{"id":21726,"date":"2026-05-28T08:34:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T12:34:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/?p=21726"},"modified":"2026-05-26T10:34:33","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T14:34:33","slug":"elizabethtown-college-students-pursue-faculty-mentored-summer-research-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/2026\/05\/28\/elizabethtown-college-students-pursue-faculty-mentored-summer-research-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Elizabethtown College Students Pursue Faculty-Mentored Summer Research Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"

Elizabethtown College students are growing beyond the classroom by gaining hands-on, high-impact experiences this summer through the annual <\/span>Summer Creative Arts and Research Program (SCARP)<\/span><\/a>. Working closely under the sponsorship of a faculty mentor, 22 students are performing independent research on campus throughout the summer.<\/span><\/p>\n

Over the next several weeks, the Etown 2026 SCARP Series will highlight the innovative work of these student-led projects, ranging from research on how music-based approaches foster belonging and engagement among students from low-income households to examining how different playing surfaces affect an athlete\u2019s ability to cut and jump.<\/span><\/p>\n

View an interactive recap<\/span><\/a> of last year\u2019s SCARP projects and learn more about the program below.<\/span><\/p>\n

What is SCARP?<\/strong><\/p>\n

SCARP is an opportunity for undergraduate students in any major to work directly with a full-time faculty\/staff mentor to complete supervised research or creative projects over the summer. The program is a non-credit experiential learning program designed to enhance professional skills and provide a competitive advantage to participating students in the pursuit of career opportunities and graduate studies.<\/span><\/p>\n

Participating faculty\/staff scholars and researchers also benefit from student involvement in support of professional scholarship and research agendas.<\/span><\/p>\n

What do students receive for participating?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Students receive a training stipend and free room and board for the duration of their projects (from 4 to 12 weeks), and professional experience as part of a scholarship\/research community.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

They also benefit from highly personalized mentoring from active researchers and scholars. SCARP also fulfills one of the two required Signature Learning Experiences (SLE) for Etown students.<\/span><\/p>\n

SCARP also features a part-time track for students who prefer to complete a smaller project (10 hours a week).<\/span><\/p>\n

What is the result of this research?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Each summer, Etown students share their research projects at the annual Landmark Summer Research Symposium. This year\u2019s 17th annual symposium will take place on Thursday, July 16, and is being hosted by Goucher College in Baltimore, Md.<\/span><\/p>\n

In Their Own Words: Previous SCARP Participants<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWorking with Dr. (Diane) Bridge on my project was nothing short of enjoyable, exciting, fun, and intellectually stimulating. She helped me in my research experience by giving me the freedom to explore new ideas and propose new research avenues, while still being present to offer a helping hand and invaluable advice at any time. – Nicholas Kuhn \u201926<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cDr. (Peilong) Li was an exceptional advisor throughout my group\u2019s project, providing both guidance and the freedom to explore our own ideas and implementations. In the beginning, the final goal of the project felt overwhelming and almost impossible to tackle. However, thanks to Dr. Li\u2019s structured research plan, we consistently had a clear understanding of our weekly goals and the time and effort required to meet them.\u201d – Alexander Roop \u201926<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cSCARP creates a supportive, immersive environment where students not only apply what they\u2019ve learned in class, but also begin to see themselves as contributors to the field. Watching their excitement grow as they make connections between theory, data, and real-world relevance is one of the most fulfilling aspects of my role as a mentor.\u201d – Jennifer Wittmeyer, Assistant Professor of Psychology<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Elizabethtown College students are growing beyond the classroom by gaining hands-on, high-impact experiences this summer through the annual Summer Creative Arts and Research Program (SCARP). Working closely under the sponsorship of a faculty mentor, 22 students are performing independent research on campus throughout the summer. Over the next several weeks, the Etown 2026 SCARP Series […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":140,"featured_media":21727,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1338,775],"tags":[197,1350,195,1780],"class_list":["post-21726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academics-and-research","category-campus","tag-elizabethtown-college","tag-etown","tag-scarp","tag-summer-creative-arts-and-research-program","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21726","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/140"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21726"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21726\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21728,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21726\/revisions\/21728"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.etown.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}