The Keck Northeast Astronomy Consortium: An Integrated, Collaborative and Effective Program to Involve Undergraduates in Research

0353997赫伯凯克东北天文联合会由下列机构的天文学教员和学生组成：高露洁、哈弗福德(包括布林莫尔的学生)、米德尔伯里、斯沃斯莫尔、瓦萨、韦尔斯利、卫斯理和威廉姆斯。KNAC提供了一个整合和协作的项目，旨在为学生提供他们原本不会拥有的研究体验。这些计划有四个组成部分：o为学生提供为期10周的暑期研究机会，让他们在自己所在的KNAC机构以外的机构工作。O秋季学生研讨会，几乎所有教职员工和许多学生(不只是那些做过研究的学生)参加，每个KNAC资助的学生都会就他或她的项目做10分钟的研究报告。来自我们机构的学生如果在KNAC以外的机构做过研究项目，也被邀请和鼓励在研讨会上发言或提交海报论文。O发表那次研讨会的会议记录，每个演讲的学生都要写一篇4页的研究报告。这些会议记录在天文学界广泛分发(例如分发给研究生院)，并被天体物理数据系统收录在其电子书目中。O KNAC教员的暑期计划和评估会议。

AST 0353997 HerbstThe Keck Northeast Astronomy Consortium (KNAC) is comprised of astronomy faculty and students at the following institutions: Colgate, Haverford (including students from Bryn Mawr), Middlebury, Swarthmore, Vassar, Wellesley, Wesleyan and Williams. KNAC provides an integrated and collaborative program, designed to provide research experiences for students that they would otherwise not have. The programs have four integrated components:o A 10-week summer research opportunity for students to work at a KNAC institution other than their own. o A fall Student Symposium attended by nearly the entire faculty and a large number of students (not just those who have done research) at which each KNAC-supported student gives a 10-minute research talk on his or her project. Students from our institutions who have done research projects under auspices other than KNAC are also invited and encouraged to either speak at the Symposium or present poster papers. o Publication of Proceedings from that Symposium, for which each presenting student writes a 4-page research paper. These Proceedings are distributed widely within the astronomical community (e.g. to graduate institutions) and included by the Astrophysics Data System in their electronic bibliography. o A summer planning and evaluation meeting of the KNAC faculty.