Abstract Submission

Abstracts for the 2021 SOURCE event will be accepted starting in late February and must be submitted by Friday, April 9th at 5pm.

Other dates to be aware of:

Presentation webinars will occur in April to help you record your presentation.
Presentations will be submitted online by April 30th.
SOURCE 2021 presentations will be viewable by Central during the SOURCE event, May 16th - May 22nd, 2021.

Click here to see Sample Abstracts for SOURCE

Author

First Name: *

Last Name: *

Email: *

Use your CWU Email

Student ID Number: *

Student Status: *

Major Program *

If you do not see your major Department/Program on the list, please list "Other" and fill in the area below. If you have more than one major, please select the one most related to the project you are presenting.

Other

If you do not see your Department/Program on the above list, type it here.

Graduation Plan: *

When do you anticipate graduating with your current degree plan?

Are there additional Authors? *

If you select 'no', please type N/A in the box below.

Additional Authors Information *

Please include names of all student authors, including their email and student ID, as seen in this example: Student Name - Student Email - Student ID number

Primary Faculty or Staff Mentor

First Name: *

Last Name: *

Email: *

(Valid CWU Email Address Required)

Department / Program *

If you do not see your mentor's Department/Program on the list, please select "Other" and fill in their area below

Other

If you do not see your mentor's Department/Program on the above list, type it here.

Please double-check that your mentor's email address is entered correctly. Your mentor will be sent an email to approve your abstract. If the email address you enter here is incorrect, your abstract submission will fail because your mentor will not receive the message to approve your abstract.

Additional Faculty or Staff Mentors

First Name:

Last Name:

Department:

First Name:

Last Name:

Department:

Project Information

Title of Presentation/Performance *

Subject area of your presentation *

Other

If you do not see the appropriate subject area, please enter it above.

Abstract *

Your abstract will later be published on Scholarworks. If you would not like to have your abstract published, please email our@cwu.edu.

Must be 250 words or less. The abstract should be one paragraph. You may copy and paste from a word document or enter the text directly in the box above.

Keywords *

List 3 keywords that reflect important concepts or topics in your presentation. Capitalize the keywords and separate them with commas. PLEASE NOTE: Along with those 3 keywords, add the words "academic service learning", "diversity," or "sustainability" if they apply to your presentation.

Virtual Presentation Format *

Descriptions regarding the different presentations formats can be found here.

Experience details

Tell us about your experience doing the work that you are going to present.

Source of Project: *

Where did you primarily do the work for the project being presented?

Time of Project: *

When did you primarily do the work for the project being presented?

Study Abroad/International Experience *

Did this project involve a study abroad or international experience?

Academic Service Learning *

Did this project involve academic service learning?

Research approvals

Tell us about any human subject or animal approvals related to the research you will be presenting.

Human Subject Research *

Did the research involve people as subjects? (surveys, experiments, etc.)

Approval Number

If yes, the research must have been approved by the Human Subjects Review Council (HSRC). If you have not yet received approval, contact Sandra Martinez at x3115. This is the responsibility of the student research and mentors.

Animal Subject Research *

Did this research involve vertebrate animals as subjects? (experiments, etc.)

Approval Number

If yes, the research must have been approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee. If you have not yet received approval contact Jason Irwin at x2884. This is the responsibility of the student researchers and mentors and is only required for vertebrate animals.

Supporting Students

Central Washington University is committed to creating a learning environment that meets the needs of its diverse student body. If you anticipate or experience any barriers to learning, discuss your concerns with the OUR office, our@cwu.edu.

Students with disabilities should contact Disability Services to discuss a range of options to removing barriers, including accomodations. If you are seeking accomodations for SOURCE, there is the option of temporary registration through Disability Services. Call (509) 963-2214 or email ds@cwu.edu for more information.

Support Requests

Given the SOURCE goal to support all students in presenting their work, are there any special requests that you have for these presentations?

Additional Presentation Requirements

Award Nomination

SOURCE supports several awards for student and mentor work

Student presentation awards - these will be awarded after faculty and community judges provide feedback to presentations during the week of SOURCE.
Faculty mentor awards - details below
Library reSOURCE awards - details below

Interested in nominating your mentor for an award?

Any student may nominate their mentor for the Mentor of the Year award, sponsored by the United Faculty of Central. Check "Yes" if you wish to nominate your primary mentor, and we will follow up with you. Just checking the box is not enough: You will be sent an email reminder after SOURCE submissions close with more information asking you to submit a 500-word nomination essay.

Mentor of the Year Award Nomination *

Yes, I would like to nominate my primary mentor and commit to submitting an essay.

No, I do not wish to nominate my primary mentor at this time.

NOTE: Checking "yes" does not complete the nomination process. We will follow up to request the 500-word essay, so please start working on it now, so that it is ready when we request it. This will be after your abstract submission has been approved by your mentor and our department.

Interested in nominating yourself for an award?

CWU Libraries and the Friends of the Brooks Library will award up to four SOURCE projects the reSOURCE award for outstanding use of library resources in your project. This includes books, journals, Archives & Special Collections, databases, library equipment, and even our programs and spaces! The library faculty and staff themselves are resources in your research journey. See https://www.lib.cwu.edu/ for all that the CWU Libraries have to offer. If you apply, you will be asked to write a brief essay, less than 250 words, on how you used the library and/or its resources in your work. A library committee will select the winners and each of the four awardees will receive $100.

reSOURCE Award *

Would you like to be considered for the Library reSOURCE award? If you select yes, you will be contacted after SOURCE abstract submissions close given a timeline of when to submit your essay.

Yes

Presenting face-to-face

Campus where you would like to present

Ellensburg (Wednesday and Thursday

Des Moines campus (Tuesday)

Campus Installation (week of SOURCE)

Presentation Format

Panel Oral Presentation entry

If you are presenting in a panel, you need to list the additional presentations and the corresponding authors that need to be scheduled in the same panel alongside the overall theme for the panel. Please separate presentations using a semi-colon (;).

Special Requirements

*If you require a laptop, please work with your department or other areas on campus (SURC, MEC, etc.) before requesting one from the OUR, as we have a very limited supply.* Please list additional requirements and/or accommodations needed for your presentation below (e.g., internet, table, floor space, power to your poster/creative works display, seating for instrumental performances, rearrangement of room, sign language interpreter, etc.). If you are a creative works or constructed object presenter (especially if you are Engineering Technologies, Safety and Construction) you must specify the amount of floor space needed, if electricity is needed, what size table is needed, please make these instructions very clear, so we can place you accordingly). Note that all oral sessions will have a projector, a computer and PowerPoint. In the box below, please write your additional presentation needs, please write "None" if you do note need anything else in order to present.

Special Session Requests

If there are other presentations you wish to be scheduled with in a session, please describe both the presentations and the desired theme/title of your session. If you would like to present with other specific presenters or in a specific order, please give as much information as possible here so that we may try to honor your request. If you have already filled this information out regarding a panel presentation above, no further information is required.

Session Requests

Will your presentation require additional time?

Yes

How much time will your presentation require (total)?

Leave this field blank

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