Be a part of the Saint Leo University Community for a Celebration of Academic Excellence
Please mark your calendars for this year’s Celebration of Academic Excellence which will be held on Thursday, April 3, 2025 with concurrent student presentations from 1:00-3:50pm followed by an Awards Ceremony at 4:00pm in the SCC Boardrooms and a reception immediately after in the SCC Front Logia
Classes will follow a shortened schedule to allow for participation throughout the day.
All students must have the sponsorship of a Faculty Mentor who has overseen the student(s)’ work, who attests to its readiness for the event, and who will complete and submit the electronic submission form on their behalf by clicking on the link below.
If you have a grad or online student who wishes to present please email penny.freeman@saintleo.edu for details.
Students may present in one of two categories: (1) presentation or (2) poster/artwork session, but may not participate in more than one session. There are three sessions for the oral presentations with each session being 50 minutes long. The length of each student(s) presentation should be adjusted according to how many students are in that session.
Fill out the form below to submit presentations.
Excellence for an Oral Presentation Award
Students wishing to be considered for the Excellence for an Oral Presentation award must have their faculty Mentor indicate this on the submission form. The Academic Excellence Committee will select four finalists from the abstracts submitted. The four finalists will each receive a certificate of distinction and one will be awarded the Excellence for an Oral Presentation Award.
Oral presentations will be judged for creativity, organization of content, knowledge of material, clarity of artwork (charts, graphs, slides), and overall presentation. If a student is chosen to be in the Oral Presentation Award session their presentation should be no more than 10 minutes long.
Excellence for a Poster Presentation Awards
Poster presentations will be judged during sessions I & II for organization and creativity, organization of content, technical procedures employed (when applicable), knowledge of material, clarity of artwork (charts, graphs, images), appearance of poster, and overall presentation.
Certificates will be given to the second and third place winners. The first place winner will receive the Excellence for a Poster Presentation Award, along with a certificate provided to the Faculty Mentor.
Completed submission forms for all presentations and posters/artwork must be submitted by the Faculty Mentor no later than Thursday, March 13, 2025 by 5:00 PM. No submissions will be accepted after the March 13th deadline.
Faculty Mentors will receive confirmation of the acceptance of their submissions and follow-up instructions shortly after the deadline.
For more information on submission criteria, please see the event submission form.
Submission Deadline:
Submission Deadline: Thursday, March 13, 2025 by 5:00 PM
Only This Online Submission Form Will Be Accepted.
- Faculty mentor is responsible for reviewing this form for completeness and to ensure the quality of the abstract. All sections are required.
- Faculty mentor is responsible for submitting this form by the submission deadline Thursday, March 13, 2025 by 5:00 PM.
- Submissions will not be accepted if the form is incomplete or received after the submission deadline. Students are limited to ONE presentation/poster/artwork.
Click the button below to submit presentations if the on-page form does not load.