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Sac State & CSU Grad Slam Competition
Get Ready for Grad Slam 2023!
CSU Grad Slam is Friday, May 5th!
Click here to register your attendance and secure your link to watch the CSU-wide compeition. Join us as we cheer on our Sac State presenters!
- Non-STEM Caterogy
- Haley Myers Dillon (Ed.D., Educational Leadership & Policy Studies)
- Presentation Title: Justice for Moms in College: Factors that Influence Student-Parents' Degree Completion Timelines (DCTs)
- Haley Myers Dillon (Ed.D., Educational Leadership & Policy Studies)
- STEM Category
- Olivia Sinclair (MS in Biological Science, Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation)
- The Effect of Egg Size and Female Parent Body Size on Fecundity in Cichlid Fishes in the Wild and in the Laboratory
- Olivia Sinclair (MS in Biological Science, Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation)
Missed Sac State Grad Slam 2023? Watch the event recording!
Click here to watch Sac State Grad Slam 2023 held on Tuesday, March 28, 2023
What is Grad Slam?
Sac State's Grad Slam competition celebrates the exciting research conducted by graduate students. The competition supports their capacity to effectively explain their research in three minutes (or less), in a language appropriate to a non-specialist audience. For some, it helps to develop an "elevator speech" for their research. Participation in Grad Slam showcases communication abilities – an essential skill.
Eligibility: All active master's and doctoral students who are conducting independent research or projects, including independent research projects done for a graduate-level class, are eligible to participate in Grad Slam competitions at all levels. Entrants must be current graduate students at the time of the competition (i.e. enrolled in the Spring 2023 semester).
Thank you to our sponsor, The Phi Kappa Phi (PKP) All-University Honor Society, Sacramento State Chapter, for their generous donation of $2,000 in total awards for our top Grad Slam presentors!
Congratulations to our top four presenters!!
- First Place: Haley Myers Dillon (Ed.D., Educational Leadership & Policy Studies)
- Second Place: George Harris IV (MA in Political Science)
- Third Place: Olivia Sinclair (MS in Biological Science, Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation)
- Honorable Mention: Valerie Lanich (MA in Education, Behavioral Sciences and Gender Equity Studies)
Mark Your Calendars! Important Grad Slam Dates:
Sac State Grad Slam Application Registration:
- October 20, 2022 - February 20, 2023
Public Speaking Workshops: (optional, not required for application submission)
- Session A: February 7, 2023 (12:15 - 1:15pm) OR February 8, 2023 (2:00 - 3:00pm)
- Session B (speech delivery and recording): February 14, 2023 (12:00 - 1:00pm) OR February 15, 2023 (12:00 - 1:00pm)
- Additional Resources: Check out these University Library practice spaces
Semi-finalists Notifications Announced:
- February 24, 2023
Semi-finalists Deadline to Submit 3-minute Video:
- March 3, 2023
Semi-finalist Notified of Status:
- March 8, 2023
Sac State Grad Slam 2023 Competition:
- March 28, 2023
Sac State Grad Slam Winner Prepares for CSU Grad Slam:
- April 2023
CSU Grad Slam 2023:
- May 5, 2023
Sac State Grad Slam 2023 Competition Planning Committee
Members | College | |
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Bridget Parsh, Chair | College of Health & Human Services | parshb@csus.edu |
Chevelle Newsome, Dean | Office of Graduate Studies | cnewsome@csus.edu |
Rebekkah Mulholland | College of Arts & Letters | rebekkah.mulholland@csus.edu |
Min Li | College of Business Administration | limin@csus.edu |
Alessandra McMorris | College of Continuing Education | mcmorrisa@csus.edu |
Preetham Kumar | College of Engineering & Computer Science | sac42453@csus.edu |
Farshid Zabihian | College of Engineering & Computer Science | farshid.zabihian@csus.edu |
Yvette Farmer | College of Health & Human Services | drfarmer@csus.edu |
Bronwyn Fields | College of Health & Human Services | bronwyn.fields@csus.edu |
Scott Thompson | College of Health & Human Services | irwin.thompson@csus.edu |
Amelia Vankeuren | College of Natural Sciences & Mathematics | vankeuren@csus.edu |
Jacob Fisher | College of Social Sciences & Interdisciplinary Studies | jlfisher@csus.edu |
Mical Shilts | College of Social Sciences & Interdisciplinary Studies | shiltsm@csus.edu |
Mary-Kate Finnegan | University Library | m.finnegan@csus.edu |
Staff: Kaitlyn Ehrmantrout | Office of Graduate Studies | k.ehrmantrout@csus.edu |
Staff: Brie Kline | Office of Graduate Studies | b.kline@csus.edu |
3rd Annual CSU Grad Slam hosted by San Diego State University
https://grad.sdsu.edu/csu-grad-slam
Sac State Grand Slam 2022 Competition Winner
https://www.csus.edu/college/education/spotlights/csu-grad-slam.html