What can be submitted to the Symposium of Student Scholars?
The Symposium of Student Scholars accepts all projects submitted by current undergraduate or graduate students at 食色视频. Students who have graduated in the last year but who did the work while a student at 食色视频 are also eligible to present at the Symposium.
The Symposium of Student Scholars is designed to showcase student research.
We use the following definition of research (adapted from the ):
A mentored investigation or creative inquiry conducted by students that seeks to make
an original scholarly or artistic contribution to knowledge.
Projects should have at least some preliminary results and should show that the work
makes a unique contribution to the discipline(s).
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In-Person Oral Presentation & Performance Abstracts (Deadline has passed)
Oral Presentation/Performance selections are now determined by the individual colleges,
and each college is allotted four (4), 10-minute oral presentations during a designated
1-hour time slot (see schedule below).
Oral Presentation/Performance Abstracts were due Wednesday, March 6, 2024 by 11:59pm
- The Symposium of Student Scholars application, is an online application through 食色视频
Digital Commons. You will need a Digital Commons account to submit to this symposium.
If you have trouble creating or accessing your account, please reach out to the Digital
Commons team for support at digitalcommons@kennesaw.edu
- A separate form should be used for each individual project.
- College selections will be notified by the Office of Undergraduate Research
- If your abstract is not selected as one of the four (4) to represent your college,
you will have the opportunity to switch your project to an in-person poster presentation
or virtual presentation.
- Proposals can be submitted as oral presentations or performances.
*Note: You will need to write an abstract for your submission if you are presenting
at the Symposium of Student Scholars.
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Additional Details
Each college has been assigned a 1-hour time slot, and each chosen oral presentation/performance is allotted 10-minutes. If you have a PowerPoint or other visual aids, please upload them to Digital Commons 24 hours in advance so we can have your presentation ready to show.
- If you cannot load your presentation into Digital Commons, then please bring it on
a flash drive, which will be the fastest way for us to get you started.
For those of you doing an oral presentation, there are some resources available on
and on the oral presentation page.
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Posters, Visual Art Displays, & Virtual Presentation Abstracts (Deadline has passed)
Poster & Visual Arts presentations will take place on Thursday, April 18th from 10:00am-5:00pm,
in the Convocation Center, East & West Activity Wings.
- The Symposium of Student Scholars application is an online application through 食色视频
Digital Commons. You will need a Digital Commons account to submit to this symposium.
If you have trouble creating or accessing your account, please reach out to the Digital
Commons team for support at digitalcommons@kennesaw.edu
- Poster/Visual Arts & Virtual Presentation Abstracts were due Wednesday, March 13, 2024 by 11:59pm
- A separate form should be used for each individual project.
- Please note: If you do not receive a confirmation email after submitting, your submission
was not successful and you will need to resubmit.
- Proposals can be submitted as art displays, posters, or virtual oral presentations.
*Note: You will need to write an abstract for your submission if you are presenting
at the Symposium of Student Scholars.
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Posters & Visual Art Displays:
If you are planning to do a poster or a visual art display in person, you will be
assigned a 45-minute slot to display your work.
Resources for creating effective posters for conferences can be found on our research videos pageand our poster making page.
You will be assigned a time slot and a poster number in the program. Please give yourself enough time to find your assigned poster number and put up your poster. We provide a poster board and materials to affix your poster to the board.
Virtual Presentations (all types):
All virtual presentations will be held on Microsoft Teams in 15-minute increments.
- If you are displaying visual art virtually, you might want to create a PowerPoint
with photos of your work.
- If you are presenting a poster, you will need to create a talk about your poster and
zoom in on the parts you're referring to as you talk.
- For oral presentations, students typically create a PowerPoint and share their screen
while presenting.
- For performances, you might record the performance and show it, or you could do the performance live with a camera on you.
Each virtual presentation will have its own Teams link, so please use it to practice
your presentation before the event.
