Hundreds of Students Present Work at Annual Symposium

Middlebury Communications Story
April 26, 2017

MIDDLEBURY, Vt. – The classrooms and corridors of McCardell Bicentennial Hall were packed with students, faculty, and staff, and the Great Hall was teeming with intellectual activity all-day long for Middlebury’s 11th annual Spring Student Symposium on April 21, 2017.

An estimated 285 students shared their work via oral presentations, poster sessions, and art exhibitions on the one day of the year when no classes are conducted so all members of the college community, particularly Middlebury’s 2,500 undergraduates, can share in the high caliber of research and creative work accomplished by students. See full communications story with photos and a 360 video!

Coumba Winfield ’17 describes her research project creating a computer game to teach about cell organelles.

Apply to Present at the 2017 Spring Student Symposium–Deadline is March 2

Join us for our 11th year of celebrating the academic and creative endeavors of Middlebury students! The 2017 Spring Student Symposium will take place all day Friday, April 21 in McCardell Bicentennial Hall with presentations of student work across the disciplines.

We invite students from all four years and all departments and programs to participate. If you have done research in a class, independently, or through an internship; if you would like to share the experience of producing a creative work; if you have a project to present in a poster or oral format, please apply to present your academic work! The application deadline is Thursday, March 2, 2017.

For more information and to apply, see the Undergraduate Research website at http://go.middlebury.edu/sym.

Students: Your application must include a project description (200 words) that has been approved by your faculty or staff sponsor.

Faculty and Staff:
Please encourage your students to apply. Both individual and class presentations are welcome.

We look forward to seeing you all at the Symposium!

Hang Du, Associate Professor of Chinese
Lisa Gates, Associate Dean for Fellowships and Research

for the Spring Symposium Planning Committee

“The Student Symposium was one of my favorite days of the year. Presenting my work was very rewarding, but the day was great because of the quality of everyone’s work and presentation. Students at Middlebury work hard, and the Symposium is an amazing way to celebrate achievements and also gain essential presentation skills.”
— Symposium Participant

Apply to Present at the Spring Student Symposium—Deadline Friday, March 4

Join the symposium for our 10th year of celebrating the academic and creative endeavors of Middlebury students! The 2016 Spring Student Symposium will take place all day Friday, April 15, with presentations of student work across the disciplines in McCardell Bicentennial Hall. Students from all four years and all departments and programs are invited to participate.

If you have done research in a class, independently, or through an internship; if you would like to share the experience of producing a creative work; if you have a project to present in a poster or oral format, please apply to present your academic work! The application deadline is March 4, 2016.

For more information and to apply, see the Undergraduate Research website at http://go.middlebury.edu/sym.

“The Student Symposium was one of my favorite days of the year. Presenting my work was very rewarding, but the day was great because of the quality of everyone’s work and presentation. Students at Middlebury work hard, and the Symposium is an amazing way to celebrate achievements and also gain essential presentation skills.”
— 2015 Symposium Participant

2016 Spring Student Symposium