Last Thursday, July 25, the Office of Engaged Learning hosted a Three Minute “Thesis” competition. 25 presentations in under 2 hours! This was the culminating event of the Summer Research Intensive and Data Science for Social Good programs.
Along with their research and other activities, students in the programs participated in a 7-week professional development workshop series with Dr. Adam Scott Neal (Program Manager, OEL). They worked through various ways of presenting their research, their experience, and their stories (e.g., presentations, resumes, and elevator pitches).
Students in these programs are all working on faculty research projects, so their presentations needed to give an overview of the project as well as their individual role—and why the research matters.
Winners:
- 1st place: Sana Omar & Simran Waraich (faculty mentor: Dr. Peng Tao, Chemistry)
- 2nd place: Paul Rowe (faculty mentor: Dr. Austin Baldwin, Psychology)
- 3rd place: Ritney Coleman & Jacob Gareis (faculty mentor: Dr. Elizabeth Wheaton-Páramo, Economics)
Judges:
- Alisha Bailey (Assistant Director, OEL)
- Adreana Julander (Director, Altshuler Learning Enhancement Center)
- Stephen Fashoro (Media Relations Manager, Development and External Affairs)
- Ramón García (Undergraduate Success Librarian)
- Matthew Nadler (Associate Director, Maguire Center for Ethics and Public Responsibility)