The National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR) is one opportunity for presenting original work.  For the 2007 conference this year, UVU funded travel for 32 students to NCUR in San Rafael, California as a show of support to students who have had their presentations accepted by this prestigious conference.  The Dominican University of California hosted the 21st NCUR, which brought together more than 2,000 of the best and brightest student researchers and faculty from around the United States.  The conference draws students and faculty from over 400 colleges and universities each year.

The purpose of NCUR is to:

• encourage awareness of undergraduate research, scholarship, and creative opportunities;
• promote the value of these components in complementing other aspects of undergraduate education and in encouraging the pursuit of advanced study and academic careers;
• communicate and celebrate the results of student-mentor collaborations; and
• foster a multidisciplinary and multicultural community of researchers, scholars, and artists linked by common intellectual curiosity.

UVU Students and Faculty attending 2007 NCUR in San Rafael, California

There were a wide variety of presentations at NCUR 2007.  Listed below are the presentation titles and names of the UVU students who presented.   Click here for the link to NCUR 2007 abstracts (pdf).

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Legal Studies
"The Myths and Reality of Online Teaching Supplements"
Oral presentation by Ian Davis

Elementary Education
"Instructing Beyond Averages: Differentiations and Student Achievement"
Oral presentation by Cheryl Nielson

Dance
"Compare and Contrast Fokine and Duncan: A Reflection of How Dance Reflects Culture"
Performing Arts presentation
by Melissa Atkinson

English & Literature
"Vibrations"
Oral presentation by Steve Dowdle

Students and Faculty enjoying dinner in San Francisco after NCUR 2007 presentations

Behavioral Science
"Results and Key Recommendations from a Quality of Work Study of UVU's Full-time Staff"
Oral presentation by Alisa Hammod

Philosophy
"The Hippocratic Oath Today"
Oral Presentation by Austin Miller

English & Literature
"All the Woman You Can Be: Rhetorical Analysis of Military Recruitment and "Feministic" Language"
Oral Presentation by Ashley Ethington

Dance
"Martha Graham, Rebellion, and an American Voice"
Oral Presentation by Claire Bagley

Oral Presentations NCUR 2007

Behavioral Science
"Navajo Indian Health Service: Balancing Wellness and Tradition"
Oral presentation by Matthew Nelson

Foreign Languages
"Gonzalo de Berceo and Medieval Spanish Marianism in the Miracles of our Lady (Milagros de Nuestra Senora)"
Oral Presentation by Michael Simpson

English & Literature
"The Avatar Project"
Oral Presentation by Aaron Guile

Physical Education & Recreation
"How Physically Active is the UVU Population"
Oral Presentation by Steven Blankinship

Dance
"One Choreographer's Journey: A Small Collection of Beautiful Things"
Performing Arts Presentation
by Claire Bagley

Business Management
"The CEO's perspectives on a Student's Path to Success: A Grounded Theoretical Study"
Oral Presentation by Caleb Love

Poster Presentation at NCUR 2007

Biology
"Solid Organ Theft: An Investigation on the Reality and Implications"
Oral Presentation by Ted Butterfield

Literature & Literature
"Going Beyond the "Great Books": The Minor Literature of Deleuze and Guiattari"
Oral presentation by Cherilee Howden

Theatrical Arts
"Echoes of American Slavery"
Performing Arts Presentation by Adam Slee

English & Literature
"The Only One Creature that I Can Call Blessed: Androgyno and Androgyny in Early Modern England"
Oral Presentation by Jeremy Jurgens

Dance
"Dance in the 1960's: The Shaping of Postmodern Dance"
Oral Presentation by Danica Peck

Behavioral Science
"Triangulatory Constructionism: Empirics of Latter-Day Saint Disaffiliation"
Oral Presentation by Brent Westover

English & Literature
"Lycidas, The Elegy Fit for a King"
Oral Presentation by Dominque Replogle

Earth Science
"Ti-In-Biotite Geothermometry of Metamorphosed Layers in the Pequop Mountains"
Oral Presentation by William Calder

Performing Arts at NCUR 2007

English & Literature
"Holy Centrist Revolution, Batman!: How the Dark Night (and Frank Miller) Would Save Polar America"
Oral Presentation by Andy Sherwin

Auto-Diesel
"Fastest El Camino Story"
Poster Presentation by Kevin Petersen

Dance
"West Side Story: A Metaphor for American Culture in the 1950's"
Performing Arts Presentation by Shanna Weight

Link to NCUR 2006 Abstracts (pdf)

UVU Students and Faculty who attended 2006 NCUR in Asheville, North Carolina