Moderator
- Jamie Payton (Temple University)
Summary
This session will introduce several breakouts that discuss issues central to preparing
for REU Site and REU student success. Outcomes will include identification of best practices
in preparing for students to arrive at your REU Site and preparing students for success in
undergraduate research. PIs will convene for a 30-minute panel session following the breakouts
that reports on the discussions across groups, with a review of burning questions and top tips
for logistics, student recruiting and selection, cohort building, and tracking student outcomes.
Sessions
- Logistics (contracts, photo release, payments, housing)
- Student recruiting, selection, and environment for broadening participation in computing
- Tiffany Barnes (NC State University)
- Evan Rosenberg (U. of Minnesota)
- Cohort building, social activities, and establishing research lab culture
- Damla Turgut (University of Central Florida)
- Mentor preparation, management, and Logistics
- Kemal Akkaya
- Alfredo Perez (Columbus State University)
- High Impact First Week Activities & Getting Ready for Research
- Reynold Bailey (Rochester Institute of Technology)
- Cecilia Alm (Rochester Institute of Technology)