IC students will present oral and poster presentations in a wide variety of fields—including business, physics, writing, poetry, health and wellness, social justice, communication, occupational and physical therapy, music, dance, visual arts, and many more. To better understand the breadth of research IC students are conducting, please see the Whalen Website.
Student Volunteering: Faculty can encourage their students to sign up as a volunteer throughout the Symposium either as a Timekeeper for a Session or assisting at the Registration Desk.
- Introducing students to a research symposium through volunteering may encourage them to step outside their comfort zone and partake in their own research projects.
Faculty and Staff Volunteering: How can Faculty members participate in Whalen?
- Mentor Students who want to present. More info can be found here.
- Serve as an abstract reviewer. (This takes place over spring break, usually takes 2-3 hours per volunteer)
- Serve as a volunteer judge. (This takes about 2 hours on the day of)
- Serve as a session moderator. (This takes about 1-2 hours on the day of).
- Faculty, give your students an assignment or credit if they write up a short reflections paper on what they have learned.
This experience will show students the possibilities and resources that we have on campus. While doing that, we hope that students will understand they not only can but are strongly encouraged to participate in undergraduate & graduate research.
Abstract Reviewer
Faculty and Staff Reviewers will electronically review 2-3 abstracts (500-750 words per abstract) based on a provided rubric to determine finalist presentations which will be highlighted at the Symposium. Award winners will be selected from the pool of finalists at the Symposium! Reviewers will be assigned abstracts by area of expertise, or as needed. Abstracts will be sent to reviewers on March 10, and they will be due back by March 20 at 5:00 PM EST.
Finalist Judge
On the day of the Symposium, Faculty and Staff judges will be assigned abstracts and presentations to grade based on a provided rubric. Judges will attend presentations as needed. You will need to quickly submit your graded rubrics (via laptop or paper) to the Whalen Coordinator before the end of the conference. You will need to be available for at least 1/2 hour of the conference for oral presentations and 1 hour for poster presentations.
Moderator
On the day of the Symposium, Faculty and Staff Moderators will be asked to welcome attendees, introduce speakers, and facilitate brief Q+A's. You will need to be available for at least 1/2 hour of the conference.
Timekeeper
On the day of the Symposium, Staff and Student Timekeepers will be asked to time session presentations. You will need to be available for at least 1/2 hour of the conference.
All volunteers will receive detailed instructions before the event.
Please contact whalen@ithaca.edu with questions or concerns.