Above, first-place finisher Jeremiah Ammons presents "Sit up and pay attention! A study on automated driving" during the December 2021 competition. Photo Chuck Thomas/ODU
Old Dominion University's Graduate School will host its sixth annual 3-Minute-Thesis (3MT®) competition on Jan 20. The students and a live audience will be in the University Theatre for the presentations. The event will also be available via livestream.
Students have three minutes to present their scholarship in such a way that a general audience understands and appreciates its importance and achievement.
The competition is from 6 to 8 p.m. Barbara Hamm Lee, owner of Sharing Info, Inc., and host of WHRO's Another View, is the emcee. She is joined by three VIP judges from the community who bring diverse academic backgrounds and expertise to their evaluations of the students.
Graduate students representing a range of advanced degrees (at both doctoral and master's levels) are competing for a $1,000 first prize, $750 second prize and $500 "people's choice" award (the audience will choose who wins the $500). The first-place finisher will represent ODU at a regional competition hosted by the Council of Southern Graduate Schools in March in Tampa, Florida.
The competitors are:
- Samantha Fitzer, psychology
- Gyan Kharel, chemistry
- Ricardo Randall, education
- Megan Strowger, psychology
- Heather Sheffey, ocean and earth sciences
RSVP to attend the event in person at this link (directions and a ticket will be issued to you to show at the University Theatre door).
RSVP to watch the livestream at this link.