AU Scholar’s Fair

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Anderson University is excited to host the AU Scholar’s Fair for prospective high school students. This is an opportunity for high school students to present samples of their academic work and compete for recognition and scholarships.

Picking your Scholar’s Fair project

Step 1: Choose a presentation or a poster project

• Presentations
  • Must be submitted as a PowerPoint file 
  • It should include approximately 11 slides 
  • You will have a 10 minute maximum time limit for your presentation 
  • Ideally, you will take 8-9 minutes for your presentation and respond to questions for 1-2 minutes
• Posters
  • Use a standard tri-fold poster to present your information
  • Stand by your poster and answer questions

Step 2: Choose a scientific or persuasive approach

• Scientific: Share your findings on a topic of interest to you that can be approached from a scientific perspective.
• Persuasive:  The purpose of your presentation is to argue for your proposed solution to a problem

Step 3: Choose your topic

• Scientific project ideas
• Persuasive project ideas

Step 4: Review project outlines and evaluation rubrics

• Scientific presentations
  • Outline
  • Rubric
• Scientific posters
  • Outline
  • Rubric
• Persuasive presentations
  • Outline
  • Rubric
• Persuasive posters
  • Outline
  • Rubric

Anderson University educates students for lives of faith and service, offering more than 50 undergraduate majors, 30 three-year degrees, 20 NCAA Division III intercollegiate sports, alongside adult and graduate programs. The private, liberal arts institution is fully accredited and recognized for excellence in business, computer science, cybersecurity, engineering, music, nursing, psychology, and teacher education programs. Established in 1917 in Anderson, Indiana, by the Church of God, the university remains committed to its Christ-centered mission.