Hi SherAaron, Thank you for sharing this! I'm interested in this opportunity for either this or future years, and I will share it with my colleagues as well. However, I can't find the 2023 website anywhere; the website you shared and everything I've found by searching online seems to be for 2021 or 2022. Can you point us to the official listing/website and let us know how we can sign up to be mentors/whom to contact to find out more?
Thank you! Jess On Fri, May 26, 2023 at 10:11 AM SherAaron Hurt via discuss < [email protected]> wrote: > Hey Carpentries Community, > > There is an opportunity to mentor undergraduate students who are learning > R. If you are interested and/or have any questions please contact Nayena > Blankson at [email protected]. > > You can find more about the program below: > > The INSPIRE U2 Program is an NSF funded Research Experiences for > Undergraduates summer program that aims to provide a learning pathway that > will set underrepresented, female students on a track towards graduate > studies and careers in statistical fields. (More details here > https://sites.spelman.edu/inspireu2-reu) > > > *Structure of Program. *Over the course of the summer, INSPIRE U2 Scholars > will take an adapted version of the QAC201 course that was developed at > Wesleyan University. QAC201 is an innovative project-based approach for the > teaching of statistics. Similar to the existing course, INSPIRE U2 > Scholars will take a Statistics Bootcamp. The focus of the Bootcamp will > be on training students how to conduct basic visualizations and statistical > analyses using RStudio (some lessons adapted from Data Carpentry). INSPIRE > U2 Scholars will work on an independent research project using freely > available Big Data sets. They will be expected to develop their own research > question, conduct data analyses to answer those research questions, and > prepare a presentation. Students will develop their research questions > with guidance from their Senior Mentors (faculty). Students will present > their project at the end of the summer (July 29). Program dates are June > 5-July 28, 2023. The program is in person, although mentoring can happen > virtually. > > > *R**ole of **R**Studio **Mentor**s**. *There are 8 INSPIRE U2 Scholars > for the summer 2023 program. Their majors are psychology (2), mathematics > (1), biology (1), economics (1), accounting (1) and undecided (1). Students > have been paired with faculty and the same pairing will be used for R- > Studio Mentors. > > > > INSPIRE U2 Scholars will be required to contact their RStudio Mentors at > least once per week or more, depending on the mentor/mentee agreements. > Mentoring can take place via email, the Internet (e.g., Zoom), in person, > and/or phone, depending on the preference/location of the mentors and > mentee. As part of the Bootcamp and with their Senior Mentors, students > will work on developing their projects and writing their RStudio scripts. > RStudio Mentors can serve as supports for the students. The analyses that > will be covered during the bootcamp will be basic. RStudio Mentors can > make suggestions on student project plans. The Bootcamp will occur during > the first 4 weeks of the program, so RStudio mentors will become > especially important during the last few weeks of the program. > > > Topics that will be covered during the R/RStudio Bootcamp: > > - Data Sets & Code Books > - Literature Reviews & Research Plan > - Data Management in RStudio > - Univariate Statistics & Graphing in RStudio > - Bivariate Statistics & Graphing in RStudio > - Regression & Multiple Regression in RStudio > - ANOVA& ANCOVA in RStudio > > > -- > > *SherAaron N. Hurt **(She/Her/Hers)* > Director of Workshops > *The Carpentries* | www.carpentries.org > > *"We want to give back to the community and the best way to do that is > through you." - Captain Thurston McClain* > > This list is for the purpose of general discussion about The Carpentries > including community activities, upcoming events, and announcements. Some > other lists you may also be interested in include discuss-hpc, discuss-r, > and our local groups. 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