This poster presentation will describe the NSF-funded dispersed REU site called "The TIM Consortium". We are made up of a group of five faculty from primarily undergraduate institutions across the country (Northern Kentucky University, Colby College, University of San Diego, University of Richmond and Grand Valley State University). Over 50% of the students funded by this program come from community colleges. Each school has a robust research program where faculty work directly with undergraduates, as none of the schools have graduate students. All of the faculty in our consortium work on molecules that are expected to have interesting chemical and physical properties (Theoretically Interesting Molecules). The five groups meet twice each summer, once at a national meeting and a second time at one of the host institutions. At each meeting the group is joined by a faculty member from a R1 institution who interacts with both students and TIM faculty. Information regarding student recruitment, student outcomes, the role of the R1 "mentor", and external assessment results will be presented.

TIM Consortium: A dispersed REU site in theoretically interesting molecules

254th National Meeting (2017)

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