1. Student Engagement with CUREs, SUREs, and Collaboration OK-INBRE Retreat Promoting Undergraduate Research in Oklahoma Virginia Balke, Ph.D. Delaware Technical Community College

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5. NIH INBRE and NSF EPSCoR IDeA Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence (NIH) Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (NSF) Network across institutions –Delaware Technical Community College –Wesley College –Delaware State University –University of Delaware Access to core facilities – sequencing, bioimaging Student summer internships

6. Two AAS Degrees Biotechnology Technician Biological Sciences 2012 Recipient of Delaware Governor’s Biotechnology Fellowship Transferred to UD

7. Biological Sciences Curriculum First Year Biology I Chemical Principles I Biology II Principles of Microbiology Chemical Principles II Second Year Biotechnology I Organic Chemistry I Analytical Chemistry I Biotechnology II Organic Chemistry II Lab supplies supported through lab fees

8. Implementation of Undergraduate Research Goals are to increase: –Student engagement –Employability skills –Retention in program and STEM –Completion rates Barriers are: –Need for professional development –No time –No space –Lack of administrative support

9. BioChem Club Introduction to Research Open lab Student designed projects

10. Course Embedded Research Microbiology Skills –Aseptic technique –Microbial Characterization –PCR –16S rRNA Analysis Culture Dependent Analysis of Soil Microbial Communities Adopt-a-Microbe BS Biotechnology, UD QPS Fraunhofer BS Neuroscience, UD Accepted MS, FIU

11. Course Embedded Research Biotechnology –PCR –Recombinant DNA Technology –DNA Isolation –Phylogenetic Trees Culture Independent Analysis of Soil Microbial Communities

12. Mentored Undergraduate Research Students register for research courses Instructor designed ongoing projects Senior students train new students Presented at NCUR Summer Internship UD Transferred to UD Summer Internship DNREC DuPont Presented at Posters on the Hill Interned at Gore Fraunhofer

13. CUREs Faculty Mentored Research Faculty Mentored Research Student Internships SUREs Student Internships SUREs Collaborations Student Success Employment Transfer

14. White Nose Syndrome Collaboration with University of Delaware and Delaware State University SEM and confocal microscopy of WNS on bat wings –Case study and lab for Biology I

15. 2013 Recipient of Delaware Governor’s Biotechnology Fellowship

16. Summer Internship Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, UD

17. Biotechnology Courses Genome annotation Primer design and cloning Protein expression and purification EMSA Crowd sourcing Summer Internship UD 2014 Recipient of Delaware Governor’s Biotechnology Fellowship Transferred to Delaware State University

18. Undergraduate Research Supports Student Success Impact 150 students per year Enrollment in Biosciences and Biotechnology Programs doubled Graduation rates increased 50% Increased administrative support Summer Internship DSU University of Charleston Pharm D Program

19. Employability Skills Confidence Independence Communication Time management Teamwork Scientific literacy Thomas Jefferson Pharm D Program Summer Internship UD Randstad BA Biology UD DE Public Health Labs

20. Bioscience and Biotechnology Graduates