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Code of Ethics Passed
In This Issue…
- Code of Ethics Passed, New Officers Start Terms at CUR’s Annual Business Meeting
- Nominations Open July 6 for Research Experiences for Undergraduates Symposium
- Call for Undergraduate Research Highlights, Winter 2017 Scholarship and Practice of Undergraduate Research
- Summer 2017 CUR Quarterly/CURQ on the Web Published on Undergraduate Research and Higher Education of the Future
- CUR Event: Creative Inquiry in the Arts and Humanities Institute (Nov 2017; application deadline: Sept 25, 2017)
- CUR Event: Initiating and Sustaining Undergraduate Research Programs (Jan 2018; application deadline: Nov 15, 2017)
- CUR Events and Deadlines
Chair Annual Evaluation Guidelines
Nancy will be revising these guidelines over the weekend, if you have any suggested revisions, please let her know by 5:00 tomorrow. Guidelines may be found on the AC site.
New Faculty & Staff Community Tour
Below is a link to the New Faculty & Staff Community Tour document that Jenny Matz and Jeanette Sims presented yesterday at Deans Council. Please let Jenny and Jeanette know of any potential conflicts. See:
iPASS
People might be interested in this article that appeared in the Washington Post… Maybe next year we’ll get an article for our work on iPASS. See: Study: Struggling college students get a hand to graduate (subscription may be required for viewing…)
UPIP for email
Many of you expressed interest in the University Professional Internship Program. Information can be found here on the UPIP website.
Position proposals can be submitted through the UPIP/Career Center’s online request form.
As the current UPIP director, Carrie Silver, has accepted a position elsewhere, UPIP inquiries and concerns for now would go to the Director of the University Career Center, Dr. Patrick Madsen.
AAC&U Updates
New Report Describes Outcomes, Prospects for Taking Approach to Scale
A groundbreaking approach to assessing student learning created and spearheaded by the Association of American Colleges & Universities (AAC&U) shows it is possible to evaluate undergraduate students’ achievement without relying on standardized tests and by using existing material. Read more…
2017 Undergraduate Research Conference
Faculty, please save the date for the 2017 Undergraduate Research Conference! Here are the details regarding URC 2017:
- Date: Friday, April 21, 2017
- Location: Student Activity Center
- URC Registration opens: Friday, February 24, 2017
- URC Registration closes: 5pm on Friday, March 24, 2017
Please encourage your undergraduate students who are involved with research to apply for the URC when the registration opens on Friday, February 24.Read more…
Federal Guidance on the Hatch Act
Enjoyed meeting with folks this morning. This is the link to the guidance document I referenced this morning: https://osc.gov/Pages