Recruiting and Managing Undergraduate Research Teams

This workshop will explain how to recruit, manage, and mentor undergraduate research teams, and even how to decide whether or not your project would benefit from undergraduate research assistants. The workshop will also familiarize researchers (faculty and graduate students) with the various campus resources available to support their mentoring activities, including: Big Ideas, Summer Mentoring and Research Teams (SMART), and the Undergraduate Research Apprentice Program (URAP).

The workshop will cover both strategies to work effectively with teams and pitfalls to avoid. In the last half hour or so, we will open discussion to the group to talk about how to ensure that you and your undergraduates have an optimal experience working on your specific projects.