Source: K-State Graduate Student Council, egsc@k-state.edu
Thursday, Feb. 28, 2008
STUDENTS TO SHOWCASE K-STATE RESEARCH EFFORTS MARCH 7
MANHATTAN -- The 13th annual Kansas State University Graduate Research Forum will be Friday, March 7, at the K-State Student Union.
The forum, which is free and open to the public, is an opportunity for all to learn more about a diverse array of research currently being conducted at K-State. It will feature oral and poster presentations by 65 K-State graduate and undergraduate students from more than 20 departments across campus.
Faculty judges will evaluate all presentations and posters, with cash prizes being awarded to the top three posters and presentations in each category.
All forum activities will be on the second floor of the Union. Participant registration begins at 9 a.m. Refreshments will be available in the concourse area.
Undergraduate oral presentations will be from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the Big 12 Room.
Three parallel graduate student oral presentation sessions will be from 1-3:30 p.m. and include: engineering/math/physical sciences, Room 213; life sciences, Room 212; and social science/humanities/education, Big 12 Room.
Posters will be displayed from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the K Room, with a question period from 11:45 a.m. to 1:15 p.m.
The awards ceremony will be at 4 p.m. in the Big 12 Room.
This year's forum also will showcase 10 graduate research posters selected for the Capitol Graduate Research Summit, which will be Thursday, March 13, at the Kansas Statehouse in Topeka. The posters will be on display in the Cottonwood Room from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., with a question period from 11:45 a.m. to 1:15 p.m.
The 2008 Graduate Research Forum is co-sponsored by the K-State Graduate Student Council, the Graduate School, the office of the vice president for research and the Union Program Council. More information is available by contacting the Graduate Student Council at egsc@k-state.edu.