2022 Graduate Studies Research Symposium

Level Up—Educating the Whole Scholar for Community Building: A Healthy Mind, Body and Spirit

Dec. 2 - 3, 2022
University of the Incarnate Word

Student Engagement Center (SEC) Rooms 2050, 2051 and 2052
and Zoom

This year’s symposium topic draws from educating the whole scholar as community builders focusing on a healthy mind, body, and spirit. The symposium serves as a platform for graduate students to showcase and share their research and scholarly activities with peers, professors and the community.

Calendar of Events

Day 1: Keynote Speaker, Presentation and Research Slam

Friday, Dec. 2, 2022
1 - 5 p.m. CST

Student Engagement Center (SEC) Rooms 2050, 2051 and 2052
and Zoom

UIW students, faculty, staff, alumni and community members are invited to attend.

Day 2: Presentations, Speakers, Roundtable and Networking

Saturday, Dec. 3, 2022
9 a.m. - 5 p.m. CST

Student Engagement Center (SEC) Rooms 2050, 2051 and 2052
and Zoom

UIW students, faculty, staff, alumni and community members are invited to attend.

Registration

All UIW students, faculty, staff, and community members are invited to attend the Graduate Studies Research Symposium events. You will receive a confirmation email containing information about the event.

Register for the Symposium Here

Call for Participation, Abstract and Deadline

The deadline for abstract submissions has been extended to Nov. 9, 2022, at 11:59 p.m.

Approved submissions will be sent out mid-November.

Please submit a maximum 250-word informative abstract that clearly communicates your literature review, abstract review or completed research.

  • This is a roundtable presentation.
  • Key themes in literature
  • Conclusions leading to a research problem/need and recommendations.
  • The research needs or problem your poster or presentation addresses.
  • Recommendations for advancing your research.
  • The research needs or problem your poster or presentation addresses.
  • The specific purpose of your research (and more narrowly of your presentation) in addressing that need.
  • A question or two you are trying to answer with your research may be helpful in expressing your purpose.
  • How, methodologically, are you pursuing your purpose and addressing the need?
  • The research needs or problem your poster or presentation addresses.
  • The specific purpose of your research (and more narrowly of your presentation) in addressing that need.
  • Research synthesis on your topic/question(s)
  • A question or two you are trying to answer with your research may be helpful in expressing your purpose.
  • How, methodologically, are you pursuing your purpose and addressing the need?
  • What are your findings, conclusions, and recommendations/implications?

This is a competitive presenter presentation.

The research provides a clear background and significance to the research question(s).

Clearly describes the research strategy/design and the results/findings of the research

Clearly describes the conclusions, outcomes, and impact of the research

Learn more about the Research Slam.

Abstract Submission

Submit Your Proposal Here

Abstract Review

A panel of current faculty members and/or qualified individuals will evaluate abstracts in a blind review process and each abstract will receive a number to ensure identity is not accounted for in the review process. Presenters will receive a notification on the status of their abstracts.

For questions, please contact Dr. Ashley S. Love at aslove@uiwtx.edu.

The University of the Incarnate Word provides reasonable accommodation with adequate notice. Request disability accommodation for this event