See the Symposium Schedule Here
Important Spring 2023 Dates
- Spring Symposium: Application and Abstract Due: Friday, March 24, 2023
Spring Symposium: April 18, 2022
Spring Symposium on Undergraduate Research, Creativity, and Community Engagement schedule, presentations, and speakers.
Faculty please complete this application, include a list of your student’s presentations, names, titles, and day/time on the spreadsheet template and upload within the form.
Students should complete the application form below.
Guidelines
Oral Presentations
- Oral presentations are 20 minutes (including a 5 minute Q & A).
- Rehearse your presentation to ensure it meets time requirements.
- Please be present for the entire session.
- Consult with the Writing Center for assistance in your research process.
- Suggested dress is casual business attire.
Poster Presentations
- Sessions are 2 hours. Please be present for the entire session.
- Poster boards (4ft x 3ft), tacks, and easels are supplied.
- Large format poster printing is available at Ramsey Library.
- Consult with the Writing Center for assistance in your research process.
- Suggested dress is casual business attire.
Abstract Guidelines
- Abstract not to exceed 250 to 300 words
- Do not include keywords
- Do not include references
- Do not bold, italicize or underline words
- Format the abstract in one paragraph, single-spaced
- Use Times New Roman font, size 12
- Formatting:
- Title
- Student Name(s), Advisor name(s), Discipline
- Abstract text
- Submit abstract file as- (Last Name, First Name)
- If submitting multiple abstracts- Doe, Jane (1) and Doe, Jane (2)
- Submit as a Word Document as a .doc or .docx
Important Dates for Faculty / Department Dates
March 3 Outline of Symposium Program shared with departments | The Undergraduate Research Program office compiles a roster of symposium participants, sorted by and shared with departments |
March 17 Departmental schedules due | The Spring Symposium will be in person, although virtual presentations may be necessary and desirable in some cases, at the discretion of departments. Departments are asked to organize presentation times within their own discipline and submit room requests for presentations to studentresearch@unca.edu. We will try to accommodate everyone’s time and location preferences. |
April 7 | Spring Symposium Schedule posted live |
April 18 | Spring Symposium 8:30 am to 5:00 pm in-person Students may continue to submit presentation links for inclusion in the university-wide program if desired. This includes narrated slides, powerpoints, still slides, and video links to in-person presentations. Send to: studentresearch@unca.edu |
Please send to: studentresearch@unca.edu, a list of your student’s presentations, names, titles, and day/time.
Students should complete the application form below.
Past Presentations
2021-2022
- Fall Symposium: 2021 Fall Symposium on Undergraduate Research, Creativity, and Community Engagement
- Spring 2022 Symposium: 2022 Spring Symposium on Undergraduate Research and Community Engagement
2020-2021
- Fall Symposium: 2020 Fall Symposium on Undergraduate Research and Community Engagement
- Spring 2021: 2021 Spring Symposium on Undergraduate Research and Community Engagement
2019-2020
- Spring Symposium: 2020 Spring Symposium on Undergraduate Research and Community Engagement
- Fall Symposium: 2019 Fall Symposium on Undergraduate Research and Community Engagement
2018 – 2019
- Spring Symposium: 2019 Spring Symposium on Undergraduate Research and Community Engagement schedule
- Fall Symposium: 2018 Fall Symposium on Undergraduate Research and Community Engagement
2017-2018
- 2017 Fall Symposium on Undergraduate Research and Community Engagement
- 2018 Spring Symposium on Undergraduate Research and Community Engagement