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Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) at TCNJ
Summer 2007
Across-Program Activities Plan
For NCUR/Lancy Grant meeting schedule, click here.
Two goals :
- Building a community and culture of collaborative scholars
- Interdisciplinary exchange of ideas
Attend as your work schedule permits.
Week 1
TENTATIVE -- Tuesday May 29 – 4:00 – 5:00 pm (depends on move-in time)
Meet, Greet, and Eat Ice Cream
Location: School of Science Courtyard
A chance to introduce yourself to all the other SURP participants and briefly describe each team’s summer projects, hear from Janet about the overall summer plan, and have some ice cream.
Week 2
Wednesday June 6 – 4:00 – 5:00 pm
Discussion with Tea and Cookies – Ethics in research (led by Brett BuSha and Don Lovett)
Location: TBA
Week 3
Tuesday June 12 – 12:00 - 1:30 pm
Barbeque Lunch – Project Stories: Chemistry, Sociology and Anthropology, Biology
Location: TBA
After lunch – open labs in Chemistry and Biology
Week 4
Wednesday June 20 – 4:00 - 5:00 pm
Discussion with Tea and Cookies – Student or Faculty Breakout Groups
Students – preparing for graduate school (led by Sudhir Nayak and TBA)
Faculty – how mentoring undergraduate research can support faculty scholarship (led by Miriam Segura-Totten and TBA)
Location:TBA
Week 5
Tuesday June 26 – 12:00-1:30 pm
Deli Hoagies Lunch– Project Stories: Psychology, Economics/Business, Mechanical Engineering
Location: TBA
After lunch – open labs in Psychology and Mechanical Engineering
Week 6
Thursday July 5 – 4:00-5:00 pm
Discussion with Tea and Cookies – Qualitative versus quantitative approaches to research (led by TBA)
Location: TBA
Week 7
Tuesday July 10 – 12:00 – 1:30 pm
Barbeque Lunch – Project Stories: Math, Communication, Political Science,
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Location: TBA
After lunch – open labs in Engineering
Week 8
Thursday July 19 – 5:30 – 7:30 pm
Buffet Dinner and Address by Dr. Beth Paul, Interim Provost
Location: TBA
Additional social activities
Every Wednesday afternoon – 5:30 pm – Location TBA (organized by Curt Elderkin)
Ultimate Frisbee
Canoe Trip on the Delaware River (organized by Jim Bricker) – date TBA, fee required
End-of-program product
Each students will work with their faculty mentor to produce a one page personal statement plus abstract that describes her/his SURP experience and research results (the format will be provided later in the summer). The due date is Monday July 16. These pages will be collated into a “SURP at TCNJ – 2007” booklet, for distribution to each participant and potential funding sources.
In addition, at the Celebration for Student Achievement in Spring 2008, all SURP participants who continue research in the 2007/2008 academic year will prominently display their SURP affiliation on their posters (logo and or signs to be developed and distributed before then).
