All team members need to be identified and listed during registration
Eligibility & Teams
Teams of 3-5 students
Final team rosters due at time of registration.
Students are encouraged to form teams that cut across different degree programs. If you are interested in adding students from a different program and need help identifying students, you can express interest and find potential teammates through this form Find a team or a teammate
Questions can be submitted using a Google form on or before April 3 8:00 pm and answers will be provided on this website. Submit Questions
Teams may get advice and ideas from outside sources (teams are encouraged to do secondary research) but information used from sources outside the team should be acknowledged. All work presented must be solely that of the participating team members.
For data analysis, teams are free to choose the software they utilize. Analysis outputs can be included in an appendix to the presentation.
Presentations and Posters
Presentation slides must be formatted using Microsoft PowerPoint or Adobe PDF and be PC-compatible. Presentation videos must be uploaded as an mp4 file.
Posters should be 36”x48” and focus on the public outreach campaign. A digital version of the posters are to be submitted by April 14 8:00 pm. Physical posters are to be turned at Farrell Hall by April 17 9:00 am. The posters should list the team members on the back. Teams can create their own formats but if you want a template to start with, one can be found here.
The first or second slide of the presentation should list your team members.
Presentations should be no longer than 15 minutes. During the judging process, presentations will be stopped at 15 minutes.
Each member of the team is required to present, although the amount of time per speaker may vary.
Presentations must be turned in by 8:00 pm on Friday, April 14, 2023. You will not be permitted to make changes to your slides after this submission deadline.
Submissions can be submitted at this link Submissions
Final round presentations are open to all non-advancing teams and to the public.
Timeline
Case Details Announced – 23 March
Questions submitted by teams – 3 April 8:00 pm
Team Registrations due – 7 April 8:00 pm
Digital submissions due – 14 April 8:00 pm; physical posters due 17 April 9:00 am
Finalists Announced – 17 April 8:00 pm
Finalists present – 20 April 4:00 pm
Winners announced and Posters on display in Farrell Hall – 21 April 6:00 pm
Judges
The judges panel will include representatives from Wake Forest Faculty/Staff, Winston-Salem City Officials, and Sponsor companies.
A judging rubric that includes creativity, quality of recommendations, analysis, and presentation (slides, poster, and delivery) will be used in judging the posters and presentations.
A 10% bonus will be awarded to scores of teams that include students from at least two different degree programs.