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

Institution Profile SE corner of WI One of 11 comprehensives within the UW System (https://www.wisconsin.edu/campus es/) ~ 12,000 students, just over 11,000 undergraduates

Summer Research Program In its current state, our Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program has been on-going since 2011 12-20 projects per year, depending on available funding, quality of applications, etc. Broad disciplinary representations - creative arts, music, economics, social sciences are usually represented - but do have ~ 30% STEM projects (especially Biology)

UR Program Director Profile Catherine Chan Associate Professor, Depts. of Biological Sciences and Chemistry Director, Undergraduate Research Program , since 2011 Involved with/Responsible for: Proposal reviews and selection, fellows orientation, monitoring project progress through written reflections from student fellows, evaluation of project outcome through student presentations in fall