University of Connecticut Buffalo, NY October, 2017 Review of Phase I Pilot and Recommendations for Next Step in Scaling Up EvaluateUR University of Connecticut Buffalo, NY October, 2017

Institution Profile Main Campus: Storrs 19,241 undergraduate students 4 Regional Campuses: Avery Point, Hartford, Stamford, Waterbury 4,604 undergraduate students UConn Health: Farmington Land Grant & Sea Grant college, Space Grant Consortium institution

Summer Research Program SURF is one of 4 summer research programs coordinated by the Office of Undergraduate Research Running since summer 2000 Size has ranged from a low of 15 (2000) to a high of 65 (2012); 54 students in 2017; expect similar (~50) in 2018 Participation from most schools/colleges on campus; 27 majors represented in 2017 cohort

UR Program Director Profile Caroline McGuire, Director of the Office of Undergraduate Research 5 years at UConn and in this role With respect to SURF, I: Lead student advising (outreach and application support) Administer the faculty review and selection process Build the funding model Oversee disbursements & mid-summer check-in meetings (handled by OUR Program Coordinator) Review end-of-summer reports

Phase I Participation Overview Use this slide to summarize: Number of student/mentor teams participating in the Phase I pilot Modifications to Buffalo State’s mid-research and end-of- research reports (e.g., Dashboard step modifications)

Progress Completing Dashboard Steps Refer to slide prepared by Bridget Zimmerman and insert plot in this slide

Orientation Briefly describe the orientation session(s) you provided

Tracking Briefly describe how you tracked the progress of the student-mentor teams and how you communicated about EvaluateUR with students and/or mentors over the course of the summer program

What Worked Well

Your Top 3 Challenges Use this slide to bullet the top few challenges you faced as the EvaluateUR administrator

Your Top 3 Lessons Learned Use this slide to bullet a few lessons learned and what you’d do differently

Lessons Learned and Advice Use this slide to identify 2-3 ‘lessons learned’ and advice you can offer to the Phase II pilot sites