Dean Supports Undergraduate Research in College of Science and Technology

In 2009, Dr. Orion Rogers, Dean of the College of Science and Technology, established a research award for an outstanding undergraduate research project.

“My wife Valerie and I decided to create the Rogers Undergraduate Research Award for CSAT students, because we highly value the culture of mentoring that permeates the college, and we have witnessed how student lives are transformed by working with faculty members on special projects, in the field and in the laboratory,” says Rogers.

One award of $500 will be granted annually on a competitive basis to a current sophomore or junior undergraduate student enrolled in the college.  Applicants must be a full-time Radford University undergraduate student and must remain enrolled at RU through the completion of their project.

Working in collaboration with a CSAT faculty member, each award recipient will plan and implement a substantial and significant research project.  During the research project, the award recipient will create a bibliography of relevant literature, read previous reports to research the hypothesis if appropriate, establish contacts with professionals in the field, and produce a professional paper or present results of the project at the RU Undergraduate/Graduate Student Engagement Forum in April.

The award committee chose sophomore biology major Nicole Eastep as the 2009 recipient. Read more about Nicole's project.