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Show P l4 LJ FOR THE JOURNAL As undergraduate research becomes an expectation in higher education. SUU s Research Undergraduate and Scholarship Program, is known as UGRASP. of a number fulfilling important objectives while bolstering the university's research profile. The program's potential for SUU students, faculty and the university in general is great, said UCRASP Director Ly nn White. It provides opportunities as such getting research undergraduate published, prov ldmg faculty with the opportunity to get involved with student research or to pursue their own research projects and involve students, according to the UGRASP Web site. It also provides opportunities for developing an undergraduate research profile that is attractive to potential students and faculty, providing funding for student projects, such as the Kolob Canyon Review, d liteiary journal, which has received funds from UGRASP two years running. SUU Provost Brad Cook said UGRASP provides an important experience for students that broaden them in a way that is very profound and students can come away with incredible excellent and insight training that would assist them in a continually competitive job market and graduate school. I think its important to emphasize that UGRASP has done an incredible job up until now and theres tremendous potential for he said. the program, research Undergraduate has come up regularly in the academic planning sessions and we look to support them in a more robust way. Cook said UGRASP is in the beginning stages of what it is possible of and that is a strong program that will continue to have Saint-theme- interconnectedness conflict, small in isolation and communities. Peterson said in the release he thinks the book is funny and entertaining There are two very sad parts in the book and I just love the sad paits, he said. I like best the mix of the tragic and comic. His latest novel 'won the Marilyn Brown Unpublished Novel award in 2008. Music department to present Gloria The llii Department will present a holiday Music Masterwork Series concert, at on Tuesday, Gloria, 7.30 p.m. in the Auditorium, according to an SUU press release. Tickets are available at the door, online at www.suu.edu pvaarts or by calling and are $8 for general admission, $6 for SUU faculty and staff, $4 for youth and SUU students attend free with a valid student I.D., according to the release. feature will Gloria OPUS, by performances directed by Music Department Keith Bradshaw; Chair directed Choir, Concert Sara instructor adjunct by press release. Les Chansons will perform several holiday-theme- d pieces to celebrate the season. and including the Ui PHOTO COURTESY OF KATIE WACKOWSKI Katie Wackowski choreagraphed a dance for the December 2008 Journeys Student Dance Concert as part of her research. A4 feelings people experience Experiencing increasing practice and application of the process scientific the O Vx dance piece, titled "Thoughts from the Overpass. that examined the questions and White said undergraduate research provides students the opportunity to develop their scholarship in five areas and method, how learning to developing presentation and research produces higher quality critical-thinkin- g and skills grant-writin- g part of life She said her was highly gratifying, as students provides with a strong she was able to follow her urge to take the arts into the research She arena. experience attractive knowledge to base potential employers and Grant Corser graduate programs also while t experience experience. also It student-produce- Guttenburg; Les Chansons, formerly the Womens Choral, directed by adjunct instructor the and Jackie Jackson; Symphony Orchestra, directed by Associate Music Professor Xun Sun, according to the Govedich Fred w opportunity having the connect dance and to said he He research. believes connecting dance performance to research, disc urse intellectual and writing provides a holistic approach to dance scholarship. Ocampo xuppoited Katie Wackowski. a senior dance and theatre arts double-ma)o- r from Vernal, in undergraduate pursuing a dance for research choreography project she was developing. Wackowski said it took several years to develop her upward movement. Now into its fourth year. become has UGRASP eltective in supporting all majors and fields of study ottered at SUU. Grant Comer, assistant professor of psychology, said be supports the continuation of the program. "Experiencing the process to how and learning research, produces higher quality students with a stronger knowledge base. Corser said. Professors of Assistant Biology Rachel Smetanka and Oirp c ii ii C7pC .jl a, t ( D By JACQUELINE MARIE KENT SUU Associate Professor of English Todd Robert Petersen published his second nos el. Rift, according to an SLU press release. Petersen, said he is happy to see his hard work in print, according to the press release. According to the SUU press release Rijt. is an Latter-da- y d story on Music -- " Wjr Professor publishes LDS fiction book 1 u ,o n O O BRIEF N Page A3 University Journal Monday, No ember 30, 2009 PHOTO COUFTESY OF EMILY DEAN San Salvadoran resident Mabel Williams sits to speak with SUU student Kristal Armistead, Assistant Professor of Biology Terri Hildebrand and SUU student Nicholas Liebhardt. that added she believes research preparing students for those prospects, Smetanka and Govedich said. a Staheli, Matthew major senior psychology from St. George, said he believes his experience with undergraduate research is invaluable. be should It experience for a person in the science field to go through this type of a research and presentation process, Staheli said. The program isnt just for science majors, though. It is part of the programs mission to promote students from all disciplines to get involved in undergraduate research. Paul C. Ocampo, assistant professor of dance, said he finds great joy in students allowed her to develop the performance more fully, and that she was able to assess and broaden her choreography abilities. Wackowskis piece was originally presented at the December 2008 Journeys Student Dance Concert. She also presented at the Student-Facult- y Scholarship Day as part of her UGRASP commitment. Her research Thoughts from article, the Overpass: Art as an exploration and expression of life, was published an SUU in ACOURAS, that research journal undergraduate highlights research. PHOTO COURTESY OF EMILY DEAN h student Kristal Armistead clears brush at a a received century plantation site. Armistead UGRASP grant to travel to San Salvador to conduct her research. For more on this story, go to suunews.com. 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