Goals of the SEP Undergraduate Research Option (URO)
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To provide early contact with faculty, staff, and successful upper class students to build academic and social mentoring relationships that will serve as personal and academic support for first year students as they transition to Miami University.
- To Provide for efficient and effective coordination of workshops that will increase students' knowledge of research.
- To engage first year students in faculty research early in their academic careers within a postsecondary setting (or higher education).
To initiate and facilitate successful research partnerships mutually beneficial to students and faculty.
- To enable students to become involved in research opportunities early, in order to increase their participation in other research activities at the University in the future.
- To foster development of a community of student researchers within the Scholastic Enhancement Program by providing educational enrichment opportunities and ways for students to interact, network, socialize, and collaborate together.
- To improve the retention and persistence rates of students within the Scholastic Enhancement Program at Miami University.
- To provide leadership opportunities for first year students.
- Large Group Meetings: The academic year will begin and end with a gathering of all URO students, faculty, and staff.
- Bi-weekly Workshops: A series of programming is coordinated throughout the year to enhance students' knowledge of the research process as well as to promote learning, high achievement, and social adjustment to Miami University.
- Individual Appointments: Regularly scheduled meetings with a faculty mentor and SEP/FYA staff is essential to the completion of research projects.
- Research Symposium: It is expected that students will participate in the Undergraduate Research Forum/Poster Session with their faculty sponsors, usually held in April.