Join us on March 20, 2025 for the 2025 Spring Undergraduate Research Day.
Spring 2025 UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH DAY
When: March 20, 2025
Where: University Center- Hamilton Room.
DETAILED SCHEDULE (All events held in the University Center Hamilton Room unless noted otherwise)
8:30 am - Check in begins for student presenters and mentors
9:00 am - Opening by John Frye, Director, Undergraduate Research Program
9:05 am - Opening remarks by UW-Whitewater Chancellor, Corey King
9:10 am - Theatrical Performance
9:15 am - 11:45 am - Poster Session with, new this year, CURE Corner
9:30 - 11:00 am - QuickPitch Competition in UC 261
11:45 am - Awards for Poster Competition presented by Brian Schanen, Associate Director, Undergraduate Research Program
11:50 am - Closing remarks
This is a great opportunity for undergraduate students to showcase their research or other scholarly or creative projects in the form of poster presentations, art displays, theatrical or musical performances from:
- Undergraduate Research Grants
- Research from other programs such as King Chavez Scholars, McNair Scholars, and Honors, among others.
- Independent Study
- Research done for class credit
- Performing arts (literary readings, theatre, music or dance)
- Visual arts (art exhibit)
Students wanting to present at Undergraduate Research Day, please register here by March 2, 2025.
There should only be one registration per research poster, musical performance, theatrical performance, and art work displays. For example, if you have 5 people on your project team and 1 poster or performance, there should be one registration form submitted. If you are on a project team of 5 but you have 5 posters or presentations, then 5 registration forms should be submitted.
Poster Template and Guidelines
- Posters should not exceed 40 X 40 inches in size.
- Please use this template when creating 40 X 40 standard posters: General poster template
- Please use the 11 X 17 template when participating in the CURE/RAP Corner: 11 X 17 Template
- Type in your own text in the suggested text boxes, or copy and paste text from a Word Document. Spell-check your text.
- Use a font between 24-32 points in Arial, Helvetica, or equivalent 'standard' fonts for text. You want the text to be big and clear, and easily read from a distance.
- Keep text either left or right aligned within each text box. Do not justify text. Keep font size consistent.
- Choose a text color that is easy to read against the background, but avoid bright complicated background designs as they may not print correctly.
- Highlight specific sections with headings (and other appropriate visual tools) to help organize thoughts.
- Each figure or graph should be accompanied by a corresponding legend. The legend should summarize the main point/conclusion of the figure or graph.
Printing and Laminating a Poster
- Have your mentor review (you may have to go through this process multiple times) and approve it.
- Submit your poster request here. The lab will convert your pptx file to a suitable format for the printer. You can request to see a copy of this file (to check for color and accuracy) before printing. This is especially important if your poster contains special fonts (e.g., scientific symbols) or has complicated graphics.
- The Undergraduate Research Program covers the fee of your poster.
- Allow at least 2 working days between submitting your request and digital file for printing and Laminating to be completed.