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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#4F81BD">Hope to see you in September!<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#C00000">5<sup>th</sup> Annual
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:20.0pt;color:#C00000">Promoting Undergraduate Research Conference<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#C00000">for</span></b><b><span style="font-size:20.0pt;color:#C00000"> Faculty, Staff and Administrators<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:8.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Sponsored by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:#0070C0">September 26, 2014</span></b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:#0070C0">
</span><span style="font-size:16.0pt;color:#17365D">(8:30 am to 4:00 pm)<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Presbyterian Health Foundation Conference Center
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">(655 Research Parkway, OKC)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-variant:small-caps;color:#0070C0">PROMOTING UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH MODELS AT EVERY LEVEL:
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-variant:small-caps;color:#0070C0"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-variant:small-caps;color:#0070C0">INQUIRY, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, ASSESSMENT AND RETENTION<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Research and creative activities provide the critical opportunity for students to fully engage in their education, facilitating a
journey of discovery that bridges the gap between knowledge and experience. The 2014 conference will revisit effective models of inquiry with a focus on community engagement, effective models of assessment of undergraduate research outcomes and student retention,
and examine student research projects illustrating these models.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Registration:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">
<a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/2014ugr">https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/2014ugr</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext">Fee:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:windowtext"> $50 faculty; $75 administrators
(continental breakfast and lunch included)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#C00000">Schedule<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:4.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0070C0">8:00
</span><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#C00000">Registration and Continental Breakfast
<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0070C0">8:30
</span><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#C00000">Welcome
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0070C0">–
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0070C0">Dr. Blake Sonobe, Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, OSRHE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0070C0">8:45-10:00
</span><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#C00000">Panel:</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0070C0">
</span></b><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#C00000">Models of Undergraduate Research Assessment</span></i></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0070C0">10:00-10:15
<i>Break</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0070C0">10:15-11:30
</span><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#C00000">Panel:
<i>Models of Undergraduate Community Engagement and Inquiry</i></span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0070C0">11:30-1:00
</span><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#C00000">Lunch (Provided)</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0070C0">
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0070C0">– Networking Tables and Dr. Beth Ambos, Executive Officer of CUR, Speaker</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0070C0">
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0070C0">1:00-1:45
</span><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#C00000">Student Panel:
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0070C0">Community Engagement Research in the Arts and Humanities<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-1.0in;line-height:115%">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0070C0">1:45-2:30
</span><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#C00000">Student Panel:</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"> Community Engagement Research
in Behavioral Sciences</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-1.0in;line-height:115%">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0070C0">2:30-2:45
<i>Break</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-1.0in;line-height:115%">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0070C0">2:45-3:30
</span><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#C00000">Student Panel:
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0070C0">Community Engagement Research in STEM Topics</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0070C0"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:115%">
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0070C0">3:30–3:45
</span><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#C00000">Undergraduate Research Program Spotlight Award
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0070C0">-
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0070C0">Chancellor Glen D. Johnson<br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0070C0">3:45-4:00
<b>+∆ Evaluation and Closing Call to Action<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Monotype Corsiva";color:#1F497D">Dr. Linda Mason<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Coordinator of Grant Writing
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">655 Research Parkway, Suite 200<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Oklahoma City, OK 73104<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">405-225-9486 desk<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">405-706-8757 cell<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">405-225-9230 FAX<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><a href="mailto:lmason@osrhe.edu"><span style="color:blue">lmason@osrhe.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><a href="http://www.okhighered.org/grant-opps/"><span style="color:blue">www.okhighered.org/grant-opps/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#1F497D">Do not be afraid to give your time to writing grant proposals. Time given to planning proposals is never time lost, but is rather time gained, so that
our research, our programs, our collaborations and indeed our whole profession may become more profoundly significant.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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