{"id":9901,"date":"2020-03-05T14:10:05","date_gmt":"2020-03-05T14:10:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/rasc24\/?page_id=9901"},"modified":"2024-03-12T19:01:52","modified_gmt":"2024-03-12T19:01:52","slug":"undergraduate-research-exposition","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/rasc24\/undergraduate-research-exposition\/","title":{"rendered":"Undergraduate Research Exposition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; disabled_on=&#8221;off|off|off&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Hero&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_color=&#8221;rgba(31,31,31,0)&#8221; parallax=&#8221;on&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|0|0px|0px|false|false&#8221; transparent_background=&#8221;on&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;66px|0px|0|0px|false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.20.2&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center\">26th Undergraduate Research Exposition<\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: large\">\u00a0The Undergraduate Research Exposition, sponsored by the Graduate School and Research, the Office of the Provost, as a part of WCU\u2019s campus-wide Research and Scholarship Conference, provides undergraduate students with the opportunity to work with faculty to present their research and scholarly activities to an engaged audience on campus.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-size: large\">The Undergraduate Research Exposition highlights some of the remarkable academic research WCU students pursue during their time at Western Carolina University. 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