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Research Experience for Undergraduates Program Begins
Sept 25, 2004 |
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Contact: Lisa Young 251/861-7509 Six undergraduates have been chosen to participate in the Dauphin Island Sea Labıs Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Program, sponsored for the 7th year by the National Science Foundation. Selected from a competitive process involving undergraduates from around the nation, the REU fellows will receive a stipend of $3,000 and will spend twelve weeks of intensive marine science study and research at the Sea Lab. Each participant in the program is assigned a faculty mentor, who supervises his/her activities at the Lab and advises him/her on an individual research project. Aside from intensive research experience, these students will participate in a series of workshops to hone their academic skills; a seminar series of visiting distinguished speakers; field trips aboard the R/V A.E. Verrill; and lectures on analytical techniques, interpretation and presentation proficiency. For some students, this is their first taste of the rigors of a graduate program in marine science. In the case of the Sea Labıs REU program, many of its participants have returned to the Sea Lab upon finishing college, to begin graduate study here. For more information about this program, check out the Sea Lab website at www.disl.org. 2003 REU Fellows: Dustin Addis Auburn University Katherine Blankenhorn University of South Alabama Nicole Morris Jacksonville State University Allison Odom Jacksonville State University Juliana Oostyen Weber State University (Ogden, Utah) Abigail Poray University of Massachusett |
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