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Here are two important items from the MCB UAO: ******************************** ******************************** 1. SIGN UP FOR MCB POSTER SESSION, 4/21/2006, 3-5 pm Any MCB undergraduate can participate in the poster session. Read on. Sign up for Spring 2006 Honors Presentations Deadline - Friday, March 24, 2006 Presenting your research in an approved forum is a necessary step in order to received departmental honors upon graduation from MCB. During the spring, the MCB department offers two types of events in which students present their honors research. Students either choose to participate in the poster session, which is open to all MCB undergraduates, or ask to be considered for one of the five symposia. (If your abstract is not chosen, you would then be expected to present a poster on April 21st.) The deadline to sign up is Friday, March 24, 2006. Click here for the link http://mcb2.berkeley.edu/undergrad/presentation.html. Guidelines for participating in one of the symposia: Selection Due to time limitations, a selection process based on GPA and research abstracts is used to keep each symposium to two hours in length. In general, approximately ten students are selected for each symposium. Presentations Students present their research using overheads, powerpoint or slides and field questions from the faculty, lab teams, family, and peers in the audience. Each presentation is usually seven to ten minutes in length, depending on how many participants must be accommodated. Suggested Components Your primary source for guidance on the content of your presentation is your lab cadre. Rehearse (and time) your presentation at least once in front of your lab mentor and colleagues. o Background and Introduction. This provides the audience with an understanding of the research problem or question and how this research will add new information in the field. o Methodology. Discuss the techniques utilized in this research project. o Results o Conclusion and Future Directions o Acknowledgements. Thank the people who have contributed to the success of your project. NOTE TO BMB HONORS STUDENTS: BMB students wishing to be considered for one of the divisional awards, given during the commencement ceremony, must sign up for the symposium (not the poster session), and complete their thesis to be submitted during the week of the symposium. Poster Guidelines Your project will be on a table and therefore must be **FREE-STANDING**. Free-standing display boards are available at most office supply stores (Staples, Radston's, Office Max) for under $10. The dimensions must not exceed 48" in width. You can find detailed information about creating a poster on our web site, http://mcb.berkeley.edu/undergrad/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=62. Additionally, we will send out an email about a workshop on creating posters later in the semester. Please let me know if you have any questions. ~Anne ******************************** ******************************** 2. AUDITIONS - COMMENCEMENT STUDENT SPEAKER Each spring, the MCB Department holds auditions for the undergraduate Commencement speaker. The audition is open to all MCB seniors participating in Commencement. At the audition, speakers stand before an audience of MCB peers, staff, and faculty to present their own Commencement speech. After hearing all the speeches, the audience convenes to compare notes and select the person who will best represent the graduating class at Commencement. Selection Criteria The speeches will be evaluated on the following: Content The content should be entertaining, meaningful, and easy to follow. It should appeal to all MCB students regardless of emphasis, as well as to families and faculty. Successful speeches of past years have focused on the MCB, rather than Berkeley, experience. Presentation The delivery should be engaging and appropriate to the occasion. The speaker should be easy to hear and understand, as well as rehearsed and comfortable speaking in front of very large audiences. Length The actual speech cannot be longer than five minutes to the second. To Audition Sign up to audition by bringing a copy of your speech to the MCB Undergraduate Affairs Office (2083 VLSB) by Thursday, April 27 at 3 PM. Your audition time will be confirmed via e-mail. Auditions will be held on Tuesday, May 2, 2006 from 3:30-5 pm in 2040 VLSB To Judge Any graduating senior can attend the audition and help select the speaker. No prior registration is needed, but you must attend theentire audition. For More Information... 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