Undergraduate Research Conference submissions deadline approaching

Students interested in building their resume and gaining experience on presenting work they have done while undergraduates may be interested in participating in the Undergraduate Research Conference.

Students are welcome to submit pieces ranging from experiments, surveys, research papers, creative writing pieces, and artwork.

“It’s a way to allow undergraduates to gain professional experience with presenting a research project,” said Dr. Andrea Rusnock, assistant professor of art and an organizer for the conference. “Research is defined however it is defined in the field [a student works in].”

The Conference reemerged last year at the instigation of Vice Chancellor Dr. Alfred Guillaume, and it is becoming an important part of undergraduate life at IU South Bend.

Some professors are beginning to integrate the Conference into their syllabi as well.

All undergraduate students are welcome to submit their work, as well as students who graduated in December 2009, providing the project they are submitting was completed during their undergraduate time at IUSB and has not been altered since graduation.

Submitting students must write a 250 word maximum abstract to submit, as well as have a faculty sponsor who approves of the work. It is preferred to have a sponsor who helped the student work on the piece, but if that is not possible for any reason then a faculty sponsor who is familiar with the student and his or her work is also allowed.

Presentations should be no longer than 15 minutes.

The conference will include a luncheon with keynote speaker Gordana Eljdupovich, PhD, who will discuss working with incarcerated mothers. Eljidupovich has PhD degrees and qualifications in both clinical psychology and forensic psychology.

“She takes a women-centered approach to her work,” said Dr. Catherine Borshuck, director of women’s studies, “which means she focuses on oppression and social inequality as well as on the womens’ personal circumstances.”

The conference will be held on April 16 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the first floor of Weikamp Hall, but submissions are due by 5 p.m. on March 26. Interested students can find more information and submit their proposals by going to www.iusb.edu/~ugrsch/2010confCall.shtml or emailing ugrsch@iusb.edu.

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