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May 3, 2003 Rigdon, Witte Selected for Undergraduate Research Academy Chris Ridgon (Glen Carbon) and Mary Witte (Normal), both student-athletes at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, have been selected to participate in the Undergraduate Research Academy at SIUE. The academy, which has had 212 members since its inception in 1990, currently consists of 16 members out of the nearly 11,000 undergraduates at SIUE. Matt Warren (East Peoria), a wrestler for SIUE, was a member of the academy last season. Rigdon, a member of the men’s tennis team at SIUE, will research, “Predicting Electoral Vote Totals for the Presidential Election.” Witte, a member of the women’s track and field team, will research, “The Effects of Linear Predictive Coding Analysis/Resynthesis of the Dysarthric Speech for Persons with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.” The Undergraduate Research Academy (URA) at SIUE encourages, supports, and enables students to conduct original research and creative activities at the undergraduate level. An undergraduate research or creative activity enhances the quality of the baccalaureate experience by giving students opportunities to pursue ideas independently, to interact with the faculty, and to engage more fully in the educational process of discovering and creating. Twice each year, in cooperation with the academic departments at SIUE, the URA recruits eligible students as URA Scholars to undertake research and creativity activity under the guidance of dedicated faculty members. The URA provides budgetary support for conducting the scholarly activity as well as advisory support during preparation of the proposals and reports. In addition, URA Scholars receive a scholarship award in two installments, the first upon admission to the Academy and the second after they have completed their reports and made their final presentations. -siue cougars- |