Graduate Student Day
(Friday, April 3, 2009)

Graduate Student Day is held annually in the Russell House in the first week in April and traditionally consists of a presentation and poster competition, and an awards ceremony. This year's Graduate Student Day will also include selected creative exhibitions and performances, with some of these being presented in the Russell House Theater on Thursday evening, 2 April 2009.

Research Presentation and Poster Competition
(nomination deadline: March 1, 2009)

The Presentation and Poster Competition is designed to provide graduate students an opportunity to share their research and contributions with the university and larger community. Entries in this category should be research presentations or posters written and designed in a way so as to be understandable to a generalist. For example, if your research is in the sciences, then it should be understandable to any scientist (and not only to an expert in your field). Oral presenters will have as much as 15 minutes for their presentation followed by 2-3 minutes for questions. Presentations will be scheduled 20 minutes apart to allow for transitions. Poster presenters will have a standard conference size poster display upon which to affix their research poster.

Winners of the Presentation and Poster Competition are announced during the Awards Ceremony.

Graduate students who wish to be nominated for this competition should speak with their advisor and graduate director to obtain department/program details about how to participate be nominated from their unit. Some departments hold internal competitions to select their representatives for the Presentation and Poster Competition. Others departments may select participants in other ways.

Students who wish to and are selected to compete in the Presentation and Poster Competition should submit to their graduate director an abstract using the following webform:

           Research Presentation and Poster Competition abstract submission form

Graduate directors should then complete the program nomination webform located here:

           Research Presentation and Poster Competition program nomination form

The Graduate School and the Graduate Student Day faculty advisory committee will make the final selection of participants from the nominees submitted by the academic units.

Creative Performances and Displays
(nomination deadline: March 1, 2009)

Creative Performances and Displays are designed to provide graduate students an opportunity to showcase the products of their creative endeavors with the university and larger community. Entries in this category can include art installations, musical performance, dance or theatre performance, readings of creative writing, etc. In the creative performance category, participants will be alloted 15 minutes in which to introduce their performance to the audience (provide relevant background) and perform their piece. Performances will be spaced 20 minutes apart to allow time for transition and set up.

Participants in this category will not participate in a competition, but instead will receive an honorarium for their contribution.

Graduate students who wish to be nominated for this category should speak with their advisor and graduate director to obtain department/program details about how to participate be nominated from their unit. Some departments hold internal competitions to select their representatives for the Creative Performances and Displays. Others departments may select participants in other ways.

Students who wish to and are selected to perform or present in this category should submit to their graduate director an abstract using the following webform:

     Creative Performances and Displays abstract submission form

Graduate directors should then complete the program nomination webform located here:

     Creative Performances and Displays program nomination form

The Graduate School and the Graduate Student Day faculty advisory committee will make the final selection of participants from the nominees submitted by the academic units.

The Russell House was the venue for Graduate Student Day 2008. Creative performances and displays, posters, and oral presentations were scheduled for the morning. A reception for all participants was held at noon followed by The Awards Ceremony starting at 1:45PM in The Russell House Ballroom. The Ceremony acknowledged recipients of awards to outstanding graduate students from colleges, departments, and organizations and announced the winners of the morning oral presentations and posters competitions.

Presentation Schedule

Awards Ceremony

Judging Guidelines

     
The table below provides the 2008 presentation schedule, as well as links to a more detailed program containing abstracts. A concise presentation schedule, without abstracts, is available from this link in PDF format. Posted here is a PDF link to the list of winners of the 2008 competition: 2008 Poster and Presentation competition winners

CATEGORY	LOCATION	TIME
POSTERS: ENVIRONMENTAL & EARTH SCIENCES	3RDFLOOR LOBBY, THE RUSSELL HOUSE	8:00AM-10:00AM
POSTERS: HEALTH SCIENCES & POLICY	3RDFLOOR LOBBY, THE RUSSELL HOUSE	8:00AM-10:00AM
POSTERS: MOLECULAR, BIOMEDICAL, & MATERIALS RESEARCH	3RDFLOOR LOBBY, THE RUSSELL HOUSE	10:30AM-12:30PM
POSTERS: SOCIAL SCIENCE	3RDFLOOR LOBBY, THE RUSSELL HOUSE	10:30AM-12:30PM
PRESENTATIONS: BIOLOGICAL, BIOCHEMICAL & BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH	ROOM 201, THE RUSSELL HOUSE	8:30AM-12:10PM
PRESENTATIONS: COMPUTER SCIENCE, PHYSICS, AND STATISTICS	ROOM 203, THE RUSSELL HOUSE	8:30AM-11:50AM
PRESENTATIONS: EARTH & ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES	ROOM 205, THE RUSSELL HOUSE	8:30AM-11:30AM
PRESENTATIONS: HEALTH & PHYSIOLOGY	ROOM 302, THE RUSSELL HOUSE	8:30AM-11:50AM
PRESENTATIONS: COMMUNICATION, JOURNALISM, & LINGUISTICS	ROOM 303, THE RUSSELL HOUSE	8:30AM-11:30AM
PRESENTATIONS: SOCIAL, BEHAVIORAL, & ECONOMIC SCIENCES	ROOM 304, THE RUSSELL HOUSE	8:30AM-12:10PM
PRESENTATIONS: ELECTRICAL & CHEMICAL ENGINEERING	ROOM 305, THE RUSSELL HOUSE	8:50AM-11:30AM
PRESENTATIONS: HUMANITIES	ROOM 309, THE RUSSELL HOUSE	8:50AM-10:30AM

     Creative Performances and Display Schedule

CATEGORY	LOCATION	TIME
CREATIVE PERFORMANCES	THE RUSSELL HOUSE THEATRE	9:25AM-12:00PM
DISPLAY	THE RUSSELL HOUSE BALLROOM "C"	9:00AM-4:00PM

The Awards Ceremony

The Awards Ceremony is an opportunity for academic units to recognize the research, teaching, and service achievements of their graduate students. Last year's (2008) awards ceremony was held in the Russell House Ballroom, 1:45-3:15 p.m. This year's awards ceremony program will be held in the Russell House Ballroom at 2:30-4:00 p.m. The deadline for submitting awards information is 16 March 2009.

     2009 Award Ceremony Participation Form

     2008 Awards Ceremony Program

     Photos from the Awards Ceremony Program (the password is: grad)

Judging Guidelines

The selected panel of judges will use the following judging rubric to score all participants.

     Research Presentation Evaluation Sheet

     Poster Presentation Evaluation Sheet

Archives

2008	2007	2006
Awards Ceremony Program	Awards Ceremony Program	Awards Ceremony Program
Presentation/Poster Competition Winners	Presentation/Poster Competition Winners	Presentation/Poster Competition Winners

2005	2004	2003
Awards Ceremony Program	Awards Ceremony Program	Awards Ceremony Program
	Presentation/Poster Competition Winners	Presentation/Poster Competition Winners

2002	2001
Awards Ceremony Program	Awards Ceremony Program
Presentation/Poster Competition Winners	Presentation/Poster Competition Winners

Please mark your calendar and plan to attend these Graduate Student Day events. For additional information, please call the Graduate School at 777-4243.