SPARK Symposium

• In order to register to present, you must submit a summary of your work to the SPARK repository.
• You can submit your presentation summary here. Please follow the instructions posted.
• There is not a selection process in chosing presentations for SPARK day. Students who submit a presentation are automatically granted a spot for their presentation. 
• Email beth.bowman@belmont.edu with any questions.

We are co-hosting a WELL Core session to help you prepare for your Presentation! Check out the details below!

Work WELL #6 | Prepare | Presentation Skills, Monday, March 31, 10:00 am in JAAC 1034 

Preparing your SPARK presentation? The SPARK symposium is a special opportunity to present your work across various disciplines at Belmont. Come to this event to hear tips and tricks from faculty across Belmont about how to give a rich presentation that is also broadly accessible to students and faculty. Whether you are giving a talk, a gallery, a poster, or a performance, and if this is your first or fifteenth presentation, we will have advice that will improve your preparation! Co-Sponsored by Career & Professional Development and SPARK Symposium. 

We want your friends and faculty to know all about your presentation! We've created a Canva template that you can use to share your SPARK presentation through social media! 

We will have your presentation time and location available about a week before SPARK and will email you with that. Once you get that, you can use this template to advertise 

• Most oral presentations are 15 minutes long; however, some sessions will have different lengths.
• All rooms for oral presentations are set up for slides. Please email yourself and bring your presentation on a backup USB.
• More details about your presentation time will be sent to you about a week before your presentation.

• With the exception of Nursing, If you will be using the provided poster stands, your poster size should be 3 ft x 2 ft. Most individuals choose to make this 3 ft wide x 2 ft tall, but you could technically make your poster 2 ft wide x 3 ft tall.
• You should work with your advisor and department to get your poster printed. SPARK will not be responsible for printing your poster.
• You will be assigned a poster number. Poster stands will be set up by the morning of the presentation

• Please email your faculty mentor, session chair, or Beth Bowman (beth.bowman@belmont.edu) with questions about other presentation types. 

While there is no official dress code for SPARK, please remember this is a professional presentation opportunity. Generally speaking, business casual should be appropriate. Check in with your faculty mentor if you have any questions or concerns about dress. Keep in mind that we will have lunch on the lawn during SPARK (unless it is raining...we'll be inside then), so dress so you can enjoy lunch too.

• Earn up to 10 WELL Core credits across different categories through the day (1 for each session; up to 2 for the Poster/Gallary session) 
• Support your friends & learn about work done outside of the classroom
• Earn a SPARK Badge for attending one of each type of presentation (Scholarship, Performance, Art, Research, and Knowledge)
• Earn credit for the Career & Professional Development "My Career Plan"
• Free lunch for the first 2200 attendees! (more details to come)

• SPARK day will be held on April 16th. This day is reserved for the Symposium so that students and faculty can support the incredible work of our students. While undergraduate classes are not held on this day, this is still an academic day. Many undergraduate and some graduate courses are incorporating presentations or attendance for SPARK within their curriculum. Students should plan to attend the SPARK Symposium
• More details about the SPARK schedule will be available as we get closer to the date. You can find the general schedule of the day here, and a more detailed schedule will be available about a week before the event.

• Students who attend one presentation of each SPARK category (Scholarship, Performance, Art, Research, and Knowledge) will earn a SPARK Certificate. Session leaders have specified which category each session falls into. The details fo the SPARK types will be available with the final schedule about a week before the symposium.

• Are you interested in supporting SPARK, either before the event or during SPARK day?
• Email beth.bowman@belmont.edu. We will add you to the list of volunteers and will get you options for ways to support the event later in the spring. We'd love to have your help!