Happy Friday! It has been quite a week for our little program. Lots of news to share, so please indulge me for just a few moments of this Weekend Eve.
First things first. In just over a week, nearly all of our subcommittees have begun their work in earnest. Many of us have already been contacted by our respective subcommittee chairs, and some have even got their first meetings scheduled. Thank you subcommittee chairs! And thanks to everyone for responding to the myriad meeting polls that have been flying about. It would be ideal if subcommittees could have their first meeting by the end of next week but, of course, that won’t be possible in all cases. The important thing is that subcommittees begin their work as soon as possible. In a perfect world, subcommittees could report out and get feedback on action items at the Council’s September 24 meeting. But this world is far from perfect, and we’ll be just fine if subcommittees have to push their first meetings out a little bit.
On another note, I received word earlier this week that funding is available for 6 members of the UR Council to travel to the Florida Statewide Symposium (FSS), the annual meeting of the Florida Undergraduate Research Association (FURA). This is the association’s annual conference of UR practitioners, which is separate from the Florida Undergraduate Research Conference (FURC), an event for students held every spring. FSS is a great opportunity to meet and share ideas with other UR practitioners from across the state. The event will be in Orlando this year, on October 18 and 19. That’s short notice, I know, but there are still a few weeks to make travel arrangements. Please let me know ASAP. I’ve been asked to forward the names of those who’d like to attend to the Provost’s office by next Wednesday. Here’s a link to the event’s website, where you’ll find all kinds of information about it:
https://researchsymposium.ucf.edu/
In other news, I’m thrilled to share that the UR Program now has a logo! This came care of the Office of Communications and Marketing, and you’ll find an image of it tucked into my email signature for your viewing pleasure. I’m told this is an honor bestowed only upon the choicest academic enrichment programs at the College. Don’t we feel special. And I guess it ain’t half bad to look at, to boot. There are lots of guidelines for brand logos these days, and I get the impression that this is a first and final draft. But they did work with our lamp of knowledge iconography, and I think it will do quite nicely. They gave us a number of different versions and file types for different purposes, and I’ve uploaded them all to Teams. Here’s a direct link:
Finally, Communications and Marketing will also be making some updates to our website in the coming weeks. We’ve always included a list of UR Council members on the website, along with their titles, departmental affiliations, etc. Some of this information can be tough to locate through our various systems, so I’ve put together a survey (Yes, another survey. Sorry about that.) to gather this information. It should just take a few short moments to complete. Here’s a link:
https://forms.office.com/r/6MSbdAnfat
And with that, you’ve reached the end of the oft-weighty tome that I seem to be sending out with regularity each Friday. Thanks to everyone for getting yourselves organized so quickly into subcommittees this week. We’re really getting things underway now.
I wish everyone a pleasant, if soggy, weekend. Do I detect a hint of fall in the air? Probably just my imagination. But at least we’re well shy of the triple digits now, so that’s a start. Much to be thankful for.
Dan
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