Research Experience for Undergraduates 2015 & 2016

Higher Education demands a level of dedication to a market that has several audiences at once. By studying what engages faculty, staff, and students, we created materials to promote STEM careers.

We selected a classic illustration by John Tenniel for a youthful feel and made STEM-themed modifications so that the illustration included an NDSU button, chalk board with equations, and laptop among other items.

Whiteboard with gray border and handle covered in colorful post-it notes and writing

Close-up of orange and purple post-it notes on a whiteboard

Setting the hierarchy of the information

Four yellow post-it notes with writing on them and a black pen on a white surface

Sketching and planning

Sheets of tracing paper with black sketches from Alice and Wonderland on them next to a black pen on a white surface

Close-up of a pen and a sketch of a mouse holding a magnifying glass

Iterations of sketches with different STEM and NDSU-themed elements

Orange and green postcards laying on tracing paper with black illustrations from Alice and Wonderland on them

Tracing paper with sketches laying on top of colored postcards

For 2016, we updated the graphic to an illustration by William Wallace Denslow to maintain consistency with the previous year's theme while freshening up the appearance through color and new custom STEM and NDSU-themed elements including a bison in place of the Cowardly Lion.

Woman in gray sweatshirt drawing on tracing paper atop a white desk

Referencing Denslow's illustrations for the 2016 update

Illustration of Wizard of Oz characters with a bison in place of the lion on tracing paper

Green postcard featuring an illustration of a customized Wizard of Oz character sketch for NDSU REU

Green Poster featuring an illustration of a customized Wizard of Oz character sketch for NDSU REU

Final printed posters for 2016