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Special Thanks to Danielle Cowles, Central Michigan University, for designing the 50th Anniversary conference logo. Make No Little Plans November 11–15, 2015 • Chicago, IL • Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers
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This year’s conference schedule is brimming with practical and enlightening presentations, many of which are designed for, or merit the attention of, faculty and administrators who are new to honors education and who may be first-time attendees. Students, you will also find presentations and events focused on making the most of your honors experience.
This program serves as a guide to plan your NCHC Conference experience. To see the can’t-miss events taking place throughout the week, check the Conference Highlights and Conference at a Glance. The Conference Navigator provides a sample itinerary for all five conference days.
The Chronological Listing contains a complete description of each session taking place, separated by day. If you are interested in sessions on a specific topic, see theSession Index by Keyword. The Signature Programs section lists individual agendas for specific programs.
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2 50th Annual Conference of the National Collegiate Honors Council Table of Contents Welcome ...... 4 NCHC Mission & Board of Directors ...... 5 General Information ...... 6 2014 Conference Sponsors ...... 7 Conference at a Glance ...... 8 2015 Conference Highlights ...... 12 Conference Navigator Itinerary ...... 13 Student Roadmap ...... 14 2015 NCHC Awards ...... 15 2015 NCHC Portz Scholars ...... 16 2015 NCHC Portz Fellowships ...... 18 Chronological Listing: Wednesday, November 11, 2015 ...... 21 Thursday, November 12, 2015 ...... 23 Friday, November 13, 2015 ...... 31 Saturday, November 14, 2015 ...... 57 Sunday, November 15, 2015 ...... 85 Poster Sessions: Student Poster Session A ...... 87 Faculty Poster Session A ...... 101 Student Poster Session B ...... 104 Faculty Poster Session B ...... 119 Idea Exchange ...... 122 Signature Program Schedules: Best Honors Administrative Practices (BHAP) ...... 133 City as Text™ (CAT) ...... 135 Consultants Center ...... 137 Developing in Honors (DIH) sponsored by The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi ...... 139 Student Interdisciplinary Research Panels ...... 141 Appendices: Student Moderators ...... 143 Committee & Regional Meetings Schedule ...... 144 2015 NCHC Conference Planning Chairs ...... 145 2016 NCHC Nominees ...... 146 Fellows of the National Collegiate Honors Council ...... 147 Past NCHC Presidents ...... 148 Honorary Members of NCHC ...... 148 Past/Future Conference Dates and Sites ...... 149 Future NCHC Educational Opportunities ...... 150 Directory of Institutional Members of NCHC ...... 152 Directory of Professional Members of NCHC ...... 158 Directory of Affiliate Members of NCHC ...... 162 Directory of Student Members of NCHC ...... 162 NCHC Publications Order Form ...... 163 Monographs & Journals ...... 164 Index of Speakers and Presenters ...... 166 Session Index by Keyword ...... 173 Hotel Floor Plans ...... Fold-Out In Back www.nchchonors.org 3 WELCOME
Welcome to the 2015 NCHC Conference
On behalf of the 2015 Conference Planning Committee, the Board of Directors, and the National Office Staff of the National Collegiate Honors Council (NCHC), I am pleased to welcome you to Chicago and to the 50th Annual NCHC Conference. It is with great pride that we celebrate a half century of leadership in honors education. I am also proud of the way we have grown. Beginning with 194 institutional members, NCHC now boasts 897 institutional members—honors programs and colleges.
NCHC benefits from the commitment and dedication of thousands of honors educators and students nationally. Our conference theme reflects a history we are proud of and predicts the future we will build together: “Make no little plans.” That surely has been and will remain our goal.
Each of the signature programs and conference sessions provides an opportunity for networking and collaborating with other students, faculty, and administrators. At our culminating dinner gala we will spend an elegant evening celebrating NCHC with friends and colleagues. Welcome to Chicago and welcome to this special 50th anniversary celebration.
I wish you a wonderful conference!
Jerry Herron 2015 NCHC Conference Chair NCHC President Elect
4 50th Annual Conference of the National Collegiate Honors Council THE MISSION OF NCHC: To support and enhance the community of educational institutions, professionals, and students who participate in collegiate honors education around the world.
