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Graduate Student Day

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.

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, as well as photos from the awards ceremony, and some video highlights.

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 20072006
Awards Ceremony Program Awards Ceremony Program Awards Ceremony Program
Presentation/Poster Competition Winners Presentation/Poster Competition Winners Presentation/Poster Competition Winners

2005 20042003
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.


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