From:	Sturgeon, Bradley E
Sent:	Friday, January 11, 2013 1:13 PM
To:	Faculty Mail List; Staff Mailing List
Subject:	 3rd Annual Scholars Day Celebration...

Dear Faculty and Staff,

Our 3rd Annual Scholars Day Celebration is scheduled for Tues, April 23th from 2-5 pm on the Huff 
Concourse. As we have seen in past Celebrations, a great majority of Monmouth College students 
engage in academic scholarship above and beyond standard academic expectations put before them in 
the classroom. It is too often the case that this scholarship stays confined to the boundaries of the class 
room or academic building. We invite you and your students to be a part of this year’s Celebration.

Scholarship is broadly defined as an inquiry or investigation conducted by a student that makes an 
original intellectual or creative contribution to the discipline (as defined by the Council on 
Undergraduate research, CUR). This scholarship can be a result of student-faculty collaboration, an 
independent study, or a project that highlights exemplary works done as a part of coursework. All 
presentations will have a faculty or staff sponsor who is ultimately responsible for the intellectual merit. 
Presentations can take the form of a poster, an exhibit, a reading, a performance, or a summary of a 
larger performance. Projects involving more than one student are encouraged; all forms of creative 
scholarship are welcome.

Please stay tuned for more details about registering for the event. At this time we ask that you consider 
including the Scholars Day Celebration in your academic planning (final projects, honors presentations, 
etc)  for the coming semester.

Student Affairs Committee
Bridget Draxler
Sara Gorchoff
Richard Johnston
Brad Sturgeon

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Bradley E. Sturgeon, Ph.D.
Department of Chemistry
Monmouth College
Monmouth, IL
309-457-2368
besturgeon@monm.edu