Dates of Event
Tuesday, April 29th & Wednesday, April 30th 2025
The 20th WNMU Student Symposium presentations start at 9 a.m. on April 29th and 30th at the Miller Library Commons and SMB Mall Area.
This event will feature presentations (poster, oral, exhibits) in both face-to-face and oral formats by students from all of our campuses (e.g., Silver City, Deming Learning Center, and international universities with which WNMU has a formal relationship).
Students of all disciplines are encouraged to present projects that pertain to research, public service, technology, industrial/applied technology, and more. We also encourage exhibits of scholarship and teaching along with any other innovative ideas and creative works for the enjoyment of the WNMU community and the public.
To watch the presentations virtually, click HERE or Attend the Symposium virtually box below. For Zoom help, click HERE!
Keynote Speakers
Coming up
Participating Organizations of Career Expo
Employers! Door Prizes! Food! Dynamic Student Presentations! Stop by the 20th WNMU Student Symposium and Career Expo, Miller Library and SMB Mall Area, all day.
Submit a Proposal
Please submit your proposals via the Submit a Proposal link below.
Proposal Due Date: Wednesday, April 23rd
Note. To submit your pre-recorded presentations, please find the directions below.
Pre-recorded Presentations
Upload your video to your YouTube account and send the link to media.technologies@wnmu.edu so we can feature your presentation on our symposium portal. If you do not know how to upload a video, please read the directions below. (You can also submit your link using the Submit a Proposal Form and paste the link into the ‘Other’ for method of delivery)
If you haven’t already done so, create a YouTube account.
1. Go to YouTube.
2. In the top right, click Sign in.
3. Click Create Account.
4. Choose For myself or To manage my business.
Before you upload your video
Make sure your video file is supported: Before you can successfully upload your video to YouTube, make sure that the platform supports the video you’re using. You can find the full list of supported files here:
| .MOV | .AVI | .FLV | DNxHR |
| .MPEG4 | .WMV | 3GPP | ProRes |
| .MP4 | .MPEGPS | WebM | CineForm |
| HEVC (h265) |
If your video file type isn’t listed above, you will need to re-export it using a supported format or see YouTube’s troubleshooter to find out how to convert it.
To upload your video
- Log in to your YouTube account.
- Click on the video icon at the top right-hand side of the window next to your user icon, messages, apps, and notifications.
- Click ‘Upload Video.’
- Then, press ‘select files to upload’ to find the video file saved on your computer. Alternatively, you can drag and drop it into the window.
- Change the name of your video
- Add a search engine optimization friendly title so that it’s easily discoverable via search engines.
- Add a description of the video so people know what your content is about before watching it.
- Add tags (e.g.,2023 WNMU Symposium), which act as tools to aid in the discovery of your video.
Now that your video has been successfully uploaded to YouTube, it can be discovered by others and used in the 2020 Academic Research Symposium.
If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to Michael Acosta.
Undergraduate Spring Writing Contest
Faculty members in any discipline are invited to nominate an undergraduate student who has produced a particularly excellent paper this semester or any time during this academic year.
Papers should be thesis-driven research writing in the 7-15 page range (roughly 1800-3750 words) and should include standard academic apparatus such as a References page and correct documentation of sources. An abstract is optional.
The professors and not the students will submit the nominated work.
Here is the recommended procedure for submissions:
1. Contact the student you plan to nominate, inform them of the honor, and receive their permission.
2. The submissions need to be completely clean copies without any instructor comments or grades. Let the student know that any final revisions before submitting are acceptable.
3. Have the student e-mail you the paper as a .docx or .pdf file, then forward it to academicwriting@wnmu.edu. If it is felt that a brief description of the assignment would be helpful for us to properly judge the document, feel to include one, but this is purely optional.
4. Submissions must be received by April 8. Confirmation of the submission will be sent both to the professor and student. A faculty committee will determine the winners, who will then be acknowledged at this semester’s Student Symposium. Prizes will be awarded as well.
Research Funding
Steering Committee
Michael Acosta, Bart Brown, Wen-Chi-Chen, Benji Cline, Fran Driver, Brenda Diaz Nunez, Barbara Flores, Dean Foster, Scott Fritz, April Hanson, Magdaleno Manzanarez, Tomas Marrufo, Anna-Marie Menhenott, William (“Bill”) Norris, Kate Oubre, Kim Petrovic, Tanya Rivers, Gregory Robinson, Jason Stahlhut, Marie Weide, Erin Wheary, Kathy Whiteman, Dominique Williams
Contact
| Dr. William (Bill) Norris William.Norris@wnmu.edu Phone: 575-538-6625
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Dr. Scott Fritz Scott.Fritz@wnmu.edu Phone: 575-538-6823 |
