Service Symposium
April 9, 2012
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.
Service Symposium Abstract Submission
Abstracts Due: March 9, 2012 by close of day
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 yourself personally, academically and professionally.
You will be notified of the acceptance/rejection of your project by March 12, 2012.
Schedule
Event will be held in the Atrium of the Student Union Building
Monday, April 9, 2012
7:45 – 8:15 AM Symposium Registration and Set-Up
8:30 – 11:30 AM Students Displaying Posters at Symposium
Light Snacks will be provided in the CIC throughout the morning for presenters and faculty/staff mentors.
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:
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A brief description of your project – purpose and implementation
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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.
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Discussion of the outcomes of the project for the community
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Discussion of the outcomes of the project for you – academically, personally, professionally, etc.
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Indicate what you are going to do with this information and experience now.
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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
All project presenters accepted for the symposium are eligible to have their posters printed in the Office ofUndergraduate Research (OUR). Posters must be submitted to the CIC, via email at cic@weber.edu no later than Monday, March 26th by close of day. After they have been reviewed, the CIC will then send your poster to OUR to be printed.
Presenters should proof their poster in the office of Office of Undergraduate Research, Stewart Library Room 58, April 2nd though April 5th. The CIC will pick up your posters and you will receive it the morning of the Service Symposium when you register.