As part of Research Week, the Graduate Student Senate will be hosting the 11th Annual Intermountain Graduate Student Research Symposium on April 2, 2008.  We are excited to continue the tradition of celebrating the great work of graduate students here at USU and in the intermountain region.  The Symposium will begin at 9:00 am in the TSC Sunburst Lounge and the awards ceremony will finish at approximately 5:00 pm.

A little about the Symposium; it provides an excellent opportunity for students to prepare for future research or project presentations in a relaxed setting, with a catered lunch and cash prizes given for the best oral and poster presentations.  There are two oral presentation sessions, morning and afternoon, with a midday poster session.  Abstracts are due on Mar. 7th and can be submitted online via a link on the GSS website, http://www.usu.edu/usugss.  Late abstracts will be accepted but won't be printed in the Symposium Proceedings.  There is a nominal registration fee of $10 due by 9:00 am on April 2.

The Symposium also offers a great opportunity for USU Faculty to get involved as judges for the oral and poster sessions.  We need at least twenty-five judges with a minimum of three representatives from each academic college.  All judges are invited to the luncheon and will receive a gift certificate to a local restaurant in appreciation of their time and effort.