Overview
Honors College students who complete Capstones and +Honors Contract Coursework are invited to share their academic work in the form of short digital presentations as part of our Public Scholarship Program developed by Honors College Faculty Fellow Dr. Kristen Syrett.
Students are able to fulfill their public scholarship requirement for Capstone and +Honors Contract Courses by presenting in their classes, departments, the Aresty Research Center Symposium, topic-specific conferences both locally and nationally, Douglass Discovery Day, and in other forums that provide an appropriate audience and an opportunity to engage in substantive dialogue about their studies.
Honors students are also invited to participate in our Honors College Public Scholarship Program, where they receive expert coaching to succinctly present an idea in a way that is both accessible and captivates an audience in digital form.
The Honors College has a strong history of supporting our students as they share their scholarly pursuits in a variety of formats, from preserving work through the Rutgers Libraries to guidance on creating posters for department defenses. Our digital catalog of scholarly presentations showcases the work of our students for a broad audience, highlighting the variety of academic explorations our students engage in daily.
We hope you enjoy our Honors College Public Scholarship Presentations!
Register to Participate
All Honors College students who are not utilizing a traditional public scholarship opportunity are required to participate in our Honors College Public Scholarship Program (PSP) to fulfill their Capstone or +Honors Contract Course public scholarship requirement.
Capstone and +Honors Contract Course students will be contacted with program registration information during the appropriate semester of their studies.
Students in the PSP are required to attend a minimum of 2 coaching sessions, virtually, and submit a video of their presentation.
Academic Project Abstract
Abstract Format
The abstract should be approximately 300 words.
The abstract is intended to be a summary of the core of what the student learned, and should clearly, succinctly convey the topic to a broad audience outside of the student’s course or discipline.
It should have a title and the student’s name at the top of the page. The file should be saved as lastname_firstname_psp
The abstract serves two purposes:
First, it is the first opportunity the student has to summarize their core learning in a clear, engaging way, and think about how to convey the information to an audience that will captivate. The content depends on what the topic of interest is, and what the purpose of the public scholarship presentation is (e.g., a capstone project, graduate courses, thesis, independent research, an honors contract course, etc.).
Second, it is the starting point for coaching. The coach reads each abstract and title and begins to assess where the student is in capturing the most engaging element of their learning in a way that will captivate a broad audience, how much work will need to be done to get to the final product and the finish line, and what kind of guidance will help get the student there.
For these reasons, the abstract that is submitted with the PSP application is not intended to be distributed to a wider audience and will only be shared between the student and the coach.
Please view the Writing Abstracts page for help in writing a strong abstract.
QUESTIONS
For any questions, please email Dean Rydel.