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<Title>Writing a successful Undergraduate Research Award proposal</Title>
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    <div class="html-content">Tuesday, February 12 from 4 p.m. to 4:50 p.m. in AC IV A 114. <br><br>Get help with how to complete the application for an Undergraduate Research Award (URA) of up to $1,500. <br><br>Includes funding for students in the arts and humanities. <br>
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<Summary>Tuesday, February 12 from 4 p.m. to 4:50 p.m. in AC IV A 114.   Get help with how to complete the application for an Undergraduate Research Award (URA) of up to $1,500.   Includes funding for...</Summary>
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<Title>Researcher of the Week: Yekaterina Pidgurskaya</Title>
<Tagline>Undergraduate researchers explore their interests!</Tagline>
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    <strong>When did you join the Ronald E. McNair (REM) program?</strong><br>I joined <a href="https://sites.google.com/a/umbc.edu/mcnair/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">the McNair program</a> in the spring semester of 2011.<br><br><strong>How did you find out about McNair?</strong> <br>I found out about the McNair program from a friend who was also planning to apply.<br><br><strong>What have you gained from being a McNair scholar?</strong> <br>Being a McNair scholar helped me learn to handle homework in addition to doing research on my own. The program still helps me plan for my future, providing resources to research potential graduate schools and jobs that I could apply for. Additionally, I gained a wonderful group of friends and some memorable experiences that I otherwise would never be able to have. <br><br><strong>What is your most recent independent research project?</strong> <br>My current research project is on Central American immigrants: how they perceive their job and lifestyle circumstances and whether their expectations of immigrating to the United States have been fulfilled. In the future I plan to focus on other groups of immigrants.<br><br><strong>How did you find your mentor for this project?</strong> <br>I found my mentor by asking for referrals from professors with whom I have had classes with. One of my very recent professors told me that Dr. Sara Poggio would be a great mentor because her research was on immigration as well. After she agreed to be my mentor, she was and still remains one of my biggest supporters in my research process.<br><br><strong>How did you know this was the project you wanted to do?</strong> <br>I was interested in immigration because of my personal experience. I arrived to the United States in 2000 with my parents, and have experienced many things that immigrants of any country go through, especially the process of obtaining a citizenship. These experiences, as well as my love for learning new languages guided my research interests to what I am doing as my project now. I am interested in learning how groups of people from different countries experience their arrival and adjustments while living in a new country.<br><br><strong>How much time do you put into it? </strong><br>In a way, I put a lot of time in my project because the topic is constantly on my mind. Everything I see I can basically relate to the subject of immigration. The research project is not just about writing the paper. It is about scheduling meetings with my mentor, reading numerous articles and keeping up with the news on immigration, as well as formulating the methodology of obtaining the data to prove hypotheses. I could feel accomplished about my project just by talking to my mentor about what sort of questions I could ask in an interview, or reading up on other immigration groups and their adjustments in the United States. There are so many levels of doing my research that I feel like I never stop putting time into it.<br><br><strong>What academic background did you have before you started?</strong> <br>I received an Associate of Arts in International Relations from Montgomery College in 2010. Since then, I have pursued Political Science as a minor, and putting Russian and Spanish languages as my majors. I am interested in linguistics and communication with different languages. Learning languages does not just mean learning the linguistics; it involves learning history and culture of the people who speak the language as well. The topic of immigration in the United States definitely ties in political science (particularly immigration and foreign policies) as well as cultural and linguistic adjustments of the people who arrive into the country.<br><br><strong>How much did your mentor help you with your research?</strong> <br>If I had to describe the help and advice I receive from my mentor with my research, I would say that Dr. Poggio is the one person who keeps me level-headed. Meetings with Dr. Poggio provide me with a sense of direction: I know what I have to do, what I have to work on, and what I have to plan to do in the future. She is always there when I need advice, and her sense of honesty and clear mindedness helped me learn about myself and how exciting a research project can be. She taught me responsibility in addition to many lessons about life in general, like how to remain calm during times of hardship.<br><br><strong>What has been the hardest part about your research?</strong> <br>The hardest part of research has been getting the methodology approved by the Institutional Review Board (IRB), creating the questionnaire for interviews, and actually finding people for the interviews. It has been very time consuming, and it is highly probable that conducting interviews themselves will take a long time as well. It is also hard to be able to include all the articles I read about into the literature review without getting off topic.<br><br><strong>What is your advice to other students about getting involved in research?</strong> <br>My advice is to make sure that you know exactly what you are doing for your research. If you know you need to do something that is time consuming like getting IRB approval, do it as soon as possible. Do not leave things to be done on the last day before the deadline. Lastly, find things that you are truly interested in as potential research projects: if your heart is not in it, then it is harder to put effort into the work.<br><br><strong>What are your career goals?</strong> <br><p>My career goals involve working in the government, particularly Department of Homeland Security, Department of Defense. I would be interested in working as a translator or have a position in the United Nations, as well.
