REU frenzy!

Wow, this past week has been a total whirlwind. With our new REU program comes a whole new set of supporting materials and websites that need creating; and since we are a little behind when it comes to Summer 2011 REU programs, it all needed to get done FAST.

Things started with the postcard I posted a little bit ago. But since that will take some time to get printed, I had to also quickly mock up a flyer to hand out:

One thing to note here, however, was the website at the bottom for more info - It didn't exist yet! So, I spent many hours painstakingly creating the Imaging in the Physical Sciences REU Information Page, as well as all of its subpages. The site includes a description of the program, and links to the following: a list of the participating CIS laboratories; supplemental activities for participating students; program benefits; additional background info; and of course a link to the actual application form (the one component that I did not create).

After becoming familiar with all of the aspects of the program thanks to putting together all of this, I have to say it sounds like an amazing opportunity! Unfortunately it is not really something I can include in my main line of work, since it is a program for students that do not go to RIT; so I can't exactly use it to recruit students into the Imaging Science undergraduate program. But hopefully some current ugrad students from elsewhere will have a great experience and want to come to RIT for our graduate program offerings in CIS.