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WHAT'S HAPPENING

2009

  • August 28, 2009

Current Discovery Learning Apprentices should have completed first meeting with supervisors

  • October 9, 2009

Current DLAs complete 1st survey checking on progress
 

2010

  • January 29, 2010

Current DLAs complete 2nd survey checking on progress

  • April 2, 2009

All new DLA positions for 2010-2011 academic year will be posted

  • April 16, 2010

Discovery Learning Research Symposium

  • April 30, 2010

All applications for 2010-2011 academic year DLAs are due

  • May 3, 2010

All feedback from current Apprentices and Supervisors due

  • June 4, 2010

All DLA applicants for 2010-2011 academic year will be notified if received position


"My project is a way of communicating what engineering is to young people." 
—Meg Podlogar, 
   Architectural Engineering

Amanda Norton

“I chose my discovery learning project because it’s helping advance research in GPS technology.”
—Amanda Norton, Applied Math

Discovery Learning Apprenticeship Program

Undergraduate engineering students in the Discovery Learning Apprenticeship Program earn hourly wages while engaging in research with college faculty and graduate students. Positions are announced in early April, and applications are accepted through the end of April for apprenticeships during the following academic year.

Discovery Learning Apprentices

  • As discovery learning apprentices, undergraduates work alongside graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, faculty, and industry representatives, as collaborative partners on original research. Students bring a fresh perspective to the research team while also learning from their more experienced partners. Apprentices learn hands-on techniques, gain insight to a field of study, and learn life skills such as time management, flexibility and how to be part of a team. In so doing, they prepare themselves to be the technological, academic, political, and creative leaders of tomorrow.
  • The Discovery Learning Center enhances the visibility and resources available for hosting discovery learning apprenticeships, while creating a sister facility to the award-winning Integrated Teaching and Learning Laboratory. The ITLL pioneered a hands-on learning approach in engineering education, which has been adopted enthusiastically throughout the college.