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Toni Anaya
Senior Showcase Capstone
The last requirement of the NCPA program is the final research project and senior showcase capstone poster.
As seniors, you are required to prepare a poster and present your research at your Senior Showcase. These posters will be tied to work you will work on at school.
Deadlines
2025 NCPA Poster Due Dates
| School | Omaha North | Omaha South | Grand Island | Winnebago |
| Senior seminar poster overview | March 12 | March 13 | TBD | TBD |
| Poster draft due | March 26 | March 26 | March 28 | March 24 |
| Feedback sent to students from UNL Librarians (via email) | March 27-April 4 | March 27-April 4 | March 29-April 4 | March 25-March 28 |
| Final poster due by 11:59pm | April 11 | April 11 | April 11 | April 4 |
| Mock Presentations | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| Senior showcase | May 5 | May 5 | April 23 | May 7 |
Poster requirements
Your Poster Board must include the following required elements:
- Title of Project
- Student Name
- Full School name (completely written out)
- NCPA program name (completely written out)
- Abstract (summary of project)
- Key Points or Important facts about the topic
- Supporting Visual data (graphs or tables found in referenced sources)
- Conclusion and future research topics
- Works Cited Bibliography (lower righ- hand corner) 3 sources minimum
- Images, including all pictures and graphs, used on the poster must be cited and will not count toward the 3 source minimum
Design basics
- Select a design template found here.
- Save a copy of the template you want to use to your computer.
- Open Powerpoint→Design—Custom→Horizontal 36”, Vertical 24”
- Recommended font size listed on each template
- Use one of the following fonts: New York Times, Garamond, Calibri, Courier, Arial
Submitting your draft
Once you design your draft and are ready for review, you will be uploading a copy of your first draft to the following form:
You will be assigned a librarian to review and help guide you through the poster revision process. When your poster is ready for printing, you will be given a link to upload your final draft.
evaluation
- Please save and upload posters in the original program file format (.ppt or .key). Please do not submit posters in PDF format.
- Posters will be evaluated using the poster rubric below. Posters must receive a score of 24-19 to be printed.
Design help
We have an archive of posters created by NCPA scholars since 2014. You can explore this archive for design ideas and see examples of the content others have included on their posters.