Festival of Excellence
Celebrating Academic and Creative Scholarship
Registration for 2026 Festival of Excellence is Now Open
Conference Details
- Dec. 1, 2025 - Registration opens
- Feb. 13, 2026 - Registration closes
- March 16, 2026 - Program will go live.
- March 31, 2026 - Day of Event (daytime classes are suspended so all students and faculty can attend. Evening classes will meet as usual.)
Dear Colleagues,
One of the joys of our academic work is the pursuit of new knowledge. No matter your particular “brand” of research or creative endeavor, the successes we enjoy as a community in scholarship should be shared and celebrated. This is particularly true for our students and their scholarly work – a critical part of their development as learners and scholars.
It’s time for us to come together and share those scholarly successes during our annual Festival of Excellence. This annual festival provides a rich opportunity to gather as a community of learners to share our projects and passions from the last year. With various venues and presentation styles, there is a place for everyone to share their work in a supportive and collaborative atmosphere.
Please join me as we prepare for this year's Festival of Excellence. Like last year, each college will create its structure and schedule that meet its disciplinary needs, and there will be an all-campus poster session from 2:00-3:30 p.m. in the American First Event Center. An organizer from each college (listed below) has already begun contacting their college colleagues to begin designing the event.
College Organizers
AVI - Edward DeCastro
BUS - Xinglong Ju
CEHD - Brionne Neilson
CHS - Suzanne Young
CSTEM - Tyson Edwards and Ali Siahpush
HSS - Jason Stinnett and Nicole Dib
Library/Honors - Richard Saunders
PVA - Richard Bugg and Susanna Herrmann
Thank you for changing students' lives,
Camille
Camille Thomas, Ph.D.
Assistant Provost | Southern Utah University
Old Main 205 | 351 W. University Blvd, Cedar City, UT 84720
435-586-7815 | camillethomas1@suu.edu