KU/MU/SU/WCU Graduate Research
and Creative Projects Symposium
Event date: April 22, 2009
Proposal Submission by: March 20, 2009
Dixon University Center , Harrisburg , PA
Event Overview
We are pleased to announce the 3rd Annual Graduate Research and Creative Projects Symposium to be held on Wednesday, April 22, 2009, at the Dixon University Center in Harrisburg . The symposium is designed to increase awareness on our campuses and beyond about the state-of-the-art research and creative projects undertaken by our graduate students. The event also provides a much needed forum for graduate students to enhance their presentation skills in research and creative endeavors.
Graduate students from Kutztown University, Millersville University , Shippensburg University , and West Chester University are invited to submit proposals for the Graduate Research and Creative Projects Symposium. All current graduate students of the four universities and those who have received a graduate degree in the past twelve months from one of the institutions are eligible to participate in an oral or non-oral (e.g., research poster; visual arts display; recordings of music, or cinematic, dance and theater performance) presentation.
The conference will be held at the Dixon University Center , the home of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE), in Harrisburg , on April 22, 2009 . Registration will begin at 12 noon followed by the opening plenary session at 1pm. Panel sessions will then run throughout the afternoon in the Administration Building and be grouped thematically around disciplines. The individual presentations at the panel sessions will be no more than 15 minutes in length followed by time for discussion. Poster sessions will also run throughout the afternoon in the main lobby.
The registration costs for the symposium, including refreshments for the participants, are being covered by the graduate programs of the sponsoring state universities. The event is being planned and hosted by the graduate deans of the respective institutions in collaboration with the three universities' graduate student organizations.
Submitting Your Research or Creative Projects for Consideration (Deadline March 20, 2009, please don't delay! )
Use the web-based submission portal to have your research or creative project considering for inclusion in the event. The conference committee will consider papers for research panels, poster sessions, or creative works displays. The deadline for submission is March 20, 2009.
Contact Information
If you have any questions about the Graduate Student Research Symposium, please contact Jessica Taylor in the Office of Graduate Studies and Research at Millersville University by calling (717) 872-3099 or email goffasst@millersville.edu .
Event Registration
All presenters and session moderators are automatically registered for the symposium and will have registration materials waiting for them at the conference table.
We encourage other graduate students, administrators, faculty, and family to attend the research symposium and witness the extraordinary diversity and quality of our graduate student research. Non-presenters must RSVP by April 12 to Jessica Taylor at (717) 872-3099 or email goffasst@millersville.edu , in order to make the appropriate arrangements for event registration and food. Anyone interested in attending that is not a current graduate student will be charged a small fee of $10 to cover the event costs (payable at the registration table on event day).
Links to Graduate Studies at:
Kutztown University - Dr. Linda Matthews, Interim Dean, College of Graduate Studies
Shippensburg University - Dr. Tracy A. Schoolcraft, Associate Provost and Dean of Graduate Studies
West Chester University - Dr.
Janet S. Hickman, Interim Dean of Graduate Studies and Extended Education
