Schedule
(Tentative)
New England Northern Junior Science and Humanities Symposium
University of Maine – Orono
Wells Conference Center
Thursday, February 27, 2025
Parking permits are required on the day of the event. Display the printed permit that we sent you on your dashboard. You will be responsible for parking violations.
All activities for the day will be held at the Wells Conference Center, 2nd Floor
Registration and poster setup
10:30-11:30 a.m.
Please pick up your JSHS symposium packet at the registration table at the Wells Conference Center (2nd floor) and set your posters up. Poster boards and easels, including tacks, tape and clips, will be available for poster presenters to set up prior to the start of the symposium. * Please use the assigned poster number *
Please break down your easel and poster board after judging and plase the easels and poster boards on the carts provided.
Lunch
11:30 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Lunch provided
Welcome and Introductions
12-12:10 p.m.
Shaleen Jain and Cary James, New England Northern Regional Directors
Dr. Giovanna Guidoboni, Dean, Maine College of Engineering and Computing
Oral Presentations and Judging
12:15-4:50 p.m.
Oral presentation 1
12:15-12:35 p.m.
Oral presentation 2
12:35-12:55 p.m.
Oral presentation 3
12:55-1:15 p.m.
Short Break
1:15-1:25 p.m.
Oral presentation 4
1:25-1:45 p.m.
Oral presentation 5
1:45-2:05 p.m.
Oral presentation 6
2:05-2:25 p.m.
Oral presentation 7
2:25-2:40 p.m.
Short Break
2:40-2:55 p.m.
Poster presentations and poster judging
2:55-4:45 p.m.
All students should be at their posters for judging. Please break down your easel and poster board after judging and place the easels and poster boards on the carts provided
Dinner & Announcements of Awards
5-6 p.m.
All teachers, students, judges and invited guests. Award winners will be called to the front for presentation of certificates. After all presentations are made, award winners and their teachers are requested to remain for pictures.
Oral Presentation Awards* are:
1st Place: $2,000 Scholarship
2nd Place $1,500 Scholarship
3rd Place $1,000 Scholarship
Additional Awards+ for 4th and 5th Place Oral Presenters and 1st and 2nd Place Poster Presenters $100 each.
*Sponsors: Office of the Secretary of Defense and the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, and the U.S. Air Force and Space Force
+Sponsor: Maine College of Engineering and Computing, University of Maine