The WSU Common Reading Program is hosting a presentation on “The What, Why, and How of Undergraduate Research” on Tuesday, March 4, at 4:30 p.m. in CUE 203 on the Pullman campus. If you work with students who you would like to encourage to explore undergraduate research, we hope you will share this opportunity to learn more. The presentation will feature Jeremey Lessmann, director of the Office of Undergraduate Research, who will share an overview of what undergraduate research is, why it is valuable, and how students in any field of study can get involved. He will be joined by Androu Luzader, a WSU senior majoring in Biology and Social Sciences, who will share his experience conducting mentored undergraduate research on issues related to college student food insecurity.
This event is part of the Common Reading Program’s year-long focus of issues related to food insecurity in conjunction with WSU’s use of How the Other Half Eats: The Untold Story of Food and Inequality in America, and it also serves as prelude to this year’s Showcase for Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities (SURCA), which will take place on March 24 from 3:30–4:45 p.m. in the Cub Senior Ballroom at WSU Pullman. More on the Common Reading and its calendar of events can be found at CommonReading.wsu.edu.
