The Office of Undergraduate Research & Creativity
223 Graff Main Hall, UW-La Crosse
1725 State Street
La Crosse, WI 54601
Phone: (608) 785-8040
Fax: (608) 785-8046
email: stdtresearch@uwlax.edu
Undergraduate Research & Creativity Staff Directory
Scott Cooper, Professor of Biology and Undergraduate Research Director
Phone: 608-785-6983
scooper@uwlax.edu
Emily Jacobson, Undergraduate Research Coordinator
Phone: 608-785-8040
ejacobson@uwlax.edu
Kelsey Michels, Graduate Assistant
Phone: 608-785-8040
michels.kels@uwlax.edu
Undergraduate Research and Creativity Committee
The Undergraduate Research and Creativity 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 to the the faculty senate bylaw II, the duties and
responsibilities of the Undergraduate Research and Creativity
Committee include:
1.Establishing evaluation procedures and criteria for funding
undergraduate research and creativity proposals
2.Establishing procedures for applying for undergraduate
research funds
3.Publicizing the availability of undergraduate research funds
and the procedures for applying for those funds
4.Apportioning institutional funds for undergraduate research
5.Advising the consultant of student research and the Associate
Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs in the solicitation of grant
monies to support undergraduate research
6.Planning and conducting an annual Celebration of Student
Research & Creativity, as well as other means of disseminating
undergraduate research and creativity results
2011-2012 Members:
Anita Baines- Chair
Marti Lybeck-Vice Chair
Ray Block
Ryan Friesen
Gretchen Gerrish
Shelly Lesher
Ian Muehlenhaus
Theodore Wendt
Hiuya Yan
Meeting Minutes
The following link provides access to the meeting minutes posted
by the faculty senate.
http://www.uwlax.edu/facultysenate/committees/URC.html