Service Symposium

The Community Involvement Center hosts an annual service symposium to give civically engaged students an opportunity to present what they have learned through their volunteer work, community-based learning projects, or community-based research. It is a chance for students to display the impact their work has had on themselves and on the community.

Abstract Submission

Students interested in having their project considered for the Symposium must complete the Abstract Submission Form no later than March 11, 2013.

Abstracts should include: description of purpose and implementation of project in the community; context for importance or relevance of the project to the community; discussion of project outcomes for community; and outcomes for the student personally, academically and professionally. Abstracts that do not contain all of this information will not be considered for the Symposium.

You will be notified of the acceptance/rejection of your project by March 12, 2013.

Schedule

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

11:30 a.m.	Formal Presentation by Eric Liu	Wildcat Theater
12:30 p.m.	Reception for Presenters	Gallery and Fireplace Lounge
1:00 p.m.	Eric Liu Book Signing Symposium Presenters at Posters	Gallery and Fireplace Lounge
2:15 p.m	Symposium Closing Remarks	Fireplace Lounge

Dress for the event is business casual.

Creating Your Poster

We have provided a poster template to help you get started. Please make the poster look and feel like you and your project – the set-up and color choices on the template are not required.

At a minimum, posters should include the following information:

A brief description of your project – purpose and implementation
The context for why this particular project is important and for whom. Cite relevant research, statistics informing the larger issue your project is trying to address, local debates, relevant legislation, etc. to provide the broader context your project is impacting.
Discussion of the outcomes of the project for the community
Discussion of the outcomes of the project for you – academically, personally, professionally, etc.
Indicate what you are going to do with this information and experience now.
Address how this experience will inform your next steps in the community personally or professionally.
Community-based research projects should also include the findings of the research and the implications of those findings for the community.

Poster Printing

Posters must be submitted to the CIC, via email at cic@weber.edu no later than Friday, March 29 by close of day. However, we highly encourage you to submit your poster before this date, as it may need to be sent back to you for revisions before it is accepted. After your poster has been successfully reviewed, the CIC will have your poster printed for you free of charge.

Presenters may choose to proof their printed poster Friday, April 5, in the Office of Undergraduate Research located in the Stewart Library, room 58. Do not take your poster with you. The CIC will pick up your posters before the Symposium and have them displayed in the Union Gallery and Bridge the day of the event.