Volunteers Needed: Mid-Michigan Symposium for Undergraduate Research Experiences Evaluators

July 19, 2021

Mid-SURE Evaluators are still Needed!

Faculty, staff, academic specialists, post-doctoral fellows, and graduate students are eligible to evaluate presentations. Research expertise is helpful but not required.

We invite you to join us for the Mid-Michigan Symposium for Undergraduate Research Experiences (Mid-SURE) on July 28, 2021 hosted on the virtual platform Symposium by ForagerOne.

The Undergraduate Research Office is seeking faculty, staff, graduate students, post/pre docs, teaching assistants, etc. who are interested in providing constructive feedback to undergraduate students on their pre-recorded poster presentations. There will also be dedicated times to chat with presenters on July 28 from 1:00 – 2:15 PM and 2:30 – 3:45 PM Eastern.  See the Mid-SURE Schedule of Events for specific chat times for each category. You do not need to be present during the chat times.  Evaluations are due by 11:59 PM Eastern on July 29, 2021. For more detailed information go to https://urca.msu.edu/mid-sure/eval.

We’re using Symposium to sign up. Here’s how it works:

  1. Create a Symposium account here
  2. Sign up to evaluate presentations here
  3. Review presentations and complete the evaluation form (July 28-29)

Resources for Undergraduate Students – Please pass along the following to any students you mentor

  • On Friday July 9th there was a Mid-SURE Layout and Submission Process to help students understand the Mid-SURE presentation submission process in detail.
    • The recording can be found here.
  • Mid-SURE Presentations are due July 25th at 11:59 PM
  • Mid-SURE Late Registration will close on July 21st at 11:59 PM
  • Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) Workshop:
    • July 21, 2:00 – 3:00 PM Eastern: Preparing for the Graduate School Application Process. Register here

For more information, contact the Undergraduate Research Office at ugrsrch@msu.edu or 517-884-4384.

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