Research Support & RUE Festival
Research Support & the RUE Festival
One of the most distinctive things about SF Honors is that research here is real. SF's Research in Undergraduate Education (RUE) initiative gives every student — regardless of major — a pathway to conduct original research, work with a faculty mentor, and present findings to an academic audience. You don't need to be a science major or a graduate student. You just need a question worth pursuing.
Honors students are especially well-positioned to take advantage of RUE's resources: Honors Contracts, Independent Study Projects, and faculty mentorship arrangements all feed directly into research work — and completing a research project earns Honors Points.
What Counts as Research?
SF defines undergraduate research broadly: any creativity-, discovery-, or inquiry-based learning that leads to new scholarly insights or the creation of new artistic work — and then communicates it back to the community. That means your project can be:
- Empirical — data gathering, experiments, surveys, scientific method
- Analytical — interpreting texts, forming arguments, supporting a thesis
- Creative — original artistic work with scholarly reflection
- Interdisciplinary — combining approaches from multiple fields
Festivals & Showcases
The RUE Festival
Each spring, SF hosts the Research and Creative Scholarly Projects Festival — the centerpiece of the RUE initiative — where students from every discipline present their work to faculty judges, peers, and the campus community.
STEM Fest
In partnership with the RUE initiative, SF's Perry Center hosts an annual three-day STEM Fest each November. SF students and area high school students are invited to display posters showcasing STEM research and projects.
External Research Opportunities
SF's RUE office maintains a curated list of external research opportunities for undergraduates — including summer programs, internships, and national research initiatives. The full list is maintained at sfcollege.edu/rue.
Research Resources
| Website | sfcollege.edu/rue |
|---|---|
| Festival | Held each spring — Fine Arts Hall Lobby |
| STEM Fest | Held each November — Perry Center |
| Contact | [NOTE: Insert current RUE coordinator contact — confirm with SF Academic Affairs] |