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HAPPY Hour Student Showcase
What is the HAPPY Hour Student Showcase?
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One of the best ways to grow professionally is through participation in professional conference. Thus, HAPPY Hour now also consists of a HAPPY Hour Student Showcase that highlights our undergraduate education students as presenters. The Showcase is a forum for students to share their best work with their peers during a 45-minute time slot in a mini-conference venue. This is a tremendous opportunity for professional development in which students can enhance their scholarship and presentational skills. This experience, which can be included on one’s professional resume, shows initiative and a desire to be a life-long learner, attributes highly valued by future employers.
What are the benefits to student presenters in the HAPPY Hour Student Showcase?
Student presenters:
- have a chance to share work of which they are very proud.
- learn the process of submitting proposals for a conference.
- be able to hone their presentational skills.
- participate in a real-life professional development experience.
- gain experience that they can include in their professional portfolios and resumes.
What are suitable topics for presentation?
Previous topics have included the following:
- Assignments students have completed and of which they were proud
- Strategies/activities learned in classes, workshops, internships, field experiences, conferences, etc.
- Projects about which students are enthusiastic
- Talents related to education that can be easily taught to the audience
- A strategy that worked during one’s internship and/or tips for remaining during ones' internship
How do I get involved as a presenter?
- If possible, attend some of the early Fall HAPPY Hour workshops on HAPPY Hour. In early October, there will be workshops offered on how to write a proposal to present at the Showcase.
- Student presenters are mentored throughout the entire presentation process by interested faculty/advisors and members of the HAPPY Hour Committee.
- In early January, a HAPPY Hour workshop on “Presenting Your Presentation” is dedicated solely to honing student presenters' presentational skills.
When is this year’s HAPPY Hour Student Showcase?
This year’s Showcase is:
Date: Saturday, January 30, 2010
Time: 8:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Whom do I contact for more information?
Contact: Dr. Karen Verkler, HAPPY Hour Chair
Email: kverkler@mail.ucf.edu
Office: ED 220L
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