Welcome to the ACES James Scholar Honors Programs

Welcome to the ACES James Scholar Honors Program’s DIAMOND JUBILEE SEMINAR SERIES!

ACES Undergraduate Research Poster Prep Workshop Wednesday, February 13, 2019 Heritage Room ACES Library

Undergraduate Research in ACES • • • The ACES Undergraduate Research Scholarship Program was founded in 1982 by Dr. Orville Bentley, then Dean of the College. All sophomores, juniors, and seniors in ACES with overall GPAs > 3. 00 are eligible to apply for funding to support their undergraduate research projects. Application forms and further information are on our Undergraduate Research website: https: //academics. aces. illinois. ed u/honors/undergraduateresearch

Abraham Lincoln on Agricultural Research “This leads to the further reflection, that no other human occupation opens so wide a field for the profitable and agreeable combination of labor with cultivated thought, as agriculture. I know of nothing so pleasant to the mind, as the discovery of anything which is at once new and valuable – nothing which so lightens and sweetens toil, as the hopeful pursuit of such discovery. And how vast, and how varied a field is agriculture, for such discovery. The mind, already trained to thought, in the country school, or higher school, cannot fail to find there an exhaustless source of profitable enjoyment. ” (Address Before the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society, Milwaukee, 9/30/1859)

The ACES James Scholar Capstone Experience: Undergraduate Research! • Each James Scholar conducts a bachelor’s thesis, laboratory project, or design project, preferably within the College of ACES. • Present a poster based on your Undergraduate Research Project at one of the following: – ACES Undergraduate Research Day (Tuesday, April 16, 2019) – Undergraduate Research Symposium (Thursday, April 18, 2019) – A professional conference approved by the Honors Dean * If you are an Ignite Scholar, your research project can be counted as your James Scholar capstone experience if desired.

Getting Started with Research: Essential Ingredients To get started on a research project, you will need (1) an original idea, (2) a helpful professor, and (3) a sound proposal. There a number of ways to take the first step on your pathway to discovery. • • Talk to your academic advisor, and ask about faculty researchers in your home department. Go to your departmental homepage or the College of ACES website, and look for faculty profiles. Often there is a listing of professors by “research interest. ” Write an email message to a professor, and see if you can meet to discuss options. Talk with other students in your major. Ask them what kinds of research projects they did and how they got started. Consult with the Honors Advisor in your home department. This faculty member can help you identify potential Faculty Research Mentors based on your and their particular fields of interest. Note: When meeting with faculty members, always make sure that you have taken the time to look into what they do so that you will be able to explain your thoughts and ideas clearly and concisely.

Getting Started with Research: Meet Your Departmental Honors Advisors! Honors Advisor Department E-mail Address Dr. Jonathan Beever Animal Sciences jbeever@illinois. edu Magistra Anne Marie Boone Agricultural & Biological aboone@illinois. edu Engineering Dr. Bryan Endres Agricultural & Consumer Economics Dr. Jennifer Hardesty Human Development & hardesty@illinois. edu Family Studies Dr. Yuan-Xiang Pan Food Science & Human Nutrition yxpan@illinois. edu Dr. Lulu Rodriguez Agricultural Communications lulurod@illinois. edu Dr. Cory Suski Natural Resources & suski@illinois. edu Environmental Sciences Dr. Erica Thieman Agricultural Leadership & Science Education thieman@illinois. edu Dr. Patrick Tranel Crop Sciences tranel@illinois. edu bendres@illinois. edu

Funding from the ACES Undergraduate Research Scholarship Program • Scholars define an appropriate research project well in advance of application. • Approved projects can be funded up to $1500. • Students whose projects are approved are also awarded a $500 merit scholarship. • The ACES Undergraduate Research Scholarship Program will pay for the printing of one poster display for use at the ACES Undergraduate Research Day and/or the Undergraduate Research Symposium.

Additional Funding Scholars may request additional funding from the ACES Undergraduate Research Scholarship Program if: – Their research project will be presented at a professional conference. • A grant of up to $800 could be used to help defray travel expenses. – Their research is to be published in a professional peer-reviewed journal. • A grant of up to $500 could be used to help defray publication expenses.

