Academic Showcase
Student Participant Information
Engage the UM community with your Scholars Capstone projects! The 12th College Park Scholars Academic Showcase is slated for the afternoon of Friday, May 2nd in the Cambridge Community Center. This is an excellent opportunity to share the work of your Capstone project with peers, faculty and staff, administrators and family and friends. No matter what projects you have worked on, this May would be the perfect time to share the experience, expertise, and excitement of your work. For more information contact Patty Alvarez at palvarez@umd.edu or 301-314-2777 or your Program Faculty Director.
The Academic Showcase is designed to give students the opportunity to highlight the work they have accomplished while in Scholars. Many of the projects -- internships, research, and service-learning -- will be continued by the students after they graduate from Scholars with a number of the projects becoming the foundation for senior honor theses two years down-the-road.
In 2007, all students in the Discovery Research, Library of Congress Research, and Community-Based Research courses showcased their work, as well as all sophomores in the Life Sciences, Earth, Life & Time, and Science, Discovery & the Universe Scholars programs in addition to sophomores from eight other Scholars programs. Additionally, 75 freshmen in the Business, Society & the Economy Scholars program displayed their Marketing Strategy Boards.
Arts Scholars students have also performed and exhibited their creativity throughout the afternoon.
Showcase Specifics
The Showcase is being held this Friday, May 2nd from 1-4 pm in the Cambridge Community Center (CCC);
All presenters should arrive at the CCC with their posters no later than 12:30 pm; dress is business casual;
Student registration is in the main CCC Lobby - nametag, gift, and room assignment for each student will be given out there;
Formal kickoff at 1:30 pm;
Please take the time throughout the afternoon to discuss your projects with visitors and take some time to review the projects of some of your fellow students as well!
A Power Point Presentation with useful tips on how to design and format your Showcase poster and submit it to Scholars for printing can be found at this link.
Useful Documents & Examples
Student Registration Form (.pdf)
Student Registration Form (.doc)
Preparing your Scholars Poster
Graphics for Posters
For more information about the Academic Showcase, please contact:
Patty Alvarez
Graduate Research Assistant
College Park Scholars
1125 Cumberland Hall
301.314.2777
palvarez@umd.edu