NCHC BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Lopamudra Basu, University of Wisconsin-Stout Barry Falk, President Virginia Commonwealth University Suketu P. Bhavsar, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Adam Costa*, Bridgewater State University Jerry Herron, President Elect Wayne State University Ray J. Davis, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore
Art Spisak, Vice President Tiffany Ernst*, University of North Carolina Wilmington University of Iowa Alex Hoffmann*, University of Southern Indiana
James Ruebel, Past President Maureen Kelleher, Northeastern University Ball State University Kathleen King, Hillsborough Community College Kyoko Amano, Secretary Soncerey L. Montgomery, Winston-Salem State University University of Indianapolis Mary Kay Mulvaney, Elmhurst College Steven Engel, Treasurer Georgia Southern University Barbra Nightingale, Broward College
Chika Okanya*, Paine College
Stacy Rice, Northern Virginia Community College
National Collegiate Amber Rolland*, University of Central Arkansas Honors Council Laurie Smith Law, Iowa State University 1100 Neihardt Residence Center University of Nebraska Amy Ta*, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona 540 North 16th Street Naomi Yavneh Klos, Loyola University New Orleans Lincoln, NE 68588-0627 www.nchchonors.org John Zubizarreta, Columbia College - South Carolina Email: [email protected] Tel: 402-472-9150 • Fax: 402-472-9152 *student
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General Information Hotel Information
Registration/Information Desk Wednesday, November 11 2:00 PM–8:00 PM Thursday, November 12 7:30 AM–5:00 PM Friday, November 13 7:30 AM–4:00 PM
NCHC Publications Book Sales Thursday, November 12 10:00 AM–5:00 PM Friday, November 13 10:00 AM–4:00 PM Saturday, November 14 10:00 AM–2:30 PM
Conference Badges Conference attendees must wear their official conference badges to be admitted to conference events, including all meals, all sessions, and the Welcome Reception. There will be a $50 fee for replacement badges.
LCD Equipment Policy If you are making a presentation, do not use any LCD or computer equipment that Jerry Herron, the conference chair, has not authorized in writing in advance. We have provided the Sheraton with a list of approved presentations and their AV needs. If you have not been Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers authorized to use an LCD for your presentation, please 301 East North Water Street do not ask the Sheraton staff to hook up or plug in any Chicago, IL, 60611 unauthorized equipment. Be aware that NCHC takes no 312-329-7001 responsibility for unauthorized or unapproved charges. Reservations: 888-627-8405 NCHC will turn all such charges over to the presenter for Check-in: 3PM / Check out: 12PM full and prompt payment. Located along the Chicago River, the Sheraton Chicago ADA Statement and Sign Language Interpreters is only steps away from Navy Pier, Magnificent Mile, Loop This publication will be made available in accessible Business District, Art Institute, Grant Park, Buckingham formats upon request. Please call 402-472-9150 for Fountain, trolley tours, architectural river tours, shopping, information. Sign language interpreters will be available dining and entertainment. for selected conference sessions. SERVICES/FACILITIES/SHOPS: Meetings FedEx Office Business Center All board and committee meetings are public meetings Multi-lingual Concierge Staff open to the membership. Sheraton Fitness Center Indoor Swimming Pool Sundeck and Sauna In-room Massage Therapy Jogging & bicycling along Lake Michigan Valet Parking Gift/Sundries Shop
6 50th Annual Conference of the National Collegiate Honors Council 2015 Conference Sponsors
The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi Thank you to our Sponsors of Developing in Honors Host State Sponsors: GEICO Insurance University of Chicago DC Internships Elmhurst College EF College Study Tours Gifted Hire Semester at Sea Special Thanks To: The National Society of Collegiate Scholars Arizona State University Graduate School Washington Internship Institute The University of Illinois at Chicago United Planet Student Opportunity Center The Chwat Group Golden Key International Honour Society
www.nchchonors.org 7 CONFERENCE AT A GLANCE
CONFERENCE AT A GLANCE
Wednesday, November 11, 2015
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM Mayfair Board of Directors Meeting 12:30 PM - 12:45 PM Chicago Ballroom 10 Beginning in Honors Opening 12:45 PM - 4:30 PM OH, MS, AR, CO, MO, TN, Beginning in Honors Columbus A & B, Parlor C 2:00 PM - 8:00 PM Sheraton Promenade Registration 4:30 PM - 5:00 PM OH, MS, AR,CO, MO, TN, BIH Individual Consultations Columbus A & B, Parlor C 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM CHI Bar 2 / Fountainview New Directors Reception (by invitation only) 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Parlor C Assessment and Evaluation Committee Meeting 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Tennessee Honors Semesters Committee Meeting
Thursday, November 12, 2015
7:30 AM - 5:00 PM Sheraton Promenade Registration 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Sheraton Ballroom 4 & 7 Developing in Honors Opening (sponsored by Phi Kappa Phi) 8:30 AM - 10:30 AM Mayfair Master Class: Drama 8:30 AM - 10:30 AM Missouri Master Class: Poetry 8:30 AM - 10:30 AM Colorado Dance Workshop 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Ohio International Breakfast 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Huron Diversity Forum Session I 9:15 AM - 10:15 AM Sheraton Ballroom 1-3, Ontario, Developing in Honors Breakouts Erie, Chicago Ballroom 8-10 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM Sheraton Ballroom 4 & 7 Student Orientation 9:30AM - 10:00 AM Mississippi Partners in the Parks Opening (pre-registration required)
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Sheraton Ballroom 1-3, Ontario, Developing in Honors Breakouts Erie, Chicago Ballroom 8-10
