Mentoring Undergraduates: Research and Scholarship

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The Undergraduate Research Mentoring Seminar Series will educate faculty about the importance of mentoring undergraduates in research and scholarship and disseminate best known practices regarding undergraduate research. The goal is for faculty members to learn how to integrate undergraduates into their research program. undefined

Here are some projects from 2008 that involved undergraduate researchers:
- Testing the role of Imitation Switch (ISWI) in Xenopus Laevis development with a dominant negative ISWI mutant
- Training and performance in the Aerial Arts
- Effects of Flavor Variety on Food-Motivated Behavior in Dwarf Hamsters
- Property Rights, Inequality, and Endowments: A variation on the standard dictator game

Our goal is to increase the amount and quality of undergraduate research.
Not only do faculty benefit from increased research production, but the experience often has a profound impact on the students.

Faculty will have the option of earning a certificate in mentoring undefined undergraduate students in research upon completion of all three workshops in Fall 2009, and completion of a proposal for integrating undergraduates into a research project in Spring 2010. Certificate participants will be required to write a proposal on how undergraduates will be integrated into their research and scholarship program. The document will be evaluated by a faculty review committee to assess the quality of the proposal. If the faculty member's proposal passes the criteria of the committee, the participant will be awarded a Certificate of Completion at the annual Undergraduate Research and Discovery Symposium.

Fall 2009

Three seminars will be held in Fall 2009, open to all faculty who are interested.

All events are from 10 - 11:30am

Located in: Library 306

Please Register Below at the bottom of the page!

	Fall 2009 Seminars
Friday 10/2	Faculty Panel on Mentoring Undergraduate Students in Research and Scholarship 10:00 - 11:30am LIB 306 Presenters: Ian van Tets (Biology), Jackie Cason (English), Diane Hirshberg (Education & ISER), Chad Farrell (Sociology), Mariano Gonzales (Art) Description: A panel of faculty members from diverse disciplines will discuss their experiences mentoring undergraduate students.
Friday 10/16	Mentoring Undergraduate Thesis Projects 10:00 - 11:30am LIB 306 Presenter: Claudia Lampman Description: Seminar will provide an overview of mentoring students in undergraduate thesis projects with broad applicability to research projects in general.
Friday 10/30	Student Panel on Undergraduate Mentoring 10:00 - 11:30am LIB 306 Student Presenters: TBD Description: Seminar will provide the perspective of undergraduates who have been mentored by faculty.

Questions? Please contact Kennrick Mock at kenrick@uaa.alaska.edu

Past Webstreamed Undergraduate Mentoring Workshops

Fall 2008	Fall 2008 Webstreamed Seminars
Friday 9/19	**Student Panel on Undergraduate Mentoring * Presenters: Brit DelMoral (Sociology) & Jennifer LaCasse (Psychology) Description: Seminar will provide the perspective of undergraduates who have been mentored by faculty. WEB STREAM: mms://wm.uaa.alaska.edu/cafe/mentoring.wmv Powerpoint Presentation:** http://www.math.uaa.alaska.edu/~afkjm/video/MentoringUndergrad StudentPanel/MentoringUndergradStudentPanel.html
Friday 10/24	Mentoring in the Social Sciences (Moved from Oct. 17 to Oct. 24) Presenters: Diane Hirshberg (Institute of Social & Economic Research), Tracey Burke (Social Work), & Gwen Lupfer-Johnson (Psychology) Description: Seminar will provide an overview of mentoring undergraduates in the social sciences. Webstream: mms://wm.uaa.alaska.edu/cafe/mentoringinthesocialsciencestape1.wmv mms://wm.uaa.alaska.edu/cafe/mentoringinthesocialsciencestape2.wmv Screen Caputre of video: http://www.math.uaa.alaska.edu/~afkjm/video/MentoringSocialSciences/SocialScienceMentoring.html
Friday 10/31	Mentoring in the Natural Sciences Presenters: David Pfeiffer (Biology), Khrys Duddleston (Biology), & Ian van Tets (Biology) Description: Seminar will provide an overview of mentoring undergraduates in the natural sciences. WEBSTREAM of Workshop: mms://wm.uaa.alaska.edu/cafe/facultyseminar10-31-08.wmv Screen Caputure: http://www.math.uaa.alaska.edu/~afkjm/video/NatScienceMentoring/NatScienceMentoring.html
Friday 11/7	Mentoring in the Arts & Humanities Presenters: Tom Buller (Philosophy), David Edgecombe (Theatre), & Mariano Gonzales (Art) and Chris Sweeney (Music) Description: Seminar will provide an overview of mentoring undergraduates in the arts and humanities.

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