The Undergraduate Paper Presentation Contest

Introduction
The purpose of the Undergraduate Paper Presentation Contest is to encourage undergraduates to gain experience in the presentation of papers and to give them an opportunity to participate more fully in the meetings of the Student Affiliate Division of ADSA. Through such participation, the student should gain an early and fuller appreciation of: a) the importance of adequate communications in the distribution of information, and b) the role of the Student Affiliate Division of ADSA. This will also provide excellent experience for those who will enter graduate school and will be eligible for the Graduate Scientific Paper Presentation Contest.

Rules and Regulations
Eligibility
Contestants must be undergraduate Student Affiliate Division members of ADSA who are enrolled in a program granting the baccalaureate degree or who have received the degree during the previous 7 months. Students who have completed one quarter or semester of graduate studies are not eligible. Only one contestant per institution may be entered in each of three categories: Dairy Foods Division, Production Division and Original Research. One institution therefore, may have up to three entrants, each in a separate category. Students who won 1^st place in a paper competition last year are not eligible to compete this year. For those students whose chapter participates in the Chapter Award contest, the maximum points will be awarded for an institution with entrants in two out of the three categories. Cash awards will be given to the winners in all categories. Deadline for submission: March 3, 2004.

Subject of Presentation
Choice of subject matter is open to the student but should be relevant to issues of our industry today and of general interest to all. Reporting of original research will ONLY be accepted in the Original Research category. Dairy Foods and Production will NOT accept original research. We will disqualify any paper that does not fit a category.

Place and Conditions of Presentation
The contestants will make an oral presentation of a prepared paper at specially scheduled sessions of the Student Affiliate Division Meetings, to be held on the first day of meeting activities.

The paper is expected to be the student's own work. In preparing the presentation, the student is expected to have such advice from his or her advisor as is normally expected in the relationship between an undergraduate and his or her major professor.

The Limit of Presentation
The oral presentation should be 8 to 10 minutes long. The judges may make 2-point deductions for each minute or fraction of a minute, above or below the time limit. There will be up to a 3-minute period for the judges to ask questions.

Use of Visual Aids
Contestants may use prepared charts, and/or slides. Go to the Annual Meeting link at http://www.adsa.org/ and click on Call For Abstracts for a list of what is equipped in each room and fill out the AV Request form if additional supplies are needed.

Procedure for Entering Competition
Refer to http://www.adsa.org/ for on-line information. DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION: MARCH 3, 2004.

Each chapter may submit three applications as outlined under the eligibility sections for this competition. We suggest that each chapter conduct a local contest to select the representative who will enter the national competition.

To enter contest, follow the instructions for submitting an abstract using the web abstract submission form at http://www.adsa.org/. Please note, it is no longer necessary to mail a copy of your abstract to the second year advisor. Participants in this contest should plan to attend the student awards luncheon in Phoenix. Check the meeting schedule for details.

Evaluation of Presentation
Three judges will evaluate the presentation. It is recommended to use two advisors and one student affiliate member whose chapter is not represented in the contest. If all chapters are represented, a national officer will become the third judge. No judge will be selected from a university represented in the contest. The SAD Officer-at-Large will chair the committee, and the SAD Second Year Advisor will help.

Each judge will evaluate each presentation individually using the officially accepted undergraduate paper presentation contest scorecard. At the conclusion of the contest, these judges will meet with one member of the Student Affiliate Committee (ex-officio capacity) to select the award winners. The judges' decision will be final.

The awards in the production, dairy foods and original research divisions are: First Place - $100.00, Second Place - $ 50.00, Third Place - $ 25.00 along with certificates for each place within a division.

We will make the presentation of awards at the Student Affiliate Luncheon. Contestants should plan to attend the luncheon.