[HubbardBrook] REUs and general field season envisioning

[Geoffrey Wilson]

Hi folks,
Just a reminder that we'd like to keep the REU/summer season discussion
moving.  So far we haven't had many responses and, significantly, not that
many ideas for REU students this summer.

The doodle poll is still open, and please, if you have any inclinations to
mentor an REU student this summer, let me know.  Right now we literally
have more than we know what to do with.
https://doodle.com/poll/ddnqb6vkru2hq6fn?utm_source=poll&utm_medium=link

-Geoff

On Thu, Dec 16, 2021 at 12:19 PM Geoffrey Wilson <wilsong at caryinstitute.org>
wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> We had a good REU/summer program visioning meeting a few weeks back and
> wanted to follow up on the topics specific to the summer field season at
> the site. The full meeting notes can be found here:
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/19yptev8epj0sTyrUsQBMib6quoGI1Rr7UF5bk5UxGLs/edit
> ).
>
> *REU students*
>
> *If you are interested in **working** with an REU student*, we would like
> to schedule a follow-up meeting to assess our capacity so we can move
> quickly to recruitment.  We would like to use these REU positions to
> broaden participation at the site (as REUs are intended to do), and we also
> need to make sure these students are well-supported during a roughly
> 10-week residency. Both tasks will take some creative thinking on our
> parts.  Please contact Geoff if you want to bounce ideas around.
>
> Please contact us (Linda and Geoff) with your ideas for student research
> experiences, including a vision of their day-to-day for the summer. If that
> vision is incomplete, CONTACT US ANYWAY.  This is a great opportunity to
> figure out what we can do. Please have these ideas to us *by January 7.*
>
> If you plan to be involved, please fill out this Doodle poll so we can meet
> to assess where we stand. We might have 4 perfect situations.  Or 2.  Or
> 5.  Most likely our capacity will increase if we talk together.
>
> https://doodle.com/poll/ddnqb6vkru2hq6fn?utm_source=poll&utm_medium=link
>
> Please fill out the Doodle Poll *by December 22*.
>
> *Field season visioning*
>
> We would like to aim our efforts at providing student programming,
> training, and general stimulation for the *summer residents as a whole*
> (allowing for possibly targeting graduate students separately on
> occasion).  We would like to continue envisioning what this could look
> like.  I’m sure we’ll keep Science Nights (now with pizza!), and, COVID
> permitting, we’ll revive the student symposium.  What else?  Trainings?
> Field trips?  Public engagement?  What can we do that conveys to the
> students our enthusiasm and values?  *We hope this will involve more of
> us than just the REU mentor teams*, so please stay tuned and give some
> thought to how you might like to contribute.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Geoff and Linda
>
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