Office of Research Initiatives and Partnerships 401 Golden Shore, 6th Floor Long Beach, CA 90802-4210 A.Z Mason, Ph.D Interim Assistant Vice Chancellor for Research Initiatives and Partnerships 562-951-4513/Fax 562-951-4867 E-mail zmason@calstate.edu www.calstate.edu CODE: AA-2015-20 MEMORANDUM DATE: November 19, 2015 TO: Campus Coordinators Student Research Competition Replies Requested By: March 11, 2016, to California State University, Bakersfield FROM: A Z Mason Interim Assistant Vice Chancellor for Research Initiatives and Partnerships SUBJECT: 30th Annual CSU Student Research Competition The 30th Annual California State University Student Research Competition will be held April 29-30, 2016, at California State University, Bakersfield This systemwide competition will showcase the excellent research conducted by undergraduate and graduate students in the CSU Student participants will conduct oral presentations that will be judged by discipline experts from corporations, foundations, public agencies, and colleges and universities in California The guidelines for the competition are similar to those in the past A campus may deliver a maximum of ten presentations Cash prizes will be awarded to the top presentations in each category of the competition Students who present in the creative arts and design category are encouraged to compete and the guidelines are outlined in the attached materials The California State University, Bakersfield steering committee shall only accept those submissions endorsed by the campus coordinator Your campus is encouraged to promote the competition, establish a campus selection process and screen the final submissions in whatever manner deemed appropriate by your institution While multi-campus planning committees have endorsed a few general guidelines and procedures, creativity in designing a local competition that best meets the needs of your campus is encouraged CSU Campuses Bakersfield Channel Islands Chico Dominguez Hills East Bay Fresno Fullerton Humboldt Long Beach Los Angeles Maritime Academy Monterey Bay Northridge Pomona Sacramento San Bernardino San Diego San Francisco San José San Luis Obispo San Marcos Sonoma Stanislaus Campus Coordinators – Student Research Competition November 19, 2015 Page Two Attachment is a sample announcement of the competition Campus-specific information needs to be added: your name and telephone number, campus deadlines, local competition dates, any campus provisions for defraying students’ travel expenses, etc Attachment is our most current list of current campus coordinators If your campus coordinator for 2015-2016 is not correct or subsequently changes, please contact Polly Huggins by e-mail phuggins@calstate.edu or phone at (562) 951-4276 Once each campus has selected their delegation, the campus coordinator shall submit their names, email addresses and research summaries to California State University, Bakersfield by Friday, March 11, 2016, to nsme@csub.edu attention of Dr Kathleen Madden CSU Bakersfield will direct students to a website where they can register for the competition We look forward to an exciting event and thank you in advance for your contribution to its success If you have any questions, please contact Dr Kathleen Madden by e-mail nsme@csub.edu or phone (661) 654-3450 C: CSU Presidents (with attachments) CSU Provosts/Vice Presidents, Academic Affairs (with attachments) CSU Associate Vice Presidents/Deans of Graduate Studies (with attachments) CSU Associate Vice Presidents/Deans of Undergraduate Studies (with attachments) Chief Research Officers (with attachments) Chairs, Campus Academic Senates (with attachments) Presidents, Associated Students (with attachments) Chair, Academic Senate CSU (with attachments) Attachment ANNOUNCING THE 30TH ANNUAL CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY STUDENT RESEARCH COMPETITION CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, BAKERSFIELD April 29th and 30th, 2016 PROCEDURES AND GUIDELINES PURPOSE The competition is held to promote excellence in undergraduate and graduate scholarly research and creative activity by recognizing outstanding student accomplishments throughout the twenty-three campuses of the California State University WHO MAY APPLY Undergraduate or graduate students currently enrolled at any CSU campus as well as alumni/alumnae who received their degrees in Spring, Summer, or Fall 2015 are eligible The research presented should be appropriate to the student’s discipline and career goals Proprietary research is excluded Presentations from all disciplines are invited There will be separate undergraduate and graduate divisions for each of the following categories (unless a division has four or fewer entrants, in which case undergraduate and graduate divisions may be combined) The California State University, Bakersfield, steering committee reserves the right to combine or subdivide these categories or to move an entrant from one category to another, as numbers of submissions necessitate The ten