13th ANNUAL
GCSU STUDENT RESEARCH CONFERENCE
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April 16, 2010 | Atkinson Hall
Georgia College & State University students (graduate or undergraduate) engaged in research or scholarship (especially those working with a GCSU mentor/advisor) are invited to submit an abstract for the 13th Annual GCSU Student Research Conference. This annual conference will be held during Honors Week and is sponsored by the Office of Academic Engagement.
It provides the GCSU community an opportunity to view poster presentations, hear papers presented by outstanding students or view creative presentations/performances from disciplines throughout the campus. The one-day conference allows students to gain valuable experience in preparing and delivering professional conference presentations of various types and watching and participating in the presentations of others.
The student research conference is open to all undergraduate and graduate students attending GCSU in the Fall 09 and/or Spring '10 semester. All work must be student created and presented. Submissions may be individual or groups of no more than three presenters. No single student may be part of more than two submissions, either as an individual or/and as a group. Each submission must have a faculty sponsor, though the work does not necessarily have to be from a course. Faculty are not to be listed as co-presenters.
Students interested in participating should consult with their advisor or major professor. Faculty are encouraged to identify students that have a significant scholarship project (class project, research, artistic project, etc) to contribute to the conference.
Proposals should be submitted online at http://www.gcsu.edu/engagement/conf/ Only the primary presenter must submit the form. Again this year the Digital Innovations Group will film presentations for podcasting on the iTunes.gcsu.edu website. This is a valuable way to differentiate yourself from others. Use it to let future employers and/or graduate programs see you in action.
New this year, each session will have a student moderator in addition to a session chair. The role of the moderator will be to introduce the presenters and the title of their work and to provide discussion and stimulate discussion among the other participants. This is an important role and provides more opportunities for students to actively participate in a meaningful way in the conference. Student moderators must have the recommendation of a faculty sponsor.
You can access previous conference programs in the Conference Archives, located in the right hand column of this web page.
In order to provide greater opportunities for participation, and identify Fall semester projects, a Fall semester submission deadline has been added. Fall Semester Deadline Monday, December 7th, 2009. Spring semester Deadline for submissions is Friday, March 5, 2010.
For more information, please contact Dr. Rene J. Fontenot at renee.fontenot@gcsu.edu (478) 445-2593.
Additional Information
□ The Fall semester call date coincides with the last day of class; students may submit an abstract when they are submitting final papers.
□ Faculty are encouraged to include the Call-for-Papers in their courses as they plan their syllabi.
□ The conference is open to a broad range of presentations, including, short performances, exhibits from projects (such as robots from a computer course), as well as, the traditional poster and oral presentations. The limitations are that the presentation/original performances must be confined in a way that they do not exceed 15 minutes.
□ Regardless of the form of the contribution, all students must submit an abstract or a detailed description of their work/presentation.
