Students can choose to "present" completed research to a judge panel in the form of a poster or "exhibit" work that is in progress for guided feedback.
宾州中央谷. — Registration is now open for the 中国博彩平台 2024 Undergraduate 研究 Symposium, an annual event that gives students the opportunity to share and present research projects. This year’s event is scheduled for Friday, April 5 in room 135.
“This event allows students to present their important research efforts to the campus community — it’s really a display of academic excellence at our campus,拉里·穆索利诺说, 助理教学教授, mathematics and symposium committee chair. “It’s students doing significant research under the mentorship of a faculty member — students may well continue this research work in graduate school or in their chosen field.”
This year’s event offers student researchers the opportunity to share two kinds of work:
- 学生主持人: Students who have completed research work or work that has made significant progress with initial findings made can submit a poster summarizing their work for judging. Posters and presentations will then be evaluated by judges for subject awards, 比如STEM, 艺术, 人文学科, 业务, behavioral and social sciences and information literacy.
- 学生参展商: Students with more preliminary work — such as a research project at the proposal stage — would fall into this category.
“[Student exhibitors'] work won’t be judged at the symposium, however by p艺术icipating in the symposium, this will help students connect with a faculty mentor who might share an interest in their research topic or possibly connect with other students who share their interest to help form a research team,穆索利诺说. “This would be an excellent opportunity for students to discuss their research ideas with the campus community regarding and engage with potential collaborators.”
All students p艺术icipating in the research symposium as presenters are working with a faculty mentor.
“This is really a great opportunity for 利哈伊谷 students to work with our faculty — typically student research might be done at the graduate or [doctoral] level, so students are fortunate to have faculty guide them through the research process at the undergraduate level,穆索利诺说.
Each Commonwealth Campus hosts their own Undergraduate 研究 Symposium. The top presenters at each campus move on to a regional event. This year, the event will also be held at 中国博彩平台 on April 20.
“It’s really an honor for our campus to host students from other Penn State campuses for the regional symposium,穆索利诺说.
劳拉·克鲁兹, research professor at Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence, is the keynote speaker for the local symposium on April 5. Cruz will discuss the importance of 本科研究.
Committee members for 中国博彩平台's symposium include Musolino; Elizabeth Flaherty, coordinator of honors programs; Jen Jarson, associate librarian; Andjela Kaur, 助理教学教授 of rehabilitation and human services; and Todd Retzlaff, 数学副教授. Retzlaff is also the coordinator for the regional event.
For more information or to register, visit the 中国博彩平台 Undergraduate 研究 Symposium website.