categories are as follows: • Behavioral and Social Sciences • Biological and Agricultural Sciences • Business, Economics, and Public Administration Attachment Page • Creative Arts and Design (creative projects are welcome—see "Competition Guidelines") • Education • Engineering and Computer Science • Health, Nutrition, and Clinical Sciences • Humanities and Letters • Physical and Mathematical Sciences • Interdisciplinary You may access more information at the California State University, Bakersfield website: http://www.csub.edu/nsme/CSUStudentResearchCompetition/index.html A campus delegation may include up to ten entries in the ten categories A small team of students making a single presentation counts as a single entry but each student participant must fill out the Student Delegate Registration Form with demographic and contact information HOW TO APPLY Each CSU campus appoints a campus coordinator and develops its own procedures for selecting its student delegates to the system-wide competition Interested students should contact their campus coordinator for information on how their work is to be considered at the campus level Only those students endorsed by a campus coordinator can enter the statewide competition If a student’s work has been selected by the campus for presentation in the system-wide competition, the campus coordinator will submit their name and email address and written Summary for each student to California State University, Bakersfield, by Friday, March 11, 2016, to nsme@csub.edu Students will then be contacted and directed to a registration website The rules governing the written Summary are as follows: • The summary must include the name(s) of the student(s) and the title of the presentation • The narrative may not exceed five doubled-spaced pages Use fonts and margins that ensure legibility • Appendices (bibliography, graphs, photographs, or other supplementary materials) may not exceed three pages Attachment Page • Research that has human or animal subjects’ involvement must have appropriate institutional review • It is expected that the student will not make an oral presentation by simply reading directly from this summary Campus coordinators will be notified in writing by the California State University, Bakersfield’s steering committee of the times of their student delegates’ presentations, local hotel and transportation options, and program details COMPETITION SITE CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, BAKERSFIELD (1965) California State University, Bakersfield is a comprehensive public university committed to offering excellent undergraduate and graduate programs that advance the intellectual and personal development of its students An emphasis on student learning is enhanced by a commitment to scholarship, diversity, service, global awareness and life-long learning The University collaborates with partners in the community to increase the region's overall educational attainment, enhance its quality of life, and support its economic development The University serves more than 8,720 students at either the main campus in Bakersfield or CSUB – Antelope Valley and counts over 40,000 alumni from its four schools: Arts and Humanities, Business and Public Administration, Natural Sciences, Mathematics and Engineering, and Social Sciences and Education The University offers undergraduate, graduate, post-graduate and credential programs, and CSUB’s Extended University serves the community by offering additional professional development, certificate, and degree programs With over 70 percent of its alumni remaining and working within California’s Central Valley, CSU Bakersfield supports ongoing social, cultural and economic development in the region COMPETITION GUIDELINES Students will present their work orally before a jury and an audience Students will compete by discipline category and, where feasible, by class standing (undergraduate/graduate), as described above in “Who May Apply.” Each student will have ten minutes for an oral presentation of his or her work and five minutes to listen and respond to juror and audience questions All entrants may use audiovisual materials as appropriate, and presenters are encouraged to use delivery techniques that promote Attachment Page interaction with the audience Entrants in the Creative Arts and Design category may present an audio and/or visual record of a performance they have given or a work they have created; their oral presentation should focus on the rationale and historical context underlying their interpretation of the material Each entry (oral presentation plus written summary) will be judged on the following: • • • • • • • Clarity of purpose Appropriateness of methodology Interpretation of results Value of the research or creative activity Ability of the presenter to articulate the research or creative activity Organization of the material presented Presenter’s ability to handle questions from the jury and general audience AWARDS Based on the recommendations of the