Student Competitions
The Applied Geography Conference is pleased to announce a Student Paper and Poster Competition, spondored by ESRI. Student presentations in the form of either papers or posters emphasizing the application of empirically based research to human and environmental problem-solving will be the focus of the competition.
Prizes will be awarded for first, second, and third places in both competitions. First prize for both the paper and poster competitions is a professional copy of ArcGIS and a book, "Geodatabases." Second and third prizes for both competitions are one-year, timed out copies of ArcGIS.
Student Papers:
- the entry must be single authored (co-authored papers
with the student's advisor or other faculty member will not be eligible);
- the student must make a presentation in an appropriate
session at the 31st Annual Applied Geography Conference in Wilmington,
DE, October 15-18, 2008 (May 19, 2008
is the deadline for submitting titles and abstracts -- go to the page
on preparation of manuscripts
for submission formats);
- the student must preregister for the Conference (fee
$50) and must complete and submit the AV
request form.
Student Posters:
1. the student must be present for the poster session
(Wednesday, October 15, 2008) at the 31st Annual Applied Geography Conference
in Wilmington, DE, (September 19, 2008 is the deadline
for submitting titles and abstracts);
2. a poster outlining the research that will fit
on a board that is approximately 4 x 3 feet in size must be brought
to the meetings;
3. abstracts must adhere to style guidelines, found at the
end of the guidelines for manuscript
preparation; they can be submitted as a Word or WordPerfect attachment
to an e-mail (see page on preparation
of manuscripts for specific instructions).
4. the student must preregister for the Conference, fee
$50.
Papers and posters presented at the
conference and entered in the competition should emphasize completed
research and/or projects. Papers dealing with thesis or dissertation
proposals are not appropriate for presentation at the Applied Geography
Conference. All abstracts should be submitted to Jay Lee, Department
of Geography, 413 McGilvrey Hall, Kent State University Kent, OH 44242.
