MARCUS 2008

Announcing The Tenth Annual MARCUS Conference
at Sweet Briar College
Saturday October 11, 2008

The MARCUS Conference is devoted exclusively to the scholarship and research activities of undergraduate students. We invite students to submit research abstracts from all academic disciplines. Abstracts must not exceed 150 words. Students may choose to present their work in an oral session or poster session. Student presentations in the oral sessions are limited to 10 - 12 minutes, with an additional 3- 5 minutes allowed for questions. The presentation sessions are usually one hour and 15 minutes and concurrent sessions are scheduled throughout the day-long conference.

Online registration for student presenters will be available Monday August 11, through Friday September 19, 2008. Faculty sponsors and other attendees are encouraged to pre-register by that date as well.

Click here to register: ONLINE REGISTRATION FORM

REGISTRATION FEES:	MAIL TO:
Student Presenters $ 25	Honors Program Dorothy Sales Building
Faculty Sponsors $ 30	Sweet Briar College
Others guests $ 7	Sweet Briar, VA 24595

Registration fees may be mailed in advance of the conference date or paid at the door on the day of the conference. Checks for registration fees should be postmarked by September 29, 2008.

After the end of the registration period students will receive confirmation that their abstract has been accepted for the conference (sometime during the week of September 22).

Conference abstracts and photographs from previous years may be viewed by clicking on the links to the right.

Questions may be directed to members of the MARCUS Conference Committee by e-mail marcus@sbc.edu
Dr. Rebecca Ambers, Environmental Studies
Dr. Jill Granger, Chemistry
Dr. Debbie Kasper, Sociology

* A note on creative endeavors:

Projects involving creative work such as writing prose or poetry will be considered for acceptance if a significant component of the project involves supporting research. Abstracts for both posters and oral presentations should document the research process, provide context for the creative work, and indicate the type of creative format that will be presented. The conference presentation should do likewise, including a significant component on the research process and context of the work in addition to all or a sampling of the creative work itself.