Student Showcase
November 6-7, 2009, UA Mall
Eric Thompson- 1st Place Graduate Award, Biological Sciences
The GPSC hosts Student Showcase as the academic segment of Homecoming weekend every fall on the University of Arizona Mall. Over one hundredentrants participate in this exhibition of undergraduate and graduatescholarship demonstrating the wide spectrum of University studentresearch projects. With tens of thousands of visitors attending thetwo-day Homecoming event, Student Showcase offers students asignificant forum for communicating the importance of their research tothe broader University of Arizona community.
Emily Schoen- 1st Place Undergraduate Award, Visual Arts
Graduate and undergraduate students participate in Student Showcase inapproximately equal numbers. By participating, students gain valuableexperience presenting their work and interacting with the public.Additionally, with deans, faculty, advisors, staff, administrators,department and community members actively encouraged to facilitatestudent participation, Student Showcase also fosters the mentoringrelationship among students and their advisors and professors.
Implemented in 1993 by the GPSC, Student Showcase represents the onlystudent-run research exhibition of its magnitude in the United States.Students who participate in this event can be proud of their effortsand academic achievements. Demonstrating the valuable research thattakes place with the help of local and state funds to everyoneinvolved, Student Showcase also has the honor of including staterepresentatives and many other community members as judges.
Annie Smith- 2nd Place Graduate Award, Humanities Literature and Languages
Local business sponsors also contribute a substantial amount of supportfor Student Showcase each year, and have increasingly guaranteed itssuccess. An excellent reflection of the success of the University ofArizona's programs, Student Showcase allows the Tucson community totake pride in the University and its continuing capacity to furthereducation and visionary research.
