Eastern students will give presentations and receive awards at The Political Science Research Conference Wednesday.

The conference will begin with opening remarks at 9:45 a.m. in the Arcola-Tuscola Room at the Martin Luther King Jr. University Union.

The student presentations will be broken down into four panels which cover the principal subfields of political science.

American politics, comparative politics, international relations and public administration are subfields students based their research on.

The first panel, themed “Organizations, Politics and Bureaucracy,” will begin at 10 a.m., followed by “The Influence of the Electoral System on the Political Process” at 11 a.m.

After an hour lunch break, the panel presentations will resume with “Presidential Politics: Connecting to the Public,” and then “Political Science Internships and Simulations” at 2 p.m.

Ryan Hendrickson, political science professor and chair of “Political Science Internships and Simulations,” said students in the final panel will discuss the topic and will also engage in practical political exercises.

These exercises include model governments, model United Nations meetings and mock trials.

“All of the panels highlight some of our outstanding student research this year,” Hendrickson said.

An awards and recognition reception will follow the presentations in the 1895 Room.

Admission to the conference is free, and the conference is open for anyone to attend, Hendrickson said.