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<span style="color: black;">I am reaching out today with an important reminder. The Showcase of Undergraduate Research and Internship Symposium is fast approaching and the deadline for abstract submission is
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<span style="color: black;">Students <u>MUST</u> submit their abstracts to the SURIS proposal portal by
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<span style="color: black;">For your convenience, the submission portal is linked below. Please share it with your students. </span></p>
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<u><span style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);"><a href="https://fgcu.formstack.com/forms/undergrad_research_and_internship_symposium_2022"><span style="color: blue;">Showcase of Undergraduate and Internship Symposium Abstract Submission Portal</span></a></span></u><span style="color: black;"> </span></p>
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<span style="color: black;">Please refer to the dates below for important milestones and deadlines:</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;"> </span></p>
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<b><span style="color: black;">Important Dates:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;"> </span><span style="color: black;"></span></p>
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<span style="color: black;">Wednesday, 23 November Abstract submission portal on Formstack will close. Please be mindful of this date as we will not be able to accommodate late submissions. SURIS is limited to only undergraduate capstone and research
internship projects (i.e. no graduate student or faculty presenters, please). It will be the departmental contact will be responsible for acceptance, organization, and printing of the submissions for the symposium. </span></p>
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<span style="color: black;">Friday, 2 December All abstracts should be approved by department contact.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;"> </span></p>
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<span style="color: black;">23 November – </span>8 December Communication from SISR and Whitaker Center regarding event details will be frequent.<span style="font-size:10.0pt"> </span></p>
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<span style="color: black;">Should you wish to invite community partners, we will supply you with a template invitation that allows for some level of customization.</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;"> </span></p>
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<span style="color: black;">Departments arrange for the printing of posters at the poster printer </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;"> </span></p>
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<span style="color: black;">Friday, 9 December The Big Day! 3:00–5:30pm. We will organize departments and majors according to “streets” and “street signs”. A QR coded program will be available listing the student presenters and their projects. </span></p>
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<span style="color: black;">If you have any questions, your Whitaker and SISR points of contact are noted below:</span></p>
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<b><span style="color: black;">DEPARTMENT CHAIRS: Please respond to Melodie or myself identifying your department’s SURIS coordinator. This person will be responsible for student communication and your department’s poster printing.</span></b></p>
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<span style="color: black;">Heather Skaza Acosta, Interim Director, Whitaker Center for STEM Education</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;"> </span></p>
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<span style="color: black;"><a href="mailto:hskaza-acosta@fgcu.edu"><span style="color: blue;">hskaza-acosta@fgcu.edu</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;"> </span></p>
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<span style="color: black;">Debra Boucher, Administrative Assistant</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;"> </span></p>
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<span style="color: black; background-color: white;"><a href="mailto:deboucher@fgcu.edu"><span style="color: blue;">deboucher@fgcu.edu</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;"> </span></p>
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<span style="color: black;">The Water School</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;"> </span></p>
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<span style="color: black;">Melodie Eichbauer, Interim Director of SISR</span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;"> </span></p>
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<span style="color: black;"><a href="mailto:meichbauer@fgcu.edu"><span style="color: blue;">meichbauer@fgcu.edu</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: black;"> </span></p>
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<span style="color: black;">Santiago Luaces, Coordinator of SISR</span></p>
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<span style="color: black;"><a href="mailto:sluaces@fgcu.edu"><span style="color: blue;">sluaces@fgcu.edu</span></a></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; color: rgb(59, 129, 45);">Heather Skaza Acosta, Ph.D. (she/her)</span><span style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);">Interim Director, Whitaker Center for STEM Education</span><span style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);">Associate Professor of Environmental Education </span><span style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);">Florida Gulf Coast University</span><span style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"></span></p>
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<u><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);">10501 FGCU Blvd. South</span></u><span style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"></span></p>
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<u><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);">Fort Myers, FL 33965-6565</span></u><span style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"></span></p>
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<u><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(32, 31, 30);">239-590-7379</span></u><span style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"></span></p>
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<span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(33, 33, 33);"><a href="mailto:hskaza-acosta@fgcu.edu" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">hskaza-acosta@fgcu.edu</span></a></span></p>
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<i><span style="color: black;">Florida has a very broad public records law. As a result, any written communication created or received by Florida Gulf Coast University employees is subject to disclosure to the public and the media, upon request, unless otherwise
exempt. Under Florida law, e-mail addresses are public records. If you do not want your email address released in response to a public records request, do not send electronic mail to this entity. Instead, contact this office by phone or in writing.</span></i></p>
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