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Targeting Student Achievement: Student Scholarship In Ccu Digital Commons, Scott Bacon May 2019

Targeting Student Achievement: Student Scholarship In Ccu Digital Commons, Scott Bacon

Digital Commons Southeastern User Group (DC SEUG) 2019

Coastal Carolina University’s CCU Digital Commons is funded by the Office of the Provost’s Student Achievement Funding Request initiative. This initiative required Kimbel Library to focus on providing access to student research and scholarship that showcases student achievement, student success, and student engagement. Materials uploaded thus far include electronic theses and dissertations, student-produced oral histories, student publications, and student events, such as the Undergraduate Research Competition and the Celebration of Inquiry. This presentation will provide an overview of the project and will show examples of student research and scholarship uploaded during the first year of the CCU Digital Commons project.


Utilizing The Mentor Badging System In Selectedworks To Facilitate The Faculty-Student Connection, Debra Rodensky, Kadie Mullins May 2019

Utilizing The Mentor Badging System In Selectedworks To Facilitate The Faculty-Student Connection, Debra Rodensky, Kadie Mullins

Digital Commons Southeastern User Group (DC SEUG) 2019

Identifying available faculty research mentors with the right background has been a challenge for student researchers and the teams that support them for many years. To address this challenge, the Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR) teamed up with the Scholarly Communications Team to introduce ‘Mentor Badging,’ creating a one-stop, searchable database of available mentors. Using a SelectedWorks Mentor Badge gives the OUR team, fellow faculty, and student researchers the opportunity to track available faculty mentors and the nature of the faculty research projects. In addition to providing a database, the ‘Mentor Badging’ program allows a direct email to be sent …