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Graduate Student Conference

Graduate Student Conference

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Education in the 21st Century: Designing a More Inclusive Future

The 16th Annual College of Education Graduate Student Conference

March 6–7, 2025

Champaign, Illinois

Wanted: Moderators & Discussants

We are looking for Discussants and Moderators to facilitate sessions on Friday, March 7, at the Education Building. Moderators (undergraduates, graduate students) will connect to the Zoom session and help keep the presenters on time. Discussants (faculty, graduate students) will review session abstracts beforehand, prepare questions, and help engage the audience with the presentation.

Time slots available (10 min prep + 60 min session):

  • 9:50 AM to 11:00 AM
  • 11:00 AM to 12:10 PM
  • 1:20 PM to 2:30 PM
  • 2:30 PM to 3:40 PM
  • 3:40 PM to 4:50 PM

To sign up, put your name and netID in the Google Sheet using the button below.

Sign up as Moderator or Discussant

Key Dates

Priority Registration Deadline: February 14, 2025 at 11:59 p.m. CST

Priority registering ensures food orders for in-person attendees and presenters. Online (virtual) attendees may register anytime before the event. If you are registering after the deadline and plan to attend in-person, please contact us.

Registration Form

Welcome!

The mission of the Graduate Student Conference is to build networks between faculty, colleagues, advanced undergraduate students, and graduate students across disciplines related to learning. As a community, our aim is to address the ways educational access, equity, and opportunity affect, and are affected by our broader society.

We strive to introduce new scholars to the important role that academic conferences will play in their scholarly endeavors, create a safe space for budding scholars to present their ideas, and to serve as a bridge between sharing scholarship at Illinois and the broader education field.

If you have questions please contact us.