Academic Excellence Showcase

This will be Great!
Academic Excellence Showcase 2025 will be held on May 29, 2025.
It will be a showcase of the best the minds at WOU have produced this year!
See below for information on last year’s (2024) AES.
AES Prep Day!
Save the date! April 15th at 3pm, the PURE will be hosting AES Prep Day! A session where students can get help when preparing for all things AES! Such as:
- Abstract Writing Workshop
- Scientific Poster Help
- Speaker Presentation Help
- How to Translate Your Presentation/Research/Project to your Resume//Cover Letter/Interviews
- How to make a three minute video
- Help with writing/designing posters
- And more!
Sign up here to reserve your spot!
Location will be announced soon! Hope to see you there!
Academic Excellence Showcase, 2024
WOU’s 2024 Academic Excellence Showcase (AES) was held on May 30, 2024, Thursday, to celebrate students’ accomplishment and scholarships. The plenary talk was held at the Willamette room, 9-10 am, at Werner Student Center. We were honored to have a team of distinguished speakers whose theme is “Community Responsive Research.”
Watch the video highlights from AES 2024 below!
Students
There are three types of presentation: presentation, poster or performance.
Deadline: May 9th
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Faculty/Staff
Submit a request for a special event, or presentation/poster session.
Deadline: May 2nd
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Submission instructions may be found under the “For Students” tab to the left.
Guide to creating an Academic Poster for AES: https://research.wou.edu/academicposters
Volunteer Form
Want to Volunteer for AES? Click the button below to find the form. All AES volunteers are greatly appreciated and will be given some WOU swag for how long you volunteer for!
Meet the AES Planning Committee
Comprising faculty and staff from across campus and chaired by the PURE coordinator, the AES Planning Committee is dedicated to the event’s success. In order to ensure the highest level of participation, the group includes faculty volunteers, representing academic disciplines across campus, to serve as session chairs. Please consider joining us in our celebration of student scholarly excellence!