Campbell Scholars Program • If you are a JBT Scholar in your sophomore or junior year, you can apply for up to $2500 in research funding NOW! • Application deadline = April 1, 2019 (no fooling!) • Please ask Rob for more information after the presentation!

ACES Applied Research Summer 2019 Internships This exciting opportunity is for current students with sophomore or junior standing, graduating no earlier than May 2020. You can take part in research projects either on the Urbana campus or at the Dixon Springs Agricultural Center in Southern Illinois. Applications are on our Undergraduate Research website. Questions? Ask for Nick or Rob in 128 Mumford Hall!

ACES Applied Research Summer Internship at the Dixon Springs Ag Center Kealie Vogel NRES Major ACES James Scholar Class of 2019

The Office of Undergraduate Research 5 th Floor, Illini Union Bookstore http: //www. undergradresearch. illinois. ed u/ (217) 300 -5453 ugresearch@illinois. edu Dr. Karen Rodriguez’G, Director

The Future Dr. Marissa Katt (D. V. M. ) @ Explore ACES 2009 CLASSIFIED TOP SECRET by Starfleet’s Department of Temporal Investigations! A temporal anomaly has been detected in this photo! (Take a look at the time stamp. )

The First Annual ACES Undergraduate Research Day: Tuesday, April 16, 2019 • Students will display their posters in the Heritage Room during designated timeslots between 9: 30 AM and 1: 30 PM. • An oral presentation might take place during the noon hour. Stay tuned! • Your target audience will be faculty members, college administrators, and your fellow students.

Poster Prep Guidelines for ACES Undergraduate Research Day (April 16) Your poster will be viewed by your fellow James Scholars, faculty members, and college administrators. Required dimensions of the poster: Should be 28” x 38” in size, either landscape or portrait orientation. Required poster content: 1. Summary of research 2. Objectives 3. Materials and Methods 4. Findings 5. Implications/Future Directions 6. References (optional) 7. Acknowledgements (optional) 8. Student Mini-Biography Required file format: Microsoft Power. Point (single slide) Deadline to submit the file for printing: Monday, April 8 at 12: 00 noon To submit your poster, please email it to Rob (rchappel@illinois. edu) as a (single slide) Power. Point attachment. During ACES Undergraduate Research Day, we expect that you will be present to discuss your research project with visitors for a couple of hours. Posters will be on display in the Heritage Room of the ACES Library between 9: 30 AM and 1: 30 PM.

Where Undergraduate Research Can Take You ACES James Scholar alumna Dr. Kendall Annetti , D. V. M. (B. S. in ANSC & IB, Class of 2012), presents her research poster at an off-campus professional conference during the summer of 2012.

Undergraduate Research Symposium Thursday, April 18, 2019 • Posters will be presented at the Illini Union throughout the day during designated timeslots (TBA). • Your target audience will be faculty members, campus administrators, and current and prospective students.

Poster Prep Guidelines for the Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium (April 18) Required poster content: Please follow the guidelines provided to you by the Office of Undergraduate Research (http: //undergradresearch. illinois. edu). Questions should be directed to the OUR at (217) 300 -5453 and/or ugresearch@illinois. edu. Required file format: Microsoft Power. Point (single slide) Deadline to submit the file for printing: Wednesday, April 10 at 12: 00 noon To submit your poster for printing, please email it to Rob (rchappel@illinois. edu) as a (single slide) Power. Point attachment.

Undergraduate Research Symposium Preview! ACES James Scholar & Chancellor’s Scholar alumna Margaret Jodlowski (B. S. in ACE & History, Class of 2012; M. S. in Ag & Applied Economics, 2014) displays her poster at the symposium in April 2012.

Some Concluding Thoughts from Abraham Lincoln “Let us hope, rather, that by the best cultivation of the physical world, beneath and around us; and the intellectual and moral world within us, we shall secure an individual, social, and political prosperity and happiness, whose course shall be onward and upward, and which, while the Earth endures, shall not pass away. ” (Address Before the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society, 9/30/1859)

Thank you for coming to our poster prep workshop today! Please feel free to direct questions to Rob @ 217 -244 -1684 and/or rchappel@illinois. edu.