Two Minnesota State Mankato undergraduates have been selected to present their research at the nation’s top undergraduate research conference in California in April.
Lisa Mayer, a junior Art History major from Belle Plaine, and Gregory Boubel, a senior History major from Mankato, were selected to present at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research at Dominican University of California, San Rafael, April 12-14.
Mayer will present “Imminent Assimilation: A New Interpretation of Etruscan Cultural Material.” Boubel will present “Dignified Aloofness: Canada’s Failed Bid to Join the Pan American Union.” They also will see and hear presentations by other national winners.
Several weeks ago a national panel selected their projects from proposals submitted by hundreds of undergraduates across the nation. Their projects were eligible for national competition because they were among the top proposals in the Minnesota State Mankato Undergraduate Research Conference, which will be held April 23-24.
Both students conducted their research under the direction of faculty members. Mayer worked with Alisa Eimen; Boubel was advised by Humberto Loayza.
The College of Graduate Studies & Research will fund Mayer’s and Boubel’s trip to the San Francisco area. Undergraduate Research Conference Co-Chairs Gina Wenger and Trent Vorlicek also will attend the national conference.
At Minnesota State Mankato’s Undergraduate Research Conference, students will present their research through poster sessions, oral presentations, exhibits and other forms. After the conference the projects will be published in a 2007 Journal of Undergraduate Research.
The annual local conference is organized through the Office of Research & Sponsored Programs, part of the College of Graduate Studies & Research.
Over the last 20 years colleges and universities have put greater emphasis on undergraduate research as an important element for teaching and engaging students, and as a way of better preparing students for careers in science, humanities and creative arts.
More information about the National Conferences of Undergraduate Research can be found at http://www.ncur.org/. More information about Minnesota State Mankato’s Undergraduate Research Conference is at http://grad.mnsu.edu/research/urc/
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