Festival of Science 2013

The Festival of Science offers students the opportunity to present the results of their research to the SLU Community.

It's that time of year again: time to celebrate the scientific accomplishments of our students! Please mark your calendar for the Festival of Science, Friday, April 26th from noon to 4:00 pm in Eben Holden.

Schedule:

  • 11:45-12:00 Students set up posters for poster session I
  • 12:00-1:00 Oral Session I
  • 1:00-1:45 Poster Session I
  • 1:45-2:15 Take down/Put up posters
  • 2:15-3:15 Oral Session II
  • 3:15-4:00 Poster Session II
  • 4:00-4:45 Clean up

Schedule for the 2013 Festival of Science (PDF)

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.

Photographs from Recent Festivals of Science

Photographs of recent Festivals are now online

Questions?

Students and faculty with questions regarding the Festival of Science are encouraged to contact the Festival of Science liaisons:

  • Antun Husinec, Associate Professor of Geology (student liaison)
  • Matthew Skeels, Associate Professor of Chemistry (faculty liaison)
  • Emily Dixon, Assistant Professor of Biology and Chemistry (festival coordinator)

Festival of Science Committee

  • Bill DeCoteau, Psychology
  • Alison Del Rossi, Academic Affairs
  • Emily Dixon, Biology and Chemistry
  • Antun Husinec, Geology (student liaison)
  • Daniel Koon, Physics 
  • Amanda Lavigne, Environmental Studies
  • Mark Oakes, Psychology
  • Lorraine Olendzenski, Biology
  • Matthew Skeels, Chemistry (faculty liaison)
  • Lisa Torrey, Computer Science
  • Eric Williams-Bergen, Library

Poster Preparation Workshops

The TECProgram and the QRC will hold a series of events in the weeks prior to the festival to help students prepare posters for the Festival of Science.

There will be four workshops to help you with the creation of your poster.  The workshops will give you general tips on how to create a good poster and how to go about the printing process.  There will also be time to receive one-on-one help to answer any questions you may have.

Sunday, 4/21 - 8-9 PM - Valentine 124
Monday, 4/22 - 7-8 PM - Valentine 124

Drop-in Hours:

Monday, 4/22 - 8-11 PM - QRC

Submitting Posters for Printing

The deadline for printing submissions is Tuesday April 23 at 8 am

Posters for the Festival of Science are printed by the Libraries....

General Instructions:

  • To print all the posters in a timely manner, posters for FOS will be printed on recycled paper. This is the default standard paper.   There will be no reprints unless approved by your faculty member
  • Posters should be created at 48" x 36".
  • All posters should be saved in PDF format. (including those created in Powerpoint, InDesign, Illustrator, etc.)
  • Font sizes should be 100pt for big titles, 50pt for smaller headings, and 25pt for text.
  • Use the Insert menu in PowerPoint, rather than cutting and pasting, for inserting pictures.
  • Save your completed poster file in the folder T:\Atlas\Printjobs\FoSCI using the SaveAs command
  • Files in T:\Atlas\Printjobs\FoSCI 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 a 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 in the appropriate places.
  • Resave the poster from a PC to the folder mentioned above: T:\Atlas\Printjobs\FoSCI.

Poster Submission Form

Students should enter FoSCI for the budget code when they fill out the poster printing form