FORT WAYNE — On Feb. 6, 17 students from Indiana University–Purdue University Fort Wayne will present their work at the eighth annual History Department Undergraduate Conference. The students, who major in history, secondary education, psychology, women’s studies, and legal studies, will present their papers based on the research they conducted in their upper-level history classes at IPFW.

The conference takes place from 8:15 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the Steel Dynamics Keith E. Busse IPFW Alumni Center. This event is free and open to the public. Register for the conference here. Lunch will be provided to all registered attendees.

“The conference provides an opportunity for our best students to share their research with an audience of their classmates, faculty from the history and other departments, their parents, and interested members of the Fort Wayne community,” said Ann Livschiz, associate professor of history. “It’s an opportunity for students, some of whom are planning to go to graduate school, to get experience with conference dynamics. And for all students, it is an important opportunity to develop public speaking and oral communication skills and the confidence that comes with these skills.”