UIW Excellence Summit 2025

Congratulations to all Cardinals who have applied to participate in this year’s Excellence Summit! All abstract submissions were exceptional!

Please register and upload your submissions to Symposium no later than 10 p.m. on April 11, 2025. Please let us know if you have any difficulties with the site. If you have not received confirmation of your acceptance, please reach out to our office: research@uiwtx.edu or call (210) 805-3555. 

SUBMIT PRESENTATION

We are but ONE WORD: Excellence!

The Office of Research and Graduate Studies would like to cordially invite the community to attend the 18th Annual Excellence Summit, April 22 to April 25, 2025. UIW researchers, scholars, and artists from all disciplines will gather to share their innovation, scholarship, creative works, and impactful achievements. Students, faculty, staff, friends, and family who are unable to attend in person may register with Symposium to view all the submissions (posters, presentations, recorded performances, and live sessions). We thank everyone for their time and commitment to excellence for this year’s event and look forward to seeing everyone!

Schedule of Events

Tue., April 22: Poster Presentations & Award Showcase - SEC Ballroom

  • Fulbright Poster Competition

    • 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.   Morning Sessions
    • 2 p.m. - 5 p.m.   Afternoon Sessions

  • Poster Awards Showcase

    • 5:30 p.m. - 6 p.m.   Winners Announced

Wed., April 23: Podium & Posters, UIW Moody Professorship - SEC Ballroom

  • Podium and Poster Presentations

    • 9 a.m. - 11 a.m.   1st Podium Sessions
    • 11 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.  2nd Podium Sessions
    • 1:30 p. m. -  4 p.m.   3rd Podium Sessions

  • 2024 - 2025 UIW Moody Professorship Lectures

    • 4 p.m. - 5 p.m.   Opening Reception
    • 5 p.m. - 8 p.m.   Lectures with Q&A

Thu., April 24: Workshops, SLES Showcase, OLLU Moody Professorship

  • Summit Workshops - Frank Nursing Building NB-142

    • 10 a.m. - 11 a.m.   Overview of UIW Sponsored Programs and Grants
    • 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.   Human Subjects Research & the IRB Forum
    • 2 p.m. - 3 p.m.   Publications Workshop

  • Service Learning and Engaged Scholarship - SEC Ballroom

    • 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.   Service Learning Showcase

  • Our Lady of the Lake Moody Professorship - OLLU Lake View Amenities Room

    • 4 p.m. - 5 p.m.   Opening Reception
    • 5 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.   Lectures with Q&A
    • The Lake View Amenities Room is located within the Slater (Lake View) Apartments

2024-2025 Moody Professorship awarded to:

  • Dr. Jakob Karl Rinderknecht, UIW Honors Program Dir., Assoc. Prof. of Religious Studies
    Presenting: "Swords into Plowshares: Deweaponizing Christian Unity"
  • Brittany Chozinski, PhD, MPH, OLLU Honors Program Dir., Assoc. Prof. of Sociology & Criminal Justice
    Presenting: "Whose Body, Whose Defense? An Intersectional Feminist Approach to Violence Prevention"

The Service Learning and Engaged Scholarship Showcase is held annually in conjunction with Research Week. UIW community members, faculty, students and staff are invited to share podium presentations or poster submissions that demonstrate their service learning and engaged scholarship. We seek best practices, examples, theories, scholarship and grant writing skills related to all aspects of service learning.

To see examples of Showcase presentations from 2017 to 2022, visit the Faculty Service Learning Showcase site. To learn more, visit the Service and Service Learning Guidelines site.

In 2008, a new tradition of celebrating and showcasing academic accomplishments was established through Research Day. Over the years, it has evolved into a week-long event filled with multidisciplinary presentations, demonstrations and lectures. At the University of the Incarnate Word, we take pride in our research and know that through our search for and communication of truth, we become stronger in educating “concerned and enlightened citizens within the global community.”

All proceedings have been archived in The Athenaeum.

VIEW ALL PROCEEDINGS

Contact Information

If you have questions or need assistance with preparation or submission, please contact the Office of Research and Graduate Studies at the following:

Phone: (210) 805-3555

Email: researchweek@uiwtx.edu