Arts and Humanities Undergraduate Information

Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities Colloquium

This annual event is held in spring in the Grand Lounge of the Faculty Club. Students majoring in the Arts and Humanities share their research projects, artwork and other creative activities in brief oral or poster/visual presentations with faculty, staff, students, parents, and the local community. A call for abstracts is issued in March and participants are chosen based upon the following criteria:

• Clarity of proposal--how well does it speak to others outside your discipline?
• Strength of scholarship and research, or creative activity
• Appropriateness--how relevant is it to the Arts & Humanities community?

This year's applications, with abstracts, are due April 10, 2009. The application is online-below, and may be accessed now.

Notification of participation will be sent to participants by email, by April 27, 2009.

The Fourteenth Annual Undergraduate Colloquium and Scholarship Reception, will be held Tuesday, May 5, 2009, 3:30-5:30 pm, Faculty Club, Main Dining Room. Parents or significant others of participants will be invited to attend.

Guidelines for Abstracts:
Please write a description of your proposed presentation (up to 1000 characters in length, approximately 150-200 words). Describe what you will present in four to five minutes at the Colloquium. Include why you undertook the project, the research or experimentation involved, and the faculty member[s] with whom you worked. What did you learn from doing it, and why will it be of interest to an Arts and Humanities audience?

Oral Presentations: Your project should be in final draft or completed. Please describe the project, why it was pursued and what you learned from it. After the presentation, there will be a few minutes for questions. (Presentations will be strictly limited to 5 minutes. Please write out your remarks or an outline to follow.) If your presentation involves technology, you are responsible for bringing it. (PC laptop, projector and screen will be provided)

Creative Presentations:
Your presentation or performance of creative work should be preceded by a one-minute statement on its focus and the kind of collaboration or guidance you had with a faculty member, as well as what you learned from doing the project. The presentation time limit is five minutes, with questions to follow. Presenters will be responsible for bringing, setting up, and promptly removing any props or instruments. As space is limited, you may have to adapt your performance to the space.

Poster Presentations:
A two-fold or three-fold standup poster is preferred; you will be responsible for providing the display board and easel, if needed. If your presentation involves technology, you are responsible for supplying the equipment. Remember that your poster and materials must fit a standard 3’ x 5’ tabletop.

Group Proposal:
If you are part of an ensemble or collaborative project, EACH member of the group should submit an application. The group members may write a collaborative abstract, but each should clarify his or her role in the project.

Send questions about the Colloquium to the Assistant to the Associate Dean in the appropriate office:
Start your application.

Please Verify that you are an Arts and Humanities Major

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(Note: If you have not but would like to declare your Arts and Humanities major, please contact the Undergraduate Student Academic Services office or Amy Treboni (treboni.6@osu.edu), academic advising coordinator for Arts and Humanities, in Denney Hall.)

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