How to get involved in the Beacon conference –
(Look below for ways students, faculty and other members of the NCC community and other two-year colleges to get involved.)
Students --
Submit a paper. Look over the research writing that you have done or are doing for your courses. Is there an excellent paper, one that involves original thought, research, and good writing? Is there a faculty member with whom you would like to work to polish the paper or do research that might turn into a paper to submit to Beacon? If so, talk to the faculty mentor, check out the posters and the information on this web site and get six copies of your paper ready to submit before March 1.
(Also see Information for Students)
Attend the conference. If you don't have a paper for this year, but might consider one for next year, why not just come to the Beacon 2008 conference and check out what your peers are doing.
Faculty and other members of the college community –
Promote Beacon in your classes and around campus. Give assignments that encourage papers that could be submitted to Beacon. Talk about Beacon to your classes (or invite one of the co-directors to come in and talk to them). Make sure there are posters in classrooms and bulletin boards (contact the NCC Beacon Conference Representatives if you need more).
Be a mentor. Identify students who should submit papers to the Beacon conference and encourage them and help them polish their work. This is a great opportunity to get to know students better and to encourage their learning and success. Click here to learn more about how to be a mentor.
Be a reader. Faculty volunteers read papers submitted in their areas of expertise and rank them to help choose those papers that will be presented at the conference. Contact the co-directors for more information or to get a Beacon reader form and send it in.
Attend the conference. Spend the day listening to interesting student work and be impressed with the work and poise of the student presenters. It is an inspiring experience.
(Also see information for faculty)
Other two-year colleges –
Other colleges can get involved in Beacon by becoming a sponsoring college and by encouraging their faculty and students to get involved in Beacon.
