SURCA 2014 TODAY in the CUB: Please plan to attend!

The Undergraduate Research Program invites you to

SURCA 2014

Friday, March 28, 12:15-5 p.m., in the CUB Ballrooms

The work and results of research conducted by more than 150 WSU undergraduates will be featured at the third annual Showcase for Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities (SURCA) 2014.

  • Oral Session I:  12:15 to 2 p.m., CUB Junior Ballroom (second floor)
  • Oral Session II: 2:15-4 p.m., CUB Junior Ballroom (second floor)
  • Poster Session: 3:45-5 p.m. in the CUB M.G. Carey Senior Ballroom.
  • Awards: 5 p.m., CUB Junior Ballroom

Awards:  The SURCA 2014 awards ceremony for top presenters in each of eight categories begins at 5 p.m. in the CUB Junior Ballroom.

The awards are sponsored by The Boeing Company and the WSU Office of the Provost and Executive Vice President. More than 30 individuals or teams could receive awards.

Even one student presenting live from Mexico!:  Students from Pullman, WSU Vancouver and Tri-Cities, and the Global Campus will present at this WSU-wide event for undergraduate researchers from all disciplines and in all grades.

One Pullman student who is studying in Mexico this semester and another from WSU Vancouver will deliver their presentations virtually, thanks to web conferencing courtesy of the Global Campus. [http://globalcampus.wsu.edu/]

Topics: Student research topics range from perceptions about wine to the design and testing of a remotely controlled air-cavity boat, and from fashion as identity to a bioinformatic analysis of the genome of mycobacteriophage Sillygoose.

New rubric: A new judging rubric will debut this year, used by faculty and guest expert judges to evaluate each presenter. An interdisciplinary panel of faculty and staff members worked for months to develop the rubric. Judges will also provide personal feedback to students.

WSU Showcase: SURCA is one of four parts of WSU Showcase.  [http://showcase.wsu.edu/#.UzRviftN3XN]

Abstracts Online: A book of the abstracts submitted by student participants is available online.

For more information, the abstract book with a listing of student participants and topics, and the new rubric, please visit http://surca.wsu.edu .  The Undergraduate Research Program is part of the WSU Office of Undergraduate Education.

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