    
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<Title>UMBC Student Project - you can help</Title>
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<Title>IBISWorld Industry Intelligence</Title>
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    <div class="html-content">UMBC now has trial access to <strong><a href="http://www.ibisworld.com/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">IBISWorld Industry Intelligence</a>.</strong><div><strong><br></strong></div>
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    <div>IBISWorld produces and publishes over 700 US Industry Reports at the 5-digit level of the NAICS code – all delivered via their website. IBISWorld research reports contain trends, statistics and analysis on market size, market share of competitors and industry growth rates. Major market segments are identified and also those forces affecting supply and demand within the industry. Performance analysis includes emerging industry trends as well as recent production performance.</div>
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    <div>Alternatively, you can access individual products by visiting separate URL’s broken out by database as listed below:</div>
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    <div><strong><a href="http://clients1.ibisworld.com/reports/us/industry/home.aspx" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">US Industry Market Research</a></strong></div>
    <div>700+ Industry Research Reports - 35-50 pages: Industry reports are written at the 5-digit NAICS level - an unparalleled degree of detail. The reports are updated frequently. Each report provides insight into current and future industry performance, changing trends, operating conditions and supply chain conditions.</div>
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    <div><strong><a href="http://clients1.ibisworld.com/reports/us/iexpertrisk/home.aspx" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">iExpert Summary Reports</a></strong></div>
    <div><span>700+ iExpert Summary Reports – 4 pages: iExpert reports provide a quick overview of the industry, with key statistics and facts, major market segments, revenue and forecasts. They additionally include the major threat and opportunity of each industry and external impacts and internal management issues to help with further discussion.</span></div>
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    <div><strong><a href="http://clients1.ibisworld.com/reports/us/bed/home.aspx" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Business Environment Database</a></strong></div>
    <div>300+ Business Environment Reports – 4-6 pages: Data and analysis on over 300 economic and demographic statistics, categorized in seven “environments” that surround the economy. These include global and domestic influences on US businesses such as interest rates, commodity prices, demographics, and consumer trends.</div>
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    <div>This is the same industry research tool utilized by commercial banks, investment banks and private equity firms, IT companies, colleges and universities, government agencies, manufacturing companies, advertising and marketing agencies, management consulting, accounting, law, and engineering firms.</div>
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    <span>For off-campus access, please login via VPN first (</span><a href="http://vpn.umbc.edu/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">http://vpn.umbc.edu</a><span>) and follow the link to the UMBC Library Homepage. Then follow the link under "News &amp; Events" on the Library's homepage to return to this post and click on the "Visit Website" button to access the database. For more info on remote access, see </span><a href="http://aok.lib.umbc.edu/services/remoteaccess.php" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">http://aok.lib.umbc.edu/services/remoteaccess.php</a><span> .</span><br><br><p>The trial runs through March 8, 2013. Feedback on the usefulness of this database is appreciated. Leave contact Drew Alfgren at <a href="alfgren@umbc.edu" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">alfgren@umbc.edu</a>, or leave us a comment to let us know what you think.</p>
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    <p>This Valentine’s Day the <a title="UMBC Bookstore" href="http://bookstore.umbc.edu/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">UMBC Bookstore</a> is offering <strong>free on campus delivery</strong> on 3 special Valentines:</p>
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    <div>May even result in a kiss:<br>
