Live and Virtual Components
*Participants do not have to be present to participate in these categories.
The Student Symposium on the Environment is hosted each December by Westminster College to highlight environmental study, research, artistic expression, internships, and service work being done by students in the region. Individual, group, and class projects are welcome. Students from all disciplines, ranging from high school through graduate school, are encouraged to participate. Research posters, art work, oral presentations, video shorts and even performances are welcome.
This year’s symposium features both live and virtual components. Posters and oral presentations are in-person only events, while environmental photos, art, and video shorts will be included in both the live and virtual symposium. A dedicated YouTube channel will house the virtual symposium, where the comments feature will allow dialog between the viewers and student presenters.
All submissions will be evaluated by volunteer judges, and awards (cash prizes) will be announced in multiple categories during the in-person event.
For those who wish to participate in person, the live portion of the Symposium will take place on Thursday, December 1, 2022 at Westminster College’s McKelvey Campus Center in New Wilmington, PA, during an evening symposium.
The live Symposium will follow Westminster College's current COVID-19 policies and practices. In the event that masking is required, masks will be made available for all attendees.
All submissions are due by November 16, 2022.
Symposium participants who are looking for internships or jobs may want to bring copies of their resumes to the live event since environmental professionals will be present.
Sarah Schmidt - Allegheny College “Regulations at Scale in Ecological Economics.”
Sarah Schmidt - Youngstown State University “The Use of Benthic Macroinvertebrates to Access Water Quality in Tributaries of The Mahoning River.”
Jennifer Sabol - Chatham University “Exploring the potential for native shrub assemblage restoration in northeastern forests with high whitetail deer and invasive shrub.”
Jennifer Sabol - Chatham University “Exploring the potential for native shrub assemblage restoration in northeastern forests with high whitetail deer and invasive shrub.”
Claire Mock - Westminster College “Caterpillar in Stream.”
Olivia Postlewait - Thiel College “Medicinal Uses for the Fungi of McKean County, Pennsylvania.”
Garrett Martindale - Westminster College “Westminster College’s BuzzFeed Cluster Students Detail the Importance of Bee Behavior.”