1. 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

2. 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

3. 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; majors represented in 2017 cohort

4. 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

5. 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)

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

7. Orientation
Briefly describe the orientation session(s) you provided

8. 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

9. What Worked Well

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

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

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