When you submit the above form, you may click a box to receive confirmation of your submission. Then you will receive an email from src@lindenwood.edu confirming your submission.

No, a faculty/staff nomination is not required for students to be able to submit an abstract. Faculty or staff can nominate student project(s) that the committee will email to encourage them to submit an abstract.

However, student(s) need to have a faculty/staff sponsor facilitating your project. This person will be listed on your abstract and should be consulted throughout your presentation development. Your sponsor can be the faculty/staff member whose class you produced the project in or someone who you have consulted with during the project.

Students may only submit one individual project AND one group project. If, for example, you have two great individual projects, you will need to decide before you apply which individual project you would like to submit.

No. Just submit one application for the group but include the requested information for every member.

Consider which format would allow you to communicate both the process and product of your work most effectively.

Poster: Your project information will be presented in a poster. There is an in-person requirement for this presentation, where you stand next to your poster for approximately an hour on the afternoon of the Student Academic Showcase. During the poster judging session, you will also be required to provide a summary of your project and answer any questions attendees might have.

Oral Presentation: Participants will have approximately 20 minutes to present their work. In the past, participants have read their academic papers or pieces of creative writing, presented their projects using PowerPoint or Prezi, shown original films, and performed their dramatic or musical compositions. There is the option to present in-person or livestream online via Teams for oral presentations.

Artwork, designs, or other artifacts may be displayed alongside posters or during oral presentations as long as any necessary display equipment is requested on the submission form.

Oral Presentations will be given 20 minutes. It is recommended that you create 15 minutes of content and leave 5 minutes of questions for your presentation. We do ask that you stay in the room (in-person or online) for the full hour of blocked presentations.

Poster Presentations will be displayed from noon until your poster session is over. At least one presenter from the project is required to stand next to your poster for approximately an hour on the afternoon of the Student Academic Showcase.

Specific times will be determined when the program is put together, and presenters will be notified of their presentation times.

Yes. If your project fits better under a discipline that is different from your Academic College (e.g., artwork submitted by an Education student or a business plan submitted by a group of students from various Academic Colleges) please indicate on the submission form under "Judging Category" the college or department in which you feel your project fits best.

There are four academic colleges at Lindenwood University. Please view our list of academic colleges to see which your department is housed in.

Yes, students can only submit projects that were conducted or created during their time as a student at Lindenwood. These projects can be completed on campus (e.g., for a class or club) or off campus (e.g., a community art center). However, projects that were completed for another academic institution are not permitted, even if students were enrolled at Lindenwood at the time of creation.

There is no time like the present! We will host an informational "how to" presentation for creating posters and oral presentations in mid-late March. The more practice you have with a prepared presentation, the better your experience will be. Posters are due by March 25 at 5 p.m. and oral presentations should be prepared for the day of April 9.

No. You only need to submit your abstract in advance as part of your application to participate. Your abstract should be written in such a way that the reviewers can understand why your project was done, how it was conducted, and its general importance. See the Student Information page for sample abstracts and information on how to craft an effective abstract. You will bring any items needed for your presentation with you the day of the event.

Posters due date March 25, 2024

If your research does not collect data (i.e. an art analysis, historical records) or does not involved human subjects (i.e. data collected on chemical compounds or earth materials), it does not need IRB approval. View more details defining Human Subjects Research.

For research involving human subjects, some Classroom Research Projects have been exempted from IRB review if they meet certain specifications.

Traditionally, the IRB does not allow students to present any research conducted under the Classroom Research Policy via publication or conference presentation. The purpose of this parameter is that the regulations define activities requiring IRB review as systematic and generalizable. Generalizability is hard to define, but generally understood as the presentation of findings in a public venue in such a way that the research results are intended to influence the behavior or practice of stakeholders. Given that this Showcase is simply designed to share something students have done, if it has been approved under the classroom research policy students may share their work.

The expectation is that traditional St. Charles campus student presenters will attend in-person for their presentation time at the LARC during the afternoon of April 9, 2024. For nontraditional or online students, livestreaming may be an option for an oral presentation, since they will also be livestreamed for attendees. Please contact the committee at src@lindenwood.edu if you plan to have a livestream presentation and we will try to accommodate you.

No, a faculty nomination is not required for students to be able to submit an abstract. A nomination allows us to get into contact with students who have exemplary work to encourage their participation.

In the past, nominated students have comprised a large percentage of the participant pool. Students have also stated that, until they were nominated, they did not realize their project was acceptable for presentation at an event like this. A nomination allows us to contact students with exemplary projects to encourage their participation.