Student Showcase Faculty Benefits

How can I help encourage participation in the annual Student Showcase?

  • I hear the word research used in Student Showcase literature. Is Student Showcase only for social and natural science students?
    Certainly not! This continues to be the biggest misconception about the Student Showcase. The Student Showcase welcomes presentations from across campus. Presentations could be a feasibility study that a business or construction management student completes as part of a capstone, a lesson an education student creates and presents to the audience, in addition to original and secondary research in any field of study. One presentation last year was on the history of Native American Fancy Dance, complete with a riveting performance by the presenter in full costume and accompanied by live music.
  • Is Student Showcase only for undergraduates?
    As the graduate programs have grown on campus, the Student Showcase has worked with Graduate Studies to make sure they are included. Student Showcase has dropped the word undergraduate from promotional materials. While graduate students may have more venues for presenting than undergraduates, we feel that the Student Showcase offers a great opportunity for graduate students to present their research in a more comfortable setting.
  • I would like to integrate Student Showcase into my class. Do you have any suggestions?
    Many professors make an assignment for their classes to attend the conference. Since the list of presentations is in a sortable database, professors can screen these by department to find projects appropriate for their class. Many professors then assign a short writing assignment on the presentations that the students view. Some professors integrate presenting at Student Showcase into their class as a regular classroom assignment, as an extra credit assignment, or simply by encouraging students to further polish a particularly strong class project.
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Share your Student Showcase Work in RED

The Livingston Lord Library invites Student Showcase posters and presentations to be uploaded to RED, MSUM's Digital Institutional Repository. This online collection showcases research and publications by MSUM faculty, staff, and students.

Why submit your project?

Benefits of Submitting Your Work:

  • Share your research with prospective employers and graduate schools using one stable link.
  • Increase the likelihood of your project being cited by other scholars.
  • Track views and downloads of your project.
  • It's free and easy to submit.

View the Student Showcase collection in RED Student Submission Guidelines

Questions about RED? Contact: red@mnstate.edu