Student Scholars Symposium is sponsored by the Office of the Provost. This annual celebration of the creative and scholarly works of Lipscomb students is an interdisciplinary event representing the diversity of academia that makes up Lipscomb.
The 13th Annual Lipscomb University Student Scholars Symposium | April 11, 2024
We welcome presentations of empirical research of all types; readings/performances of original poetry, music, and theater; and exhibitions of artistic and scientific work. Students, consider presenting your original work and coming to celebrate the work of your classmates.
2024 Student Scholars Symposium Program
Presentation types
Students may present in any the following four categories:
- Paper presentation—Involves a 15-minute presentation of original research to an audience, including time for a brief Q&A. Papers will be presented in rooms with Web access and digital projectors.
- Poster presentation—Involves standing beside a poster that describes original research during the assigned time and talking with interested persons. Printing and mounting will be handled by you and your faculty advisor. The scholars’ symposium team will arrange appropriate display options
- Performance—Theater performance, performance of an original piece of music, or reading of a short story/poem. Maximum time allotted is 15 minutes.
- Exhibit—Involves standing beside an art or other exhibit during the assigned time and talking with interested persons. Printing and mounting will be handled by you and your faculty advisor. The scholars’ symposium team will arrange appropriate display options.
There should be a primary author for each presentation who is the main contact person with the Symposium committee. If there are multiple presenters, only one of you should submit a proposal. The presenter listed first will be designated as the communicating author, and all correspondence will be to the first author. The maximum number of co-presenters is 3. If your submission is collaboration between an undergraduate student and faculty member or graduate student and faculty member, the undergraduate or the graduate student should be the presenting author.
Abstract Submission Form
Poster Printing and Presentation Instructions
PowerPoint Poster Template
Presentation Instructions
Awards
Awards will be presented to the top undergraduate students within each category. An award will also be given for the best presentation by a graduate student. Participants in the symposium will be invited to attend a luncheon and dinner Award Banquet.
2019 Awards
Student Features
Tessa Vander Kamp ('23)
Tessa Vander Kamp, a senior nutrition and dietetics major, stays busy with her pursuit of becoming a registered dietitian. This past academic year, Vander Kamp and Dr. Tracy Noerper, director of the nutrition master's program, collaborated to put Noerper's hypothesis to test—examining the spice and herb content of food in congregate meals served for seniors.
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Aaron Hardy ('24)
Aaron Hardy, a junior civil engineering major from Parkersburg, West Virginia, learned a lot about creating a solid foundation for structures in his civil engineering materials class. However, after competing in a class project to create a new concrete formula to make it as strong as possible, he became interested in the scientific principles that underpin building regulations and civil engineering best practices.
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