Southwestern’s Library provides an infoguide on creating research posters. This resource is a great place to start. Need more inspiration? These links provide discipline-specific instructions:

• Making an Exciting Poster in the Arts & Humanities (CURAH)

• AGU shares tips on creating a scientific poster

Students should upload or email their work by April 14th at 5pm.

These posters are different from research posters. We suggest you include the following elements on your poster:

• Description of Experience (For internships, verify all of this was included in your AI poster)

a. Where was your experiential learning? When did this
experience take place? What did you do?

b. What were your learning goals throughout this experience?

c. Identify one specific learning experience that was especially
meaningful and memorable—something that you think will have a lasting impact on you. Explain why it had such an effect on you, and how you think it will affect your life in the future.

d. You are encouraged to include photos of yourself, logos of your site, action photos if you have them or anything else you feel contributes to your story. If some of you were at sites that do not allow you to take photos, then think of ways to include quick facts or stats about your experience.

• Making Connections (For internships, verify all of this was included in your AI poster)

a. One of the key goals of Paideia is the ability to draw meaningful connections between knowledge and experiences outside the classroom and the subjects and issues explored inside it. Identify and explore some connections you have noticed between your knowledge and/or experience gained outside of the classroom and topics covered in your courses throughout your SU experience.

b. Describe a particular situation in which you have been able to adapt a skill, ability, theory, or methodology learned in the classroom to better understand a problem or issue addressed through your experiential learning.

• Moving Forward

a. What do you plan to do next?

b. Have your long-term career or educational interests or goals changed? If so, how are they different? If not, what experiences helped to solidify these interests and goals?

There are several resources online. Here are some good places to start:

• Video tips – AGU's Sharing Science program offers tips for shooting a video. Note: They suggest using the highest quality recording devices available, but smartphones suffice for RCWS.

• YouTube tips – Visit Google's page for tips on uploading videos to YouTube from your computer or smartphone.

• Do you need to be able to display slides while you present? Record a Google Meet! Google Meet allows you to share your screen so you can display a Powerpoint or Google Slides presentation while you are giving your presentation.

• Can you do your presentation without slides being displayed? You can use whatever recording method you find easiest like Google Meet or using a smartphone to record a video.

We are encouraging all students who submitted an abstract for an exhibition or creative work to submit pictures of their project. We recognize that students may not have access to their projects if they are on Southwestern’s campus, but we encourage you to submit any photo you may have of your project, including work in progress pictures.

We encourage groups to still share their research. There are many resources available to help groups collaborate remotely like Google Meet. If your group does not want to participate, you can change your abstract to an individual presentation on this form.