Celebration of Research: Honors Student Mentoring Project: Home

To enter, students are asked to meet the following criteria:

• Students must be enrolled in classes at Lakeland at the time of proposal submission.
• Students must receive permission from Dr. Jennifer Collis, Associate Provost for Strategic Educational Programs and Retention Initiatives.
• Students must meet with a Lakeland Librarian to initiate the project. 
• Students may use an existing research assignment or service activity as inspiration for their project. Projects may come from any class or organization on campus. Additional research is at the discretion of the student and library mentor. Students may also design their own projects. 
• Students must submit a proposal of their work. Please see the proposal tab for guidelines.
• Students must create a video presentation, which librarians will view. Please see the presentation tabs for guidelines.
• Students must respond to questions from librarians in a final project meeting.

Required Items:

• Proposal (200-250 words)
• Research outline/notes (optional)
• PowerPoint slides
• Video presentation
• Responses to three discussion questions from librarians

Deadlines:

• Time commitment for project is 1-2 hours per week for one semester
• Deadlines for proposal, slides, and video submission will be discussed with librarian in first meeting

Meetings: 

• Initial meeting to establish project
• Proposal review, following proposal submission
• Periodic meetings to review progress, if needed
• Final meeting to discuss project completion and answer discussion questions