About:

• Showcase overview
• President's message
• Proceedings & programs
• Acknowledgements

For students:

• What is the Showcase
• Why you
      should participate!
• Contact your session chair

For faculty:

• Call for presentations
• Contact your session chair

For session chairs:

• Session development
• Session formats
• Timeline for
      session chairs
• "Last Minute" updates
• Session 
      management & roles

 

Showcase Overview

Showcase Schedule of events

2009 documents Complete Proceedings document in pdf format 2008 documents Complete Proceedings document in pdf format 2007 documents Complete Proceedings document in pdf format 2006 documents Complete Proceedings document in pdf format

2009 Timeline

Middle of fall term - preliminary call for Session Chairs Middle of winter term – organizational / informational meeting with Session Chairs; distribute session planning materials Early April – Preliminary Session Planning Information due to Planning Committee End of April - Closing date for Session Chairs to submit Showcase Planning Documents Third week of May – program printed, posted on website, distributed to faculty, who distribute to students Thursday, May 28th, 2009 – Academic Excellence Showcase Event

On May 28th, 2009,Western Oregon University will celebrate student academic excellence. The entire day will be dedicated to the presentation of student scholarly activities, including original research papers, projects, artwork, performances, and upper-division course projects, presentations, and papers. The showcase will again be organized by the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi and the Program for Undergraduate Research Experiences (PURE). To demonstrate the importance of student scholarly pursuits at Western, the Faculty Senate is encouraging the faculty to cancel their classes, while at the same time requiring students to attend their peers' presentations. The primary objectives of the Showcase are to provide an opportunity for presenters, giving them experience that will be useful in furthering their education and careers, and to expose the entire student body to the breadth and importance of the scholarship that is being conducted across campus.

 

An Academic Excellence Showcase Planning Committee, including faculty and staff from across campus, is organizing this event. In order to ensure the highest level of participation the Showcase Planning Committee has enlisted faculty volunteers, representing academic disciplines across campus, to serve as Session Chairs. Follow the links from the menu to the left for suggested session formats and session chair responsibilities.

 

 

A Message from

President John Minahan,

Western Oregon University

 

Western Oregon University’s Academic Excellence Showcase encourages students to demonstrate their research and scholarship, and allows the campus community to experience the varied scholarly and creative interests of our undergraduate students.

 

The abstracts of student presentations included in the Showcase Proceedings are a representative sample of the achievements of our student body. These presentations are from a range of disciplines throughout the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the College of Education, but they all celebrate the pursuit of learning and knowledge.

 

I want to thank the students who have chosen to share their work with us, and the faculty for nurturing and guiding the pursuits of our students. Western Oregon University commends your dedication and we are proud of all you do.

 

 

Acknowledgements

Sponsored by:

The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi

& The Program for Undergraduate Research Experiences

The Academic Excellence Showcase Planning Committee gratefully acknowledges the generous support of this program provided by President John Minahan, the Provost's Office, the Western Oregon University Foundation and the Office of Public Relations.  Thanks are extended to Deans Stephen Scheck (College of Liberal Arts and Sciences) and Hilda Rosselli (College of Education), whose support during the planning process has been unwavering.  Support from William Kernan, Director of Computing Services, is also gratefully acknowledged.  We are especially indebted to the faculty session chairs and sponsors, without whom this event would not be possible.