Hobart and William Smith Colleges

Registration is open from March 1 - March 11 at 2:00 pm. This deadline is absolute; we can accept NO late registrations.

Registration requires the following: a faculty sponsor, an application form, and a publication-ready abstract submitted online. You must complete all the registration steps by the March 11 deadline. To do so, please follow the following four steps:

1. Find a faculty sponsor (your sponsor will review your application materials and guide you through the registration process, and will assess and sign-off on your registration and abstract);
2. Fill out and upload a symposium registration form (coming soon);
3. Create a publication-ready project abstract that conforms to the abstract guidelines;
4. Submit the application and abstract online.

Registration Confirmation

Once all steps in the registration process are complete, you will receive an e-mail from the Center for Teaching and Learning confirming your registration. If you have additional questions, please contact Ruth Shields at shields@hws.edu or x3959.

A large part of Senior Symposium success relies on faculty participation, in several different roles:

• Seeking out students of promise and encouraging them to participate;
• Sponsoring students by reviewing their applications and abstracts (to be accepted, all applications must have a faculty sponsor's approval);
• Guiding applicants toward the abstract writing and presentation workshops, as well as the sample abstracts available on this website, and using their expertise and experience to help ensure high quality in the student's application and presentation;
• Facilitating those workshops using that same expertise and experience;
• Moderating students' panel presentations on Symposium Day;
• Embedding Senior Symposium attendance in your spring classes and encouraging your students and advisees to attend;
• And of course, attending Senior Symposium yourself and celebrating our students.

If you would like to volunteer to run an abstract writing or presentation workshop or if you have any questions about the student application process, please contact Ruth Shields at shields@hws.edu or x3959.