REU Site in Biology: Conservation Biology in the Agricultural Midwest

9732275东伊利诺伊大学（EIU）动物学系将在1998年和1999年夏季为9名本科生提供深入的研究经验。学生将组成研究小组，研究保护生物学和景观破碎化问题。这种体验的目标是培养每个参与者对研究过程的理解，并鼓励每个学生从依赖的学习者成长为独立的研究者，再成长为科学团队中相互依赖的成员。参与者将在全国范围内招募，并根据他们的职业目标、动机和成熟度以及学术成就进行选择。学生将完全沉浸在研究过程中，因为他们选择自己的研究问题，撰写提案，开展工作，并报告他们的结果和结论。每个参与者将与个别教师导师和团队成员密切合作。与其他教职员工和研究团队进行互动和合作的机会将通过介绍会、每周小组会议、一系列正式研讨会和实地考察提供。此外，来访的科学家，在保护生物学领域公认的领导者，每人将花1到2天的时间举办研讨会，参加非正式讨论小组，并对研究项目进行评论。学生将有充分的机会在正式和非正式的环境中与导师、其他参与者和访问科学家互动。EIU坚定地致力于本科生的研究，并将为该项目做出重要贡献，包括为参与者提供一栋宿舍房间和一个公共用餐区，免除三个学分的学费，免费使用校园设施，包括图书馆，计算机实验室和娱乐中心。

9732275 The Eastern Illinois University (EIU) Zoology Department will provide intensive research experiences for 9 undergraduate students during the summers of 1998 and 1999. Student participants will form research teams to engage in studies addressing conservation biology and landscape fragmentation. The goals of this experience will be to foster in each participant an understanding of the research process, and encourage each student's growth from dependent learner to independent researcher to interdependent member of a scientific team. Participants will be recruited nationally and selected based on their professional goals, motivation and maturity, and academic achievements. Students will be fully immersed in the research process as they choose their own research problem, write a proposal, conduct the work, and report their results and conclusions. Each participant will work closely with an individual faculty mentor and team members. Opportunities to interact and collaborate with other faculty members and research teams will be provided through an orientation retreat, weekly group meetings, and a series of formal workshops and field trips. In addition, visiting scientists, recognized leaders in conservation biology, will each spend 1 or 2 days presenting seminars, participating in informal discussion groups, and critiquing research projects. Students will have ample opportunities to interact with mentors, fellow participants, and visiting scientists in both formal and informal settings. EIU is strongly committed to undergraduate research and will make important contributions to this program, including provision of a block of dormitory rooms and a common dining area for participants, waiver of tuition for three credit-hours, and free use of campus facilities, including the library, computer labs, and recreation center.