Participation Details: All current or recently graduated BU students are invited to submit a symposium presentation abstract. There will be opportunities for both residential and online symposium presentations. Research and creativity projects include, but are not limited to, empirical research, literature reviews, artistic works, prose, or book reports. Students must have a symposium faculty sponsor. Faculty sponsors will help to ensure that students’ symposium materials meet the scientific, professional, legal, and ethical standards for research in their respective disciplines. For students who do not have a sponsor, one can be provided. Prospective symposium participants will need to submit a presentation proposal abstract (300 words or less) of their work by January 17, 2022 at 5:00pm (CST).

Symposium proposal abstracts will be reviewed by the BU Student Research and Creativity Symposium planning committee. Selected presenters will be notified of the acceptance of their presentation via email on or about January 31, 2022. The first author noted on group submissions will be notified of the results of their presentation acceptance decision. The first author will be responsible for communicating symposium acceptance results to their co-authors.

Presentations: Presentations will be shared orally or as display pieces (e.g., research poster, art piece), virtually and/or on-campus. Oral presentations will be allotted ten minutes to provide information and five minutes to answer questions. Display pieces will be presented in poster session format. No templates for different presentation session types will be provided. Zoom links will be available to join students’ presentations.

If you have any questions regarding the submission process, please contact Dr. Terissa Upchurch-Butler (tupchurchbutler@bellevue.edu)