Office of Undergraduate Education

Judges needed for Undergraduate Exhibition on April 10-12

The 2022 Undergraduate Exhibition featured the work of 282 undergraduate researchers from across Penn State.  Credit: Steve Tressler / Penn StateCreative Commons

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Faculty, emeriti faculty, staff, post-docs and doctoral students trained as researchers are encouraged to volunteer as judges for the 2023 Undergraduate Exhibition on Research, Inquiry, and Creative Activity, from April 10-12.  

Judge sign-ups will be handled through the Symposium platform. Volunteer judges are asked to sign up by April 2, and assignments will be sent by April 7. Instructions on how to sign up for a Symposium account and find the Penn State Undergraduate Exhibition within the platform can be found on the Undergraduate Exhibition page at urfm.psu.edu. 

All participants in the 2023 Exhibition are required to present their projects virtually. In addition, some will also present in a voluntary in-person component at the HUB-Robeson Center at the University Park campus from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Wednesday, April 12. Judges in the virtual format can complete their judging rubrics at their convenience at any time during the Exhibition from April 10-12.  Judges who are available for the in-person session will need to complete the judging on April 12 in Alumni Hall from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. 

Judges are needed to score posters, presentations and performances across all academic fields. Judges can specify which academic areas they are interested in judging. Students sign up in one of five broad categories: arts and humanities (including visual arts), engineering, health and life sciences, physical sciences, and social and behavioral sciences.  Students may also submit Engagement Project Experience posters, non-research, for review.  

The online portion of the 2023 Exhibition will take place in the online platform Symposium. Scoring will take place entirely inside the platform.  

Special requests for alternative media for individual entries can be directed to undergrad@psu.edu.  

The Undergraduate Exhibition is coordinated by Penn State Undergraduate Education.  

Last Updated March 15, 2023