Thank you for agreeing to share your scholarship at the Symposium for University Research and Creative Expression. As you know, the symposium will be held on Thursday, May 15, 2008. The schedule will be published on the SOURCE web site once it is available.

On the day of the symposium, be sure to stop by the Registration Desk in the foyer on the second floor mezzanine of the new SUB-REC to pick up your presenter packet, including program and abstracts, nametag, and lunch banquet ticket (if you reserved one).

Presenters wishing to pick up their packet early may do so at the Registration Desk from 5:00-8:00 p.m. on the day before the conference (Wednesday, May 14, 2008) during the practice session.

Oral presentations are 15 minutes. An additional 3-5 minutes will be allotted for questions and transitions (total time = 20 minutes). Practice your presentation to make sure that you can complete it in 15 minutes.

Each presentation room will have the following for your use: a lectern, computer, and data projector.

The symposium computers will be PCs running Windows XP and the most recent version of Powerpoint, and will have a CD drive and USB port. Preference is to bring your presentation on a CD instead of a flash drive for transfer. There will be no access to the Internet or Network drives available. If you plan to use Powerpoint (or other computer programs) in your presentation, you must load your presentation on the computer for your scheduled presentation room no later than the break before your session. You also have the option (that we strongly encourage) to load your presentation the evening before the conference (see below).

The following locations in the SURC building will be open on Wednesday, May 14, 2008 for participants to pre-load and practice their presentations:

Registration Desk (2nd Floor Mezzanine): 5:00-8:00 p.m. for pre-loading
Rooms 201 and 202: 5:00-8:00 p.m. for practice

Please remember that you are responsible for the success of your talk and knowledge of the audio-visual equipment you use.

Posters must be a single board no larger than 3 feet high by 4.5 feet wide that is ready to hang on a wall. If your poster is larger than the maximum size, please contact Dr. Allen Sullivan for accommodations. All posters must either be printed on a single sheet of paper or have some type of backing, such as large poster boards. Please bring your own push pins and anything else that you need to present your poster. Posters should be on display throughout the day while authors need to be present at their poster only during the poster presentation session.

A limited number of tables are available for students who need to display objects as part of their presentation. Tables will be reserved only for presenters who contact Dr. Allen Sullivan before Friday May 2, 2008 and only after the presenter explains their need for the table.

May 15, 2008 sessions times TBA.

If you are making a presentation other than oral or poster, please be sure to contact the organizers for accommodations and instructions. This would apply for musical performances, artwork static displays, performance art, and other presentation formats.

The keynote speech will be combined with a lunch banquet this year. Student and faculty presenters can attend the lunch banquet and keynote at no charge, but must make lunch reservations through the abstract submittal form.

There will be outstanding student presentation awards given in separate categories for undergraduate students, graduate students, oral presentations, posters, and other presentation formats.

Judges will choose award recipients based on the presenters' ability to articulate significant research questions, demonstrate their knowledge, organize information, clearly present their research results or creative activities, and hold the interest of a general audience. Poster judges will not be speaking to poster presenters directly, so students should ensure that their poster meets the criteria above.

The poster awards will be presented during the SOURCE lunch banquet. The oral presentation awards will be presented the day after SOURCE on Friday, May 16, from 12:00-1:00 P.M. in the SURC Pit. Award winners and mentors will be invited and others are welcome to attend.