Ways to Participate

If you have participated in undergraduate research or community engagement projects through LUROP fellowships, external programs, service-learning experiences, internships, community partnerships, independent study, and academic courses during the academic year, you are eligible to participate in the Symposium. Each year, we celebrate the diverse and exciting ways undergraduate students advance Loyola’s Jesuit mission of “expanding knowledge in service to humanity through learning, justice, and faith.” Please consider sharing your undergraduate research and/or community engagement projects as part of the Undergraduate Research & Engagement Symposium.

The annual Undergraduate Research & Engagement Symposium is our premier student event of the year, with hundreds of students presenting their research and/or community engagement work. Please visit Loyola's eCommons at ecommons.luc.edu/ures to learn, support, and connect!

Encourage Your Students to Participate

We encourage faculty and staff to invite your students from both the fall and spring semesters to participate in the Undergraduate Research & Engagement Symposium and/or include the symposium on your syllabi. Students who engaged in undergraduate research or community engagement projects through LUROP fellowships, external programs, service-learning experiences, internships, community partnerships, independent study, and academic courses during the current academic year are eligible to participate. Find out more about nominating a community partner on our Awards Page.

Nominate a Student

Each year, we are pleased to present a variety of awards that honor undergraduate student scholarship in community engagement and research. If you have worked with an outstanding undergraduate student or group of students this year, please consider nominating them for an award. Each award comes with a $500 prize! You can find out more on our Awards Page. 

Nominate a Community Partner

We are especially excited to announce our Community Partner Award for Co-education. This award is given to a non-profit community organization who hosted one or more undergraduate Engaged Learning students since Spring 2020 and who best exemplifies the role of a community partner who co-educates and supports our Loyola students. This award includes a $500 prize to support the work of the organization!

• Community partners:Consider nominating your organization or another for the Community Partner Award!
• Faculty and staff:Have you or your students worked with a particularly outstanding community organization that has been a true co-educator? Consider nominating them!

The Undergraduate Research and Engagement Symposium sponsored by the Center for Engaged Learning, Teaching, & Scholarship, invites you to serve as an evaluator for Loyola students’ research, creative activity, and community engagement projects. This celebration of students’ scholarly work is a meaningful opportunity to review and engage with our Loyola students in the context of the community-based learning work and research projects with which the students have engaged over the past year.

Faculty, staff, graduate students, community partners, and alumni evaluators foster a learning-centered approach, providing constructive and positive feedback to student presenters. If you would like to serve as an evaluator, please fill out this form to register as an Evaluator. We can't do this without you!