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Sheraton Ballroom 4 & 7 City as TextTM Opening (pre-registration required) 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM Missouri, Mayfair Master Class: Music/Film 12:30 PM - 12:45 PM Sheraton Ballroom 4 & 7 Students in Honors Opening (pre-registration required) 1:00 PM - 2:45 PM Erie, Superior A-B, Michigan A-B, OH, MS Students in Honors Breakouts (pre-registration required) 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM Sheraton Ballroom 1-3, Chicago Ballroom 8 Developing in Honors Breakouts
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM Missouri Faculty Professional Development
8 50th Annual Conference of the National Collegiate Honors Council CONFERENCE AT A GLANCE
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM Huron, Ontario, Erie, Superior A-B, City as TextTM Reports (pre-registration required) Michigan A-B, OH, MS, AR 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Chicago Ballroom 9-10 City as TextTM Wrap-up (pre-registration required) 4:00 PM - 11:30 PM MS, AR, CO, MO Meetings (Committees, Councils, Interest Groups, etc.) 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM Sheraton Ballroom Opening Ceremony and Welcome Reception 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM Ohio Student Moderator Training 8:30 PM - 11:00 PM Chicago Ballroom 10 Student Party (sponsored by GiftedHire)
Friday, November 13, 2015
6:30 AM - 7:30 AM Chicago Ballroom 10 Sunrise Yoga 7:30 AM - 8:45 AM Sheraton Ballroom 4-7 Idea Exchange Breakfast 7:30 AM - 5:00 PM Sheraton Promenade Registration 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM Huron Student Moderator Training II 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Sheraton Ballroom 1-3, Ontario, Erie, General Sessions Superior A-B, Michigan A, MS, AR, Mayfair, Chicago Ballroom 8-10 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Arkansas, Colorado, Missouri Roundtables 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM River Exhibition Student & Faculty Posters 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Huron Diversity Forum Session II 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM Columbus A & B Best Honors Administrative Practices (BHAP) 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM Parlor E & F Meetings (Committees, Councils, Interest Groups, etc.) 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM Parlor C Consultants Center 10:00 AM - 12:45 PM Michigan B Student Interdisciplinary Resarch Panels 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Ontario Faculty Professional Development 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM Huron Forum on International Education 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM River Exhibition Student & Faculty Posters 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM Ontario Two Year College Issues 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Parlor E Large University Special Interest Group 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Sheraton Ballroom 4 & 7 Plenary: Emerson Spartz 4:00 PM - 4:50 PM Parlor E, Ontario Meetings (Committees, Councils, Interest Groups, etc.) 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Sheraton Ballroom 1-3, Chicago Ballroom 8-10 Regional Meetings 6:00 PM - 11:00 PM Michigan A & B Students Friday Night In 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM Columbus B Faculty Awards Reception (by invitation only) 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM Mayfair World Premiere: The Gatherer of Lost Children
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Saturday, November 14, 2015
6:30 AM - 7:30 AM Sheraton Ballroom 10 Sunrise Yoga 7:30 AM -8:45 AM River Exhibition A & B Breakfast 7:30 AM -8:30 AM Missouri Regional Breakfast (by invitation only) 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM Sheraton Promenade NCHC Info Desk 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Chicago Ballroom 10 NCHC Annual Business Meeting
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Ohio Faculty Professional Development
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM Sheraton Ballroom 1-3, 8-10, Ontario, Erie, General Sessions Superior A-B, Michigan A, MS, AR, Mayfair 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM Colorado, Missouri Roundtables 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM Parlor C Consultants Center 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Huron Forum on Diversity III 10:00 AM - 2:15 PM Michigan B Student Interdisciplinary Resarch Panels 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM Columbus A & B Best Honors Administrative Practices 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM Mayfair Master Class Showcase 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM Ohio Portz Scholars Presentations 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Columbus A Meetings (Committees, Councils, Interest Groups, etc.) 5:30 PM - 5:45 PM Mayfair Bow Tie Basics 6:00 PM - 6:45 PM Superior A-B NCHC Awards 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM Sheraton Ballroom 50th Anniversary Celebration Gala
10 50th Annual Conference of the National Collegiate Honors Council PLENARY SPEAKER
Featured Plenary Speaker Emerson Spartz Friday, November 13, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Sheraton Ballroom
Emerson Spartz is one of the world’s leading experts on internet virality and has been featured in major media including the Wall Street Journal, CBS Evening News, CNN, MSNBC, and Fox News.
As the CEO of Spartz Inc, he runs one of the fastest-growing digital media publishers with 160 million page views per month. The Spartz Media Network of eighteen websites includes OMG Facts, GivesMeHope, and Dose.
At the age of 12, Spartz founded MuggleNet, the #1 Harry Potter website, which attracted 50 million page views per month. By the age of 19, Spartz became a New York Times bestselling author after publishing his first book. Spartz lives in Chicago with his wife Gaby and his pet chinchilla, Zoe.
