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The Virginia Military Institute and Washington and Lee University, both located in Lexington, Virginia, USA, welcome you to the web location for the forthcoming 19th National Conference on Undergraduate Research being held on the institutions’ adjoining campuses in April 2005.

If you plan on participating in or attending this Conference, bookmark this page now, and check it frequently for updates and announcements.

All notifications of acceptance and rejection have now been sent out.

Interested in giving your impressions about the conference?  We would appreciate it.  Your input is valuable and will allow us to make necessary changes in future conference planning and deliberations.  Complete our CONFERENCE EVALUATION and let us know what you're thinking.

Wishing to know what type of technical resources you will have available in your presentation room (assuming you requested such)? Check our Frequently Asked Questions in the Announcement section above.

And what about NCUR Brownbag Lunches? The NCUR brownbag lunches provide you an opportunity to interact with experts in a variety of fields in a small group setting. Topics for sessions are as wide ranging as an exploration of the work of J. R. R. Tolkien to a discussion of how to obtain a patent for an invention. Each brownbag is limited to no more than twelve participants, so sign up for a session as soon as possible either at registration when you arrive or by contacting Roger Thompson at thompsonrc@vmi.edu in the days leading up to the conference. Lunch is provided for each participant, and each session will include ample time to ask questions and discuss the topic under consideration. A complete listing of the brownbag lunches can be found at Conference Schedule / Program in the menu bar to your left.

Driving to Lexington for the conference? Remember that parking space is not available on either of the host campuses. Vehicles are to be parked at one of two satellite parking locations - Stonewall Square Shopping Center (Route 60 West) or College Square Shopping Center (Route 11 North) - and are to be have an NCUR parking permit placed on the dashboard of the vehicle. Remember to print out your copy prior to coming to the conference. Shuttle bus service is provided between the conference location and the satellite parking areas. Pictures of the entrance to the satellite parking areas are located on the same page as the printable NCUR parking permit.

Looking for your presentation time and day? Go to the menu bar on the left above; click on Conference Schedule; click on Search; and use the search device provided. The program schedule is searchable by title, keywords, subject (history, biology, computer science, etc.), day, presenter, copresenter, and school. Abstracts for each presentation are also included.

The schedule by session and category (poster, oral, brown bags, FAN/URN) for the NCUR spring conference is now located on the web page under Conference Schedule; Program.

The NCUR 2005 Joint Steering Committee gratefully acknowledges $100,000 in financial support collectively contributed by W&L and the VMI Research Laboratories which has allowed for successful early planning and execution regarding meeting preparations.

Your tastes are different, and you don't wish to stay in a hotel or motel and are seeking other types of accommodations? For your information, there is a variety of bed and breakfast properties in the Lexington area. Martin Travel cannot book reservations at these lodgings, but you may make your own. Some, but not all bed and breakfast establishments, are within walking distance to the conference. No daily shuttle bus service will be provided between these properties and the conference. Click here for information to make your own bed and breakfast reservations. Remember that you must provide your own transportation between campuses and your selected bed and breakfast.

NCUR® 2005 will bring together undergraduates involved in scholarly and artistic activities representing a range of disciplines including creative arts, mathematics, business, social science, humanities, physical and life sciences, natural resources, and engineering, among others. Participants are expected to come from more than 300 colleges and universities representing almost every state in the nation.

Since its inception in 1987, NCUR® has become a major annual event drawing more than 2,500 undergraduates, faculty, and administrators to hear and discuss undergraduate creative and scholarly work by means of the following:

  • Topical sessions of 15-minute oral presentations
  • Interdisciplinary poster sessions
  • Artistic performances and visual art exhibits

In addition, NCUR® presents an opportunity to hear nationally prominent speakers and to discuss educational policy, programs, and funding for undergraduate scholarly work.

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