FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                              October 6, 2006

ABSTRACTS WANTED FOR RANGER RESEARCH DAY

            Northwestern Oklahoma State University students and faculty members are invited to begin submitting abstracts for the first Ranger Research Day scheduled for March 30, 2007.

            All faculty members and all students with faculty sponsors are eligible to submit abstracts outlining their research projects. Each abstract should be 100-250 words in APA format. Entry forms are available online at www.nwosu.edu/graduate/research/entry.dot and must be submitted as an e-mail attachment to Dr. Rodney Murrow at rcmurrow@nwosu.edu. Murrow is director of graduate studies and chair of the Research Day committee.

            The deadline for submission of abstracts is Friday, Feb. 16, 2007.

            After submitting the abstract, each researcher will need to prepare a poster presentation of their subject. Posters can either be flat (with some sort of easel or other means of holding them upright) or a tri-fold or other “folded” design. The overall poster size cannot exceed 4 feet by 4 feet. On Research Day, the university will provide only a table for display; the researcher will be responsible for everything else.

            Murrow said display options are limited only by the researcher’s imagination and the size restrictions. He described a poster as a vigorous hybrid of scholarly paper and museum exhibit. Like a paper, it should be built around an argument, but like an exhibit, it should be a visual experience.

            Posters should include an abstract, a short introduction, aim(s) of the study, results and discussion. Lettering should be large and legible.

            Murrow also noted that the competition is open to all academic disciplines to include arts and music, business, education, liberal arts, math and science. A complete list of the abstract categories, codes and disciplines, as well as other information about Ranger Research Day is available at www.nwosu.edu/graduate/research.

            Poster presentations will be eligible for an award within each category. All entries will receive a certificate of participation and researchers will be encouraged to enter their research project in Oklahoma Research Day held at the University of Central Oklahoma in Edmond in the fall of 2007. This web site contains links that provide information about and examples of research posters.

            Dr. Stephen W. Painton, 1969 Northwestern graduate and chair of the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, will be the keynote speaker at Ranger Research Day.

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