[Teaching-Faculty] Announcing SURC 2021

[Office of the Provost/VPAA]

Dear Colleagues –


We are pleased to share with you that SUNY Old Westbury will serve as host
for the 2021 SUNY Undergraduate Research Conference (SURC) to be held on
Friday, 16 April 2021.  Due to COVID, this year’s SURC will be a ‘virtual’
conference.


Please note the announcement below and pass this information along to all
interested people on your campus.  As students and mentors from ALL
academic disciplines are invited to participate in SURC, we ask that you
encourage your colleagues to share it widely with their students.

For more SURC resources, including abstract submission, registration, etc.,
please visit www.SUNY.edu/SURC <http://www.suny.edu/SURC> as up-to-date
information will be posted there.


Thank you for promoting SURC and encouraging robust participation by your
campus.



Best regards,

The SURC 2020 Organizing Committee

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   Christina Notaro, SUNY Old Westbury
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   Michaela Rehm, SUNY Center for Professional Development
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   Phillip Ortiz, SUNY System Administration




*SUNY Undergraduate Research Conference (SURC) 2021*

*A Virtual Conference Hosted by SUNY Old Westbury*

*16 April 2021*


The *SUNY Undergraduate Research Conference (SURC)* brings together
undergraduate student researchers and faculty mentors from across the SUNY
system for a full day of multidisciplinary activities, including sessions
devoted to student presentations (oral, performance, artistic displays, and
poster), luncheon with keynote speaker(s), a SUNY Transfer, Graduate School
and Career Fair, and professional development workshops for students and
for faculty.


*Why SURC?*

Original research and creative activity are widely recognized as
high-impact educational experiences that positively affect undergraduate
students’ completion rates, career prospects and readiness for graduate
study. Most SUNY campuses encourage such research and creative activity
throughout the curriculum, through independent study and capstone
experiences and/or via internship placements, and invest in opportunities
for students to present their work. This allows students to engage critical
audiences in their learning processes and hone the professional
communication skills necessary for higher-order scholarship and career
success. Frequently those institutions do so by sending their students to
professional conferences and events. While such participation allows
students to develop further confidence and academic skills and to network
beyond their campus by presenting their work to students and faculty who
specialize in their research fields, this opportunity often comes at a
steep cost of sending students to distant conferences.


SURC provides similar networking and academic enrichment opportunities for
students throughout the SUNY system at lower costs and more convenient
locales.  Due to COVID, this year’s SURC will be a ‘virtual’ conference.


By bringing together many hundreds of students and faculty from across the
state to participate in the SURC, we will help realize the synergistic
power of the SUNY system. Students will benefit from networking and
academic enrichment opportunities and learn about transfer and graduate
programs available across SUNY. Faculty will benefit from networking
workshops on integrating student research into their pedagogy or building
research and grant collaborations.


SURC is supported by the Offices of the Chancellor and Provost, and the
Research Foundation, as well as SUNY student and faculty governance
organizations and, of course, the local host site.


*All undergraduate students engaged in research/creative activity and their
mentors across SUNY are invited to attend! *



PLEASE FORWARD THIS INVITATION TO ANYONE AND EVERYONE, INCLUDING STUDENTS,
MENTORS, UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH COORDINATORS, ETC., WHO MAY BE INTERESTED
IN PARTICIPATING!!
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