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    <strong>How did you find your mentor for your research, scholarship, or artistic project?</strong><br>My mentor, Dr. Gail Orgelfinger, was my professor for a Spring 2012 Honors Independent Study. She encouraged me to develop a research project as a part of the course, and to apply for the URA.<br><br><strong>How did you know this was the project you wanted to do?</strong><br>I am very interested in medieval studies, so I knew the perfect project would be incorporating my interests in British literature and history. With these things in mind, my research became about pilgrimage during the Middle Ages, in particular about St. Cuthbert and his association with the abbeys at Melrose, Scotland and Lindisfarne, England. <br><br><strong>Is this your first independent research project?</strong><br>Yes.<br><br><strong>Do you get course credit for this work?</strong><br>Yes, the URA is part of my independent study from Spring 2012.<br><br><strong>How much time do you put into it?</strong><br>I am not sure if I can count the hours! My time has truly been filled with study, editing papers, and planning my research in England.<br><br><strong>How did you hear about the Undergraduate Research Award (URA) program?</strong><br>I heard about it from my sister Allison, who graduated from UMBC in 2010.<br><br><strong>What academic background did you have before you applied for the URA?</strong><br>Junior status at UMBC and several classes focusing on the medieval period.<br><br><strong>Was the application difficult to do?</strong><br>The application was simple enough, save for making the statement of purpose concise and understandable. I had a difficult time putting my project in a short statement. Though overall, it is a simple application.<br><br><strong>How much did your mentor help you with the application?</strong><br>Dr. Gail Orgelfinger was very kind to edit my abstract several times.<br><br><strong>What has been the hardest part about your research? </strong><br>The most difficult part has certainly been trying to narrow down my subject and realize that I can neither understand nor cover everything I would have liked to have covered. Also, planning my trip along St. Cuthbert’s Way has posed many challenges and surprises. Although I would say that planning my research was more difficult than executing it, as I greatly enjoyed traveling through the English and Scottish countryside, visiting the abbeys, and interviewing people about my research topic.<br><br><strong>What was the most unexpected thing?</strong><br>The most unexpected thing about my research was uncovering all of the information about St. Cuthbert in Northumbria and the Scottish Borders, and how there is more relevance of pilgrimage in our times than I would have expected. While executing my research in Britain this summer, I was also surprised to see how much religious history has infiltrated contemporary culture.<br><br><strong>How does your research relate to your work in other classes?</strong><br>This project fits perfectly in my studies of religious history and pilgrimage literature.<br><br><strong>What is your advice to other students about getting involved in research?</strong> <br>The opportunity to do research is something unique to UMBC. This is one of the reasons that I decided to transfer to UMBC from HCC, because it is not easy for an undergraduate to do this kind of research at any university. If you are prepared for editing papers, sleepless nights spent researching, and carrying hoards of books out of the UMBC library, then you are more than ready for a rewarding research project. I am grateful to have received the URA in order to travel to England to study what I love; it is an opportunity that should not be ignored by any serious student at UMBC.<br><br><strong>What are your career goals?</strong><br>My goal is to be a university professor, editor, and writer.<br><br><strong>Did you transfer to UMBC from another institution? Where?</strong><br>I transferred to UMBC in 2010 after taking my freshman year at Howard Community College, in Columbia, MD.<br><br>Read more about Lauren's research by clicking the link below...</div>
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    <div class="html-content">Application deadline is March 4. Attend the workshop <strong>Tuesday, February 12 at 4 p.m. in AC IV A 114</strong> for help in creating a strong proposal. The Undergraduate Research Award (URA) program funds student research, scholarship, and creative work for up to $1,500. Applications are accepted only once each year. Come today and find out how you can receive this funding. <br>
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<Title>URA Workshop: How to Get Started! ALL MAJORS WELCOME</Title>
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    <div class="html-content"><span><strong>Undergraduate Research Awards </strong>provide up to  $1,500 to undergraduate students to support their research or creative work with a UMBC faculty  mentor on an original project. 
    Students of all years and disciplines are  invited to apply, as long as they will continue at UMBC long enough to complete  the proposed work.<br><br><br></span></div>
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