UndergraduateResearchScholaryandCreativeActivity

Undergraduate Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

Undergraduate Research, Scholary, and CreativeActivity

Undergraduate RSCA at UWRF

RSCA--research, scholarly, and creative activity--is at the heart of the undergraduate curriculum at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls. We are committed to providing a comprehensive range of opportunities for students in all disciplines to use their newly developed skills in solving genuine problems in their fields and present their solutions to their colleagues, faculty and staff, and the public.

UWRF provides a variety of opportunities for students to present their RSCA.

MINDS @ UW, the digital institutional repository for faculty, staff, and students at UW institutions. This repository is part of a University of Wisconsin System project that provides a safe haven for published and unpublished electronic content of any discipline and is designed to capture, store, index, distribute and preserve the intellectual output of the university.

RSCA Day

Each spring since 1991, UWRF has celebrated the research, scholarly, and creative activity of students, staff, and faculty by showing posters depicting their work. Also, the University of Wisconsin Library archives some RSCA Day abstracts and posters in Minds@UW.

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RSCA Day 2002	RSCA Day 2001	RSCA Day 2000

Posters in the Rotunda

Since 2004, UW-System universities and colleges have displayed undergraduate RSCA in the Rotunda of the State Capital in Madison for the edification of legislators, legislative aides, UW-System Regents and staff, government officials, UW alumni, and other interested parties in the Madison area. The UW-System maintains a page devoted to Posters in the Rotunda. Images specific to UWRF are linked below.

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UW-System Symposium on Undergraduate Research

Each year, UW-System sponsors a symposium for undergraduate researchers. The Symposium gives undergraduate students in all disciplines, from all University of Wisconsin institutions, an opportunity to present their scholarly work on a wide variety of topics from artistic expressions to scientific research. Students participate through oral presentations, poster displays, gallery exhibits, and artistic performances. Throughout the day, participants have the opportunity to interact with students, faculty, and staff from all UW System campuses. Both the 2008 and 2010 symposiums were held at UW River Falls. The 2011 UW System Symposium will be held on April 29, 2011 at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside.

SURSCA, the Society for Undergraduate RSCA

In Spring, 2002, a group of UWRF students formed SURSCA to foster a positive campus environment for research, scholarly and creative activities. Since then, SURSCA has hosted evening galas each fall to celebrate undergraduate RSCA; co-hosted RSCA Day; and sponsored student travel to national conferences.

SURSCA Fall Gala 2010

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NCUR, the National Conference on Undergraduate Research

UWRF sent its first delegation of 39 students to NCUR 2002 at University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. We have since traveled to Salt Lake City (2003), Indianapolis (2004), Lexington, VA, (2005), Asheville, NC (2006), San Rafael, CA (2007), Salisbury, MD (2008), La Crosse, WI (2009), and Missoula, MT (2010), Ithaca, NY (2011) with large contingents of students who have presented their work to national audiences. The 2012 National Conference on Undergraduate Research will be held at Weber State University, Ogden, UT from March 29 - 31, 2012.

Events

2010-2011