Students and faculty who select to do a virtual presentation will submit a 2-3 minute presentation recording before the Symposium that will be shown as part of the in-person event. Additionally, videos will be uploaded to the online conference site Gather.Town so students can invite their faculty mentors, peers, and family for a live virtual presentation at their convenience.  Students can create a poster, PowerPoint presentation, or other forms of media to include as part of their recorded presentation. 

• Students and faculty selected to do a virtual presentation will submit a 2-3 minute pre-recording of their presentation or other presentation materials (i.e., poster, PPT slides, ePortfolio, etc.) in advance of the Symposium. These materials will be uploaded to the online conference site Gather.Town so students can invite their faculty mentors, peers, and family for a live virtual presentation at their convenience. Please note that you are required to submit your presentation materials by April 2, 2026 (two weeks before the Symposium).

• Presenters in the Main Oral Presentation Sessions must submit a link to their slides in advance of the Symposium. This link can take the form of Google Slides or another presentation-sharing site. The session moderator will access your slides via the link you submit during the Symposium; you will not be able to log into your own Google Drive or use your own laptop during the Symposium.

• You will submit your slides link within your original Symposium application (you should now see a new section for those materials).  As long as you are using a “live” link such as Google Slides, you can submit the link before your slides are completed, and you can continue editing them. ** Please make sure that you make the site is viewable for anyone with the link.** 

Please note that students who select the virtual presentation option must submit their videos by April 2, 2026 (two weeks before the Symposium). These sessions are open to any student or faculty.

Oral presenters will be scheduled for a 15-minute time slot within a one-hour session. Presenters are expected to stay for the entire one-hour session for smooth transitions. Traditional oral presentations will include the speaker sharing a series of PowerPoint slides while they talk about their project or the impact of their engagement in a high-impact practice (e.g., Study Abroad, Service Learning, etc.). However, presenters in this session should also feel welcome to present a reading from an original poem or spoken work or play a video of a short film or an original work of musical, theater, or dance. Please plan to present for 10-12 minutes at most and leave 3-5 minutes for questions and transition to the next speaker. These sessions are open to any student or faculty.

Poster presenters will be scheduled for a one-hour time slot and assigned a poster number. The poster session will be set up in rows where presenters can hang a large poster (typically 48” wide X 36” high) at their assigned number and stand in front.  It is more casual than an oral presentation, and presenters will talk to people and share details of their work as they walk by. This is a great option for first-time presenters.  Please note that students who select this presentation option will have to leave time to have the poster printed (at least a few days; this can be done at the Service Desk in the Commons) and will have to identify a funding source for printing (typically ~$50 to $60 and often paid for by the faculty mentor or using OUR Project Award funds for recipients of those awards). The transition between poster presenters will be quick, so you’ll have to be ready to take your poster down and let the next presenter hang their poster. These sessions are open to any student or faculty.

Notes for Accepted Poster Presenters

• Poster presenters are assigned a one-hour time slot and a poster number.  All posters will be presented in the Conference Center side of building 22 (upstairs at the end toward building 4). The poster session will be set up in rows where presenters can hang a large poster and stand in front of it for the assigned hour. It is more casual than an oral presentation, and presenters will talk to people and share details of their work as they walk by. You will bring your printed poster at your assigned presentation time and location and hang it at your assigned poster number. Binder clips and s-hooks will be provided so that you can hang your poster on the panel. Remember that the transition between poster presenters will be quick, so you’ll have to be ready to take your poster down and let the next presenter hang their poster.

• The schedule of poster presentations (i.e., details on when you will stand with your poster) is available at this link. You can search for your name to find your presentation information. **Please note: if you or your co-authors did not provide permission to post your name publicly in the program, you are listed as “Anonymous Author” or “Anonymous Co-Author” and should search for your title instead of your name. 

• HIP Student Showcase: For those who opted to also participate in the High-Impact Practices (HIP) Student Showcase, you must submit your materials for judging by Thursday, April 2, 2026. You will submit your materials within your original Symposium application (you should now see a new section for those materials). 

All forms of visual art, including original painting, sculpture, designed costume displays, photography, etc., will be included in this session. Presenters will be present during an assigned time to stand with their exhibit, talk to people, and share work details as they walk by. Students presenting in this exhibit should discuss their plans with their faculty mentors before submitting their applications and discuss their plans' feasibility and space and equipment needs. These sessions are typically limited to Art and Theater students and faculty.

Presenters in this two-hour session (10 a.m. to noon) will be included in a tented area on Cannon Green. Panels will be available for presenters to hang posters and (typically) display a working prototype of their engineering project (tables may be available for use based on the team leader's signing up but are not guaranteed). In addition, presenters will be present during the entire session to stand with their display, talk to people, and share details of their work. Presenters will work with the session's Engineering faculty leaders to make the best use of the tented space; therefore, there will be no assigned presentation locations. These sessions are typically limited to Engineering students and faculty.

These sessions are specially designed by a faculty member for a select group of students (i.e., who are taking a course). They may include group presentations or panel discussions specific to that course. You should select this session only if that faculty member has explicitly invited you to participate in that session. The session will be planned and scheduled by the faculty member who is leading this session. The format for these sessions also varies. These sessions are typically limited to students within a specific course or group and invited by faculty. 

This award recognizes students who are doing amazing things as part of a HIP experience. Students who have participated in a HIP can present that experience at the UWF Student Scholars Symposium on Thursday, April 16, 2026, and can indicate their interest in being considered for the HIP awards. For consideration, these students will have to submit their presentation in advance of the Symposium and answer some questions about the influence of the HIP experience. One presentation will be selected for a HIP Award in each of the HIP types supported at UWF, and one overall presentation will be selected as “Best in Show” (by Thursday, April 3, 2025). Students can win up to $500! See this document for more information on the HIP Student Award or this document on the Types of HIPs.

This session is limited to faculty giving 15-minute oral presentations. Presentation topics should focus on how faculty use high-impact practices (HIPs) in their classes or other student-engagement activities. Session details are coming soon. Faculty are also welcome to present in any of the other sessions. These sessions are limited to faculty.