Institutional Support for REU Site Proposals

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Institutional Support for REU Site Proposals

• Bob Webb
• Associate Dean
• for
• Undergraduate Research

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Overview

• Support available in the following areas
• Proposal development
• Program coordination with other REUs
• Student application processing
• Student admissions and registration
• Enrichment programs
• Program assessment

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Proposal Development Resources

• Office of Proposal Development, Lucy Deckard
  (ldeckard_at_vprmail.tamu.edu).
• Resource handouts.
• Office of Undergraduate Research committed to
  supporting new REU sites. See our website for
  answers to many of your FAQs.
• http//ugr.tamu.edu/faculty/reuinfo/faq
• Office of Institutional Assessment and Diversity
  to help with program assessment.
• We currently have a total of 200 students in our
  various REU site programs but it is clear that we
  have capacity to make substantial increases in
  these numbers.

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Program Coordination

• Office of Associate Dean for Undergraduate
  Research (ADUR) has setup a listserve to help REU
  coordinators get the assistance that they need to
  run their programs. If you want to sign up send
  an e-mail to ugr_at_tamu.edu indicating your
  interest.
• The REU coordinators meet periodically with the
  ADUR to discuss common problems and develop
  solutions.
• The ADURs Office puts out a summer calendar with
  dates of interest to the various programs. Again
  you are referred to our website for details.

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Web-based Application processing

• The VPRs Office is developing a web-based
  application. We are aiming to have this be
  available for the 2009 summer application season
  to those programs wishing to use this template
  through the ADURs Office.
• The ADUR works to keep all programs abreast of
  any changes in the application/registration
  process to help expedite the admissions
  processing.

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Admissions, registration, housing and
transportation

• Once REU students have been selected for the
  program, the ADURs Office works with these
  programs to provide the information needed to
• Get students through the admissions process.
  (You will need to decide whether or not your
  students will need to be registered for credit or
  will be treated like conference participants.
  This has ramifications regarding access to some
  student only resources on campus and whether
  tuition must be charged.
• Set up housing arrangements for your students.
  Students in these programs are housed in the same
  dorm area to facilitate interaction between
  programs.
• Assist in processing of summer stipends/scholarshi
  ps through payroll or student financial aid.

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Enrichment programs

• Common social activities
• Brown Bag lunches
• Weekly get togethers on various topics
• Tours of various campus facilities
• Immersion viz center, cyclotron, wind tunnel,
  observatory, ocean engineering wave tank, IODP,
  microscopy center, etc.
• A closing Poster Symposium and reception

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Program assessment

• Assistance in developing customized assessment
  tools.
• Access to common assessment instruments.
• Participation in a university-wide REU assessment
  program.

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Summary

• ADURs Office offers a number of areas of
  coordination/support that may be of interest to
  your programs.
• ADURs Office looks forward to assisting you in
  your efforts and is interested in developing
  further incentives for faculty/departments/
  colleges to develop REU site programs. If you
  have any questions or suggestions, we would like
  to hear from you.