www.nchchonors.org 11 Conference Highlights 2015 Don’t miss these key NCHC events! Beginning in Honors Idea Exchange Opening in Chicago 10 • Wednesday, 12:30 PM–5:00 PM Sheraton Ballroom • Friday, 7:30 AM-8:45 AM Beginning in Honors (BIH) serves faculty and administrators who are new The Idea Exchange provides conference attendees the opportunity to to honors education, whether from programs or colleges. BIH uses a highly exchange and gather information on NCHC Committees, professional interactive format to assist individuals who are starting honors programs organizations, student organizations, honors programs and structures, or who are assuming positions of leadership in existing ones. It addresses innovative practices, special campus opportunities, or scholarship basic issues concerning the administration, curriculum, faculty, and opportunities. Presenters at this traditional morning breakfast session will students of honors programs. Wrap up with a reception for New Directors display materials on a table and/or easel as stimuli to informal discussion. at 6pm. NCHC Annual Business Meeting & Presidential Address Best Honors Administrative Practices Chicago Ballroom 10 • Saturday, 9:00 AM–10:00 AM Columbus A & B Barry Falk, NCHC President, will make his Presidential Address. All NCHC Friday, 9:00 AM–2:00 PM • Saturday, 10:00 AM–4:00 PM members are encouraged to attend this address and the Business Meeting. Best Honors Administrative Practices (BHAP) sessions are designed to allow Members will also have the opportunity to meet the candidates for the participants with all levels of honors experience to focus on a number of 2016 Board of Directors. key administrative issues facing honors programs and honors colleges. NCHC Student Awards Bow Tie Basics Superior A & B • Saturday, 6:00 PM Mayfair • Saturday, 5:30 PM - 5:45PM Join us for the annual awards ceremony. Awards presented include The right bow tie can transform an outfit from unimaginative to quirky and Newsletter Contest, Student Posters, NCHC Student of the Year, NCHC Portz confident. Unleash your inner James Bond as you join vice president Jerry Scholars, NCHC John Hanigan Student Scholarship, and winner of the OSAP Herron in his bow tie tying lesson. Oxford Semester drawing. City as TextTM NCHC Portz Scholars Research Presentations Opening in Sheraton Ballroom 4&7 • Thursday, 11:00 AM–5:00 PM Ohio • Saturday, 1:00 PM–3:00 PM One of the signature programs of NCHC’s annual conference, City as Text™ The NCHC Portz Scholars will present summaries of their research. They will is an opportunity to utilize site-based experiential inquiry to formulate an also be honored during the Awards Ceremony on Saturday at 6pm. understanding of places and issues. Plenary Speaker: Emerson Spartz Consultants Center Sheraton Ballroom • Friday, 2:00 PM–3:00 PM Parlor C • Friday, 9:00 AM–2:00 PM • Saturday, 10:00 AM–4:00 PM Emerson Spartz is one of the world’s leading experts on internet virality. Always a conference favorite, the Consultants Center gives attendees At the age of 12, Spartz founded MuggleNet, the #1 Harry Potter website, the opportunity to speak one-on-one with experienced honors deans, which attracted 50 million page views per month. By the age of 19, Spartz directors, and advisors in an informal setting. became a New York Times bestselling author. Now, as the CEO of Spartz Developing in Honors Sponsored by The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi Inc., he runs one of the fastest-growing digital media publishers with 160 Opening in Sheraton Ballroom 4&7 • Thursday, 8:00 AM–4:00 PM million page views per month. Developing in Honors (DIH) is NCHC’s nuts-and-bolts workshop for Student Fishbowl experienced honors administrators, faculty, and professional staff. Erie • Friday, 9:00 AM–9:50 AM (“Experienced” means you will have completed at least one year in your This session provides a roundtable discussion where honors faculty and current honors position by the time NCHC meets in Chicago.) The format directors can hear from students about what works and does not work in for DIH is that each panelist will make a brief presentation (no more than honors programs. five minutes) before the session is opened for questions and discussion. These panels are designed to be interactive; please come with questions. Student Party Chicago Ballroom 10 • Thursday, 8:30PM-11:00 PM Faculty & Student Poster Presentations Connect with honors students from across the nation in a fun-filled setting River Exhibition • Friday, 9:00-11:00AM & 11:30AM-1:30PM featuring some great local flair! Students present original research or fine art in the NCHC Student Poster Sessions. Posters are competitively judged by category, and awards will Opening Ceremony & Welcome Reception be given at the NCHC Awards Ceremony. Faculty posters showcase an Sheraton Ballroom 4 & 7 • Thursday, 5:30 PM–7:30 PM innovative honors course or share findings from honors-specific research. The NCHC Board of Directors welcomes you to an opening reception. Enjoy meeting and greeting all the members of NCHC! Student Orientation Sheraton Ballroom 4 & 7 • Thursday, 10:00 AM–11:00 AM 50th Anniversary Gala Honors students: You have made it to the NCHC Chicago Conference - Sheraton Ballroom • Saturday, 7:00 PM–10:00 PM now what? This informative and fun welcome will help you to answer that The culmination of the 50th Annual Conference. Gather with your NCHC question and will give you an opportunity to meet student members of Colleagues for an evening of celebration and entertainment! Recognize NCHC’s Board of Directors. Come for raffle tickets, prizes, and some great the contributions of NCHC members as we dine on fine Chicago cuisine. Then sit back and enjoy an exclusive performance by world-renowned information about conference! improv group, Chicago’s own Second City! Cap off the evening dancing to Chicago blues for a night you’ll never forget..
12 50th Annual Conference of the National Collegiate Honors Council Conference Navigator Suggestions for 5 Excellent Days in Chicago!
