April is Honors Capstone month! The Capstone Project is the culmination of an honors student’s honors experience and reflects substantive understanding. Successful completion of a capstone project requires research, creative thinking, and good writing skills. This year’s honors presentations include one architecture student, one retail merchandising student, three graphic design students, and four interior design students. The presentations are open to the public.
Five College of Design undergraduates participated in the April 18, 2008 U of M Undergraduate Symposium celebrating student creativity, performance, public engagement, research and scholarship.
Student: Daniel Carlson, Architecture BDA
Project Title: To Whom Does it Concern?
Faculty sponsor: Leslie Van Duzer
Student: Fran Doherty, Architecture BDA
Project Title: Transit Oriented Development in Spain and Portugal
Student: Evan Douglas Hall, Architecture BS
Project Title: Making the Urban Fiber Visible: A Travel Fellowship Analyzing Japanese Urban Planning Techniques and Architecture
Faculty sponsor: Ann Forsyth
Student: Michael Janicki, Architecture BS
Project Title: The Menomonee River Valley Redevelopment Initiative: Milwaukee's Green Heart of New Industry & Recreation
Faculty Sponsor: Lance Neckar
Student: Dane Steinlicht, Architecture BDA
Project Title: The Ice Museum: Built to Last
Faculty Sponsor: Billy Weber
For more information about the symposium, visit: http://www.research.umn.edu/undergraduate/2008symposium/index.html
Abstracts due Friday, March 28, 2008
All undergraduate students are invited to participate in the Undergraduate Symposium to be held on April 18. Whether you are finishing your project or are mid-way through, describing your research in the form of a poster presentation is a valuable learning experience. Presenters from past years have reported that the symposium provided a capstone experience and closure to their research projects. Students whose projects were in a more formative stage found that the symposium provided them with insights, ideas, and inspiration through discussions with the scientists, colleagues, and guests who stopped by to view their posters.
For more information visit: http://www.research.umn.edu/undergraduate/2008symposium/callforabstracts.html
Monday, February 4, 12:15 – 1:00 p.m., 225 Rapson Hall
Tuesday, February 12, 12:15 – 1:00 p.m., 22 McNeal Hall
The Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) offers a stipend (up to $1400) and/or an expense allowance (up to $300) to undergraduates for research, scholarly, or creative projects undertaken in partnership with a faculty member.
These two information sessions are geared specifically for College of Design undergraduate students. A representative from the central UROP office will meet with students to describe application procedures, discuss the steps in setting up a UROP experience, and analyze what makes a good proposal. Sample proposals and application materials will be available. College specific UROP information will also be distributed.
Next UROP Deadline: Monday, March 3, 2008 for summer 2008 and fall 2008 projects
Application deadline: March 3, 2008
University of Minnesota's Initiative for Renewable Energy and the Environment (IREE) and the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) are offering a scholarship that's worth looking into.
With funding from E3 2007-the Midwest's premier energy, economic and environmental conference-the scholarship will allow undergraduate students to join the world's top experts in addressing today's most pressing issues. For more information visit www.iree.umn.edu/scholarship.html
Monday, February 4, 12:15 – 1:00 p.m., 225 Rapson Hall
Tuesday, February 12, 12:15 – 1:00 p.m., 22 McNeal Hall
The Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) offers a stipend (up to $1400) and/or an expense allowance (up to $300) to undergraduates for research, scholarly, or creative projects undertaken in partnership with a faculty member.
These two information sessions are geared specifically for College of Design undergraduate students. A representative from the central UROP office will meet with students to describe application procedures, discuss the steps in setting up a UROP experience, and analyze what makes a good proposal. Sample proposals and application materials will be available. College specific UROP information will also be distributed.
Next UROP Deadline: Monday, March 3, 2008 for summer 2008 and fall 2008 projects
Monday, February 4, 12:15 – 1:00 p.m., 225 Rapson Hall
Tuesday, February 12, 12:15 – 1:00 p.m., 22 McNeal Hall
The Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) offers a stipend (up to $1400) and/or an expense allowance (up to $300) to undergraduates for research, scholarly, or creative projects undertaken in partnership with a faculty member.
These two information sessions are geared specifically for College of Design undergraduate students. A representative from the central UROP office will meet with students to describe application procedures, discuss the steps in setting up a UROP experience, and analyze what makes a good proposal. Sample proposals and application materials will be available. College specific UROP information will also be distributed.
Next UROP Deadline: Monday, March 3, 2008 for summer 2008 and fall 2008 projects
All undergraduate students are invited to participate in the Undergraduate Symposium to be held on April 18. Whether you are finishing your project or are mid-way through, describing your research in the form of a poster presentation is a valuable learning experience. Presenters from past years have reported that the symposium provided a capstone experience and closure to their research projects. Students whose projects were in a more formative stage found that the symposium provided them with insights, ideas, and inspiration through discussions with the scientists, colleagues, and guests who stopped by to view their posters.
Watch for more information after winter break and in the meantime visit the Undergraduate Symposium website.
The Student Project for Amity among Nations (SPAN), Minnesota’s oldest study abroad program, will offer its unique independent research and study abroad programs in Argentina, Bulgaria and Senegal during the summer of 2008.
Interested? Stop by the following open house for more information.
Thursday, November 29, 2007
1:00pm-5:00pm
658 Heller Hall