Charlston, W.VA – Graduate students from across the state will be held at the State Capital on Thursday for graduation research day.
Amy Hessel
The WVU director of the office of undergraduate research Amy Helle said that about 50 students of WVU’s research bosses would travel to share their research with MPs.
“They meet with undergraduate students from several other institutions in West Virginia and present the MLAs at Capital,” Helle said.
Students come from all subjects and will present on subjects such as cultural issues, reproductive dysfunction and location-based health inequalities in the state. The program keeps the student on stage to answer, explain and answer questions about their creative solution for a problem or new technology that can improve their quality of life.
“You can be in the Reed College of Media, or you can be in any stem field,” said Helle. “So, we have a wide variety of student projects.”
Some students have already presented ideas at local, regional, national level or international level, while others are very knowledgeable, but may panic a bit in performing.
“They are really nervous – the excitement that reaches it – and they practice a lot.” “When one of them actually connects with a legalist, it is really special.”
Helle said that in many cases, these students represent future leaders and will rely for the coming decades to solve the problem. Additionally, he said that this is a rare graduate opportunity that some students have.
“Sometimes research is very applied, and you can immediately see the benefits that these students are going to train for a community in the state,” Helled. “But sometimes it is a little longer idea that we need to take about research and development.”
The WVU Foundation has invested $ 400,000 in the Summer Graduate Research Experience (SURE) program administered by Provost’s office over a period of three years. The sure program enhances students and stipend to participate in payment research opportunities with faculty masters.
“This is the relationship that really matters,” said Helle. “They get a great relationship with a professor, and professors actually help them to take them into their careers.”