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Call for proposals
1st LU Student Scholars Symposium
Sponsored by LU College of Arts and Sciences
April 13, 2012
All undergraduate and graduate students at Lipscomb University are invited to participate in this symposium.
Presentation types
Students may present in any the following four categories:
- Paper presentation—Involves a 15-minute presentation of original research to an audience, including time for a brief Q&A. Papers will be presented in rooms with Web access and digital projectors.
- Poster presentation—Involves standing beside a poster that describes original research during the assigned time and talking with interested persons. Printing and mounting will be handled by you and your faculty advisor. The scholars’ symposium team will arrange appropriate display options
- Performance—Theater performance, performance of an original piece of music, or reading of a short story/poem. Maximum time allotted is 15 minutes.
- Exhibit—Involves standing beside an art or other exhibit during the assigned time and talking with interested persons. Printing and mounting will be handled by you and your faculty advisor. The scholars’ symposium team will arrange appropriate display options.
There should be a primary author for each presentation who is the main contact person with the Symposium committee. If there are multiple presenters, only one of you should submit a proposal. The presenter listed first will be designated as the communicating author, and all correspondence will be to the first author. The maximum number of co-presenters is 3. If your submission is collaboration between an undergraduate student and faculty member or graduate student and faculty member, the undergraduate or the graduate student should be the presenting author.
Awards
1st, 2nd, and 3rd place awards will be presented to the top three undergraduate students within each category. An award will also be given for the best presentation by a graduate student in the College of Arts and Sciences. Participants in the symposium will be invited to attend a luncheon and dinner Award Banquet.
Instructions
All abstracts are due by 5:00 pm on Wednesday, March 7, 2012 and should be submitted electronically using this form. All fields must be completed for your abstract to be considered. Abstracts that are longer than 250 words will not be considered. Faculty advisors and students will receive confirmation of submission. Faculty advisors must reply to the confirmation with the word 'OK' in the subject line. Submitted student abstracts whose faculty advisor fails to respond to the confirmation by Friday, March 9, 2012 will not be considered for presentation. Both student presenters and faculty advisers will be notified of acceptance/rejection by Monday, March 19, 2012. Further instructions for your specific presentation will be included with your acceptance notification. If you have co-presenters, you must include all of their contact information (name, phone number, email, classification, and T-Shirt size).