Guidelines for Students and Evaluation Criteria

Reflective Statement
Your Reflective Statement carries the most weight in evaluating your application for the Undergraduate Project Award and is your opportunity to share the variety of sources, services and strategies you employed in order to complete your project. Consider the questions below as your write your statement (not all will necessarily apply) and refer to the evaluation rubric below.

  • How did you make particularly good use of the Lemieux Library and McGoldrick Learning Commons in your project?
  • What information literacy skills have you developed that helped you to effectively seek, navigate, and apply information to produce new knowledge?
  • How did you seek assistance from others (faculty, peers, university resources) as needed in order to do your best work and grow as a scholar?
  • In what ways has your use of Library and Learning Commons services (Library, Writing Center, Media Production Center, Billodue Makerspace, Learning Assistance Programs, Math Lab) supported your growth as an emerging researcher or scholar?
  • How have you been self-reflective in your research and writing processes?
  • What challenges or barriers did you face while completing your project? How did you readjust to overcome them?
  • What was your process? Show and explain the process of creation from research to material choices.

Undergraduate Project Award Evaluation Rubric
The Undergraduate Projects Award evaluation rubric highlights the elements the committee will consider in evaluating applications.

The evaluators are looking to see if the applicant for the Undergraduate Project Award has:

  1. Clearly described the Lemieux Library and McGoldrick Learning Commons resources (collections, services, spaces, personnel, technology, and equipment) they used and how they used them.
  2. Clearly described and reflected on their journey as a scholar or researcher, and their professional growth by engaging with library and learning commons resources (collections, services, spaces, personnel, technology, and equipment) in this project.
  3. Clearly described how their use of Lemieux Library and McGoldrick Learning Commons resources (collections, services, spaces, personnel, technology, and equipment) enriched the creation or development of the final project.