Symposium is the culmination of students’ summer activities. Interns convene at the University of Portland campus for a full day, to share their summer intern experiences. Each student presents his or her work in a formal scientific poster session and a 12-minute oral presentation to mentors, parents, teachers, other interns, and community guests. Symposium is designed to broaden students’ technical expertise and strengthen their formal public speaking skills. It is also a critical learning event that enables interns to organize and synthesize what they’ve learned in the course of the internship. (This is a required event for all ASE interns. Mentors, parents and community guests are encouraged to attend.)