Wednesday, November 11 Evening • Attend a Regional Honors Council Meeting. (You are from one Afternoon of the six!) • Pick up your conference badge and conference program at the • Enjoy a local Chicago restaurant with colleagues and friends. Registration Desk. • Return for the debut performance of an original music • Participate in the Beginning in Honors workshop, followed by composition, “The Gatherer of Lost Children.” networking at the New Directors Reception. • Students, enjoy Friday Night In and study or play games with Evening students from around the nation. • Enjoy a Chicago dinner with other NCHC members. • Attend any of several committee meetings. All NCHC committee meetings are open to the membership. Brief Saturday, November 14 descriptions are listed on the NCHC website. Throughout the Day • Visit the Consultants Center to discuss your individual Thursday, November 12 program and concerns with experienced honors faculty and administrators. Morning • Attend Student Interdisciplinary Research Panels, Best Honors • Attend Developing in Honors or Honors Student Welcome and Administrative Practices, General Sessions, Roundtables, Poster Orientation sessions. Sessions, or committee meetings. • Express some creativity at the Dance Workshop. Morning Late Morning through Afternoon • Start the morning relaxed and ready with group yoga. • Choose a City as Text™ excursion and explore Chicago. • Join us for breakfast. • Go in-depth with a Faculty Professional Development session. • Attend the NCHC Annual Business Meeting and Barry Falk’s Evening Presidential Address. • Ring in the 50th Annual Conference at the Opening • Catch the final faculty training workshop from the Professional Ceremonies Celebration. Development committee. • Continue the kickoff at the NCHCWelcome Reception. Afternoon • Attend a committee meeting. • See the winning presentations of the highly competitive NCHC Portz Scholars competition. • Students, attend the Student Party! • Attend the Master Class Showcase of fine arts. Evening Friday, November 13 • Get dolled up for the evening celebrations, and attend Dr. Herron’s Bow Tie Basics session. Throughout the Day • Celebrate the Student of the Year, the NCHC Portz Scholars, • Visit the Consultants Center to discuss your individual and more at the NCHC Awards. program and concerns with experienced honors faculty and • Kick back and enjoy an evening of dinner, comedy, dancing administrators. and remembrance at the NCHC’s 50th Anniversary Gala. (Black • Attend Student Interdisciplinary Research Panels, Best Honors tie optional!) Administrative Practices, General Sessions, Roundtables, Poster Sessions, or committee meetings. Morning Sunday, November 15 • Start the morning relaxed and ready with group yoga. • Join colleagues for a Continental Breakfast and learn about • On your way home, organize all you have learned. Reflect on new initiatives at the Idea Exchange. the new friends you have made. • Enjoy performances by local student talent at the Community • Be sure to keep this printed program; it has information that Arts in Honors event. will be useful to you throughout the year. Afternoon • Begin planning your participation in the NCHC’s 51st Annual • Attend the conference plenary featuring Emerson Spartz Conference, October 12-16, 2016 in Seattle, Washington. • Take in another Faculty Professional Development workshop.
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Student Orientation NCHC Startup Challenge Thinktank Sheraton Ballroom 4&7 Missouri Thursday, November 12, 10:00AM – 11:00AM Saturday, November 14, 12:00PM - 1:00PM Honors students: You have made it to the NCHC Chicago Conference, now what? This Calling all entrepreneurs and idea thinkers to talk about startups and creating your own informative and fun welcome will help you to answer that question, and will give you an business! If you’re interested in Silicon Valley, Shark Tank, new technologies and similar opportunity to meet student members of NCHC’s Board of Directors. Come for raffle tickets, topics then this is the session for you. Join us to share your ideas with a room full of like prizes, and some great information about conference! minded people.
