Monday, December 5, 2011

The End (For Now)

Thanks for a wonderful semester! 

Important Announcement: Our end-of-semester celebration will meet at Hard Times cafe at 9:30p.m. on Wednesday 12/7. Not required, but all are invited. The address is 4069 Chain Bridge Road, in downtown Fairfax just before the intersection with Main Street. You can park in the SunTrust Bank lot because it will be after hours. You can see the map here. If anyone needs a ride to the subway, etc. afterwards, I can provide. 

Deadline Reminder: Submit your proposal for the BIS committee by Sunday 12/11 at 11:59 p.m. Please contact me ASAP if this deadline appears problematic given your upcoming schedule. Early submission is virtuous and shall be rewarded by a warm feeling of accomplishment. Proposals should be submitted to Aaron only, though you are welcome to c.c. your faculty mentor as long as you make it clear to him/her that you are not asking for last minute editing advice. (The poor darlings.)

Proposal Elements Reminder: Email a Word or PDF file by the Sunday 12/11 deadline. (Most people find that Docs isn't all that useful for final stage publication, but you're welcome to try it if your formatting demands are simple.) Make sure the following are included in one document: project description, background literature review, methodology, hypothesis/outline, synopsis, timeline, bibliography. Note that bibliography includes only sources cited in the proposal and does not include annotations. Nor do you need to include research logs or other training-wheels exercises we did.