Create your large format poster! We have templates you can reference as a starting point. However, you can be as creative as you want with your poster. We encourage you to design the poster in a way which tells the story of your work.
- MURALS Template Examples can be found here: Poster_Templates MURALS pptx.pptx
- Download the file and follow the instructions on the first slide!
- Tip: Check/change the dimensions of the slide FIRST
- Additional Free Templates can be found here: Poster Nerd
- The large format poster must have dimensions of 3 feet by 4 feet or 4 feet by 3 feet (either vertical or horizontal orientation).
- Anyone who contributed to the research should be listed as an author. Notify all authors that will be listed on the poster ahead of time
- Have a friend read over the poster for any typos/illegible components
- Click HERE for tips on creating an engaging poster
- MURALS Template Examples can be found here: Poster_Templates MURALS pptx.pptx
Upload your FINAL poster design by March 12, 2027 at 11:59 pm -> Click to Submit Poster PDF File HERE. Note that you will paste your previously submitted abstract into the form; however, it is only to cross-reference it to your poster.
Your submission is final, so double check for typos! Follow the instructions below to access Symposium and view the digital gallery closer to the event date.
You will not be able to present in-person on April 2nd if your poster is not uploaded on Symposium by Friday, March 12th.
Create or login to your Symposium by ForagerOne account and Register for the MURALS 2027 event to see your poster in the digital poster gallery closer to the event date.
- Log into your Cvent account.
- Select the profile icon in the top right corner of the screen.
- Select “My Submissions” from the dropdown menu.
- Find the submission you’d like to adjust, and then select the yellow-orange pencil icon on the left of your submission.
- Once you’ve selected the pencil icon, you can upload your Poster PDF to the Media Form Section- do not change your Abstract, as judging will already be underway for this section. When done uploading your PDF file, please select “Submit” at the bottom of the page.
Once you have created your poster and submitted the final design to Symposium online, print it.
- MOST students have printing through your Academic College. ONE free print will be provided to all MURALS participants. Please locate your College (major or primary major) below to find where you can print.
- You will need to bring your poster with you to check-in on April 2, 2027 at 7:30am.
- MOST students have printing through your Academic College. ONE free print will be provided to all MURALS participants. Please locate your College (major or primary major) below to find where you can print.
College of Agricultural Sciences
Location: The printer is located in the Nutrien College of Agricultural Sciences Building in the Ag Innovation Gym (1st floor). Students will be able to log onto computers in lab, access their file, and access printer.
Contact Person: Elias Quinonez, elias.quinonez@colostate.edu, 970.491.2088, Nutrien Rm 152
College of Natural Science
Location:
- Only printing for undergraduate students with primary majors in the College of Natural Sciences. Students must sign up IN-PERSON for a printing time, as soon as possible to avoid last-minute requests that the schedule may not be able to accommodate. Sign up in the RED binder of the printing lab.
- Biology Building, Room 126. Files need to be in .pdf format for printing. Lab Hours: Mon-Thur. 9a-7p, Fri. 9a-5p
Contact Person: Ross Madden, ross.madden@colostate.edu or Evan Campbell, evan.campbell@colostate.edu
Warner College of Natural Resources
Location: MSNR room 107A; To get something printed on the plotter, stop by the lab attendant staff desk within the lab. You’ll need your CSU ID and a USB drive with the document (PDF format required for plotter printing) you need printed.
Contact Person: Randy Major, randy.major@colostate.edu or Nikki Foxley, nikki.foxley@colostate.edu
Walter Scott Jr., College of Engineering
Information: WSCOE has poster printers (plotters) in two locations. They run off of the print quota which every student in WSCOE receives each fall for the academic year.
Learn more here: https://www.engr.colostate.edu/ets/plotters/
College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences
Location: CVMBS Undergraduate Computer Lab (Anatomy/Zoology E106).
– Posters should be submitted 4 days prior to the date required for pick-up.
– Students need to fill out the appropriate form: Undergraduate Student poster printing
-Students need to submit final version of their poster via email to: CVMBS_Poster_Prints@colostate.edu
– Posters should be formatted in a (3’ x 4’ in portrait or landscape)
– The CVMBS UG Computer Lab staff will print the posters.
– Once the poster is printed, student will be notified when the poster is available for pick up during business hours (8:00-5:00, M-F).
– There is no charge to undergraduate students in the Biomedical Sciences or Neuroscience degree programs.
Contact Person: Kristen.P.Brown@colostate.edu
College of Health & Human Sciences
Location: Gifford 317, Preconstruction 200, and RDC 103. USB, email, drive, etc. There is internet service, so all options are open. The students should go during business hours because someone will be there to assist with poster printing. Students have technology fees loaded to their accounts, but if they need special reimbursement their mentor can contact Dr. Michelle Foster, michelle.foster@colostate.edu.
Contact Person during business hours (8a-5p): chhshelpdesk@colostate.edu
College of Business / College of Liberal Arts/ Undeclared/ Interdisciplinary Studies
Your college does not have a large-scale laser printer. Email Dr. Rickey Frierson at Rickey.Frierson@colostate.edu by 5pm Monday (3/15) for printing instructions. Posters will be available for pick up at MURALS Check-In.
- Failure to adhere to the emailed instructions will require you to find alternative printing options off-campus and at your own expense.
