The library hosted The Faculty and Graduate Research Fair on October 21, 2011. Sixty people attended, with Provost Dr. Gonzalez opening the session with a short talk about the importance of research at Appalachian and then fielding questions.
Her talk was followed by Lightening Rounds by five faculty members. Tracy Goodson-Espy (Department of Curriculum and Instruction) spoke on the importance of building a budget; Andy Heckert (Geology) spoke on field research with students; Suzi Mills from the Department of Muisc went over building on success; Dr. Jeff Hirst from the department of Mathematical Sciences discussed using GRAM (Graduate research assistance students) and the amazing software program TeX; and Scholarly Communication Librarian Allan Scherlen discussed NC DOCKS [1].
Areas from across campus were on hand to discuss their services, including:
- Belk Library & Information Commons [2]
- Community Based Research [3]
- Hubbard Center for Faculty Development [4]
- Learning Technology Services [5]
- Office of Education and International Development (OEID) [6]
- Office of Environmental Health, Safety and Emergency Management [7]
- Office of Research and Sponsored Programs [8]
- Office of Research Protections [9]
- Office of Student Research and the Graduate School [10]
- Research Institute for Environment, Energy, and Economics [11]
- Institute for Health and Human services [12]
- Office of Sustainability [13]
- Special Funds Accounting [14]
- Printing & Publications [15]