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| The institutionalization of undergraduate research at the Virginia Military Institute began five years ago after a team was sent to a CUR workshop dealing with this topic. The Undergraduate Research Initiative, or URI as it is referred to, has been embraced as an academic program by the administration and the faculty. The URI is funded at approximately $250,000 per year by the administration through an alumni endowment. The URI is administered by a faculty Director, Associate Director, and a part time administrative assistant. Policies are formulated by a URI faculty committee. The URI Director reports directly to the Dean's office. The program components consist of: 1) a summer research institute; 2) a spring symposium; 3) student travel monies; 4) student research monies; 5) academic year capstone courses; and 6) an in house research journal. Administration, faculty, and student enthusiasm has been exceptional to the point that we were in a position to host NCUR 2005 after a very short period of phenomenal programmatic growth. |
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Creating Programs to Support Intensive Undergraduate Research
8:00 AM-12:00 PM, Thursday, 30 March 2006 OMNI at CNN Center -- Cottonwood A, Oral
Division of Chemical Education |