jurors, cash awards will be provided to the outstanding presenter and the runner-up in both the undergraduate and graduate divisions of each category If the undergraduate and graduate divisions of a category have been combined because there are fewer than four presenters in one division, awards will be provided to the outstanding presenter and the runner-up without regard to class standing In the event there are five or fewer presenters in a session, only the outstanding presenter will receive an award QUESTIONS Student questions should be directed to the local campus coordinator Coordinators may contact Dr Kathleen Madden, CSUB, School of Natural Sciences, Mathematics, and Engineering by email nsme@csub.edu or phone (661) 654-3450 Attachment CSU STUDENT RESEARCH COMPETITION LIST OF CAMPUS COORDINATORS, 2015-2016 Bakersfield VINCENT ORAGWAM Director, Grants, Research, and Sponsored Programs voragwam@csub.edu (661) 654-2233 Channel Islands MATTHEW COOK Head of Unique Collections and Scholarly Communications SHARON A BARRIOS Associate Dean, Office of Graduate Studies JOHN PRICE Conference Coordinator CRAMER CAUTHEN Acting Associate Vice President, Research and Funded Projects matthew.cook@csuci.edu (805) 437-3653 sbarrios@csuchico.edu (530) 898-4473 jprice@csudh.edu (310) 243-3403 ccauthen@csudh.edu (310) 243-3931 JEFFERY SEITZ Director, Center for Student Research ANGELICA GARCIA Administrative, Center for Student Research jeff.seitz@csueastbay.edu (510) 885-7321 angelica.garcia2@csueastbay.edu (510) 885-7335 THOMAS MCCLANAHAN Associate Vice President, Office of Research and Sponsored programs MARAL KISMETIAN Grants and Research Analyst, Office of Research and Sponsored Programs tommcc@csufresno.edu (559) 278-0840 mkismetian@csufresno.edu (559) 278-0856 AMANDA VILLIGRAN Administrative Analyst Office of Research, Creative Activities and Technology Transfer RHEA WILLIAMSON Dean of Research, Economic and Community Development SUSAN BRATER Coordinator, IRB for the Protection of Human Subjects CECILE LINDSAY Vice Provost, Academic Affairs and Dean of Graduate Studies MICHELLE TERRY Academic Events coordinator avillagran@exchange.fullerton.edu (657) 278-7482 rhea.williamson@humboldt.edu (707) 826-5169 Chico Dominguez Hills East Bay Fresno Fullerton Humboldt Long Beach Los Angeles Maritime Academy Monterey Bay Updated on: 11/16/15 (707) 826-5165 sb64@humboldt.edu clindsay@csulb.edu (562) 985-8225 Michelle.Terry@csulb.edu (562) 985-4546 JASON SHIOTSUGU Director of Research, Office of Research Development ELIA AMARO Coordinator, Research Support Services, Office of Research and Development VERONICA BOE Director, Sponsored Projects and Extended Learning jshiots@calstatela.edu (323) 343-3799 vboe@csum.edu (707) 654-1157 CINDY LOPEZ Director, Sponsored Programs cindy_lopez@csumb.edu (831) 582-3089 eamaro@calstatela.edu (323) 343-3798 Page Attachment CSU STUDENT RESEARCH COMPETITION LIST OF CAMPUS COORDINATORS, 2015-2016 Northridge Pomona Sacramento San Bernardino San Diego San Francisco San José CRIST KHACHIKIAN Associate Vice President, Research and Graduate Studies HEDY L CARPENTER Director, Graduate Studies crist.khachikian@csun.edu (818) 677-2138 hedy.carpenter@csun.edu (818) 677-2138 WINNY DONG Faculty Director, Office of Undergraduate Research ELISA MITCHELL Associate for Office of Undergraduate VICKI PEARSON-ROUNDS Research Development Officer, Research Affairs KENDRA FRANK Office of Research Affairs, Research Administration Coordinator FRANCISCA BEER Dean, Graduate Studies winnydong@cpp.edu (909) 869-2634 emdurazo@cpp.edu (909) 869-5296 pearson_rounds@csus.edu (916) 278-4918 kendra.frank@csus.edu (916) 278-3667 fbeer@csusb.edu (909) 537-5058 DENA PLEMMONS Director, Division of Research Affairs KEVEN JEFFERY Chair, Student Research Committee plemmons@mail.sdsu.edu (619) 594-5938 kjeffery@mail.sdsu.edu (619) 594-3405 dra@mail.sdsu.edu (619) 594-5938 ANN HALLUM Dean, Graduate Studies BRITNEY STEWART Student Services Professional, Graduate Studies PAMELA STACKS Associate Vice President, Office of Research (Pam’s staff support—Jeanine Jones) glider@sfsu.edu (415) 338-2231 britneys@sfsu.edu (415) 405-4391 pamela.stacks@sjsu.edu (408) 924-2272 GILLES MULLER Associate Dean, Office of Research DEAN WENDT Dean of Research ALLIE BAKALY Administrative Support Coordinator, Research and Economic Development LISA BADONG Office Coordinator, Office of Graduate Studies and Research gilles.muller@sjsu.edu (408) 924-3355 jeanine.jones@sjsu.edu (408) 924-2632 San Luis Obispo San Marcos dwendt@calpoly.edu (805) 756-1508 bakaly@calpoly.edu (805) 756-5153 lbandong@csusm.edu (760) 750-4066 Sonoma ELAINE SUNDBERG Associate Vice Provost, Academic Programs elaine.sundberg@sonoma.edu (707) 664-2215 Stanislaus SHAWNA YOUNG Interim Director, Research and Sponsored Programs JOYCE BELL Research Administrator and Grant and Contract Specialist SYoung@csustan.edu (209) 664-6645 jbell6@csustan.edu (209) 667-3784 Updated on: 11/16/15 Page ... 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