Application
Apply to be a presenter at the Spring Student Symposium. We hope students will discuss presentation ideas with their faculty/staff sponsor and faculty will encourage students to participate!
Application Information for 2025
The deadline to apply is 11:59 PM ET on Wednesday, February 26, 2025.
Please contact sym@middlebury.edu if you have questions.
Review Process for 2025
The Sessions Committee, a group of faculty and staff who oversee the Spring Symposium initiative, reviews student applications and makes decisions about how and where to include student work in the symposium. Once accepted, you may revise your submission or withdraw from the symposium up until the final abstracts deadline on Tuesday, March 25. The Sessions Committee understands that some projects are still in development at the application deadline, the final abstracts deadline, or even the day of the symposium. We encourage every student to feel comfortable presenting their project wherever they are in the process of discovery, including in their comments a brief discussion of anticipated next steps.
- Oral presentations will be grouped into 3-4 presentations of 15 minutes in length (12 minute talk with three minutes for Q&A).
- Large groups and classes can request up to 75 minutes (whole session).
- Posters will be divided into two group sessions in the MBH Great Hall and adjacent spaces if needed.
- Asynchronous options will include prerecorded presentations, digital posters, and digital displays or works.
What's a Digital Poster?
Digital technologies are transforming many things in higher education, including how scholars present their work.
Contact
If you have any questions about presenting or if your project is appropriate please see the questions and information for presenters.
If you have any technical issues with the application or additional questions please email us at uro@middlebury.edu.