REU site director workshop

2024 Physics and Astronomy REU Site Directors Workshop

Oct. 5–6, 2024
Arlington, Virginia, United States

The 2024 Physics Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Site Directors Workshop will take place at the Virginia Tech Executive Briefing Center in Arlington, Virginia. The goals of the workshop are to increase knowledge and implementation of effective practices, pursue community-wide initiatives, implement a research-based common assessment, facilitate shared recruitment and support of underrepresented minority students, identify and pursue new opportunities for community-wide action, and cultivate and maintain a community of REU site directors in physics and astronomy and related disciplines.

Workshop schedule

Day 1 - Sat., Oct. 5
Time (EDT)
Event
9:00 - 9:40 a.m.
1.1 Breakfast/Welcome and updates on the NSF REU Program
9:40 - 10:00 a.m.
1.2 NPRLG and Workshop Goals
10:00 - 10:30 a.m.
1.3 Supporting New Sites and Leaders
10:30 - 11:00 a.m.
Coffee Break
11:00 - Noon
1.4 Recruiting Students
Noon - 1:00 p.m.
Lunch
1:00 - 2:30 p.m.
1.5 Receiving and Reviewing Applications
2:30 - 2:45 p.m.
Break
2:45 - 3:45 p.m.
1.6 Running Your REU Program
3:45 - 5:00 p.m.
1.7 Mentoring
Day 2 - Sun., Oct. 6
Time (EDT)
Event
9:00 - 9:30 a.m.
2.1 Breakfast/Discussion of Common Deadlines
9:30 - 10:45 a.m.
2.2 Assessment and Evaluation
10:45 - 11:15 a.m.
Coffee Break
11:15 - Noon
2.3 Resource Sharing
Noon – 1:30 p.m.
2.4 Working Lunch/Preparing for the Future
2024 Physics and Astronomy REU Site Directors Workshop
Past Dates
Registration end
September 10, 2024 at 11:59 PM

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