The University Honors Program will be accepting applications for the Undergraduate Research and Creativity Colloquium on Monday, Feb. 17.
The colloquium on Tuesday, April 8 from noon to 6:30 p.m. in the 1877 Clubis headed by Dr. Donald Jones, the director of the University Honors Program.
“The colloquium represents an intellectual community”, said Jones.
According to Jones, the interdisciplinary nature of the Undergraduate Colloquium allows students to present projects or theses papers in a variety of ways. Students can present projects individually or groups as a panel.
The Undergraduate Colloquium also allows students to learn as they study a subject in depth and then become teachers as they present their project or paper to those in attendance of the Colloquium.
Attendance normally ranges anywhere from friends of presenting students to professors or people who are interested in the subject or subjects being presented.
The colloquium is made up of four different sessions allowing for three to four panels or three to five individual presenters each.
Those who attend the colloquium can pick and choose which presentations they want to see based on their interests whether it is a thesis presentation from the College of Arts and Sciences or a project from the College of Engineering, Technology and Architecture. However, according to Jones the subject matter isn’t the only key to a memorable presentation.
“What is memorable is when a student has mastery of the topic”, said Dr. Jones.
Many of the students that participate in the Colloquium are undergraduate seniors of University’s Honors Program who are preparing for graduate school or careers beyond the university.
This year, nine students who participated in the colloquium last year will be taking their presentations to the National College of Academic Research (NCUR) in Lexington, KY in April.
According to Jones, even if students don’t present, the event garners a lot of interest among the student body as a whole.
Faculty members hold particular interest in the colloquium, because they come to watch the students whom they have nominated either in panels or individually to present at the colloquium. Students who are nominated must also do their part and submit an application to the University of Hartford Honors Program website by Feb. 17.
The schedule for the 2014 Undergraduate Colloquium will be online on the University of Hartford Honors website in March.
Anyone with questions about the colloquium should contact Jones at djones@hartford.edu.