A forum for research administrators and faculty at West Virginia's

undergraduate institutions of higher education

10 a.m.-3 p.m.
Monday, December 17, 2007

Charleston Marriott Town Center

EXPLORE THE ROLE of PUIs in West Virginia's growing research enterprise.

GET INFORMATION about Research Challenge and EPSCoR grant programs for undergraduate research.

PROVIDE FEEDBACK about the needs of the undergraduate research community.

For more information, contact Ginny Painter or call (304) 558-4128, ext. 6.

Sponsored by the Division of Science and Research, West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission.

Forum Agenda

9:30-10 a.m. - Registration/Coffee (Foyer C)

10-10:15 a.m. - Welcome and Introductions (Salon C)
Paul Hill, Ph.D.
Vice Chancellor for Science and Research
West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission
Executive Director
West Virginia Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (WVEPSCoR)

10:15-10:30 a.m. - Remarks: “Undergraduate Institutions and Research” (Salon C)
Brian Noland, Ph.D.
Chancellor
West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission

10:30-11 a.m. - Overview of Research Challenge/EPSCoR Grant Programs for PUIs (Salon C)
Jan Taylor, Ph.D.
Deputy Director/Senior Research Fellow
West Virginia Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (WVEPSCoR)

11 a.m.-12:15 p.m. - Panel Discussion: The Institutional Perspective (Salon C)
Research administrators will talk about the importance of undergraduate research and
the issues related to funding research at their institutions.

Panelists:

Phillip Mason, Ph.D., Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies, Fairmont State University
Orlando McMeans, Ph.D., Dean, Research Director & Extension Administrator, Gus R. Douglass Land-Grant Institute, West Virginia State University

Richard Stull, Ph.D., Dean, School of Pharmacy, University of Charleston

Moderator:
Paul Hill, Ph.D.

12:15-1:15 p.m. - Lunch (provided) (Salons A-B)
“The Kentucky Experience”
Phil Schmidt, Ph.D., director of the Center for Integrative Natural Science and Mathematics
at Northern Kentucky University, will explain how the center has strengthened
undergraduate research at the university and the role of Kentucky’s “Bucks for Brains”
program in the center’s development.

1:15-2:30 p.m. - Panel Discussion: The Faculty Perspective (Salon C)
Faculty members from undergraduate institutions will discuss their experience with research
grants, how they have been able to use the grants to leverage support for other
programs, and what other types of research grants or programs they would like to see
offered for undergraduate institutions.

Panelists:

Jason Best, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Astrophysics, Shepherd University

Mark Flood, Ph.D., Professor of Biology, Fairmont State University
Robert Shurina, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Biology, Wheeling Jesuit University

Jeanne Sullivan, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Chair of Biology, West Virginia Wesleyan College

Moderator:
Paul Chewning, President, West Virginia Independent Colleges and Universities

2:30-3 p.m. - Feedback Session/Q&A (Salon C)