21st International Conference on The First-Year Experience®
June 23-26, 2008
University College Dublin
Dublin, Ireland
The National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience & Students In Transition
now welcomes online submission of conference session proposals.
If you would like to submit your proposal online, you can take advantage
of our interactive submission process below. However, we encourage you to read
all of the information and directions for completing a proposal before getting started.
The National Resource Center invites online proposal submissions for concurrent sessions, roundtable discussions, and poster sessions on topics that sufficiently and seriously address student transitions in the first year of college. Proposals should be submitted via our web site: www.sc.edu/fye/events/international/proposal.html. If you have any questions as you complete the form or prefer to have a form faxed to you contact Shana Harrison at scharri2@mailbox.sc.edu or call (803) 576-6328.
Proposal Deadline
The proposal deadline isMarch 3, 2008. Since the conference program must be finalized and presenters notified in time to provide preconference coordination, you are strongly encouraged to submit proposals as soon as possible.
Selection Criteria
Program proposals will be reviewed for selection based on appropriateness and consistency with the conference topic, timeliness of session topic, creativity of approach, and demonstration of expertise by presenters. For concurrent sessions and poster sessions, evidence of assessment is necessary and increases the likelihood of acceptance. A list of all accepted proposals topics will be available on the Center’s web site after May 26, 2008.
Presenter Information
Due to budgetary considerations, it is not possible to offer an honorarium or to waive registration fees for program presenters. All program chairs and additional presenters will be expected to register and pay appropriate conference registration fees. The cost of providing LCD projectors for conference sessions continues to reach exorbitant levels; therefore, conference organizers are unable to provide this equipment. Presenters may bring their own equipment if they wish. As an alternative to PowerPoint presentations, we encourage presenters to use overhead transparencies of their PowerPoint slides. We have found them to be equally effective.
Other audio-visual equipment, not listed on the proposal form, can be provided upon request at the presenter’s expense. If you have questions regarding audio-visual equipment, please contact Nina Glisson at ninal@mailbox.sc.edu or at (803) 777-8158.
These 60-minute sessions allow for 30-45 minutes of formal presentation and 15-30 minutes of discussion. This session type is best for those wishing to make formal presentations with questions and interaction.
Concurrent session types:
Research - These sessions are appropriate for presentations of quantitative or qualitative research that has been conducted on issues affecting first-year students.
Trends and Issues - These sessions are appropriate for presentations addressing emerging trends, current issues, and broad concepts.
Institutional Initiative - These sessions are appropriate for presentations addressing and highlighting specific programs/ initiatives that have been instituted, assessed, and shown to be successful on a particular campus.
Roundtable Discussions
These sessions are designed to promote open discussion around a significant or major issue or theme. Rather than making a formal presentation, session facilitators will encourage and maintain substantive discussion. Roundtable discussions should not emphasize any one program or institutional initiative, but rather give all session attendees an opportunity to share ideas and learn from one another’s experiences. This session type is best for those presenters wanting to share ideas and gain information from other conference participants in an open forum.
Poster Sessions
These sessions allow for 90 minutes of informal interaction with a large number of conference delegates. Poster sessions are presented in the form of an exhibit and delivered primarily through the use of visual display and handout materials. The poster session host should expect to make brief remarks, share information, and answer questions about the presentation topic. Numerous poster sessions will be scheduled concurrently, and conference delegates will be free to move from one poster session to another.
Poster session types:
Research Findings - This type of poster session is appropriate for presenting research results focused on first-year student issues
Assessed Programmatic Approaches - This type of poster session is appropriate for a presentation on a specific programmatic approach at a single institution.
Exhibitor Presentations
These sessions provide vendors the opportunity
to network with conference participants in a formal
setting providing information on publications,
products, or services. Presentations are scheduled in
a 60-minute time block during the conference.
Exhibitor Presentation Types:
Commercial (for profit) - These presentations are designed for those companies
or organizations that are interested in promoting
publications, products, or services solely
on a for-profit basis.
Commercial (academic) - These presentations are designed for research centers
or service organizations who wish to present research
findings that result from the use of commercially available
assessment or research instruments.
Non-profit -
These presentations are designed for those companies
or organizations that are interested in promoting
publications, products, or services solely
on a not-for-profit basis.
