Minds@Work: Student Proposals Deadline

Students!

The annual Shippensburg University student research showcase, Minds @ Work, is your opportunity to show off your research and creative work!

Undergraduate and graduate students from all disciplines present their research and creative work.  Last year over 400 students participated in the conference with posters, oral presentations, panel discussions, and works of art. 

• Registration open now
• Registration Deadline: Feburary 23, 2016
• There is no cost to present and no cost to attend.

Student Registration Form -  Students can sign up to present a poster, deliver an oral presentation, or present a work of art. If you are signing up to deliver an oral presentation, you should first check with your department to see if they are organizing a session for students speakers.

Library Research Award--Win $$

Apply for the Library Student Research Award!

Ezra Lehman Memorial Library will present the 2015 Library Research Award to the undergraduate student researcher who writes the best literature review as a part of her or his research with a faculty mentor. The Library will present a $500 first prize award and a $300 honorable mention award.

Undergraduate students conducting research under the guidance of a faculty mentor are eligible to apply. All literature reviews must be a minimum of 3 pages long and should be prepared with proper citation and style format appropriate to the discipline. Completed literature reviews must be submitted to Dr. Kirk Moll (kamoll@ship.edu) by April 17th at noon. Awards will be presented at the Kirkland/Spizuoco Memorial Science Lecture on April 22 at 7:30pm in the Luhrs Performing Arts Center.

For more information regarding application procedures, please visit http://library.ship.edu/lra.

Apply for the Library Research Award!

Ezra Lehman Memorial Library will present the 2014 Library Research Award to the undergraduate student researcher who writes the best literature review as part of her or his research with a faculty mentor. The Library will present a $400 first prize award and a $100 honorable mention award. Winners will be announced before the keynote address of the Celebration of Student Research at 7pm in Memorial Auditorium on April 21st. The awards will be presented at the 2014 Student Awards Program on Saturday, May 3rd, at 2pm in the Luhrs Performing Arts Center.

Undergraduate students conducting research under the guidance of a faculty mentor are eligible to apply for the Library Research Award.

All literature reviews must be a minimum of 3 pages long (Times New Roman, 12 pt. font) and should be prepared with proper citation and style format appropriate to the discipline.

Submit the completed literature review as a PDF to Dr. Kirk Moll (kamoll@ship.edu) by noon on April 18, 2014.

For more information, visit: http://library.ship.edu/lra

Announcing the winner of the Ezra Lehman Memorial Library Research Award 2012-2013

Ezra Lehman Memorial Library

Research Award 2012-2013

The annual Library Research Award recognizes the best literature

review submitted by students who have received grant support for their

participation in the Annual Celebration of Student Research. The first

prize recipient receives a $400 cash prize and the honorable mention

recipient is awarded a $100 prize. Commemorative posters will be

made of the winning posters and they will be displayed in the library.

The winners of the 2012 Library Research Award are:

First Place: Erin Varley, “The Effects of Caffeine on Anaerobic

Performance: A Literature Review”

Professor: Dr. Joohee Sanders, Department of Exercise Science

Honorable Mention: Joseph D. Hawbaker, “The Effects of

Buildings and Structures on Microclimates: A Literature Review”

Professor: Dr. Tim Hawkins, Department of Geography-Earth Science

The Library Research Award was developed in 2009 by the faculty and

administration of the Ezra Lehman Memorial Library, in conjunction

with the Institute for Public Service and Sponsored Programs and

the Council on Student Research. It is made possible by the generous

support of Berkley and Carol Laite (SU Classes of 1967 and 1965).

Apply for the Library Research Award

The Ship Library yearly awards prize money to the best literature review submitted as a part of her or his undergraduate research project for the 2013 Celebration of Student Research.  Apply at http://library.ship.edu/lra

Winners of the 2012 Library Research Award