{"id":44231,"date":"2017-03-28T13:58:31","date_gmt":"2017-03-28T17:58:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=44231"},"modified":"2017-03-28T14:08:07","modified_gmt":"2017-03-28T18:08:07","slug":"finals-set-for-three-minute-thesis-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2017\/03\/finals-set-for-three-minute-thesis-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Finals set for Three Minute Thesis Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"

Three minutes to win it.<\/span><\/p>\n

That\u2019s all the time five graduate students will have to explain their research to a panel of judges Thursday, March 30, in the final round of Brock\u2019s 2017 Three Minute Thesis Challenge.<\/p>\n

The annual competition will be held this year at Pond Inlet from noon to 1:30 p.m. Thursday and the Brock community is invited to attend.<\/p>\n

The 3MT contest challenges graduate students to tell their research story in a fraction of the time typically allotted to research presentations and in a way that conveys the nature and importance of complex research to a non-specialist audience and panel of judges. They\u2019re each given just 90 seconds and one slide to get their message across.<\/p>\n

Judging the finals this year are Stephen Murdock, Vice President Public Relations, Enterprise Canada, Michael Chess, Marketing Supervisor, FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre and Allie Hughes, Digital Marketing Entrepreneur, Founder Hughes & Co. Inc.<\/p>\n

Karin Perry, Vitae Program Co-ordinator and 3MT organizer, said she is always impressed with the passion presenters bring to the table, especially given the intense nature of the competition.<\/p>\n

\u201cEach presenter has distilled very specialized and complex concepts into concise phrases and perhaps a meaningful gesture,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey have rehearsed and tested their words and gestures with friends. They\u2019re watching their pauses, vocal tone and are aware of their own body presence. There is a lot going on.\u201d<\/p>\n

The overall winner of Brock\u2019s contest will receive $500 and the runner-up wins $250. Brock\u2019s winner also will advance to the provincial 3MT competition hosted by the University of Waterloo on Wednesday, April 12.<\/p>\n

The top finishers in Ontario move on to the 2017 national competition that is sponsored by the Canadian Association for Graduate Studies and held later in the spring.<\/p>\n

The 3MT competition was initially developed in Australia by the University of Queensland in 2008. Since then, 3MT has spread internationally and is now a regular event held at universities across Canada.<\/p>\n

Brock\u2019s Three Minute Thesis Challenge finalists:<\/strong><\/p>\n