Call for Presentations

SACNAS Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting
August 28 -29, 2009

The purpose of the SACNAS Rocky Mountain Regional Meeting is to offer an academic and an informal platform that introduces SACNAS to the colleges and universities in the Rocky Mountain Region, and to the local high schools from the surrounding Denver metro area and Northern Colorado.  The event is relevant to the following cross disciplinary areas: all Natural, Social and Behavioral Sciences, Math and Engineering disciplines.  

The planning committee believes the activities planned for both College and high school groups expected to attend will bring an academic forum to the attendees and an exposure to our organizations in accordance to the SACNAS mission statement:  "SACNAS is a society of scientists dedicated to fostering the success of Hispanic/Chicano and Native American scientists-from college students to professionals-to attain advanced degrees, careers, and positions of leadership". www.sacnas.org  We hope that this event will cultivate leadership among Latinos/Chicanos, Native Americans, and other underrepresented minority students at all levels (high school, undergraduate, and graduate) in the Rocky Mountain region. This will provide extraordinary opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students in the Sciences, as well as the pre-college community. 

Sessions Guidelines

• Creativity is important in presentation style, format and title.  Consider that participants will have a wide variety of learning styles.  Highly participatory formats are generally most well received.  Please incorporate time for questions and discussion.
• Attendees at the conference will consist of community college, undergraduate and graduate students; post doctoral staff, science faculty and staff.  Please designate your target audience and session level i.e., novice or advanced.

Form Completion Information

Use the attached form to submit your proposal by email.  Should your proposal be selected, the information provided will be used in our conference program and advertisement.  Please attach a session abstract of no more than 200 words.

Download the Call for Presentations form in Word or in PDF format.