How Can Students Participate in UGS?

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I want to present my work at UGS

• If you are a Southern Miss undergraduate student and have engaged in significant research or creative activity under the guidance of a faculty mentor, either by yourself or as a team project lead, you may submit an abstract to present your work, even if you already graduated in December prior to the UGS.
• You may submit only one abstract as presenter or co-presenter; however, you may submit an abstract and an item for the Arts Showcase.
• You must submit your project electronically by 11:59 pm on the posted deadline (to be announced; typically in early March).
• The UGS submission portal opens October 15. Log in with your SOAR ID and password.
• Apply for an oral or poster presentation here. Select from the list of competitions the most current Undergraduate Symposium on Research & Creative Activity Project Submissions.
• Please follow these title capitalization guidelines! 
• Check out the research presentation submission template! [link to empty submission form pdf]
• Check out examples of successful abstracts! 
• Apply for the Arts Showcase here. Select from the list of competitions the most current Undergraduate Symposium on Research & Creative Activity – Artist Showcase Application. Artists of all genres are encouraged to apply (e.g. dance, music, theatre, visual art, creative writing, graphic design, etc.).
• Check out the Arts Showcase submission template! [link to current submission form pdf].

I want to attend UGS but am not presenting

• If you are a Southern Miss undergraduate student who wants to attend UGS to experience a professional conference, listen to your peers’ presentations and/or watch your peers’ amazing creative works, please register here [link to registration form] as an attendee between March 15 and the posted registration deadline (to be announced) to attend the presentations and the (free!) luncheon and hear the keynote address.