Undergraduate Research Committee
The Undergraduate Research Committee consists of nine faculty members and up to two student representatives. Faculty members serve for up to three years. There shall be no more than four faculty members from any of the College of Business Administration, the College of Liberal Studies, or the College of Science and Health. Student members shall be selected from students who have received research funding from the committee in previous years. Students who submit research proposals during a given year shall not be members of the committee during that year. The committee elects its chairperson.
Duties and Responsibilities
According the the faculty senate bylaw II, the duties and responsibilities of the Undergraduate Research Committee include:
Establishing evaluation procedures and criteria for funding undergraduate research and creativity proposals
Establishing procedures for applying for undergraduate research funds
Publicizing the availability of undergraduate research funds and the procedures for applying for those funds
Apportioning institutional funds for undergraduate research
Advising the consultant of student research and the Associate Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs in the solicitation of grant monies to support undergraduate research
Planning and conducting an annual Celebration of Student Research & Creativity, as well as other means of disseminating undergraduate research and creativity results
2008-2009 Members:
Kathryn Birkeland-Chair
Nicholas Downey-Vice Chair
Anthony Docan-Secretary
Tim Gongaware
Aric Opdahl
Bonnie Bratina
Omar Rivera
Lalita Hogan
Gretchen Berns
Jason Schroeder, Student Representative
Katelynn Williams, Student Representative
Consultants:
VJ Agarwal, Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
Nicole Johnson, Undergraduate Research Graduate Assistant
Meeting Minutes
The following link provides access to the meeting minutes posted by the faculty senate. http://www.uwlax.edu/facultysenate/committees/URC.html