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| Friday, October 25th | ||
| 5:15 PM |
Ken Teter, University of Central Florida Burnett Honors College Lobby 5:15 PM - 7:00 PM The Transfer-student Research and Integration Program (TRIP) prepares life science students for placement in graduate school or the STEM workforce by supporting their professional development and integration into the UCF community. TRIP students also receive a team-based research experience and an opportunity to present at regional conferences. An $8,000 scholarship distributed over the course of the 2-year program reduces financial barriers and encourages students to spend more time on campus and in a research environment. This poster provides an overview of the challenges facing transfer students, the solutions offered by TRIP, and early outcomes from the first cohort of our National Science Foundation-sponsored program. |
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| 5:15 PM |
Expanding Options and Access to the Honors Undergraduate Thesis Padmini Coopamah Waldron Dr., University of Central Florida Burnett Honors College Lobby 5:15 PM - 7:00 PM Since 1989, students at the University of Central Florida have had the opportunity to earn Honors through the Honors in the Major program. In an effort to accommodate the range of students’ research interests and to make the Honors thesis more appealing and accessible to qualified students, the Office of Honors Research has in the last year introduced two new options: the Interdisciplinary thesis and the Engineering thesis. The former allows students to conduct research and write theses outside their declared academic majors; the latter option allows students in Engineering to substitute their Senior Design course for an Honors Thesis course, thus reducing the number of credits associated with the program. |
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