Oral Presentations

All oral presenters will have 15 minutes total (12 minutes for presentation & 3 minutes allotted for questions). There will be a moderator with signs in each room to enforce these time limits. You will be notified of your scheduled presentation time in early Feb. through your NetID email. Please make sure to check and coordinate times with any co-presenters.In order to participate in the conference, all presenters must be present in the room for the full one-hour block as a presenter/audience member.  A specified time within the 1-hour block will be posted the week of the conference.

All oral presentations will be held in one of the designated 300 rooms on the third floor of the University Center. Rooms will be equipped with an LCD projector, laptop, and a clicker to advance slides.

In order to access your presentation at the conference, you have two options:

1. Upload your presentation onto the laptops in the designated room the day of the conference from 7:30-8:45am.
2. Bring your presentation on a flash drive and be ready to use it as there are only a few minutes between presentations!

In order to ensure access to your presentation after the conference, we encourage you to submit your presentation to ScholarWorks.

Poster Presentations

The Paw Print at the Mansfield Library is once again offering to print posters for this year's conference. For graduate student participants, Paw Print will offer a print rate of $27.50 per poster. Should you decide to use the thicker Matte or Semi-Matte (low-gloss) the price goes to $38.75 each. In order to "best fit" your poster in the conference space provided, it is recommended that the dimensions of your poster should be either 36in x 44in or 44in x 36in.

In order to facilitate printing at Paw Print, upload your PDF poster file online to ScholarWorks and check the box if you want the Paw Print to print your poster. Once the file is uploaded, Paw Print will notify you when the poster is ready for pickup. The deadline is Friday, February 17 at MIDNIGHT to submit posters to Paw Print (through ScholarWorks) for printing.

Regardless of whether or not you utilize Paw Print's services, we highly encourage you to submit your poster to ScholarWorks.

How to Prepare your Poster for Printing - NetID is needed to view (2min video)

Each presenter will be provided with individual space for their poster on the display boards located in the UC Ballroom. You will be assigned a poster number in the final logistics email in early February. Presenters must be available to discuss their poster during the 5:00-6:00pm poster session. You will be asked to be in front of your poster for the entire hour as judges and conference attendees circulate and ask questions. Your poster should be a good “jumping off” point for the discussion.  Typically, research posters should be able to be explained in about 10-15 minutes.

The "Best of GradCon" Awards Ceremony will begin promptly at 6:00pm. Make sure to coordinate with any co-presenters.

Posters may be hung 8:00am-12:30pm or 1:30-3:30pm the day of the conference and remain there throughout the day (hanging help & pins will be available). Posters may be removed after the Poster Session. If you do not remove your poster, it will be recycled in the bins provided.

Visual & Performing Arts Exhibits

Each performance or art exhibit will be presented in an open, designated space in the UC Ballroom (i.e. sculptures, group presentations, etc.). You may view the designated space from 7:30am - 12:00pm.

Note - If wanting to be considered for a "Best of GradCon" Award, you must provide a mandatory set-up explanation when submitting your abstract. This also ensures your presentation will have adequate space to display or present as intended!

The conference will supply the presentation space in the ballroom (no stage), large TV, a laptop, and seating for the audience. Any further setup requirements will need to be provided by the presenter (i.e. display stands, microphone, speakers, musical equipment, etc.). Remember setups should be fairly simple - there is only a 5-minute transition time between presentations.

Each Visual & Performing Arts presentation will be allowed 15 minutes total (12 minutes for presentation & 3 minutes allotted for questions).  Your individual time slot will be posted the week of the conference, however, the committee requests all presenters to be available as audience members for the entire hour block.

If you cannot attend your presentation time for any reason, you must notify GradCon Coordinator.

For more information, please view the GradCon Schedule.