{"id":14620,"date":"2026-03-04T18:54:47","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T18:54:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/rasc\/?page_id=14620"},"modified":"2026-04-22T12:53:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T12:53:27","slug":"undergraduate-poster-presentation-awards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/rasc\/undergraduate-research-exposition\/undergraduate-poster-presentation-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Undergraduate Poster Presentation Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; disabled_on=&#8221;off|off|off&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Hero&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_color=&#8221;rgba(31,31,31,0)&#8221; parallax=&#8221;on&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|0|0px|0px|false|false&#8221; transparent_background=&#8221;on&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;66px|0px|0|0px|false|false&#8221; 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