Undergraduate Research & Creative Expression in this New Virtual Environment:

Student Opportunity Center (https://studentopportunitycenter.com/)

Our partner, Student Opportunity Center (SOC) has added thousands of new virtual and remote opportunities to their database—the nation's largest database for honors and undergrad research and experiential learning opportunities. This service is free for CWU students. Students (and faculty/staff) can register/sign in here using their CWU email address. Be sure to sign-in to SOC often. New remote opportunities are being added and updated daily.

Council of Undergraduate Research (www.cur.org)

CWU is an institutional member of CUR. Register and log-in for free using your CWU email address. 

Council of Undergraduate Research, April 2nd forum: Undergraduate Research in the Era of COVID-19, Summer Programming and Student Employment Forum (https://youtu.be/AK0SnDiRsjU)

During the forum, the following was discussed: 

1. Why should we support, advocate, and/or maintain a summer research program in the Era of COVID-19?
2. What type of structures can and should we be supporting: face-to-face, hybrid, and virtual approaches? What would these look like?
3. What are the potential timelines? How do you plan with a changing environment?
4. How can you create and sustain community in a virtual summer research program? For research students and faculty writ large?
5. How do we prevent burnout among students, faculty, and ourselves?

-- UPR & Student Programming Task Force

Council of Undergraduate Research, March 30th forum: Mentoring in this new virtual reality (https://youtu.be/UZmSb4cvgZE)

During the forum, the follow was discussed.  

1. How do we communicate with and mentor students in this new virtual environment?
2. How do you collaborate in a virtual environment? How do disciplinary norms foster or inhibit collaboration between research students and faculty mentors in a virtual environment?
3. What constraints exist in mentoring during this age of COVID-19?
4. How do we ensure equity and inclusion while mentoring virtually?

SOURCE 2020 will be an online event this year!

More informaiton is coming soon. 

Abstracts will be accepted between February 24th & April 3rd, 2020

The deadline has been extended to April 15th, 2020

The mission of the Symposium for University Research and Creative Expression (SOURCE) is to provide a university-wide forum for Central Washington University (CWU) students, encouraging equity, diversity, and inclusivity, representing all disciplines and experience levels, to present their mentored research, scholarship, and creative works in a juried environment that meets professional conference standards and expectations.

Accomplishing this mission will foster best-practice-teaching and mentoring, promote the significance and relevance of research, scholarship and creative works, engage a range of CWU stakeholders in distinguishing aspects of CWU’s educational environment, and enhance the professional skills of students.

reSOURCE Award

CWU Libraries and the Friends of the Brooks Library will award up to four SOURCE projects the reSOURCE award for outstanding use of library resources in your project. This includes books, journals, Archives & Special Collections, databases, library equipment, and even our programs and spaces!  The library faculty and staff themselves are resources in your research journey.  See https://www.lib.cwu.edu/ for all that the CWU Libraries have to offer. To apply, write a brief essay, less than 250 words, on how you used the library and/or its resources in your work and submit the essay with SOURCE abstracts (Feb 24^th – Apr 3^rd). A library committee will select the winners and each of the four awardees will received $100.

Our mission

The mission of the Office of Undergraduate Research is to promote and support undergraduate research, scholarship, and creative activities in all academic disciplines. We work with faculty, staff, and students in all departments and programs at all of Central Washington University's campuses.

Our programs

The OUR's programs include:

• Travel and research grants for undergraduates
• Research skills workshops and courses
• End-of-quarter poster sessions
• The annual Symposium of University Research and Creative Expression (SOURCE)
• SOURCE Ambassadors
• Support for faculty
• Support for students