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July 2002


Especially important events highlighted in yellow .

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
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  • 9AM: Mandatory group meeting, 106 Allen.
  • Individual 20-minute student conferences after morning meeting.
  • Students have hand-drawn mockups of posters (moved from previous Monday).
  • Noon-2: Optional poster-making workshop by John Doctor, Pappert Hall, Bayer Learning Center (Duquesne University).
    		•   9 
    Tutoring begins today.
  • 9AM-Noon, REU students go as a group to do tutoring at Arsenal Middle School.
    		•   10 
  • 9AM-Noon: Tutoring
  • After lunch: Students meet with TA to write Duquesne research abstracts and post via computer to Duquesne.
    		•   11 
  • no speaker this week. Students practice talks for upcoming Midterms.
  • Research abstracts due to Duquesne for upcoming symposium.
    		•   12 
    Midterms. (moved from previous Friday).
  • Morning: Students give 10 minute overhead transparency talks (no Powerpoint).
  • Evening: Banquet and poster session.
    		•   13 
  • 10AM-Noon: Individual student conferences (schedule TBA).
  • Midterm weekend events (moved from previous Saturday).
  • Lunch/afternoon: Group roundtable discussion with group from SIUE.
  • Evening: Advisor dinner.
    •   14 
  • Midterm weekend group activity (moved from previous Sunday). (last year: whitewater rafting)
    		•   15 
  • 9AM: Group meeting, 106 Allen.
  • student meetings only as necessary this Monday (due to meetings on previous Saturday)
    FIRST draft of final paper due for review. (moved from earlier due to midterm schedule change).
    		•   16 
  • 9AM-Noon: Tutoring.
    		•   17 
  • 9AM-Noon: Tutoring.
    		•   18 
  • Noon-1PM: Lunch/guest speaker, 106 Allen.
    		•   19    20 
      21    22 
  • 9AM: Group meeting, 106 Allen.
  • Individual conferences following morning meeting.
  • 2nd draft of final paper due for review.
  • Duquesne Symposium this week-- Students should update and prepare slides.
    		•   23 
  • 9AM-Noon: Tutoring.
    		•   24 
  • 9AM-Noon: Tutoring.
    tutoring ends today.
    		•   25 
    No speaker this week.
    Students update and prepare slides for Duquesne Symposium on Friday.
    		  26 
  • 9AM-4PM: Duquesne Symposium.
    		•   27 
      28    29 
  • 9AM: Group meeting, 106 Allen.
  • Individual conferences following group meeting.
  • Research advisors attend student conferences this week to discuss final paper.
  • 3rd draft of final paper due at this time.
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  • Noon-1PM: Lunch/guest speaker, 106 Allen.
    		•   2    3 
      4    5 
  • 9AM: Group meeting, 106 Allen.
  • Individual conferences following group meeting.
    Final paper due at this time for review by TA.
  • Students begin to prepare final presentation.
    		•   6 
  • TA gives marked-up papers to program coordinators.
    		•   7 
  • Program coordinators meet with students, request any final revisions on paper.
    		•   8  No speaker this week.
  • Exit quiz/exit survey [time TBA]
  • Students make final corrections to paper.
  • Students finalize presentation.
    		•   9 
    Final Presentations.
  • 9AM: Students give final 10-minute talks (powerpoint allowed). [Schedule TBA]
  • Group lunch and farewell.
    		•   10 

       last updated on 30 June 2002 by Gordon Weinberg.
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