symposium.foragerone.com\/fhsuscad<\/a> \u2013 so please join us!<\/p>\n\n\n\nWhile\nour faculty and graduate research are always impressive, near and dear to my\nheart is undergraduate research, something I really value. There are several\nthings I value about undergraduate research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
First,\nit is an excellent example of how we embrace our mission as a learning\norganization. A learning organization, according to Peter Senge, centers around\npeople working together to enhance their capabilities to create results they\ndeeply care about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cPeople\nworking together\u201d on research and creative activity at FHSU is the second thing\nI value about SACAD. For our purposes, people working together means that\nfaculty and students join forces around shared interests and curiosity. Faculty\nmentor our students through a process of learning and creativity that awakens\nconfidence and new skills in our students. Faculty are very engaged in this\nprocess that fuels their passion for both their teaching and for scholarly and\ncreative inquiry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI\nam always amazed at the high quality and creativity that is showcased at this\nevent,\u201d said Leslie Paige, director of the Office of Scholarships and Sponsored\nProjects at FHSU. \u201cThis is an opportunity for our students to present work that\nthey are passionate about without worrying about the expenses associated with\ntravel.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Intellectual\ncuriosity: check. Genuine relationships formed around common interests: check.\nStudents feeling they matter, and they are learning: check! <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Another\nthing I love about this program is that it builds off of the latter part of the\ndefinition: to enhance their capabilities to create results they care about.\nThat is what makes these student-faculty relationships so powerful. Both the\nmentor and mentee care about the research they are generating, and both are\nlearning about content and process. Our students build confidence in their\nresearch as well as their presentation skills by participating in scholarly and\ncreative research. They are in a personal transformation process \u2013 like a\ncocoon becoming a butterfly. New doors will be opened to them and they will\nleave this university a much different person than the one who arrived.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI think educating the general public about the criminal justice system is important, especially in today’s climate, and my poster is specific to the juvenile justice system, which is something the general public is not super familiar with,\u201d said Beatrice Walsh, a senior from Thornton, Colo., who is majoring in criminal justice. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Walsh\nstated that creating a poster helped her learn more about why she chose her\ncareer field. \u201cLaying out the problems within the juvenile justice system, as\nwell as understanding what some of these kids go through in and out of the\ncourt system, allows us to understand how we can try to help them, and that is\nwhat I want to do, help,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I\nappreciate the fact that there are opportunities for our students to\nparticipate in undergraduate research or creative activity in virtually every\ndepartment. This highly enriching activity is inclusive of all academic areas\nand all students. I am amazed each year when I visit the presentations and see\nsuch a diverse set of activities \u2013 from art to science to business. This just reinforces\nour laser-focused identity as an incubator of academic and artistic\ndiscovery. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Finally, I must mention how much I appreciate that the Scholarship Environment Committee, which sponsors SACAD, named this program after a professor of geosciences, Dr. John Heinrichs (1957-2014). I had the opportunity to work closely with John when I served as Vice President for Student Affairs. I know first-hand how passionate he was about teaching and research. Indeed, that passion was contagious. John saw hope and dignity in every student who walked through our door, regardless of ACT score or other \u201cstandard indicators\u201d of a student\u2019s propensity to succeed. He believed. He mentored. He inspired. He was a living testament to our ethic of care and resilience. Dr. John Heinrichs was a popular teacher, an internationally renowned scientist, and an esteemed colleague who had a tremendous impact on Fort Hays State University \u2013 and I believe he still does.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tisa Mason is president of Fort Hays State University.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Visit the pages for Research and Scholarly Activities on our Fort Hays State University website, and you will find numerous opportunities to learn about scholarly… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":37698,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[12323,55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-life","category-opinion"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tigermedianet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Mason-Tisa-040A6662.jpg?fit=750%2C1050&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59260","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=59260"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59260\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59482,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59260\/revisions\/59482"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/37698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=59260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=59260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=59260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}