A Carnegie Foundation report calling on research universities to make research-based learning the standard was released last week as nearly 50 Union students traveled to the National Conference on Undergraduate Research.
The report also comes as more than 200 Union students
prepare their presentations for the Steinmetz Symposium on May 8.
At NCUR, Union had one of the largest contingents, second
only perhaps to host Salisbury State University, said Prof. Tom Werner, chair of the NCUR
Board of Governors. A total of 2,078 attended, 1,700 of whom were undergraduates.
Also accompanying the Union students were James Adrian,
Ashraf Ghaly and Ilene Kaplan.
“Union students were excited about being there and
supporting each other,” Adrian said. “It was almost to the point of having a
Union cheering section.”
Steinmetz Symposium Schedule
Classes will be canceled during Steinmetz Symposium, Friday, May 8,
starting at 1 p.m. The symposium is the first part of “Recognition Weekend,” the
second being Prize Day Saturday, May 9.
New this year to Steinmetz is a program that will contain the abstracts
of many of the student presentations.
The Steinmetz Symposium is divided into four sessions:
Session I, 1 to 2:20 p.m., concurrent oral presentations in
Humanities, Social Sciences, Science & Engineering and Steinmetz Hall.
Session II, 2:30 to 4:30 p.m., poster sessions and Jazz Ensemble
performance in Reamer Campus Center; art exhibitions in arts atrium; dance performances in
dance studio, and choir performance in performing arts studio.
Session III, 3:30 to 4:50 p.m., and Session IV, 5 to 6:20
p.m., concurrent oral presentations in Humanities, Social Sciences, Science and
Engineering and Steinmetz Hall.
The Steinmetz Banquet in Upperclass Dining will follow Session IV.
The Union College Orchestra, directed by Prof. Hilary Tann, will present
“The Russians Are Coming,” a “Pops” Concert featuring works by Russian
composers at 8:30 p.m. in Memorial Chapel. On the program are Grieg's Peer Gynt
Suite, Borodin's Polovtsian Dances, Mussorgsky's Night on Bald
Mountain, known to many from Walt Disney's film, Fantasia.