on the Office of Undergraduate Research home page<\/a> that morning.)<\/p>\n\u201cStudent success, research excellence and community engagement are pillars of 51ÁÔÆæ\u2019s mission, and all of these are celebrated at the annual Undergraduate Research Symposium,\u201d said Nigel Rothfels, director of the Office of Undergraduate Research.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen it became clear in mid-March that we were likely not going to be able to host our 12th campuswide symposium in the Union, we decided we should try to put together something online.\u201d<\/p>\n
After looking at options for moving presentations online, the Office of Undergraduate Research decided to use 51ÁÔÆæ\u2019s CampusPress platform. Mark Jacobson, director of web and mobile services in University Relations, and senior Zach Bania of that office developed the infrastructure for the site quickly.<\/p>\n
Then Office of Undergraduate Research staff, including associate director Kyla Esguerra, staff members Tamara Long and Jessica Schuld and student workers Danielle Hobach, Aimee Roekle and Emily Ruder, worked with the student researchers to upload abstracts, posters and voiceover PowerPoints and other \u201cartifacts\u201d — items related to the research.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is a testimony to the determination of our students and the commitment of our university\u2019s faculty and staff that in the midst of all the additional stress and disruption of this spring, two-thirds of the abstracts we originally received have an online version on the site,\u201d Rothfels said.<\/p>\n
Judges and visitors to the symposium will be able to make comments, ask questions and offer congratulations to the students. Unlike the real-life symposium held in past years, the online projects are indexed and visitors will be able to search the presentations by department, by name and by topic.<\/p>\n
Projects will receive awards for presentation and excellence in research.<\/p>\n
Rothfels is grateful the symposium could continue this year in spite of the challenges.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have looked forward to these annual events as opportunities to thank the research mentors who have guided the efforts of their students over the year, to congratulate the students on their hard work, and to celebrate the fact that 51ÁÔÆæ, over the course of decades, has built an exceptional environment of shared inquiry.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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