The Undergraduate Research and
Creative Activity Symposium Committee is pleased to announce the Call for
Abstracts for the Fourteenth Annual College of Arts and Sciences Undergraduate
Research and Creative Activity Symposium. This event will highlight the
research, scholarly, and creative activities of students throughout the College
of Arts and Sciences, and will be held with on Tuesday, April 18, 2023. Please consider submitting your work for this
event. The URCA Symposium Committee will hold an abstract preparation workshop on Tuesday, February 7th from 7:00pm to 8:00 p.m. via Zoom in order to assist students in polishing their abstracts.
All students who have declared majors in a program within the College of Arts and Sciences are invited to participate in this year’s Symposium. Group projects in which some members are majoring outside of the College of Arts and Sciences will be considered by the URCA Symposium Committee. Current students, as well as December 2022 graduates, are welcome to present their work. Presenters may choose a preference to give an oral presentation, poster presentation, exhibition, or performance. All presentations should have a significant research or creative component; examples of such include, but are not limited to, summer research conducted at Ashland University or elsewhere, results of independent study projects, thesis work, literary readings or analysis, musical or theatrical performances, and exhibitions of artwork.
Students wishing
to present at the Symposium should prepare an abstract in Microsoft Word and
email that Word document to the URCA Symposium Committee at au.urca@gmail.com. Faculty sponsors must be copied on
the email that contains the submission. The
deadline for submitting abstracts is 5:00 p.m. on Friday, February 10, 2023.
This deadline is firm.
A complete
submission must include ALL of the following in the Microsoft Word document:
A. Name of Student Presenter(s)
B. Home Address of Student Presenter(s)
C. Class Year (e.g. junior, senior) and
Major(s) of Student Presenter(s)
D. Name of Faculty Sponsor
E. College of Arts and Sciences program
in which the work is focused (e.g. Biology, Psychology, Music)
F. Title of the Presentation
G. Preferred Format of Presentation
(Poster Presentation, 12 Minute Performance, 12 Minute Oral Presentation, or
Art Exhibition)
H. Special Equipment Required (if no
other equipment is needed, please indicate “No special equipment needed”)
I. Body of the Abstract (250 words or
fewer)
J. Anticipated Scheduling Conflicts for
Symposium on 4/18/2023 (e.g. COBE/COE/CON class meetings, athletic events, or other
commitments that cannot be moved on this date; if none, please indicate “No
scheduling conflicts anticipated”)
Examples of acceptable abstracts from the prior years’ events are posted on the URCA blog (http://ashlandurca.blogspot.com). If you have any questions about presenting at the Symposium or the abstract submission process, please contact Chris Swanson, Director of the URCA Symposium, at cswanson@ashland.edu.
Questions may also be directed to
members of the URCA Symposium Committee:
Mohsine Bensaid, Writing and Communication Center
Clayton Chiarelott, Writing and Communication Center
Dr. Scott Garlock, Music
Dr. Nicholas Johnson, Chemistry
Dr. Mitchell Metzger, Psychology
Dr. Wendy Schaller, Art
Dr. Kelly Sundberg, English
Dr. Robert Wyllie, Political Science
