(This was the letter sent to faculty:)
You and your students are encouraged to
register by this Friday, October 25 for this year’s Seven Rivers
Undergraduate Research Symposium. The symposium takes place on Viterbo University’s campus in La Crosse, WI on Friday, November 8, 2013.
This symposium showcases the research and creative works of over 200
undergraduate students from a variety of disciplines and institutions,
and all interested students and faculty on your campus are encouraged to
participate.
There is no cost to participate,
though all attendees and presenters MUST register via the link below.
We hope that you will encourage the following groups to participate:
· students who have completed research/creative works on or off-campus or as part of a course, · students who may be interested in completing research projects in the future (presenting is not a prerequisite for attendance), and/or
· colleagues at your institution who you think might be interested in attending.
The symposium will run from 11am to 5pm (check-in occurs from 10-11am)
and includes a keynote address; lunch (provided); and oral, poster, and
creative works presentations by students from the tri-state area. To
ensure that all are able to participate, please remind students that
there is no fee for presenting or attending.
As was the case last year, there is a single deadline and online form for both registration and abstract submission.
DEADLINE TO REGISTER and SUBMIT ABSTRACTS: THIS Friday, October 25, 2013.
DEADLINE TO REGISTER and SUBMIT ABSTRACTS: THIS Friday, October 25, 2013.
The online registration and abstract submission form as well as additional information about the event can be found online at http://www.viterbo.edu/
The
keynote speaker for this year’s symposium will be Dr. Tim Kasser. Tim
Kasser, Ph.D., is Professor of Psychology at Knox College in Galesburg,
Illinois. He has written numerous scientific articles and book chapters
on materialism, values, ecological sustainability, and quality of life,
among other topics. He is also the author of The High Price of Materialism (MIT Press, 2002) and Lucy in the Mind of Lennon
(Oxford University Press, 2013). Tim works extensively with a variety
of activist and civil society organizations that protect children from
commercialization, promote ecological sustainability, and encourage a
more “inwardly rich” lifestyle than what is offered by consumerism.