Make sure you know how to share your screen, zoom in and out (if necessary), mute
noisy attendees, check the chat for questions, etc. Practice with friends! Email us
in the Office of Undergraduate Research if you need a practice partner ( our@kennesaw.edu ). If, during your practice sessions, you type into the chat, don鈥檛 worry 鈥 your attendees at the Symposium won鈥檛 see what was put in the chat before they join the session (you will still see it though).
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How do I submit a proposal, and what will be needed as part of the application?
If you do not have an account in Digital Commons, you will need to make one. Please
note that this is NOT your 食色视频 netid and password -- you will need to create a new
login and password unless you've used Digital Commons before.
- Access the application portal.
- You will need the following for your application:
- Title of project
- Academic department under which the project should be listed
- Research Mentor(s) -- name, email, department
- All students on the project -- name, email, department, undergraduate/graduate student
- Institutional Review Board (IRB) status of project, if applicable
- Any conferences, journals, etc. where this work will be or has been presented/published
(if applicable)
- Briefly describe how your project meets the definition of research (1-2 sentences).
If your project does not meet this definition, please do not submit your project for
this event.
- We use the following definition of research (adapted from the Council on Undergraduate Research): "A mentored investigation or creative inquiry conducted by students that seeks to make an original scholarly or artistic contribution to knowledge." Projects submitted to the Symposium of Student Scholars must meet this definition.
- Month and year you began working on this project
- Abstract, maximum of 300 words, as a single paragraph. Please review and edit abstracts
prior to submission as the abstract will be printed verbatim in the program.
- Project type: Poster, Oral Presentation, Performance, Visual Arts Display
- How you prefer to present: In person or virtually
- Time conflicts for the date of the event (if applicable)
Download a step-by-step guide.
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What does an effective abstract look like?
If you have never written an abstract before, please watch this for some pointers.
Abstracts in most disciplines typically have these components (adapted from the guidelines for the National Conference on Undergraduate Research):
- Clearly state the central research question and/or purpose of the project.
- Provide brief, relevant scholarly or research context (no actual citations required)
that demonstrate its attempt to make a unique contribution to the area of inquiry.
- Provide a brief description of the research methodology.
- State conclusions or expected results and the context in which they will be discussed.
- Include text only (no images or graphics)
- Be well-written and well-organized.
Abstracts in the Visual Arts should follow these conventions:
- Clearly state the central research question and/or purpose of the project. (Provide an artist statement.)
- Provide brief, relevant scholarly or research context (no actual citations required)
that demonstrate its attempt to make a unique contribution to the area of inquiry.
(In the statement, cite your influences and inspirations: other established artists;
movements that are referenced or serve as inspiration; political/ cultural/ social
issues that the work responds to; personal events, adventures, medical diagnosis;
etc.)
- Provide a brief description of the research methodology. (What techniques were used? It could be as basic as oil painting on primed canvas, or a more in-depth explanation of the experimental process.)
- State conclusions or expected results and the context in which they will be discussed. (What did you learn? What was successful? What are things to be addressed in future pieces? How does this piece fit into your portfolio or future works?)
- Include text only (no images or graphics)
- Be well-written and well-organized.
- All of the following issues should be addressed in your abstract, however, as each covers a unique influence that alters the interpretation the work, speak more to one or two components of your 鈥渞esearch鈥 in depth
- Was the work a response to Art History?
- Or was the focus the experimental process?
- While it is assumed you will very briefly respond to all of these requirements, it
is also expected that only a few will be the central focus of your statement.
Abstracts in the Performing Arts should follow these guidelines:
- Clearly state the central research question and/or purpose of the project. A statement
discussing compositional or performance aspects of the work.
- Why did you compose this work or choose this work to perform?
- What aspects of music are you exploring?
- Provide brief, relevant scholarly or research context (no actual citations required)
that demonstrate its attempt to make a unique contribution to the area of inquiry.
- How does the composition and/or performance advance the development of your creative
output?
- Provide a brief description of the research methodology.
- Provide a brief description of the musical work from a compositional or performative
standpoint.
- State conclusions or expected results and the context in which they will be discussed.
- How did the composition of the work or preparation for the performance affect your
musical understanding and output?
- Include text only (no images or graphics).
- Be well-written and well-organized.
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