The College of Graduate Studies will host its signature 6th annual Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Final Competition on Thursday, Nov. 30. in Health Education Building Room 105 on the Health Science Campus.
The Three Minute Thesis begins at 6 p.m. and the entire UToledo community — students, faculty and staff — are invited to attend.
The Three Minute Thesis is an exercise that develops academic, presentation and research communication skills and challenges the research student’s capacity to effectively explain their research in only three minutes in a language appropriate to an intelligent, but non-specialist audience.
Graduate students in good standing in the thesis and dissertation-writing stage of their studies are eligible to compete.
Beginning from Oct. 23 until Nov. 7, the College of Graduate Studies hosted a series of interactive prep workshops. During these sessions, competition coordinators guided competitors on writing a script, designing their optional presentation slide, honing their public speaking and presentation skills, and finally practicing their final products.
Eight finalists will compete in UToledo’s 6th annual final competition. All contestants participated in a qualifying round prior to the final competition, during the week of Nov. 13 on Main and Health Science campuses.
Finalists will compete for first place, runner-up and honorable mention. Additionally, the audience will vote for a people’s choice winner. All four will be recognized by the Graduate Council during spring semester and the first-place winner will go on to compete during the Midwestern Association of Graduate Schools 80th annual meeting held April 3-5 in St. Louis.