Students in Honors NCHC Student Toolkit: What Can NCHC Do For YOU? Opening in Sheraton Ballroom 4&7 Chicago Ballroom 8 Thursday, November 12, 12:30PM – 4:00PM Saturday, November 14, 1:00PM – 2:00PM This session will offer valuable professional development opportunities for honors During this time, the Student Affairs Committee will express the benefits of becoming a students and provide students an opportunity to collaborate to solve challenges in our member of NCHC. The student board of director nominees will be introduced and express honors communities. It will include a variety of interactive workshops including topics why they are good nominees for the BOD. Also, the Student Affairs Committee will use such as studying abroad and internships, thesis/capstone preparation, the graduate school this time as their committee meeting to review the past year and the future of the board, process, conference presentations, selling yourself as an honors student, and solving detailing the process of members rotating off and back on. It will also show the potential problems in our honors communities. members the inner workings of the NCHC and how their involvement can benefit the future of honors across the nation. Student Party Sheraton Ballroom 10 NCHC Awards Thursday, November 12, 8:30PM – 11:00PM Superior A & B Connect with honors students from across the nation in a fun-filled setting featuring great Saturday, November 14, 6:00PM - 6:45PM music and great prizes! Celebrate your fellow students and achievements in honors at the annual awards ceremony. Award recognitions include Newsletter Awards, Student Poster Winners, the Community Service Fundraiser John Hanigan Scholarship Winner, NCHC Portz Scholars, NCHC Student of the Year, Oxford Ongoing throughout Conference Semester drawing, and more! The NCHC Student Affairs Committee will be selling badge ribbons to raise funds for the Dreams for Kids, a Chicago based nonprofit organization that replaces charity 50th Anniversary Gala (Black Tie Attire Optional) with opportunities for at risk youth who learn career and life skills as they build social Sheraton Ballroom enterprises that impact their local community and the world. Special ribbons will Saturday, November 14, 7:00PM – 10:00PM also be available to show a special donation the the NCHC Founder’s Fund for student Be sure to attend the beginning of NCHC’s 50th anniversary celebration, an exciting event scholarships! showcasing Denver cuisine followed by dancing to the sweet sounds of Phat Daddy. NCHC Fellows and the first recipient of the Ron Brandolini Award for Excellence at a Two-Year Students Friday Night In Institution will be recognized. Michigan A & B Friday, November13, 6:00 PM – 11:00 PM An opportunity for students to engage and work in a relaxed atmosphere as an additional choice for their Friday evening. NCHC study tables will be available for those who need a quiet space; the adjoining parlor will have games and fun activities to interact with other NCHC honors students! Student Representatives Do you love being an honors student? Do you want to affect the future of honors on a national scale? Do you want to expand your leadership abilities? Do you love NCHC? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then you should consider running for a student position on the National Collegiate Honors Council Board of Directors! One- and two-year positions are available. Requirements include attending all Board of Director meetings (winter, summer, and conference), and participating in any duties as assigned throughout the year including planning student events for the upcoming conferences. You must get permission from your honors director or dean to run for the position. Applications can be found online at www.nchchonors.org.
14 50th Annual Conference of the National Collegiate Honors Council NCHC Awards
Join us for the 2015 NCHC Student Awards ceremony as we celebrate the achievements and contributions made to honors education by members of our organization.
Saturday, November 15 6:00 PM - 6:45 PM Superior A & B
2015 Student Awards will include:
• NCHC John J. Hanigan Student Scholarship Recipient • NCHC Newsletter Contest Winners • NCHC Portz Scholars Recipients • NCHC Student Poster Winners • NCHC Student of the Year Winner • Winner of the OSAP Oxford Semester drawing
The following awards will be celebrated with a reception and recognized during the 50th Anniversary Gala: • NCHC Ron Brandolini Award for Excellence at a Two-Year Institution • NCHC Sam Schuman Award for Excellence at a Four-Year Institution • 2015 Class of NCHC Fellows
The Inaugural NCHC Founders Award will be presented during the 50th Anniversary Gala Celebration
www.nchchonors.org 15 2015 NCHC Portz Scholars
Awards and Grants Committee Co-Chairs: Ann Eisenberg & Kate Bruce
On behalf of the Portz Committee, the Committee on Awards and Grants is pleased to announce the 2015 Portz Scholars for the 25th year of the competition. Members of the Awards and Grants Committee read 47 outstanding papers during the summer and selected the top four student papers. The four Portz Scholars will be present their papers at a plenary session Saturday at 1:00 PM in the Ohio Room, and will be awarded a $350.00 stipend at the NCHC Awards later that day.
The 2015 NCHC Portz Scholars are:
Amir Aziz, University of Mississippi Social and Behavioral Science Dean: Douglass Sullivan-Gonzalez
“Al‐Arabiyyah, Le Français, and the Soul of Algeria: The Language Tango between Arabic and French in Algerian Education Policy and Defining Post-Colonial Algerian National Identity”
This paper applies various theories to analyze Algeria’s national identity. Since language policies are largely communicated in schools, the paper also focuses on how Arabic and French are represented within the educational system. The paper begins by addressing three key theoretical concepts pertinent to understanding national identity and then proceeds to examine how language and national identity manifest in Algerian discourse and how expressions of national identity became linked to educational language policies over three historical eras. The paper concludes with a discussion of the author’s own research conducted in Algiers.
Dorvan Byler, Kent State University at Stark Humanities Honors Director: Leslie Heaphy
“Flee from the Worship of Idols:”Becoming Christian in Roman Corinth”
This paper explores interactions among Christians, Jews, and pagans in the first and second century Roman Empire with a focus on the city of Corinth, a port city where a diverse range of religious and cultural groups interacted. The paper examines the eighteenth chapter of Acts, Paul’s letters to the Corinthians, and the First Epistle of Clement as well as archaeological evidence from the ruins of the ancient city for clues about the people who lived there. A short historiographical discussion is also included to create space for this topic in conversation with other authors.
16 50th Annual Conference of the National Collegiate Honors Council Nick Esposito, University of Denver Humanities Honors Director: Keith Miller
“Cosmopolitics of the Chora”
A pressing contemporary philosophical problematic, inherited from Heidegger’s work with Das Ding, is recognizable in the disparate regions of Lacan’s gap, Badiou’s outplace, Derrida’s difference, and Deleuze and Guattari’s difference in itself. This paper argues that they are, in fact, related, each leading back to the chora. The paper attempts to bring this conversation on the chora to the fore to enter into these various pathways a means of their coming together and to provide a locus for investigating the very thing they were each trying to put their finger on. The paper establishes the chora as a means of enveloping certain formerly irreconcilably different forces into a common scope.
