Students are invited to engage in research, scholarship, and creative activity with faculty mentors through Undergraduate Research and Creative Endeavors, for which they may receive academic credit. It is the aim of the program to:

 involve students in their own learning, 

 develop teamwork and pride, 

 enhance interdisciplinary learning, 

 and share in the exhilaration of discovery. 

Special events are held each year to enable students to celebrate their research, scholarship, and creative activity with the broader academic community, even if they have not enrolled for or completed an UR project for academic credit.  For the academic year 2009-2010, these events include:

COPLAC SOUTHEAST UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH CONFERENCE 
Saturday, 7 November 2009
University of North Carolina-Ashville
12 UM Student Researchers from various disciplines represented Montevallo at this first annual conference.
For conference highlights visit: http://www.coplac.org/

MEETING OF THE MINDS SYMPOSIUM 
Thursday, 25 March 2010
Scholarly activities will be held such as: Oral presentations, Poster presentations, Graduate student presentations, Technology presentations, and Creative works.
The day's activities will also include the University Scholar Lecture and Awards Ceremony.
Interested students should contact Dr. Tracy Payne,  X6570

4TH ANNUAL RUN FOR RESEARCH
Wednesday, 28 April 2010
3:00 p.m. registration at Student Activity Center
3:45 p.m.  5K Run and Fun Walk begin

*Free t-shirt to first 75 registrants by April 16th*

24TH NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH 
Thursday-Saturday, 15 -17 April 2010, University of Montana
 For more information visit: http://www.umt.edu/ncur2010
 Interested students should contact the Office of Undergraduate Research and Creative Endeavors to determine the availability of funds for travel to this conference

The generous support of the University of Montevallo Foundation in vitalizing the undergraduate experience through Undergraduate Research is gratefully acknowledged.

The University of Montevallo is a Founding Institutional Member and a current Institutional Member of the Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR), 734 15th Street NW, Washington, DC 20005.