Student Showcase - Friday, April 19th, 2019

Main Campus, CMU 

Welcome to the 10th Anniversary of the Student Showcase!

We are thrilled to have nearly 300 student projects and almost 550 students in the Showcase this year. Please join us on this amazing day as these students share their accomplishments with the community.

The 2019 Student Showcase Program is now available! 

The Program is a detailed guide to the Showcase events that will occur on April 19th. It includes the names of the student participants, faculty sponsors, and facilitators. It also includes information on each track and has abstracts for all of the projects that have been submitted.

Key Showcase Events

Student Showcase Participant Check-In

Time: 10:00 am to 2:00 pm

Location:  Nook Area, First Floor, University Center

If you have a project in the Showcase, please check in to receive your packet of materials. If you are a member of a group project, please send one member of the group to pick up the materials for everyone in your group. Earlybirds will receive CMU swag during check-in!

Judges' Check-In

Time: 12:45 pm to 1:45 pm

Location: Near the Love Recital Hall on the north end of the Moss Performing Arts Center

If you have kindly agreed to be a judge, please check-in to receive your packet of materials and to get oriented to the judging process. Please check in earlier rather than later, if possible. At 1:45 pm, the facilitators of each track will escort the judges to the appropriate areas for the judging to begin.

Kick-Off Event

Time: 1:15 pm to 1:45 pm

Location: Love Recital Hall in the Moss Performing Arts Center

Please join us in kicking off the Student Showcase with a TED-style talk on Mental Health in the Grand Valley. Our speaker, Ms. Kati Garner, has been invited by the Alpha Chi Honor Society to tell us about how the Stop, Collaborate, and Listen initiative has made progress in ensuring that people who need mental health resources are able to access them efficiently.

Bronze Pour Demonstration

Time: 3:15 pm

Location: Fine Arts Building Foundry (in the area just behind the Fine Arts Building) 

Please join us in witnessing the culminating work of an artist using the lost wax process. Molten metal will be poured into a ceramic shell as part of the process that allows for the formation of a bronze sculpture.

Showcase Sessions

Time: 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm

Locations: All over campus, including Houston Hall, Moss Performing Arts Center, Wubben Hall & Science Center, Dominguez Hall, Escalante Hall, the Fine Arts Building, the Plaza, the Monfort Family Human Performance Lab in the Maverick Center, and the University Center. Please refer to the Program for more details on each of the tracks, their timings, and their locations.

This is the heart of Student Showcase! Students from all disciplines will be performing, speaking, demonstrating, exhibiting their original projects. Each of them has worked with a faculty sponsor in developing the projects and has spent countless hours preparing for this day!

Awards Ceremony

Time: 4:30 pm 

Location: University Center Meyer Ballroom

Please join us as we honor the students and the faculty sponsors during this event that caps off an exciting day for all of us on campus. Refreshments will be served! 

What is the Showcase?

Who is eligible to participate in the Showcase?

How do students apply to be in the Showcase?

The Student Showcase is a chance for students to share their talents and accomplishments with their families, friends and community.

Our motto is PARTICIPATE, ELEVATE AND INSPIRE!