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Title: Invited Letter: Primary focus is to work toward embedding opportunities within required courses
As a quick introduction, my name is Professor James Hewlett. I am a Professor of Biology at Finger Lakes Community College (FLCC) in Canandaigua, NY. In addition, I serve as the Program Coordinator for our A.S. Biotechnology degree program. Outside of my faculty role, I have served as the Executive Director of the Community College Undergraduate Research Initiative (CCURI) since 2007. With over 140 institutional partners, CCURI has focused on a mission of expanding opportunities for community college students to engage in an undergraduate research experience. The primary focus at Finger Lakes Community College is to work toward embedding these opportunities within the required course sequences and then provide additional opportunities for deeper exploration by participating in an active student research group. Although the current CCURI initiatives and efforts at FLCC are now operating at scale, the journey associated with this scaling effort continues to be defined by what can only be described as modest beginnings.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
1901984
PAR ID:
10536740
Author(s) / Creator(s):
Publisher / Repository:
Zenodo
Date Published:
Journal Name:
Journal of advanced technological education
ISSN:
2832-9627
Subject(s) / Keyword(s):
undergraduate research models Finger Lakes Community College CCURI NSF ATE
Format(s):
Medium: X
Right(s):
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International; Open Access
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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