The mission of the Scholarly Productions @ the Research Commons Lab is to provide point of need assistance for scholars in disseminating their research, regardless of format. Our goal is to create self-sufficient scholars who are able to apply best practices in design and research presentation to their work.
For general help with a research poster or project, schedule an appointment with a staff member below. For help with a specific software, please email us at sparc@gmu.edu so we can schedule you accordingly.
SP@RC offers free research poster printing through a partnership with OSCAR, the printer has occasional technical difficulties that could result in a delay, please schedule your appointment with ample time ahead of your conference or class.
**The SP@RC lab is currently closed to the public. Please email sparc@gmu.edu for virtual assistance or to schedule an appointment to print a poster. Poster printing is available by appointment only, please email at least 2 business days ahead of your preferred appointment time.**
SP@RC Lab
2100 Fenwick Library
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Noon - 4 p.m.
The Writing Center at Fenwick
2100 and 2302 Fenwick Library
Consult with Writing Center staff.
The Office of Student Scholarship, Creative Activities, and Research
246 Johnson Center
Get started with a poster template from OSCAR.
Services
How to...
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Design a research poster
Software
SP@RC houses six Mac desktop computers equipped with the following Adobe software, available to the Mason community. Drop by during our open hours to use a computer, or email us at sparc@gmu.edu to reserve some time.
- Adobe Acrobat DC
- Adobe After Effects CC 2018
- Adobe Animate CC 2018
- Adobe Audition CC 2018
- Adobe Bridge CC 2018
- Adobe Character Animator CC 2018
- Adobe Dreamweaver CC 2018
- Adobe ExtendScript Toolkit CC
- Adobe Fireworks CS6
- Adobe Flash Builder 4.7
- Adobe Fuse CC
- Adobe Gaming SDK 1.4
- Adobe Illustrator CC 2018
- Adobe InCopy CC 2018
- Adobe InDesign CC 2018
- Adobe Lightroom Classic CC
- Adobe Media Encoder CC 2018
- Adobe Muse CC 2018
- Adobe Photoshop CC 2018
- Adobe Prelude CC 2018
- Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2018
- Adobe Scout CC
- Adobe SpeedGrade CC
Partners
- University Libraries
- OSCAR (Students as Scholars)
- The Writing Center
- Department of Communication Basic Course
- Mason Publishing Group
- DiSC (Digital Scholarship Center)