UIW Excellence Summit 2024
April 15 - 19, 2024
Please join us for the UIW Excellence Summit 2024: We are but one WORD: Excellence! to take place April 15 - 19, 2024. UIW invites all to showcase their academic excellence and submit their abstracts or artist’s statements describing their works, projects, masterful art and literature. Faculty, staff and students (undergraduate, graduate and professional) are all encouraged to participate. Projects presented elsewhere over the last academic year are welcome. We encourage the submission of projects that incorporate participatory and collaborative approaches, engage with diverse communities, and are open to novel formats to enable participation across the numerous academic platforms of excellence at UIW. Accepted submissions will be presented both in-person and online in a virtual symposium format.
Poster Presentations - The poster presentation is open to any discipline and will include a formal in-person poster session. There will be active judging of student poster presentations and prizes for the winning students.
Podium Presentations - Podium presentations are open to those who feel their discipline or area of study is better suited to podium presentations. Presentations should not exceed 15 minutes and if accepted, participants will have a choice to present online or in person with live streaming.
Performing Arts Submissions - Performing arts submissions are open to any musical, spoken or theatrical performance. Submissions must be original works by the artist or a presentation/discussion of existing pieces. Please see the submission form for additional performance information.
Visual Arts Submissions - Visual arts submissions must be original works by the artist. Please see the submission form for additional display information.
Faculty Guidance - We are seeking your participation to encourage mentorship to our students. We welcome ideas on how you and your budding scholars can present together. No students but want some to begin working in your academic area of excellence? No problem we can help you communicate your interests to our greater UIW population in a special showcase for interested faculty.
Additional Information - All accepted abstracts and artist’s statements will be published in the Proceedings and archived in The Atheneum.
Service Learning and Engaged Scholarship Showcase
Presenters are needed for the upcoming Service Learning and Engaged Scholarship Showcase during UIW Research Week (April 15 - 19). UIW faculty, students and staff, are invited to share podium presentations or posters submissions that demonstrate service learning and engaged scholarship.
For more information, contact Service Learning Committee Chair Dr. Erlinda Lopez-Rodriguez at elopezro@uiwtx.edu or Service Learning Showcase Coordinator Sr. Martha Ann Kirk, CCVI at kirk@uiwtx.edu.
General Information
In 2008, a new tradition of celebrating and showcasing academic accomplishments was established through Research Day. Over the years, it has evolved into a week-long event filled with multidisciplinary presentations, demonstrations and lectures. At the University of the Incarnate Word, we take pride in our research and know that through our search for and communication of truth, we become stronger in educating “concerned and enlightened citizens within the global community.”
All proceedings have been archived in The Athenaeum.
The Service Learning and Engaged Scholarship Showcase is held annually in conjunction with Research Week. UIW community members, faculty, students and staff are invited to share podium presentations or poster submissions that demonstrate their service learning and engaged scholarship. We seek best practices, examples, theories, scholarship and grant writing skills related to all aspects of service learning.
To see examples of Showcase presentations from 2017 to 2022, visit the Faculty Service Learning Showcase site. To learn more, visit the Service and Service Learning Guidelines site.
Contact Information
If you have questions or need assistance with preparation or submission, please contact the Office of Research and Graduate Studies at the following:
Phone: (210) 805-3555
Email: researchweek@uiwtx.edu