ACADEMIC CONFERENCES allow you the opportunity to extend the work you do in class and present it to other students and professors from other universities. Since only outstanding research is selected for the conferences, presenting at the conferences demonstrates your work is significantly better than that done by most undergraduate students.

Each year there are two conferences HSU students might attend. CSU-Fresno is the host for a conference emphasizing undergraduate social scientific research in the discipline and CSU-Hayward is the host for a conference emphasizing rhetorical criticism. In addition, when the National Communication Association or the regional Western Speech Communication Association conventions are nearby you could attend them. There are also student research conferences sponsored by the California State University system and by colleges and universities in other states.

If you're interested in attending any of the conferences discuss the possibility with a faculty member willing to supervise your research.