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Tuesday, July 29
 

2:00pm CDT

Scholars Ignite Competition
Tuesday July 29, 2025 2:00pm - 3:00pm CDT
Competition Entry https://ashs.org/page/SIEntry

The Graduate Student Activities Committee hosts this competition to allow graduate students members (both MS and PhD) a fun and exciting way to communicate the impact of their research projects and scholarly activities.
Graduate students make compelling presentations in three minutes using no more than one single PowerPoint slide or visual aid. The purpose of the presentation is to generate awareness, stimulate thought, and inspire attendees to appreciate the breadth and depth of horticultural research and scholarly activities. Graduate students will meet other students and scientists, learn about an array of research topics and other creative and scholarly activities across ASHS, and most importantly have fun!

The competition is designed similar to other popular three-to-five-minute thesis and research presentation events (e.g. Three-minute thesis, ‘Ignite’ or Scholars’ Studio) occurring around the globe, and done especially well in Australia, British Columbia, and the University of Washington.

Winners will receive a cash award of $500, $250, and $100 for the top three places, respectively.
The winners are announced at the Student Awards Night.
Students must enter by the deadline of July1st. 
Applicants may use only one Introductory Slide (using the ASHS provided template) and one Presentation Slide for a total of 2 slides. The Introductory Slide must follow the format of the template and include Title of Presentation (Calibri 44 bold), Student’s Name (Calibri 32 bold), Advisor(s) Name (Calibri 28) and Institution’s Name (Calibri 28). The Presentation Slide must be one single page without any animation. Students may use any color, background or font for their Presentation Slide but not for the Introductory Slide. Slides need to be in the 16:9 format. Both slides must be presented in 3 minutes. Once the student reaches the podium the timer will start and after 3 minutes we will move to the next student.
Tuesday July 29, 2025 2:00pm - 3:00pm CDT
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Wednesday, July 30
 

8:59am CDT

Undergraduate Student Poster Competition - Session 1
Wednesday July 30, 2025 8:59am - 10:00am CDT
Please be at your poster at 9:00 AM.  Once the judges come to you to hear your presentation, please confirm with them that it is okay to leave.
Wednesday July 30, 2025 8:59am - 10:00am CDT
Empire AB

10:29am CDT

Undergraduate Student Poster Competition - Session 2
Wednesday July 30, 2025 10:29am - 11:40am CDT
Please be at your poster at 10:30 AM.  Once the judges come to you to hear your presentation, please confirm with them that it is okay to leave.
Wednesday July 30, 2025 10:29am - 11:40am CDT
Empire AB

11:44am CDT

Undergraduate Student Oral Competition - 1
Wednesday July 30, 2025 11:44am - 11:45am CDT
Wednesday July 30, 2025 11:44am - 11:45am CDT
Foster 2

1:45pm CDT

Early Career Competition
Wednesday July 30, 2025 1:45pm - 3:45pm CDT
Presiding/Moderator
avatar for Becky Sideman

Becky Sideman

ASHS Board Member-At-Large, University of New Hampshire
Wednesday July 30, 2025 1:45pm - 3:45pm CDT
Foster 1

6:00pm CDT

Graduate Student Poster Competition
Wednesday July 30, 2025 6:00pm - 7:00pm CDT
The student must stand in front of the physical poster during the competition hours and the judges will walk around to each contestant. The student will be given 5 minutes to make a presentation to the judges, followed by a 2 minute period of questions and answers. There is no virtual presentation option.
Please note: Signing up for the competition means that you are agreeing to present twice – once for your regularly scheduled poster session and once in the competition.  If you do not also present your poster during the regularly scheduled Conference Poster session program, you will be disqualified from the Poster Competition, and your abstract will not be published in the on-line supplement of HortScience.
Competition winners in each graduate level program (MS and PhD) will each receive monetary prizes ($300 first; $200 second; $100 third) and the winners' names and abstracts will be posted to the ASHS web site and highlighted in the ASHS E-News.
The winners are announced at the Awards and Trivia Night on Thursday, July 31 at 6:00 pm during the conference.

Wednesday July 30, 2025 6:00pm - 7:00pm CDT
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Thursday, July 31
 

11:59am CDT

Undergraduate Student Oral Competition - 2
Thursday July 31, 2025 11:59am - 12:00pm CDT
Thursday July 31, 2025 11:59am - 12:00pm CDT
Foster 1

6:00pm CDT

Trivia Night/Competition Award Ceremony
Thursday July 31, 2025 6:00pm - 7:30pm CDT
Don't miss this fun event!

Test your horticultural knowledge against other teams for a night of fun and camaraderie! 4 players per team allowed. You can join as a team, or sign up as an individual and we will team you up. https://forms.gle/3WptLLMCxm1ATtn78

Awards for the student and early career competitions will be presented between rounds of trivia.
Thursday July 31, 2025 6:00pm - 7:30pm CDT
Empire AB
 


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