Graduate Student Poster Session Proposals

You are formally invited to submit a poster session proposal for the biannual NARACES conference on to be held Thursday, September 18-Sunday, September 21, 2008. As in the past, graduate students have a choice to propose a regular session presentation or a poster session. The conference will be held in beautiful Portland, Maine at the Holiday Inn by the Bay (see www.innbythebay.com)!
Graduate students who have their proposals accepted and present at the conference will receive a reduced rate on their conference registration. Please note that your poster does not have to be based on a research project.
 
Developing a Poster Presentation
Posters
A poster presentation allows for question-and-answer sessions, and the exchange of ideas and information regarding your research, project, or innovative ideas.

Organization and Layout

The tri-fold board is ideal for a poster presentation and can be purchased at Wal-Mart or Staples type stores.

General Tips:

Presenter name(s): Institution and department
The title should be readable from 20 feet away.
The body of the writing should be readable from 6 feet away.
Make section headings distinct from the body of your writing.
Use graphics, photos, and pictures, anything that visually represents your presentation.
For display, print PowerPoint slides and tape them to the poster board.
Add emphasis with bold, underline, or color. Italics are harder to read.
Used effectively, color is an effective method of attracting people to your poster.
Use contrasting colors for readability and a professional look.
Mount your printed material (text and graphics) on a colored background to create a border/frame.
Prepare handouts that highlight the key points of you research or project ideas.
For more information on what a poster session looks like, please see: http://www.gmu.edu/departments/writingcenter/ppt/index.htm

You need to:
Complete the proposal form online.

SAVE and E-mail the form by April 20, 2008 to: kdouthit@warner.rochester.edu
If your poster is accepted:
Prepare materials you wish to hand out to conference participants. It is especially helpful if, for example, your topic is “needs assessments” to have copies of your needs assessments for participants to use at their setting. You might even consider giving out copies of materials on CD. Whatever makes your poster practical and informative will be extremely well-received by participants.

Click here for the application

SCHOLARSHIP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The North Atlantic Region Association of Counselor Education and Supervision is pleased to invite applications for our scholarship to assist graduate students and first year faculty members in attending the NARACES regional conference. 

Eligible applicants will be students in a Master's or Doctoral program in Counseling or Counseling Department Faculty in their first year of teaching, who have had a proposal accepted at the regional conference and are in need of financial support in order to attend. 

Applicants should submit a letter of application which includes the title of their accepted proposal and the school and department in which you are currently enrolled- or in which you teach, a brief description of your presentation and how it will contribute to knowledge in the field of counseling in general and to your area of interest in particular.  Included in the application should be two letters of reference from current faculty in which they describe how they see your participation in the conference as beneficial to your learning process.  

Awards will include some level of support for travel and lodging costs for the NARACES conference, as well as the waiver of conference fees. In an attempt to support as many people as possible, partial scholarships up to $500 will be awarded in addition to a waiver of the conference fees.

Letters of application will be accepted after notification of proposal acceptances until August 15, 2008 and should be sent to:

Diane Kurinsky, Ed.D.

Chair, Scholarship Committee

Antioch University, New England

Keene, NH 03431

durinsky@antiochne.edu

email submissions encouraged