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Festival of Science 2009

Friday April 24, Eben Holden

Abstracts and Pictures of the 2009 Festival are now online.

Check out our FAQs.

The Student Symposium during the annual Festival of Science (FOS) is a successful, valued, and growing opportunity for SLU undergraduates to share the results of their research with the campus community. Together with the annual Romer and Susan Caroline Ferguson Lectures, the Student Symposium has become an effective showcase of some of the exciting progress in the sciences. The opportunity to formally present creative work is an invaluable culminating experience for students who have collaborated with faculty on original research projects. Not only do such students educate faculty and fellow students about their original work, these students also apply and hone their communication skills and gain exposure to the format of professional research conferences. Since its inception in 1996, the FOS has become institutionalized to the point where it is now a central focal point of most student research projects in the sciences.

Schedule (Friday, April 24, Eben Holden)

2:00-2:15 Opening remarks (President Sullivan)
2:15-3:00 First presentation session
3:00-4:00 First poster session
4:00-5:00 Second presentation session
5:00-6:00 Second poster session

Submitting posters

General Instructions:

To print all the posters in a timely manner, posters for FOS will be printed on bright white paper. This is the default standard paper.

Posters should be in PowerPoint if possible.

Use the Insert menu in PowerPoint, rather than cutting and pasting, for inserting pictures.

Place your completed poster file in the folder T:\Atlas\Printjobs\FOS.

Files in T:\Atlas\Printjobs\FOS can be viewed only by the individual who owns the file and by the GIS staff.

 

Special Instruction for Mac Users:

The conversion from Mac to Windows is not always smooth, so please follow these steps ensure an smoother process:

Posters created on a Mac should have the word "Mac" in the title.

Students should open their completed Mac posters on a PC to ensure that fonts are correct and that text, graphs, and images are displaying and in the appropriate places.

Resave the poster from a PC to the folder mentioned above: T:\Atlas\Printjobs\FOS.

Poster workshops

The QRC will run four poster preparation sessions for the Festival of Scholarship.
These sessions will be run on Wednesday April 15th at 4:15 pm in Valentine 207 and 7pm in Valentine 124 and
Thursday April 16th at 7pm in Valentine 124 and 8pm in Valentine 124

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: When is the deadline for submitting posters, and how do I go about it?

A: The print deadline is April 20.   Because there is such a large number of posters printed for FOS, we standardize all posters to 36" x 48", either portrait or landscape, and we will only print on standard paper (no photo paper for this).  We print on a first come first serve basis.   Students should put their posters into T:\Atlas\Printjobs and fill out the print request on the GIS print page http://www.stlawu.edu/gis/print1.html  Students don't have to fill in the budget code, but they do need to leave the name of the file and a contact email and phone number.  We will only contact a student if the poster doesn't print correctly. 

Q: How do I make a 36" x 48" poster?

A. For best results, create your poster within PowerPoint. Choose the Design tab from the top of the PowerPoint "ribbon" at the top of the screen, then click the Page Design icon at the far right of the top of the screen. A window will give you the opportunity to select height and width. You may also want to ask around your department to see if anyone has a poster template that you can use.

 

Got other questions we didn't answer? Drop us a line and we'll try to help.

Festival of Science Committee

  • Jeff Chiarenzelli, Geology
  • Catherine Crosby-Currie, Psychology
  • Ed Harcourt, Math, Computer Science, and Statistics
  • Daniel Koon, Physics
  • Amanda Lavigne, Environmental Studies
  • Neil Law, Chemistry
  • Jennifer MacGregor, Psychology
  • Lorraine Olendzenski, Biology
  • Sam Vandervelde, Math, Computer Science, and Statistics

 

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