Scholars Week 2023 Archive

Virtual Showcase: Jackson Arel

Josie Teague

Honors Thesis Presentations

Students in the Honors program will give their thesis presentations. All members of the EKU community are welcome to attend.

Faculty Interdisciplinary Scholars Roundtable

This roundtable will feature faculty from across EKU as they discuss their approach to scholarship and research.

Faculty Center for Teaching & Learning (FCT&L) & Zoom

Panelists: 

Jason Fry

Ray Lauk

Susan Skees-Hermes

Sara Incera

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Honors Thesis Presentations

Students in the Honors program will give their thesis presentations. All members of the EKU community are welcome to attend.

University Faculty Awards and Recognitions

The University will recognize faculty for success in teaching and learning, academic innovation, leadership, and student success. All members of the EKU community are welcome to attend.

Gifford Auditorium (Campbell Building)

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Alumni Spotlight 

Silas House

Honors Thesis Presentations

Students in the Honors program will give their thesis presentations. All members of the EKU community are welcome to attend.

EKU Authors Book Showcase

EKU authors will showcase their books in a new collection at EKU Libraries. Authors will display their books and enjoy mingling and refreshments. 

Cultural Scholarship Showcase 

This panel will highlight the significant historical or contemporary issues, ideas, movements, events, personalities, institutions, or groups that shape our understanding of the Black and Latino experience throughout the U.S., Africa, Europe, the Caribbean, and Latin America.

Aurora Launch & Reading

Aurora, a student-led literary journal featuring fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, short film, visual art (including photography, comics/cartoons), music, and drama, will host an evening reading, open mic, and celebration of the launch of the journal’s recent issue.

Three-Minute Thesis (3MT) Presentations

The Three-Minute Thesis (3MT) competition is a mainstay for many international and national graduate programs. The competition showcases public speaking and presentation skills as well as a graduate student’s ability to communicate research in a condensed time frame to a non-specialist audience. With only 180 seconds (three minutes), a single slide and no additional props or media, the competition will showcase some of the best and brightest graduate research projects at EKU. To find out more about the 3MT @ EKU, visit:  https://ekuscholars.eku.edu/3MT.

Honors Thesis Presentations

Students in the Honors program will give their thesis presentations. All members of the EKU community are welcome to attend.

Phi Kappa Phi Induction

Phi Kappa Phi is the nation's oldest, largest, and most selective all-discipline honor society and is the highest academic honor to which EKU students may aspire. Join members of the EKU community in recognizing inductees. 

Scholars Assembly

Join EKU Libraries and Academic Affairs in honoring student excellence and academic achievement.

Developing Grant Ideas

Join Gus Benson, Director of Sponsored Programs and Krista Whitaker, Proposal Development Specialist, for an interactive session on how to find funding from external sources.  Bring your laptop or tablet, as we will be walking through the process to sign up for a grant search engine, and looking at ways to search, save and share grant information.

Faculty Center for Teaching & Learning (FCT&L) & Zoom

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College of Health Sciences Scholars Day

The College of Health Sciences Scholars Day is held annually to honor the college’s students and faculty mentors in their pursuit of outstanding research, scholarship, and creative endeavors. Learn more here. 

University Presentation Showcase

Students in all departments who have collaborated with faculty/staff on scholarly and/or creative projects are invited to participate in the 21st Annual University Presentation Showcase. Projects may include artwork, original writing, research and other scholarly/creative work. Projects that go beyond a classroom assignment are most appropriate, although there are exceptions (e.g. senior theses). Students must have collaborated on the project with a faculty or staff mentor, who must recommend the student’s project for the Showcase and approve the abstract before submission. 

Scholars Fair: 2:30pm - 4:00pm
Drop by this event to learn more about the various offices on campus that support scholarship at EKU. The fair will include representatives from Sponsored Programs, EKU’s Institutional Review Board, Undergraduate and Graduate Research, and many more!

Opening: 2:30pm

• UP Showcase Welcome: Dr. Jon Gore

Poster Presentations: 2:30pm - 3:30pm

Music Showcase: 3:30pm - 4:00pm

Awards & Closing Ceremony: 4:00pm - 4:15pm

Social Science Research Symposium

The Annual EKU Social Science Undergraduate Research Symposium showcases research by undergraduate, graduate, and faculty researchers from Kentucky.

Scholars Tank

Scholars Tank is an entrepreneurial-themed addition to Scholars Week, where students and faculty can present an idea to improve some aspect of campus, that has the potential to be turned into an entrepreneurial venture. Our campus entrepreneurs will pitch their idea to a panel of “sharks”, who will decide which idea gets funded.

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9th Annual Homeland Security Undergraduate Research Showcase

The showcase offers EKU students the opportunity to present their original research to the broader university community, including alumni, as well as external partners. Conducting research to produce high-quality scholarship is a desired skill of homeland security professionals. Likewise, research offers students the opportunity to contribute knowledge to the following disciplines that constitute homeland security: disaster management, intelligence studies, and security management. The EKU Homeland Security program aims to prepare graduates seeking careers protecting life and assets as homeland security and emergency management practitioners, who will become critical and creative thinkers, effective communicators, and leaders in their professional communities.

EKU Chautauqua

Deborah Alexander

Best-Of Showcase Reception

The Best-Of Showcase recognizes students for their achievements during Scholars Week. 

Opening & Closing Remarks: Russell Carpenter, Assistant Provost