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Author

Enter your name as the author of the paper being submitted for consideration. If you are invited to present your work at the conference, this is how your name will appear in the program.

First Name

Middle Name

Last Name

Pronouns

Please indicate your preferred pronouns, if desired.

Email Address

Enter your email address here. We will use this address for all conference-related correspondence. For example, confirmation of successful completion of this from will be sent to this email address.

Phone Number

Enter a phone number where you may be reached. Please include hyphens like this: 123-456-7899.

Community College

Use the drop-down list to select the college you attended while completing the paper being submitted. Those who attend colleges that are not sponsors of this conference should choose the last option in the list.

The selected college's Beacon Conference Steering Committee representative(s) will receive email confirmation of this submission.

Beacon Conference Transfer Fair Information Share

During the Beacon Conference, a Transfer Fair will be held. Highly competitive colleges and universities will be on site to provide information about their programs and meet with students.

Do you grant the conference co-chairs permission to share your contact information with the institutions attending the transfer fair?

Yes: I give permission to share my contact information.
No: I do not give permission to share my information.

The Faculty Mentor

Faculty Mentor's Name

Enter your faculty mentor's full name. Use of honorifics like Dr. and Prof. is appropriate.

Faculty Mentor's Phone Number

Enter a phone number where your faculty mentor be reached. Please include hyphens like this: 123-456-7899.

Faculty Mentor's Email

Enter your faculty mentor's professional email address. This address should be associated with the domain of a community college.

The faculty mentor will receive an email confirmation of the submission of this form.

Information about the Paper

Paper Title

Please enter your paper's full title.

Semester

Identify the term in which your paper was originally written.

Course Title

Enter the title of the course in which this paper was originally submitted.

Submission Category: First Choice

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Submission Category: Second Choice

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Submission Category: Third Choice

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Required Verifications

Before submitting a paper, please read carefully the statements below. Check the boxes to confirm that you understand the Beacon Conference Steering Committee's expectations and to grant the Co-Directors and their team permission to use your work in specific ways.

Intent to Participate

By checking the box to the left, I indicate a sincere intent to attend the conference in person on Friday, June 6, 2025, hosted by Bergen Community College in Paramus, NJ, if invited to participate. Further, I understand that winning papers are published in the conference's Proceedings, and I hereby give the Co-Directors permission to publish my work if my paper is selected as a winning paper.

Authorship

By checking the box to the left, I certify my authorship of the paper I am submitting. The paper I am uploading for consideration is my own work, and I made every effort to follow the citation and documentation guidelines relevant to my scholarly field. I did not use generative artificial intelligence chatbots, applications, tools, or services to produce this text.

Permission to Confirm Originality

By checking the box to the left, I grant the Beacon Conference Steering Committee permission to verify the originality of my work by submitting it to one or more third-party originality-checking and AI-detection services. I understand that papers that appear to be plagiarized or to be produced with generative artificial intelligence chatbots, applications, tools, or services will be disqualified.

Upload and Submit the Paper

Upload a Paper

Please upload your paper as a Microsoft Word document with the .docx filename extension, converting it from its original format if necessary. Students writing in technical subject areas AND processing their papers with typesetting systems such as TeX or LaTeX may upload their work in the PDF file format. If you did not generate your PDF with TeX or LaTeX, please submit your paper as a Word document.
One document may be submitted per form.
The maximum file size is 10 MB.

Reference

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