Academic Research

2020 Oklahoma Research Day
March 6, 2020

Host:  Southwestern Oklahoma State University

Location:  SWOSU Wellness Center and
                 Pioneer Cellular Event Center

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST IN THE OKLAHOMA RESEARCH DAY EVENT 

Now in its 21th year, Oklahoma Research Day is a premier annual event celebrating student and faculty research, creative, and scholarly activities. The event has grown in numbers and in stature with contributions from all of Oklahoma’s institutions of higher education, including many collaborative contributions from national and international academic and research institutions. The 2019 Oklahoma Research Day event had over 1,000 registered students, faculty, and guests and featured over 550 unique poster presentations.

The 2020 event will be hosted by Southwestern Oklahoma State University at the SWOSU Wellness Center and the Pioneer Cellular Event Center in Weatherford. Details concerning directions to the Pioneer Cellular Event Center, the city of Weatherford, local restaurants, and parking will become available to participants in early 2020.

MISSION

Oklahoma Research Day promotes cross-campus and cross-disciplinary research among all institutions of higher learning in the State of Oklahoma. The event seeks to encourage networking among researchers and interchange of ideas among those studying and researching in their respective academic disciplines.


ABSTRACT SUBMISSION and REGISTRATION DEADLINE
11:59 pm., Thursday, January 31, 2020

Poster Guidelines 

Size

 45" tall x 45" wide (cannot exceed 2,025 square inches)
Basic Outline

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Title
Author(s)
Introduction
Background
Discussion
Abstract Format The abstract for submission should consist of no more than 1,500 characters with spaces and include the following information: 1) Objective of the research; 2) Thesis or hypothesis; 3) Methodology; and 4) Summary of findings
Abstract Example

To view examples, please visit Archived Abstracts. 
Printing Go to Printing Services in the Administrative Building (B7). See section on Poster Template below for a possible template and maintaining high quality printing.
Deadline To get your poster printed for free and on time for the conference, visit Printing Services by February 20, 2020.
Costs Assuming that the poster has been submitted to Printing Services by February 20, 2020, one poster/research project will be printed at no charge. As such, make sure that the poster you want printed is the final version.
Poster Template To maintain high printing quality, keep your poster saved as a power point file (do not convert into a jpg or other image format types) when printing at Printing Services. Electronic poster versions cannot exceed 2 MB in size and must be either in .pdf or .jpg format.

 

Conference Registration and Abstract Submission

By this point, you have already registered for Research Day if you plan to attend. You may edit your registration and submit your abstract and your poster file at the official site for Research Day. 

Please visit the official Oklahoma Research Day website, register for the conference, and submit an abstract. Make sure to keep the relevant deadlines listed on the official Oklahoma Research Day website in mind.

Successful Conference Participation

  1. Register by Thursday, January 31, 2020 at 11:59pm.
  2. Develop your poster based on the above guidelines.
  3. FREE Poster Printing for Cameron students if submitted no later than February 21, 2020! Save poster file on a flash drive and deliver to Cameron University Printing Services by deadline. Printing fees incurred after the deadline are the responsibility of the student; printing is not guaranteed after February 21st.
  4. Bus reservation: Reserve a seat on the bus by March 2, 2020. Bus will depart at 7:00am from the Cameron University Library parking lot. A confirmation email will be sent with details prior to the date of travel.
  5. Present your research poster on March 6, 2020.

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Need Help

For assistance, please contact:

Lora Young
Email: loray@cameron.edu