Opening Remarks

Opening Remarks

Welcome to the 2024 Celebrating Student Research Conference.

We are very pleased to be here today to celebrate the work that our students do at UMass Dartmouth. This event brings together our undergraduates in English & Communication, graduate students in the Professional Writing & Communication program. Our purpose is to celebrate your work as students; to see the breadth of our scholarship and writing; and to discuss our writing, particularly as works in progress.

To that end, we have organized 4 Panel Discussions and a Poster Presentation/Gallery Walk:

  • Roundtable Discussion. Each presenter gives a 5 minute overview of their work followed by questions and discussion
  • Poster Presentation/Gallery Walk. Each presenter has prepared an infographic/poster of their work and a 2–3 minute presentation

And, we have cookies at 3:30 and pizza at 5 pm.

Congratulations! to those of you who are graduating.

Thank You’s

Many faculty members in the English & Communication department worked on this conference. Big and many thank you’s to:

  • Conference organizers:  Katie DeLuca, Caroline Gelmi, and Laurel Hankins
  • Conference moderators:
  • Faculty who have worked with students to develop their presentations and their thesis portfolios: Chris Eisenhart, Alexis Teagarden, Elisabeth Buck, Shari Evans, Stan Harrison, Caroline Gelmi, and Laurel Hankins.