University Faculty Senate Presentation March 2015 Jennifer Kerpelman, Ph.D. Professor of Human Development and Family Studies Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies College of Human Sciences Lorraine Wolf, Ph.D. Director of Undergraduate Research Professor of Geosciences College of Sciences and Mathematics

Student Symposium April 13&14; Awards April 20 This is Research 2015 Student Symposium April 13&14; Awards April 20 Faculty Symposium September 30 Research Week has evolved into This is Research. This is Research will feature a student symposium this April and a faculty symposium in September. This change was based on a range of input sources and culminated with two meetings over the summer with faculty and administrators who discussed the purpose and value of Research Week, noting which aspects were and were not hitting the mark. The decision is to hold more focused, shorter events that address the most important goals for students and for faculty.

Auburn University This is Research 2015 Student Symposium: April 13th and 14th Graduate and Undergraduate Students Oral Paper, Poster and Creative Scholarship presentations Judging and Awards (Awards Ceremony April 20th) Mentor Recognition Reception Engaging with VITs Engaging with potential employers Held in the STUDENT CENTER   This is Research 2015 For students, the purpose of This is Research is to provide professional experience presenting research and interacting with various audiences (other students, faculty, potential employers). Students also compete for awards that can add to their accomplishments their resumes/CVs. For 2015 the student symposium will be April 13 (and possibly extend into April 14 depending on the number of submissions). The event will feature undergraduate and graduate students presenting their research via oral papers, posters and creative scholarship presentations. Very Important Tigers (high achieving juniors in high school) will be coming to see some of the presentations Employers with an interest in hiring professionals with research experience also will be attending On April 13 in the early evening we will hold a mentor recognition reception The Student Research Awards Ceremony and Reception will be held the evening of April 20 Student Symposium

Auburn University This is Research 2015 Faculty Symposium: September 30th Recognition Auburn Talks and Featured Presentations Visibility with board members, industry… Connection Poster and Lightning Sessions Connections across and beyond Auburn University Keynote and Reception Creative Scholarship featured biennially starting in 2016 Held in the AUBURN UNIVESITY HOTEL AND DIXON CONFERENCE CENTER The This is Research Faculty Symposium has two primary aims: recognition and connection This is Research will be a place to showcase some of the most successful researchers at Auburn each year – units will select faculty to be honored in this way and these faculty members will present their research in the form of Auburn Talks or in some other featured presentation format. Students and faculty will benefit from attending these presentations, and those selected to present will be receiving a meaningful honor. We also will be inviting the Research Advisory Board members (their fall meeting will overlap with the Sept. 30 event. And we will be inviting industry and foundation representatives, and faculty members from other nearby colleges/universities (colleagues, collaborators, and those interested in the strategic interdisciplinary research areas at Auburn) . These are valuable audiences for our researchers. Connection among Auburn researchers also is important, since more and more we need to collaborate across disciplines to develop viable projects and secure external funding. This is research will be structured to promote connection through themed poster sessions and lightning presentation sessions. Finally, we will conclude the event with a keynote speaker and reception– cyber will be the theme for the keynote as this links with the topic of Auburn Speaks 2015 Starting in 2016 Creative Scholarship will be featured biennially. We had an awesome exhibition in 2014 but the installation was time and labor intensive – it was decided that we would hold an extended creative scholarship exhibition every other year beginning in 2016. We want to use a venue that permits high visibility and extended time for the exhibition of the creative works.

Please get the word out to faculty to encourage student engagement by designing This is Research 2015 into Course Syllabi and Assignments For the April student symposium and the September faculty symposium, we ask that you encourage faculty to incorporate This is Research into their syllabi. For the April Student Symposium we ask that students who are presenting be supported to do so by faculty and that students who are not presenting be encouraged to attend some of the presentations. For the September Faculty Symposium – we suggest having assignments or extra credit would encourage students to attend the event and be exposed to the exciting research being conducted across campus.

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Auburn University This is Research 2015 Student Symposium: April 13 &14th Faculty Symposium: September 30th Questions? Dr. Jennifer Kerpelman This is Research 2015 Steering Committee Chair Contact: jkerpelman@auburn.edu