Poster Session: October 8, 2010
Student Research and Service-Learning
Parents and Families Weekend 2010 will take place at Bates on October 8 – 10. Each year we host a popular POSTER SESSION ON STUDENT RESEARCH and SERVICE-LEARNING to inform parents and families about the sophistication of student research at Bates and the important roles research and service-learning play in undergraduate education.
This year the session will take place on Friday afternoon, October 8 from 4:15 to 5:15 p.m. in the Perry Atrium of Pettengill Hall. The Poster Session enables many students and faculty mentors to participate, and represents the breadth of student research and service-learning activity across the departments and programs of the curriculum. The session provides an opportunity for families to learn more about student research and service-learning in an informal, arena-style setting in which visitors can come and go, examine posters exhibited, or engage students and faculty in conversation, all at their own pace. It is designed to be informative, informal, and fun for all involved.
Students who have received funding from the Dean of the Faculty’s Office are required to participate, unless they are studying off campus in the fall. All other students IN ALL DISCIPLINES who have just completed summer research, curriculum development, or service-learning projects are urged to participate.
Students may work individually or in groups, preparing posters describing research or service-learning projects with text, diagrams, maps, photographs, computer-generated images, photocopies, or other graphic material. Posters will be mounted on easels in the Perry Atrium, so they MUST be display-ready and self-contained! Participating students are required to be present for the sixty-minute session to talk informally with guests and answer questions about their research; faculty mentors are encouraged to attend, too.
Please fill out and submit the online registration form to the Dean of the Faculty’s Office (121 Lane Hall). If you have received a summer research grant from the Dean of the Faculty’s Office you need to submit the form within 2 weeks of the completion of your project (i.e., the last day of your contract) which is the same time you are requried to submit your abstract and report. All other students who wish to participate need to submit the online registration form by September 15.