Adrienne Meyers, University of Houston Interdisciplinary Honors Director: William Monroe
“Hierophany: The Sacred Breaking Point”
Instances of transformation reappear in mythology, ritual, religion, and culture throughout history. These transformations can mark the passage into adulthood, a spiritual journey, or describe personal growth. Often, these transformations are observed with three stages: separation, liminality, and reintegration or revelation. This paper investigates the third stage, revelation. The term heirophany describes a point of opening, or communion, between the realm of the sacred and that of the earthly and is used to mark a final revelation in the transformation process. The paper begins with personal narrative, then outlines a review of relevant texts and a visual arts project and exhibition to present an artist’s research and practice in the transformative nature of hierophany.
Apply to be a 2016 Portz Scholar
The Portz Scholars Program began in 1990 to acknowledge John and Edythe Portz’s many contributions to honors educa- tion. These two altruists have also been the inspiration for the creation of Portz Grants for innovation in honors programs and colleges, and Portz Fellowships designed to support original and extended interdisciplinary research projects.
Honors Deans and Directors can find the application for the 2016 Portz Scholars competition on the NCHC website. The deadline for the Portz Scholars competition is always the first Friday in June, which falls on Friday, June 3rd in 2016.
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Portz Fellowship Committee Chair: Patrice Berger
Congratulations to the recipients of the 2015 Portz Fellowships. The committee reviewed a large number of highly competitive applications this year and is pleased to grant the following three awards for 2015.
The 2015 NCHC Portz Fellowship winners are:
Julianna Sherman, Oral Roberts University John Korstad, Honors Director
“Regulation of Yes-Associated Proteins by Angiomotin in Mammary Epithelial Cells”
Julianna’s project is designed to combine cutting edge technology (3D Matrix organogenesis modeling) with traditional biochemical techniques to investigate the role of Amot in promoting Yap nuclear activity within the context of mammary cancer initiation and progression. Her project focuses on a type of breast cancer, “triple negative,” which has no current drug therapy. As resolution of the roles played by polarity adaptors in promoting growth is gained, new therapeutic targets are likely to be discovered.
Julianna aims to discover the relative amount of Amot80 required to promote nuclear Yap activity. This project will use not only traditional biochemical techniques, but also molecular research technologies. Some of the techniques used for this research include: mammalian tissue culture, lenti viral mediated shRNA expression, RNA phenol-chloroform extraction, qualitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR), cDNA synthesis, PCR analysis, and light microscopy.
Giorgina Paiella, University of Connecticut Jennifer Lease-Butts, Assistant Vice Provost
“Woman a Machine: The History and Gendered Semiotics of Female Automata”
Giorgina’s project has three main goals and objectives: first, to conduct research on prominent examples of female automata throughout history; second, to explore texts and films that represent female automata; and lastly, to map gendered frameworks like gender performativity to technological bodies in order to highlight the interdisciplinarity among gender, language, and technology.
Giorgina aims to research how representations of female self-acting machines, or automata, have evolved throughout the ages and to explore their historical, cultural, and social impacts in various eras, including the Middle Ages, Renaissance, and the mid-nineteenth to early-twentieth century “Golden Age of Automata” (Bailly). Her project is multidisciplinary, incorporating theories drawn from literary studies, philosophy, gender studies, and artificial intelligence to examine the agency and treatment of artificial beings that are gendered female and how these insights can illuminate how patriarchal society interacts with issues of identity, gender, and sexuality.
18 50th Annual Conference of the National Collegiate Honors Council Christopher Jabczynski, University of Arizona Patricia MacCorquodale, Dean
“Deuterium Oxide Electrolytic Reactor (D.O.E.R.)”
Christopher’s project is intended to further investigate the mechanism that occurs when excess energy is produced in the vessel by method of electrolysis, culminating in qualitative data that will provide an insight for optimal configurations of the electrolytic reactor.
Christopher seeks to elucidate the often disparate methods in materials used; between palladium, titanium, and nickel used for the cathode, between using nickel or platinum in the anode, or between using complex alloys in the cathode. These differences are primarily in the chemical electrolytic cell, our research will provide a succinct set of data obtained from a robust research methodology that will test different configurations of the D.O.E.R. to determine the optimal configuration of materials, conditions, and variables. Ultimately, his research will further the ability of scientists and engineers to develop ways to test and manufacture novel energy sources that would contain unique and sought after properties. Namely, to produce cheap energy with a minimal of environmental impact or degradation.
Apply for a 2016 Portz Fellowship
The Portz Fellowship program was launched in 2010 and is supported by the John and Edythe Portz Interdisciplinary Research Fellowship. It supports creative and innovative endeavors that cross boundaries, inviting application from individuals who wish to undertake cross-disciplinary research or from a team of two students from different disciplines who propose a single collaborative project. NCHC’s biggest award, the Portz Fellowship project will be funded for a period of up to 18 months.
