The Center for Transformative Undergraduate Experiences (TrUE) cordially invites you to attend our banquet celebrating our 14th Annual Undergraduate Research Conference. Join us in honoring students, faculty mentors, and university partners engaged in, advocating for, and supporting undergraduate research initiatives at TTU. Registration Required. Our keynote for our banquet will be Dr. Raegan Higgins who is an Associate Professor of Mathematics in the Department of Mathematics & Statistics and a Faculty Fellow in the Office of the Provost at Texas Tech University. Her current research focuses on mathematically modeling prostate cancer treatments. She is a proud alumna of Xavier University of Louisiana and the University of Nebraska—Lincoln. Dr. Higgins is a co-director of the Enhancing Diversity in Graduate Education (EDGE) Program, a Presidential Award for STEM Mentoring recipient, and the lead investigator for the NSF Bridges Across Texas Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation Program. Through her work with these projects—and a long list of others, Dr. Higgins is working to support and equip underrepresented students for success in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics fields.