Capital University celebrates its annual Honor's Day with a symposium for undergraduate students that highlights their original research projects and showcases their scholarship activities.

The 16th annual Symposium on Undergraduate Scholarship will be held on Wednesday, April 18, 2012. The symposium features presentations from students in all majors. Students nominated for the James L. and E. Marlene Bruning Undergraduate Research Award will be evaluated by the selection committee on April 12-13, 2012.

Capital University is an institutional member of the Council on Undergraduate Research. 

The schedule of events includes:

• Keynote address, 7 pm on Tuesday, April 17 in Mees Hall (view the list of past keynote speakers).
• A picnic lunch and student poster sessions will begin at 11:30 in the Capital Center Field House, on Wednesday, April 18.
• Student oral presentations begin at 2 pm on Wednesday, April 18 in various rooms in Learning Center and Battelle Hall.

Symposium Abstracts

 2011 Abstracts · 2010 Abstracts · 2009 Abstracts · 2008 Abstracts  

Submitting Your Research

Capital's Symposium on Undergraduate Scholarship is a great way to let your friends and family members (and potential employers and graduate programs) know about the work that you have done. The submission process will end at 5 pm on March 8, 2012.

Before you submit your abstract to the symposium online, be sure that you have all of the information that you will need.

1. Abstract Title
2. Name of the First Author
3. Email of the First Author
4. Phone Number of the First Author
5. Names of Additional Authors (if any)
6. T-Shirt Sizes of All Authors
7. Name of Your Faculty Mentor
8. Department of Your Faculty Mentor
9. Email of Your Faculty Mentor
10. Abstract (100-200 words, written in PRESENT or PAST TENSE), which includes:

a. Introductory Statement (background info connecting your work to literature on your topic)
b. Purpose (what you were attempting to do)
c. Methodological Approach (how you conducted your project)
d. Findings (what you learned)
e. Contribution to Your Discipline (why your work is important)

11. Equipment needs (if any)
12. Statement about what you gained from doing your project.

Not sure how to write an abstract?  Check out the abstracts from previous years.

» Submit your abstract online.

Questions? Contact Dr. Stephanie Wilson (swilson@capital.edu) or Dr. Dina Lentsner  (dlentsne@capital.edu).