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The collaboration has addressed this challenge by creating intensive summer sessions designed for undergraduates, encouraging students to participate in all phases of experiments, holding several meetings a year that include undergraduate participants, and employing information technology to bring the distant undergraduate students together.<br />
Many voices have recognized the need for a strong basic science program in the United States. Most recently the National Academy of Sciences published the “Rising Above the Gathering Storm” study that outlines consequences and needed actions. The coming decade will need a steady stream of people (new physicists) as well as strong financial support. As in the past many of these people will come from undergraduate institutions and the most prepared will be those involved in meaningful undergraduate research such as done by the MoNA collaboration at the NSCL involving fragmentation. While planning future installations for nuclear physics, the value of this educational approach and training must be recognized. Undergraduates must be involved in an affirming environment where they are engaged at a high intellectual level and truly challenged so they are ready for the work yet to be done. Our fragmentation studies at the NSCL have demonstrated how to do this effectively. The weekly video conferences are very helpful for including the undergraduates.
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