Dr. Stefanie Sevcik to serve as Faculty Director of Mentored Undergraduate Research and Creative Endeavors

Dr. Stefanie Sevcik, a lecturer in the English Department, has agreed to serve as the next Faculty Director for the office of Mentored Undergraduate Research and Creative Endeavors (MURACE), following the retirement of Dr. Doreen Sams.

Dr. Sevcik has experience working with Undergraduate Research at Georgia College & State University having co-planned, with Dr. Sams, the Undergraduate Research Conference, Posters at the Georgia Capitol and worked with Dr. Sams in the HIPs Champions initiative. Dr. Sevcik has also served as a Chancellor’s Learning Scholar for the University System of Georgia, a GC HIPs Champion for Community-based Engaged Learning, a GC Journeys Fellow, Georgia College’s campus representative for the Engagement Scholarship Consortium, and has helped organize Faculty Learning Communities on Community-based Engaged Learning (CbEL) and "Small Teaching" across the campus.  For the past two years, Dr. Sevcik has also served as an instructor in the GC Journeys Summer HIPs Institute. 

“Undergraduate Research and Creative Endeavors play a vital role in the Georgia College experience. Our faculty offer unique hands-on experiences across the disciplines, so we are excited that Dr. Sevcik will be supporting both the faculty mentors and the students participating in these experiences” said Jordan Cofer, associate provost for Transformative Learning Experiences. 

Dr. Sevcik is already soliciting student participation in the upcoming Georgia Undergraduate Research Conference (November 11-12; abstracts due September 19) as well as faculty and student participation in the MURACE Symposium (October 17th). For more information, contact Dr. Stefanie Sevcik, GCSU Faculty Director of MURACE at urace@gcsu.edu. She will also be holding regular drop-in hours Tuesdays and Thursdays 1-2pm at the Center for Teaching and Learning (Library 375B) to discuss any questions students or faculty may have around MURACE.