the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission and West Virginia Community & Technical College System’s Division of Student Affairs is sponsoring a virtual professional development event titled “A Shared Responsibility: Ensuring Fertile Ground for First-Gen College Student Success” led by Dr. Sonja Ardoin, which will take place on Thursday, May 25, 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. This event is free and open to interested staff, faculty, and administration from West Virginia’s public and independent institutions of higher education. Please feel free to share this information with any colleagues on your campus who may be interested in participating. Registration will be open through 5/24 or until event capacity is reached.
Date, Time, & Place: Thursday, May 25, 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. | Virtual Format
An Invitation to Submit Manuscripts for a Special Issue of Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: A Journal of Developmental Psychology: “Supporting the Next Generation of Developmental Scientists”
Attention: Research Mentors for Undergraduate Honors Theses
Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: A Journal of Developmental Psychology is hosting one or more special issues featuring high-quality, empirical honor theses completed by undergraduate students under the mentorship of faculty researchers. The issue’s purpose is to promote and recognize the next generation of developmental scientists.
Eligibility is limited to reports of empirical research and higher priority will be given to submissions that address substantive topics that are consistent with the journal’s mission and focus.
Merrill-Palmer Quarterly's mission is to serve as a primary source of new research studies in child and adolescent development. The purview of Merrill-Palmer Quarterly encompasses theory and research on child and adolescent social/emotional/psychological development and emphasizes the journal's historical commitment to the study of development in context (e.g., relationships, families, schools, neighborhoods, peers, media, etc.).
Students and mentors who wish to have their manuscripts considered for this special issue should upload their submissions to the article portal at digitalcommons.wayne.edu/mpq/. Submissions will be accepted beginning April 15, 2023, and undergo peer review. Submission deadline is September 1, 2023.
Student/scholar authors needing publication within a limited timeline for the purpose of meeting graduation and/or other class requirements: because of the cyclical nature of periodic journals, a specific hastened future publication date cannot be offered nor guaranteed and relying on this is advised against.
Instructions for article submission are attached and can also be found on the article portal at https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/mpq/. Inquiries about manuscripts should be directed to the editorial office via e-mail (mpq@asu.edu).
Manuscript Submission To submit a manuscript, use the submit article portal at digitalcommons.wayne.edu/mpq. The editors reserve the right to return or reject manuscripts that deviate substantially from the following requirements:
Congratulations to the category winners and runners-up from WVU's 7th annual Spring Undergraduate Research Symposium. Thank you to all of our presenters for joining us in celebrating another year of undergraduate research at WVU.
Eleven WVU undergraduate researchers, one graduate student, and an Office of Undergraduate Research staff member presented their research at the annual National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR) at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Sponsored by the Council on Undergraduate Research and an annually selected hosting institution, NCUR is the largest assembly of undergraduate researchers in nation and promotes a unique opportunity for students to interact with students, disciplines, and perspectives outside of the WVU community.
The WVU community is invited to attend the 7th Annual Undergraduate Spring Symposium!
The 7th Annual Undergraduate Spring Symposium website will take place in personon Sunday, April 23rd, 2023 12:30 - 5:00 P.M. at locations in the WVU Mountainlair:
WVU Extension is currently hiring undergraduate and graduate STEM majors to serve as WVU Stem Ambassadors this summer ($100/day) plus travel reimbursement). STEM Ambassadors act as science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) instructors during the summer at 4-H camps and events across West Virginia. Given training and materials, ambassadors will deliver pre-arranged STEM curricula to youth at 4-H Camps across the state of West Virginia during time frame of May 21, 2023 to August 1, 2023. Other assignments may include state 4-H camps located at Jackson’s Mill, STEM outreach at National Jamboree 2023, and the West Virginia State Fair located in Lewisburg in August, WV as well as assembly and distribution of STEM kits and materials. Room and board is provided while on assignment at camps, but ambassadors must be able to provide their own transportation to camps. This is a great opportunity for students to earn some extra money this summer, simultaneously earn i-serve hours for STEM-outreach, and improve their teaching and leadership skills, all while spreading their enthusiasm for science.
FourWest Virginia University faculty members and one graduate student were
recently named recipients of 2023 Awards of Distinction in Mentoring Undergraduates
in Research.
The award recognizes and rewards faculty and graduate
students who encourage and support undergraduates in making an original
intellectual or creative contribution to their discipline.
From the Research for Inclusive STEM Education (RISE) Center, Arizona State University:
We are a research team in the School of Life Sciences at Arizona State University interested in learning more about undergraduate research experiences.
The Toxicology Mentoring and Skills Development Training Program (ToxMSDT), housed at the University of California Davis, is a special opportunity for underrepresented undergraduate students to participate in a year-long mostly remote toxicology training and mentoring program.
Funded by the National Institute of Health, the goal of this program is to attract diverse undergraduate students from around the United States to pursue careers in biomedical research, especially in the field of toxicology. Successful applicants will be teamed with a mentor meeting remotely throughout the year. In-person activities include the program kickoff workshop at the University of California Davis, a visit to the mentor’s work site, attendance of the annual Society of Toxicology meeting, and a celebration of the program successes at the Capstone Event at Tuskegee University. Online learning modules are provided throughout the duration of the program to increase mentees knowledge about toxicology.
