What is the Meeting of Minds?

The Meeting of Minds Conference provides undergraduate students and faculty at UM-Dearborn, UM-Flint and Oakland University the opportunity to come together to present and discuss their research.

Why would I want to participate in Meeting of Minds XVIII?

• To learn what other students are doing in a research field of interest to you.
  
• To find out how to get involved in undergraduate research.
  
• To better understand how research is undertaken so you can improve your research experiments or papers in your undergraduate and graduate courses.
  
• To learn more about a field that is new to you.
  
• To gain valuable experience in making a formal presentation of your research in a supportive academic environment.
  
• To discover what kind of student research is taking place at other campuses.
  
• To extend your learning beyond the confines of the formal classroom.

How can I participate?

• There are two levels of participation:
  •  You can submit a proposal to make either an oral presentation or a poster presentation of a research project.  You need to identify a faculty member who is willing to work with you to supervise your project.  For example, perhaps you want to present a research paper or project you produced for a class last semester.  To do so, fill out the presentation proposal form and registration form including a brief abstract (summary) of the project. Registration and presentation proposal forms will be available on-line beginning in January 2010 at: www.umflint.edu/research/MOM.
  • If you just want to attend (non-presenting student, guest, faculty member), you must register through:  www.umflint.edu/research/MOM.