WHAT'S HAPPENING
2007
Current DLAs should have completed first meeting with
supervisors
Current DLAs complete 1st survey checking on progress
2008
Current DLAs complete 2nd survey checking on progress
All new DLA positions for 2007-2008 academic year
will be posted
Discovery Learning Research Symposium
All applications for 2007-2008 academic year DLAs are
due
All feedback from current EL Apprentices and
Supervisors due
All DLA applicants for
2007-2008 academic year will be notified if received position
"My project is a way of communicating what
engineering is to young people." —Meg Podlogar, Junior,
Architectural Engineering

“I
chose my discovery learning project because it’s helping advance
research in GPS technology.”—Amanda
Norton, Sophomore, 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.
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Discovery Learning
Apprentices |
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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.
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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.
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