Honors at Ohio University is hosting our second annual conference for honors students’ work in progress. Submissions for presentation proposals are now open! The deadline to submit proposals is Tuesday, February 25, 2025.

The Multidisciplinary Honors Conference - "The Big Picture" will take place on March 24-25, 2025.

So much great work is created through a process. That process might involve questioning, discovering, retooling, and navigating challenges. This conference celebrates the journey of creative, research, and community engagement. We welcome presentations on research projects, community engagement, and creative activities that are either complete or works in progress, meaning that we welcome presentations on work at various stages, from those just starting out and looking for feedback to those with conclusions and results they want to share. These projects may be, for example, a research study on water quality, an exploration of how you are preparing for a musical performance, or reflections on your leadership of a student group.

Our theme this year is the big picture. Each presentation will need to address in some way the broader cultural, environmental, political, scientific, and/or social contexts that make your project meaningful and timely to a general audience of your peers . Your presentation should also share the methods you're using or thinking about using to explore these issues, and any challenges you have encountered or anticipate encountering along the way.

This conference also celebrates multidisciplinary connections.  We welcome undergraduate students of all years, fields, and majors.  We especially encourage first-year honors students to attend and/or present works in progress at this conference as a way to connect with other students, faculty, and staff who share your interests. Presentations will be grouped into panels on related topics across disciplines. Presenters will also have the opportunity to hone their presentation skills in advance of the conference through preparatory workshops.

Prizes will be awarded  at the conference for creative questions and innovative ideas.

To apply: submit your proposal to ohp.con.progress@gmail.com by February 25, 2025, at 11:59 p.m. EST. Subject: CFP Submission (Last name)

We welcome presentations lasting 7-10 minutes using PowerPoint or similar formats.

Please attach a Word document with your maximum 250-500-word proposal, including:

• Your name, major(s), minor(s), and year (e.g., first year, sophomore, junior, senior)
• Project title and any project mentors
• Main question(s) the project endeavors to answer
• An explanation of “the big picture” surrounding your project, or the social, scientific, environmental, cultural, and/or political contexts that make your project’s goals and questions meaningful to a general audience of your undergraduate peers
• Tools, methods, and resources you are using or plan to use to approach answers
• Challenges anticipated or already faced
• If applicable, conclusions and results, even if partial

Interested in attending or volunteering? Registration will open in early March. The event will take place in the Living Learning Center (rooms 102, 104, and 150) on March 24 and 25, 2025.

If you have any questions, please email Chris Lewis at  christopherlewis@ohio.edu  and/or Amy Strieter at  as074121@ohio.edu .  We look forward to reading your proposals and strongly encourage you to apply!