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Student Life. Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities Center Records

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WFU's Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities (URECA) Center promotes undergraduate research, facilitates faculty and student collaboration, and hosts an annual presentation of undergraduate scholarly activities. This collection contains documents related to its operation, including committee meeting minutes, program evaluations, executive reports, budgets, promotional materials, participant lists, and conference programs with abstracts.

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Biographical and Historical Note

The Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities (URECA) Center was established in 2008 and functions as an umbrella organization that promotes undergraduate research and facilitates collaboration between faculty and students. Each year the Center hosts an Undergraduate Student Research Day, during which students present their findings through poster sessions, oral presentations, and panel discussions. Audiences include peers, faculty, staff, and family members.

The URECA Center is governed by an executive committee, consisting of administration and senior faculty members who represent a range of disciplines, departments, and programs. The Center receives administrative support from the Office of the Dean.

The Center facilitates student and faculty participation in a range of programs and initiatives that support mentored, undergraduate scholarship. These programs have included: the Paul K. and Evalyn Richter Memorial Fund, the Wake Forest Research Fellows Program, the Atlantic Coast Conference Inter-institutional Academic Collaborative, and the C. V. Starr Foundation. The Center supports student participation in domestic and international conferences and symposia with funding opportunities and travel grants. The center also sponsors professional and career development workshops.

Sources "The URECA Center," Wake Forest University. Available online.

Collection Overview

This collection documents the operation of WFU's Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities (URECA) Center. The collection includes the center's early planning documents, initial proposals and budgets, executive committee meeting minutes and materials, research day programs, honors booklets, and a student feedback report from 2013. Executive committee materials often reflect specific programs and funding initiatives, including Richter Memorial Fund, Wake Forest Fellows Program, and ACC Academic Consortium. Materials in the collection are arranged in chronological order. Some materials in the collection have been digitized and are available here. Items may require a WFU log-in to access.

Collection Inventory

  • Planning materials and program (2006 July-2010 July) box 1 folder 1
  • Proposal and budget materials  (2007-2009) box 1 folder 2
  • Research Symposium program  (2008 September 26) box 1 folder 3
  • Executive committee minutes and materials (2010 August-2011 March) box 1 folder 4
  • Executive committee minutes and materials  (2011 March-2012 November) box 1 folder 5
  • Student feedback reports  (2013) box 1 folder 6
  • Executive committee minutes and materials  (2013 January-2014 March) box 1 folder 7
  • Research Day program  (2013 October 4) box 1 folder 8
  • Executive committee minutes and materials  (2014 August-2016 April) box 1 folder 9
  • Research Day program  (2016 October 7) box 1 folder 10
  • Research Day program  (2017 October 27) box 1 folder 11
  • Research Day program  (2018 September 28) box 1 folder 12
  • Research Day program  (2019 November 1) box 1 folder 13
  • Class of 2020 Departmental Honors booklet with project descriptions, born-digital  (2020 May 18)
  • Class of 2021 Departmental Honors booklet with project descriptions, born-digital  (2021 May 16)
  • Research Day program, born-digital  (2021 October 9)
  • Research Day program, born-digital  (2022 October 7)
  • Research Day program, born-digital  (2023 September 22)

Summary Information

Repository
Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives
Title
Student Life. Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities Center Records
ID
RG40.30
Date [inclusive]
Quantity
1 record carton
Extent
1.3  Linear Feet

Administrative Information

Publication Information
Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, 2023 October
Access Restrictions
Collection is open for use. 
Copyright Notice
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Preferred Citation
Student Life. Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities Center Records (RG40.30), Z. Smith Reynolds Library Special Collections and Archives, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA. 

Digitized materials from this record group are available in the Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities Center (URECA) digital collection, ZSR Library Special Collections and Archives.

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