The Honors Program and the Undergraduate Research and Creative Scholarship Program have devised a new way for Roadrunners to make new academic and professional connections. To promote the exchange of knowledge and to help faculty members and students establish research partnerships, the programs have developed the University’s first-ever MSU Denver Research Symposium.
“My job offers me a unique perspective — because I get to work with students from across so many disciplines, I often get to know about faculty members who may have overlapping research interests,” explained Megan Hughes, Ph.D., director of the Honors Program and event co-organizer. “But oftentimes, they don’t know each other because they are in different departments or colleges.”
The Research Symposium also serves as a social event and aims to facilitate new connections among faculty members and students from across departments and colleges. It is also designed to put students in touch with research sooner and to let them hear about research opportunities directly from faculty members.
RSVPs and presentation applications must submitted by Sept. 9. Please RSVP by Sept. 30.
MSU Denver Research Symposium
Oct. 21
- Session I: 9-10:15 a.m. (presentations by seven faculty members, two students, two infomercials)
- Session II: 10:30-11:45 a.m. (presentations by seven faculty members, two students, two infomercials)
- Networking lunch: noon-1:30 p.m. (free for registered participants)
- Session III: 1:45-3 p.m. (seven faculty members, two students)
- Faculty happy hour: 3:30-5:30 p.m.
Lunch will be provided for registered attendees.
Contact Megan Hughes or Kristy Duran, Ph.D., faculty director of Undergraduate Research, for more details.