and CUR is truly becoming the national voice and resource for undergraduate research.

So see some of the videos from the event, please visit the following links:

http://www.c-spanvideo.org/videoLibrary/clip.php?appid=599158917  – Rep. Mazie Hirono
http://www.c-spanvideo.org/videoLibrary/clip.php?appid=599158921  – Rep. Glenn Thompson
http://www.c-spanvideo.org/videoLibrary/clip.php?appid=599158925  – Rep. Rush Holt