Centre Symposium: Research, Internships, and Creative Endeavors Centre Symposium
April 17, 2008

Symposium Overview

Centre College will hold the first annual Centre Symposium: Research, Internships, and Creative Endeavors on Thursday, April 17, 2008
from 2:00-8:00 pm.

Sponsored by the Dean, the symposium serves as a venue for Centre Students to present the results of their research, internship experiences, and creative activity. The symposium will be set up like a typical academic conference – with registration, abstract submission, concurrent paper sessions, a poster session, and a keynote speaker. Students’ abstracts will be published together in a bound program.

We hope you will present your work and attend the symposium to learn about  Centre students’ exciting and interesting endeavors.  All students, faculty, staff, community members and prospective students are invited to attend!

Submission Information

Students are encouraged to present some aspect of their academic work in a paper presentation, poster presentation, exhibition, or performance. Faculty-student collaborations and other types of co-authored works are eligible for submission.

Students planning to present their work in a PAPER SESSION (oral/podium presentation) will give a 12-minute talk on their research, internship, or creative endeavor.

Students planning to present their work in the POSTER SESSION (oral poster presentation) will need to fit their work on a 4’ wide x 6’ tall poster for mounting on a bulletin board. If you plan to create a poster, please click here for poster making guidelines (pdf).

Students planning to present their ART WORK (or WORKS) will be given space to perform or display their work as appropriate.

Students planning to give a MUSICAL or THEATRICAL PERFORMANCE will be given 12 minutes to enact their work or a segment of their work in a classroom, studio, or performance hall setting as appropriate.

Abstract Submission Deadline: Saturday, March 1, 2008 at 5:00 pm

Abstract Information

Each student participant will need to submit a 150-word (maximum) abstract online by March 1st at 5:00 pm. An abstract is a brief, informative summary of the research paper, internship experience, exhibit, or performance. A research abstract should describe the purpose of the work, data source, methods of analysis, and findings. An internship abstract mentions the company or organization’s name, location, and purpose, as well as the internship position and responsibilities. A creative works abstract should describe the medium, theme, and/or the source(s) of inspiration.

The abstract should be written in clear and simple language that someone without a background in the discipline can understand it. Your abstract will be published online and printed in the program EXACTLY AS IT IS SUBMITTED. Thus, before submitting the abstract, PLEASE PROOFREAD IT CAREFULLY for grammatical, punctuation, and spelling errors. For information on how to write an abstract, please click here.

Please direct any questions about abstract submissions or the symposium to Dr. Sarah Goodrum at sarah.goodrum@centre.edu.