Council on Undergraduate Research
CUR provides support and professional development opportunities for faculty, staff, administrators, and students. UMW’s enhanced institutional membership allows all faculty to join CUR for free, access important resources, attend webinars, participate in discplinee-specific groups, and receive discounts on publications and event registrations. Instructions for how to join CUR through our enhanced membership.
Specific mentor resources are availble here: https://www.cur.org/resources-publications/mentor-resources/
Center for Engaged Learning (Elon University):
A video series featuring invited international scholars who are participated in a 2016 seminar to discuss aspects mentoring undergraduate research across the disciplines. https://www.centerforengagedlearning.org/engaged-learning/undergraduate-research/mentoring-undergraduate-research/
UMW faculty mentoring mentors:
We have many experienced mentors who have volunteered to help other faculty just starting out mentoring undergraduates, or to help you work through an idea, or problem related to mentoring. Contact the Director of Undergraduate Research, Dr. Elizabeth Lewis, to find out more.
Annual conferences that accept undergraduates:
Fall
Network for Undergraduate Research in Virginia (NURVa)
Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference for Undergraduate Scholarship (MARCUS)
Virginia Academy of Science (Fall and Spring)
Spring
Richard Macksey National Undergraduate Humanities Research Symposium
National Conference for Undergraduate Research (NCUR)