Colleagues/ I'm pleased to inform you of several major additions to the "Student As Scholar" Blog The "Student As Scholar" blog is devoted to documenting relevant literature that supports the view that : "Undergraduate education should adopt the "Student as Scholar" Model throughout the curriculum, where scholar is conceived in terms of an attitude, an intellectual posture, and a frame of mind derived from the best traditions of an engaged liberal arts education." Undergraduate Research: Pedagogy For The 21st Century [ http://student-as-scholar.blogspot.com/2008/08/undergraduate-research-define... <http://student-as-scholar.blogspot.com/2008/08/undergraduate-research-defined.html> ] National Conferences on Undergraduate Research [ http://student-as-scholar.blogspot.com/2008/08/national-conferences-on-under... <http://student-as-scholar.blogspot.com/2008/08/national-conferences-on-undergraduate.html> ] WebGURU: Web Guide To Research For Undergraduates [ http://student-as-scholar.blogspot.com/2008/08/welcome-to-web-guide-to-resea... <http://student-as-scholar.blogspot.com/2008/08/welcome-to-web-guide-to-research-for.html> ] Research Link 2000: Bringing Research-based Experimental Systems to the Undergraduate Biology Curriculum [ http://student-as-scholar.blogspot.com/2008/08/research-link-2000-bringing-r... <http://student-as-scholar.blogspot.com/2008/08/research-link-2000-bringing-research.html> ] CUR 2008 National Conference: Frontiers and Challenges in Undergraduate Research [ http://student-as-scholar.blogspot.com/2008/08/cur-2008-national-conference-... <http://student-as-scholar.blogspot.com/2008/08/cur-2008-national-conference-frontiers.html> ] Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) [ http://student-as-scholar.blogspot.com/2008/08/council-on-undergraduate-rese... <http://student-as-scholar.blogspot.com/2008/08/council-on-undergraduate-research-cur.html> ] Virtual Worlds for Virtual Collaboration [ http://student-as-scholar.blogspot.com/2008/08/virtual-worlds-for-virtual.ht... <http://student-as-scholar.blogspot.com/2008/08/virtual-worlds-for-virtual.html> ] Undergraduates as Researchers: Using Original Archives and Historical Sources [http://student-as-scholar.blogspot.com/2008/07/undergraduates-as-researchers... <http://student-as-scholar.blogspot.com/2008/07/undergraduates-as-researchersusing.html> ] Enjoy! And Happy Monday !!! /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University Library Ames IA 50011 gerrymck@iastate.edu There is Nothing More Powerful Than An Idea Whose Time Has Come Victor Hugo [ http://www.blogger.com/profile/09093368136660604490 <https://exchange.iastate.edu/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=https://exchange.iastate.edu/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=https://exchange.iastate.edu/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.blogger.com/profile/09093368136660604490> ] Iowa: Where the Tall Corn Flows and the (North)West Wind Blows [ http://alternativeenergyblogs.blogspot.com/ <https://exchange.iastate.edu/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=https://exchange.iastate.edu/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=https://exchange.iastate.edu/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://alternativeenergyblogs.blogspot.com/> ]