Senior Capstone Requirements
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.
GISH scholars, will be using research papers written for English classes.
Winnebago scholars will be using the Annotated Bibliography you wrote for Ms. Pixler.
Omaha North and South scholars will be using the papers written under the guidance of Dr. Shanks and Mr. Nicholas.
Deadlines
2023 NCPA Poster Due Dates
| School | Omaha North | Omaha South | Grand Island | Winnebago |
| Senior seminar poster overview (Librarian visit) | March 21 | March 21 | March 29 | Feb 24 |
| Poster draft due | March 27 | April 3 | April 10 | April 10 |
| Feedback sent to students from UNL Librarians (via email) | March 31 | April 10 | April 14 | April 18 |
| Final poster due by 11:59pm | April 4 | April 11 | April 18 | April 21 |
| Mock Presentations (Librarian visit) | April XX | April XX | April XX | April XX |
| Senior showcase | April 12 | April 19 | April 26 | May 3 |
Poster requirements
Your Poster Board must include the following required elements:
- Title of Project
- Name
- Abstract (summary of the project)
- Key Points or Important facts about the topic (taken from the list of questions or written work)
- Conclusions & Discussion
- Works Cited Bibliography (lower right-hand corner) 3 sources minimum
- Pictures 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 below
- 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
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.
