John Heinrichs Scholarly and Creative Activity Days
April 21 - 25, 2025
Originally starting in 2005, the John Heinrichs Scholarly and Creative Activity Days (SACAD) is an annual celebration to showcase the work of our students, faculty, and staff. This includes traditional poster presentations, art and creative works, musical performances, applied technology projects, and an opportunity to meet published authors. Submissions from all disciplines are welcome!
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Reasons to Participate
SACAD provides students, faculty, and staff an opportunity to share their scholarly activities with the University community, as well as the larger community of Hays and Ellis County, using a variety of options for presentation formats. This can help clarify academic and professional goals while promoting advancement in a particular field of study. Scholarly and creative activity encourages critical thinking, innovation, collaboration and leadership.
Awards and Recognition
The My Go-To Award recognizes faculty and staff who have guided, mentored, supported, and fostered meaningful intellectual growth and leadership for their colleagues and coworkers.
The My Scholarly Champion Award recognizes a notable achievement in scholarship and/or creative activities throughout the academic year that may not be available to or recognized by others outside of that discipline, department, and/or college.
The People's Choice Award recognizes the most popular project in both the posters and creative works categories.
About Dr. John F. Heinrichs
SACAD is named in honor of the late Dr. John F. Heinrichs (1957-2014). A popular Geosciences professor, an internationally renowned Arctic researcher, and esteemed colleague, Dr. Heinrichs had a tremendous impact on Fort Hays State University. He was a key supporter of faculty and student research, and his efforts were largely responsible for launching Research and Creative Activities Week, now known as John Heinrichs Scholarly and Creative Activity Days, in his honor.
Past Events
The poster presentations of award winners from past events are available in the FHSU Scholars Repository.