FSU Center for Undergraduate Research and Academic Engagement

✨ Become a UROP Research Mentor and help students gain hands-on research experience while building your own mentoring and leadership skills. Learn more on our website or join our final hybrid info sessions (HSF 3008 + Zoom):

📅 Wednesday, May 20 | 1:30 PM (Graduate Student Focused)

📅 Thursday, June 11 | 2:30 PM

📅 Wednesday, July 8 | 11:00 AM

📅 Thursday, August 13 | 3:00 PM

More info in our bio.

Attend tomorrow's Fulbright Workshop to hone your application! This workshop will be offered as a hybrid event. It will take place over Zoom and in HSF 3008. Please still register if you plan to attend in person.

Thursday, June 18th @ 10:00AM: Fulbright Workshop: Elements of a Successful Study/Research Application

Register by scanning the QR Code or heading to https://onf.fsu.edu/important-dates.

Fulbright funds yearlong international experiences in over 140 countries for participants to undertake graduate study, research, creative projects, and English language instruction.

All fields of study are accepted.

Say hello to Molli Derfuss, a third-year undergraduate student pursuing a Dual Degree in Art History and Religion with a minor in Chinese. Travelling to Shanghai, China this summer, Molli has several goals: language immersion and study, cultural re-engagement, and ethnographic research.

“My return will be emotional but beautifully vital to understanding and creating for myself my cultural identity.”

Molli hopes to blend language learning with rich cultural engagement, while creating a documentary about her return to China and lived experience, including interviews with “Adoption voices” both in the States and in China.

To read more about Molli and other Global Scholars, head to https://hsfhouseblogs.fsu.edu/.

Attend tomorrow's Fulbright Workshop to hone your application! This workshop will be offered as a hybrid event. It will take place over Zoom and in HSF 3008. Please still register if you plan to attend in person.

Wednesday, June 17th @ 2:00PM: Fulbright Workshop: Designing Pedagogy For Your ETA Application

Register by scanning the QR Code or heading to https://onf.fsu.edu/important-dates.

Fulbright funds yearlong international experiences in over 140 countries for participants to undertake graduate study, research, creative projects, and English language instruction.

All fields of study are accepted.

Graduate students🎓✨ Join the virtual UROP Research Mentor Workshop and learn how to build supportive, effective research partnerships with undergraduate students.

This interactive 3-day workshop (~8.5 hours total) includes:
🗓 Monday & Tuesday: 10:00 AM–12:00 PM & 2:00–3:30 PM
🗓 Wednesday: 2:00–3:30 PM

Summer 2026:
📅 July 20–22 (Register by July 16)

Can’t make it this summer? Sign up to hear about future workshops or reach out to Alicia Batailles for more info.

Start mentoring with confidence. 🔬

Learn the ins and outs of using the 7th APA Edition Citation Style with FSU Libraries! This online workshop will cover how to set up papers, reference pages, and in-text citations.

When | Thursday, June 18

11AM – 12PM EDT

Where | Zoom

Register for this event and check out more FSU Libraries Workshops and Resources by heading to https://www.lib.fsu.edu/events.

⭐️ Student Star Spotlight!⭐️

Brooke Hagans is a biological sciences major involved in several labs conducting research on animal behavior and marine ecology. As a 2025 IDEA Grant recipient, she is investigating how parasitic accumulation contributes to physiological stress and energy expenditure in Atlantic stingrays during pregnancy — a project she developed after observing high parasite prevalence while working at the FSU Coastal and Marine Laboratory. Hagans also works within Professor Emily DuVal’s lab, where she analyzes 26 years of behavioral data to map the social networks and male status dynamics of lance-tailed manakins.

Beyond the laboratory, Hagans supports the FSU and Tallahassee communities by volunteering with the FSU Animal Society and walking dogs for Champs Chance. After she completes her undergraduate degree, she plans to pursue a doctoral degree at Auburn University in Alabama under the supervision of Professor Geoffrey Hill and become a research professor.

This summer, Lauren Yoakum is embarking on an extended field work trip at both FSU and Princeton-based sites to collect data from both plant and vertebrate fossils. By looking at patterns of the morphological and environmental traits that enabled survival, she hopes to earn a glimpse into how today’s fast-acting extinction event may also impact different non-extinct species. Ultimately, her project will highlight trends in species survivability, what these results imply for future environmental change, and solutions that can improve resilience in the most vulnerable species.

Read more by checking out the link in our bio!

Say hello to Janna Lelis, a second-year Political Science and Economics student and Tyler Fellow working in Huaraz, Peru. She is volunteering as an English Teaching Assistant with Seeds of Hope Peru, a nongovernmental organization (NGO) which provides educational support to people of all ages who come from impoverished communities. Janna’s project focuses on the role that NGOs play in their students’ motivation to learn English and how it has impacted their personal and professional trajectories.

Read more about Janna and other Global Scholars by checking out https://hsfhouseblogs.fsu.edu/.

Ready to showcase your research before graduation? 🌟

Summer Research Day, July 15, is open to students from all majors—especially those graduating in Summer/Fall 2026 and Honors in the Major students!

Apply by June 14, 2026 so you can present your research! We are looking forward to seeing the work that you've done!

Apply using the link in our bio.