Mission and Purpose
Mission
The Center for Student Research strives to enhance the educational experience of students by offering opportunities for meaningful engagement in faculty-mentored research and creative activities.
Purpose
The purpose of the Center for Student Research is to equip students with opportunities to develop, support, and fund research endeavors pertaining to their academic interests. With two research grants and faculty-mentored projects, the Center for Student Research works with departments across Texas Woman’s University to ensure students have the chance to put their ideas into practice.
Goals
The goals of the Center for Student Research are as follows:
- To provide opportunities for students to participate in all phases of research and creative activity, from design through dissemination;
- Facilitate research partnerships between TWU students and faculty promoting faculty-mentored research opportunities for students;
- Facilitate scholarly/creative partnerships between TWU students and faculty promoting faculty-mentored scholarly/creative opportunities for students;
- Facilitate research collaboration between graduate and undergraduate students;
- Enhance TWU students’ knowledge of all phases of research;
- Promote a national presence for TWU students (i.e. National Council for Undergraduate Research); and
- Ensure mutual benefit to both students and faculty members.
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