Roanoke College History Professor and Students will Travel to China thanks to Freeman Foundation Fellowship Award

February 19, 2012

By: Sam Smith Dr. Stella Xu of the history department and four of her students will be taking part in the ASIANetwork-Freeman Foundation Student-Faculty Program for Collaborative Research in Asia this summer for three weeks (May 22 to June 12, 2012). Their project title is “Reinvented Tradition in the Age of Globalization: the Silk Road […]

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Submit Entry for Best Student Work in Gender & Women’s Studies by Monday Feb 20

February 14, 2012

Roanoke College Gender and Women’s Studies Concentration Prize Purpose: To honor the best student work in Gender and Women’s Studies from 2011 Deadline for entries: Monday, February 20th Students are invited to submit their work in four categories: Best Major Research Project (including senior thesis projects, summer scholars, honors projects, honors in the major, or […]

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Paid Summer Research Experiences for Traditionally Underrepresented Groups

January 29, 2012

Below is a sampling of NSF-funded summer research programs that target traditionally underrepresented groups (e.g., minorities, economically disadvantaged, women) . These off-campus research opportunities are funded by the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU). Hundreds of opportunities exist, primarily in the sciences and social sciences. You can search for all off-campus summer research […]

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Top 5 reasons Roanoke College students should do REU summer research

January 23, 2012

REU experience looks great on a grad school application. You can apply for RC Summer Scholars and REUs to decide whether you’d like to stay at RC or go elsewhere for research this summer. You experience what “big school” research is like. You will be paid a stipend to do research. You will get a […]

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Call for Papers: 2012 Virginia Humanities Conference, hosted at Roanoke College, Theme: Children and Childhood in the Humanities, Deadline February 15

January 17, 2012

Call for Papers 2012 Virginia Humanities Conference Theme: Children and Childhood in the Humanities Location: Roanoke College, Virginia Date: March 23–24, 2012 Submission Deadline: February 15, 2012 SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: The Virginia Humanities Conference invites proposals for papers and panel sessions that address the theme “Children and Childhood in the Humanities.” (Humanities disciplines include philosophy, religion, […]

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Latest Issue of RC Research Newsletter

December 3, 2011

I’ve created an newsletter (called “RC Research”) to highlight Roanoke College students’  success and to communicate programs to Roanoke College faculty, staff, students, and others. Our December 2011 issue (pdf) has just been published. Previous issues are available here:  August 2011 issue (pdf) and September 2011 issue (pdf). Detailed tables of contents are below. If […]

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22 RC Students Present at Sweet Briar’s Conference (MARCUS)

October 18, 2011

Twenty-two Roanoke College students presented at MARCUS (Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference of Undergraduate Scholarship) on October 8, 2012. After some directional difficulty, both RC vans and several student-driven cars made it just on time for the first presentations of the day. For a $25/student registration fee, presenters received a continental breakfast, a free lunch, and a […]

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Welcome new URAP Scholars

October 14, 2011

Welcome new URAP Scholars! The Undergraduate Research Assistant Program (URAP) would like to welcome our newest batch of freshmen to the program:   Elsa Weiboldt will be working with Dr. Rachel Collins on “Assessing the Role of Exotic Earthworms on Forest Understory Diversity”       Annie Shreckhise will be working with Dr. Matt Rearick […]

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Program Posted for Showcase of Student/Faculty Research & Creativity

September 23, 2011

We hope to see you next Friday, September 30 from 6-7:30 in the Colket Center for the Showcase of Student/Faculty Research & Creativity. Download program Please feel free to enter and leave any of the presentation rooms in order to catch presentations of interest to you. Session 1: Oral Presentations 6:00-7:30 | President’s Dining Room […]

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Student Presentations Off-Campus

September 12, 2011

Roanoke College students have been busy presenting their research across the country at a variety of regional and national conferences. Here is a look back at the presentations since January, 2011: Sarah Witt presented at MathFest 2011 in Lexington, Kentucky in August 2011 on “Using Graph Theory to Analyze Social Networks. This was an independent […]

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