September 2018 College News

C3 The Center for Communication, Collaboration & Creativit y (C3) REP APPL ICATIONS ARE OPEN Research Enhancement Program (REP) applications are now open! All applications are due by 5PM on Wednesday, October 17th. Eligible faculty members can apply for up to $8,000 if submitting alone or $16,000 if submitting with two or more collaborators. Please contact the C3 Center if you have any questions regarding REP guidelines, budgets, narratives, or submission procedures. For proposal reviews and high quality feedback, contact Matthew Winn and Lisa Westerbeck. Visit the C3 Center’s REP Ofce Hours from 11AM to 1PM every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Tursday leading up to the due date. If you would like to meet at a diferent time, please contact C3 to set up a meeting at a time that works for you. COSEARCH 2018 CoSearch 2018 was a huge success! Tis year’s CoSearch event was truly the most interdisciplinary to date with every college represented among the 33 competitors. Out of these competitors, eight where COFAC faculty from four of its fve units. Each participant had an opportunity to pitch one idea for a research or creative project that addressed a real-world issue. Ten competitors voted on their favorite ideas and split up into six teams to develop those ideas that culminated in a fnal presentation to a panel of ten judges from the university and surrounding community. Te issues addressed by projects at CoSearch this year included healthcare for undocumented students, mental health and wellbeing, restoring the Dunbar district in San Marcos, improving police training, and educating people about the language of sex and gender. Tis year “TELeHealth Goes to School,” a project that aims to meet the needs created by a lack of medical screenings for students by bringing the technology to them, took home frst place and earned $1,000 in prize money for their project. 4TH ANNUAL COSEARCH College of Fine Arts and Communication | 9