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Hello Scholars,

The Honors Research Conference at UC Irvine, taking place next Spring, wants your proposals, abstracts, research ideas and wants to give you your opportunity to shine, and perhaps even get a scholarship and the possibility of getting published.  Who would not want to take advantage of such limitless possibilities? J  I hope that many of you will see this as a terrific opportunity and will want to participate.  Please see attached flyer for submission guidelines and deadlines.

If you are not sure you will want to submit your research this year, there is the possibility of participating as a volunteer.  Let me know if you wish to do that.

Cheers,

Danielle Muller, Ph. D.

Director, Ralph Bunche Scholars Program

Advisor, Phi Theta Kappa

Professor, English/ESL department

Los Angeles City College

(323)953-4000; x 2340

                                            Announcing the 13^th Annual HTCC Student Research Conference:

March 23, 2013, 8:30-4:30 at UC Irvine

http://www.honorstcc.org

The Thirteenth Annual HTCC Student Research Conference will be held at UCI on Saturday, March 23, 2013 from 8:30 to 4:30.  This conference offers a venue for community college students from across the state to present their original research-based work. While the conference is aimed at showcasing the work of students in honors programs, it is also open to non-honors students who have done exemplary work. The research element of your presentation does not have to be elaborate: it can entail anything from a single journal citation to an original experiment. You might want to consider presenting if you want to do any of the following:

·       Share your ideas with other students in a professional setting

·       Improve your public speaking skills

·       Strengthen your personal statement and transfer application

·       Be eligible to compete for award and scholarship monies ranging from $75 to $1000

·       Be eligible to compete for a UCI Research Fellowship if you intend to transfer to UCI

·       Be eligible to have your work published in the Building Bridges conference anthology following the conference

Presentation options at the conference include the following:

1)  Individual Presentation:  12-minute oral presentation followed by 5 minutes of discussion

2)  Small Group Presentation:  20-minute panel featuring two presenters, followed by 10 minutes of discussion

3)  Large Group Presentation:  40-minute panel featuring three or more participants, followed by 10 minutes of discussion

4)  Poster:  Research Poster Display

5)  Performance:  Student-created art, music, creative writing, drama, dance

Students are allowed to participate in more than one area, but the maximum is one individual oral presentation, one group presentation, and one poster display per student.  Students may not do multiple presentations on the same topic.

To apply to the conference, you must work with a mentor professor to prepare a Presentation Title, a 25-word Proposal Description, and a 250-word Proposal Abstract (summary) and then submit them electronically to Danielle Muller (see contact information below), by December 2.  Once your Scholars Director has your written proposal, she will meet with you to discuss any necessary revisions and to collect further information from you for the application form.  The RBS Program Director will submit your conference application in December.  You will be notified whether your proposal has been accepted by mid-late January. Once accepted, you then have until conference time to work on your poster and/or presentation.  Practice sessions will be offered beginning in March.  Although most conference topics arise out of research papers, you do not have to write a full paper for the conference since all presentations are in oral or poster form.  Conference prizes are awarded on the basis of abstracts only. To be eligible for a conference award or to have your abstract published, you will need to submit additional abstracts after you have been notified that you have been accepted to the conference.  Details for this process will be communicated to you once you have submitted the original Proposal Abstract.

This really is a terrific opportunity for you. You can find out more about the conference—including advice on writing abstracts—at the HTCC site: http://www.honorstcc.org/ (look on the left-hand side at the HTCC Student Research Conference link).

Submit conference materials and direct any questions to:

Danielle Muller, Director

rbscholars@lacitycollege.edu

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Planning to transfer to UCLA?

Attend the UCLA TAP/TRANSFER CONFERENCE

This event is co-sponsored by UCLA College Transfer Alliance Program (TAP) and the UCLA Office of Undergraduate Admissions and Relations with Schools (UARS)

Planning to transfer to UCLA?

Attend the

UCLA TAP/TRANSFER CONFERENCE

Friday, November 9, 2012

8:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Conference details and online registration* at

WWW.TAP.UCLA.EDU/CONFERENCE.HTM

Attend practical workshops. Talk with UCLA academic counselors and student program representatives

Tour the campus

Workshops include:

. Preparing to Transfer

. Transfer Application and Selection Process

. Searching for Scholarships at UCLA

. Undergraduate Research at UCLA —

A Student Panel

. Internships and Options After Graduation

. Preparing for Careers in Business

. Preparing for Law School

. Preparing for Medical School

* Online registration will begin on or about September 15 and close on Sunday, November 4.

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