The Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity (URCA) Office at Michigan State University (MSU) seeks to foster a culture of engagement by:Advising students on how to find research and creative opportunities, prepare them to work effectively with mentors, and provide opportunities to present their scholarshipIncreasing faculty’s awareness of URCA’s resources for their undergraduate research assistants and increasing faculty’s mentoring capacityStewarding the Provost Undergraduate Research Funds to support undergraduate research to the campus communityCommunicating the impact of undergraduate research and creative activity within and beyond the MSU community