Research & Creative Activities Lab for Student Assistants
Mission: A secure and confidential environment where undergraduate and graduate students can assist
CHE faculty in all aspects of the research process, including online literature searches; data
collection, entry, coding, and analysis; and writing.
Rules and Responsibilities:
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All students who will be working in this room should complete the online human research training
program prior to working in this room. These modules can be found at: http://www.citiprogram.org/. A
student’s record of completion will be kept in the office in order for faculty to ensure that only students
who understand the confidential nature of data are in the room.
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Additionally, students should obtain training directly from their faculty supervisor regarding rules and
responsibilities with using Rivers 150. Faculty supervisors should carefully review the information on
this sheet with their research assistants prior to them working in Rivers 150.
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Students should obtain entry into the room by the faculty supervisor for whom they are working.
Individual keys will not be issued to graduate or undergraduate research assistants.
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Students should sign in and out of the room when they leave the room for more than 15 minutes. By
signing in, it maintains a record of who is in Rivers 150 at specific times and which supervisors have
students utilizing the rooms.
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Students are only allowed in this room while they are assisting faculty in the research process. Thus,
computers should NOT be used for personal e-mails, to type papers work on homework, or for any
other personal reasons
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If you are talking on the phone for research purposes, please use the back office and close the door in
order to not disturb those in the front office. Students should limit personal cell phone use while other
students are present. You should leave the office to talk about personal matters, which would allow the
work place to be free of distractions.
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Friends of students are not allowed in Rivers 150. Only those who are officially working on research
and who have completed the IRB training modules can be in this room.
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Confidential data should be secured in locked cabinets or desks when you leave the room. All supplies
(i.e. stapler, tape dispenser, pens, ruler…) should be left in Rivers 150. Faculty and students must bring
their own paper if using the printer.
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If there are technology issues that need to be addressed (e.g., printer not working; needing a new
software installed), faculty or students should contact the CHE technology support through Share
Points.
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Upon request, secure storage is available to interested faculty. Faculty members interested in securing a
key for a locked file cabinet should contact Alan Taylor (737-2414; tayloral@ecu.edu). Note that
Rivers 150 is not a data storage site, and should be used only to store data for which research assistants
are actively using.
CHE 9-09-10