Research Learning Experiences (RLEs) invite students to find their passion and make impactful connections through hands-on learning and the creation of new knowledge. Students engage in projects where they can learn by doing, express themselves artistically, contribute to a service initiative, or take part in authentic inquiry through planning, data collection, analysis, and reporting.
UMF incorporates RLEs into the first year experience by including high impact activities (e.g., Fusion Week or other intensive experiential activities) into First Year Seminar courses.
UMF provides sophomores with an “Advanced RLE” delivered through discipline-specific courses. Advanced RLEs engage students with external partners relevant to professional practice and career exploration (especially those that might lead to internships, clinicals, or other non-curricular student experiences). Advanced RLEs may choose to also include a high impact experience.
RLEs are supported by a generous donation from the Harold Alfond Foundation as part of UMS TRANSFORMS.
Popular Culture - Student Projects
All About Keresena, Abigail Antoniani, Isabella Cain, and Kyle Sawyer
FYS 100 - Popular Horror Narratives (Spring 2023)
Doppelgänger, Stephen Ekstrom, David Gadsby, Josh Hebert, Ella Perry, and Arden Weaver
FYS 100 - Popular Horror Narratives (Spring 2023)
Deep Woods, Brooke Kelley
FYS 100 - Popular Horror Narratives (Spring 2023)
A Day at the Beach, Emily Keniston
FYS 100 - Popular Horror Narratives (Spring 2023)
Those Beneath, Dee Lancaster
FYS 100 - Popular Horror Narratives (Spring 2023)
The Mysteries of Lady Nordica, Andrew Collin Reigosa, Amanda Power, Jamie Richardson, Simone Ruediger, and Joseph Seastrand
FYS 100 - Popular Horror Narratives (Spring 2023)
Presentations
The Good Life Through My Eyes, Emily DiSimone
The Good Life
Psychology - Student Projects
Belonging with Beavers, Sydney Belanger, Grace Dwyer, Gabbi Fultz, Jennasea Hubbard, Klaus Jacobs, Grace Mahmood, Alex Manthorne, Abby Milner, Mikayla Oliver, Tati Scott, Ella Sibole, Sophie Therrien, and Rhonda Jamison Ph.D.
PSY 284 - Belonging (Spring 2023)
Did You Get My Text? How text emojis impact perceptions of appropriateness, likeability, social dominance, and creepiness, Sydney Booth, Emma Bourget, Gabbi Fultz, Gabriel Glidden, Tom Gingras, Abby Hanson, Shaylynn Koban, and Tati Scott
PSY 397 - Social Psychology Lab (Spring 2023)
Sustainability - Student Projects
Recycling and Practicing Sustainability at UMF, Brittany Brown, Madison Farris, Ali Gilman, Paris Howes, Miles Kelleher, Abby Washburn, and Malachi Wilson
FYS 100 Section 13 - Sustainable Campus (Fall 2022)
