To apply to participate in the 2023 Showcase, please follow these directions when the Student Showcase app is available to all students in January of 2023:
In order to apply in 2023, please use the Student Showcase app in your MAVzone. The app will lead you to the online application form. Once you log into MAVzone:
- Click on Applications on the left side of the screen.
- On the Applications dashboard, find the Showcase App under Trending Apps.*
- Click on the Student Showcase App to complete your Showcase application and submit your accompanying abstract.
*If the Showcase App does not appear under your Trending Apps, please click on Applications on the left side of your MAVzone screen. Then, scroll down to find the app or use the search function with the term "Student Showcase" to find the app.
Applying to Participate as a Group
If you are part of a group project, please choose one person in your group to submit the application. This person will be the primary contact person for your group project and will be able to enter all of the co-presenter names into the application.
Application Deadline
The applications for the 2023 Showcase will be due March 8, 2023.
Faculty Sponsor Approval Process
Once the student/primary contact person has submitted the online application, it will automatically be routed to the faculty sponsor, as noted in the application, for approval. If more than one faculty sponsor is listed, the application will be routed to the first (primary) sponsor listed. The Showcase Planning Committee will only consider a submission after the faculty sponsor has approved the application and the accompanying abstract. If the faculty sponsor finds errors in the submission, s/he/they may ask the student to revise and resubmit the application/abstract, if there is still time to do so before the deadline.
In general, please apply earlier rather than later to ensure that there is plenty of time for your faculty sponsor to review your abstract and approve it by the application deadline.
- Students are limited to participating in a maximum of two projects.
- Incomplete applications will not be accepted.
- Applications may be submitted for individual or group presentations.
- All applications must identify a faculty sponsor. More than one sponsor is acceptable. Please confirm that the faculty member(s) agrees to provide sponsorship for your project prior to completing the application. The faculty sponsor must be a current CMU faculty member or one that mentored you in the previous summer or fall.
- Students currently enrolled at Colorado Mesa University (at either the Grand Junction or Montrose locations) or at Western Colorado Community College are eligible to apply for participation in the Student Showcase.
- Undergraduate and graduate students are both eligible to participate.
- All applications must include an abstract. (See the Abstract Information tab for requirements, formatting guidelines, and examples.) You can type your abstract into the Abstract field of the application or copy/paste the text of the abstract into it. Your abstract will be published as submitted in the application form. It is your responsibility to carefully review for spelling, formatting and/or content errors.
- Students with disabilities are encouraged to apply. For accommodations for the application process, please contact the Academic Affairs office at 970-248-1881 or [email protected]. Once your application has been accepted, please let Dr. Middleton know what accommodations you need for presenting your project by April 14th, 2023.
*If your faculty sponsor is not listed in the application, please email [email protected]. Your sponsor can be added to the list.
- Your completed abstract, previously reviewed by your faculty sponsor.
- The name, email address, and academic department of your faculty sponsor(s). More than one sponsor is acceptable. If you have more than one sponsor, the first sponsor you list will be the primary sponsor. This is the sponsor who will need to approve your application and abstract.
- If you complete the application on behalf of a group of presenters, you will also need each group member's complete first and last name and CMU email address.
- Whichever student completes the application on behalf of a group will be considered the primary contact person for the presentation.
- Only one application should be submitted for a group presentation, with the submitting student listing the other group members as co-presenters on the application.
- You will know your application submission was successful if you are taken to the confirmation message after your complete the application.
- The faculty sponsor/mentor (your primary sponsor, if you have more than one sponsor) that you list in your application will receive a separate confirmation email.
- The planning committee will review your submission only after your faculty sponsor has approved the submission.
- By the beginning of April, presenters (or the primary contact persons, in the case of group presentations) will be notified of whether their project has been accepted into the Showcase.
- By mid-April, presenters/primary contact person will receive information via email with details for the Showcase schedule.
- Please check this website periodically for new Showcase details.