East Carolina University : Research and Creative Achievement Week 2012
Letter from the Vice Chancellor March 2012 Dear ECU Community: The Division of Research and Graduate Studies invites you to participate in the ECU Research and Creative Achievement Week on the campus of East Carolina University. The week of March 26-30, 2012, has been set aside to highlight the extraordinary accomplishments of our students in research and creative activities. Because the number of events has increased, events will also be held the previous week. It is the hope of the organizing committee that you will attend, as much as your time allows, in order to see and hear what our students have achieved. In addition, we hope that you will strongly encourage your students to attend. The event is sponsored by a partnership of these entities: Division of Research & Graduate Studies, Division of Academic Affairs, Doctoral Student Association, Graduate and Professional Student Senate, Office of Undergraduate Research, Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society, and Graduate School. The theme of the week’s activities is “Discovering Tomorrow.” The Research and Creative Achievement Week is a showcase of graduate and undergraduate student research and creative activities that are taking place here at ECU. There will be over 315 student presentations, an impressive number that reflects the current growth in research and creative activities at ECU in a variety of fields and disciplines. Oral presentations will take place on Monday, March 26 (Graduate Day) and Wednesday, March 28 (Undergraduate Day) with posters on display for an additional day each. In addition to presentations by students, we also will be recognizing four of our own outstanding faculty for their research accomplishments through their individual research presentations and at an awards reception. Faculty inventors who are cited in U.S. patents issued in 2011 will also be recognized. As a kick-off event, on March 21 the RENCI Visualization Challenge will be held. The International Scholar Symposium will be held on March 27. The Scholar-Teacher Awards and Symposium at which ten faculty will be recognized for the integration of research into their teaching, as well as the College of Education Lecture Series and the Sigma Xi Lecture, will all be held on Thursday, March 29. The whole week is capped off with the announcement of the student participant winners on Friday, March 30. Please consider encouraging your classes to attend specific discipline-related oral student presentations on Monday and Wednesday (March 26 and 28) or to view the poster presentations Monday through Thursday. Visit the RCAW blog at http://blog.ecu.edu/sites/rcaw/ for a schedule of events (click on Schedule of Events or Presentation Schedule). What an exciting week and a great experience for our students. We look forward to seeing you at the Mendenhall Student Center and participating in these events. Yours,
Deirdre M. Mageean, PhD Vice Chancellor 4