Student Academic Showcase

2024 artwork display and poster presentation in the Collaboratory

The Student Academic Showcase is a campus-wide celebration featuring student learning and research journeys, collaborations, community partners, and networking.

This annual event is comprehensive and features students across all academic disciplines. It provides a platform where students can share their achievements and raise awareness on diverse topics from environmental studies to educational improvements.

The Student Academic showcase will be May 12-14, 2026.

New this year! Awards will be given to both student presenters and mentors:

Student presenter awards (all formats) will be assessed based on their demonstration of experiential learning, personal and professional growth, effective communication, and broader impact.

Mentor awards (faculty, staff and community partners) will be awarded based on the mentor’s direct involvement in the Showcase for: encouraging students to present (required), participating as a moderator or evaluator, and bringing your Spring Quarter class or student cohort to the Showcase.

A Submission Guidelines for Students handout, poster, banners and graphics can be downloaded from the promo kit folder.

Planning for the Poster Session (for presenters)

Posters should be 32″ tall by 40″ wide (same for UW Symposium) and submitted as a .pdf file. Double check the document size when opening in Adobe Reader, go to Menu/ Document Properties and look for Page Size. Email uwbocl@uw.edu with any questions.
If you ordered your poster to be printed by Connected Learning – they are ready in the Makerspace (back conference room, DH-152). You can take a look at them, take it with you, OR leave them there and staff will put them out for you for the poster session. All you have to do is show up!
If you need last minute printing, DO NOT order from Staples online which routes large format printing to a warehouse and ships in the mail. CALL the store and talk to the print shop counter. They will tell you if they have the capacity to print within your time frame and give you their (unpublished) email to send your document in. Send them both the saved pdf and the original document (pptx or Canva link with edit access). Then you pay at the counter when you pick up. *Note, try this 40% off coupon code for posters #76495 at checkout.

2026 Schedule

At a Glance:

May 12
- Community Partner Appreciation Breakfast, 8:30-9:30am
- Oral presentations, 9:45am-3:15pm
May 13, Oral presentations, 9:45am-2:15pm
May 14
- Oral presentations, 9:45am-3:15pm
- Poster Presentations, 11:30AM – 2:30PM, Makerspace Disc-152.
  - Students present for either the first block (11:30-1pm) or the second block (1-2:30pm)

View the 2026 full presenter schedule

This full schedule includes times, room numbers, presentation titles, student presenters (and collaborators), and mentor names (if provided).
View information on how to get to campus, including a map of campus with buildings and parking garages.

All of the students I nominated were very excited. It gave them an opportunity to take themselves seriously as researchers and they learned a lot about how to give a professional presentation, including how to handle the Q&A. It was a tremendous learning experience and confidence builder. I also saw families there beaming with pride at what their kids were achieving.
Dr. Yolanda Padilla, Associate Professor, Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences

Showcase News

Students share their projects with a listener

Student research and capstone projects celebrated in annual showcase

Students in the annual Student Academic Showcase present on research from “Improving access to heart monitoring” to the “Investigating perfectionism and self-compassion.”

Read about the 2025 Showcase