• The exam is an optional, extra credit assignment.
• The exam is a take-home, online assignment due by the end of your exam period (officially due by 9:45 AM on Sat, May 10).
• The exam will take you 15 to 30 minutes to complete. Think of it as taking the same time as an in-class writing activity,
• The exam will open the last day of classes.

Note that the exam will open before I will post the grades for your remix projects. If you are unsure whether you want to complete the final, I suggest you go ahead and plan on doing it. It cannot hurt your grade.

Friday is the last day to for requesting rescheduling of final examinations that conflict or constitute a third exam in 24 hours. (See your Academic Dean for the form/more information.)

1. The Armstrong Family Foundation Award for Communication Design recognizes outstanding design in professional writing. The award is presented for work that demonstrates the ability to design information for a specific purpose and audience. It carries a cash prize of $200.
2. The Robert Dedman, Jr. Award for Professional Writing recognizes outstanding work in professional writing that demonstrates the author’s ability to create effective texts that explain, instruct, or persuade for a specific audience and purpose. It carries a cash prize of $245.

Eligible submissions for these awards include any work created for a professional writing course or for the workplace (reports, websites, SOPs, posters, research papers, social media campaigns, posters. etc.). Find more information at http://www.undergraduate.english.vt.edu/awards/index.html

The submission deadline for both awards is April 18. Use the related cover sheet for the Armstrong Family Foundation Award for Communication Design and the
Robert Dedman, Jr. Award for Professional Writing with your submission.

There is also a T-shirt/Poster Design Contest for the conference, with cash prizes for the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place. See the UGRC Tshirt Contest Guidelines for more information. The deadline for contest submissions is February 4.

What is the Undergraduate Research Conference?

The conference is a one-day event that showcases the wide variety of writings and other products students create in literature, professional writing, and creative writing classes. Whether you consider yourself a poet, a professional writer, or a literary scholar, you will discover a place for your work at the undergraduate conference.

Why should I participate?

• Conference participation helps you hone your writing, research, and presentation skills, build your resume for graduate or professional school, and get the mentoring you need as you make the transition from student to professional.
• In addition, participating in a small, supportive conference like this one can build your confidence, motivating you to participate in university-wide, regional, or national research conferences.
• Your participation may also make you more competitive for undergraduate research awards, such as those offered by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences under the sponsorship of the Undergraduate Research Institute.

What do I submit?

• critical essay, research essay, a composition essay
• poetry, creative nonfiction piece, or fiction (short story, play excerpt)
  poster, project
• video/movie, website
• grant proposal (or other professional writing document)