If you would like more information about the Portz Fellowship or want to schedule an interview, please contact Dr. Patrice Berger at [email protected] or call 402-472-5425. Applications and information about the Portz Fellowship are available online at www.nchchonors.org. Applications will be accepted from January through early February 2015.
Past Portz Fellowships 2010: Peter Merzbacher, University of Massachusetts-Amherst. “The New Growth Initiative: Social, Economic, and Ecological Renewal through Spatially Resourceful Urban Agriculture in Springfield, Massachusetts.” 2011: Ethan Butler, University of Connecticut. “A Response to the Water Crisis: Evaluating and Improving a Novel, Zero- Energy Water Filtration System for Use in Ethiopia.” 2012: Christoper Wasko, University of Connecticut. “Irish Rebel Songs: Spreading the Word.” 2013: Two awards. Sinan Sayood, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. “A Silicon Lab-on-a-Chip for Detecting the Presence of Bacteria.” Rebecca D’Angelo, University of Connecticut. “The Anthropology of Choice, the History of Industry, and the Economics of Depletion: Understanding Patterns of Behavior in New London’s 19th-Century Whale Fishery.”
www.nchchonors.org 19 2015 NCHC Award for Administrative Excellence
As NCHC celebrates 50 Years of Honors Education, we recognize that our membership is strongly supported by the many administrative coordinators and assistants who have dedicated years of hard work and commitment to their respective programs and colleges. To thank these individuals for their role in supporting and enhancing honors education, the NCHC Award for Administrative Excellence was instituted in 2015.
The winner of the 2015 Award is Victoria Marshall Clegg of Greensboro College. With over 20 submissions in her name from colleagues, alumni, and students, Victoria exemplifies everything that NCHC wishes to honor with this award. To all the nominees who were submitted, NCHC thanks you for your continued work to make a difference in the lives of your students.
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20 50th Annual Conference of the National Collegiate Honors Council WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2015 WEDNESDAY
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Beginning in Honors is a workshop designed for new BIH honors directors and deans or those leading or creating NCHC Signature Program new honors programs and colleges.
New Directors Reception: 6:00 - 7:00pm, Chi Bar 2 / Fountainview (by invitation only)
REGISTRATION Board of Directors Meeting 2:00 - 8:00pm 8:00am - 5:00pm
COMMITTEE Are you interested in joining an NCHC Committee in 2016? Attend a MEETINGS committee meeting to find out more!
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Wednesday, November 11, 2015
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM MEETINGS BEGINNING IN HONORS Mayfair Fountain View Board of Directors Fall Meeting New Director’s Reception (by invitation only) Fall meeting of the Board of Directors. Prospective Meet members of the NCHC Board of Directors and candidates are encouraged to attend. continue conversations from BIH.
WEDNESDAY 12:30 PM - 12:45 PM 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM BEGINNING IN HONORS MEETINGS Chicago Ballroom 10 Parlor C Beginning in Honors Opening Assessment & Evaluation Committee Meeting Aron Reppmann, Trinity Christian College James Ford, Rogers State University Katherine E. Bruce, University of North Carolina Greg Lanier, University of West Florida Wilmington Coordinate and oversee activities of NCHC relating Beginning in Honors is a workshop designed for to honors evaluation and the assessment of honors new honors directors and deans or those leading or programs. Train site visitors for honors program creating new honors programs and colleges. consultations, assessments, and evaluations. In collaboration with the Publications Board, oversee 12:45 PM - 4:30 PM the periodic updating and revisions of all NCHC BEGINNING IN HONORS publications relating to the evaluation of honors Arkansas, Colorado, Columbus A&B, Mississippi, Missouri, programs. Ohio, Parlor C, Tennessee Beginning in Honors Breakouts 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM These workshops are conducted in small groups, MEETINGS focused upon specific institutional types -- large Tennessee universities; medium-sized institutions; small public, Honors Semesters Committee Meeting private, and faith-based colleges; and two-year Alix Fink, Longwood University schools. Sara Quay, Endicott College This open meeting shares the working session with 2:00 PM - 8:00 PM non-committee members so that they can see what is ADMIN involved in planning and implementing both Faculty Sheraton Promenade Institutes and Student Semesters. All are welcome. Registration Open
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM BEGINNING IN HONORS Arkansas, Colorado, Columbus A&B, Mississippi, Missouri, Ohio, Parlor C, Tennessee Beginning in Honors Individual Consultations
22 50th Annual Conference of the National Collegiate Honors Council THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2015
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Developing in Honors (DIH) is NCHC’s annual REGISTRATION nuts-and-bolts workshop for experienced honors 7:30am - 5:00pm DIH administrators, faculty, and professional staff. NCHC Signature Program 8:00am - 4:00pm
Student Welcome 10:00am CAT Honors students: You made it to the NCHC Denver Conference, now what? NCHC Signature Program This informative and fun welcome will help you to answer that question. 11:00am - 5:00pm
City as Text™, developed COMMITTEE MEETINGS by NCHC’s Honors Are you interested in joining an NCHC Committee in 2016? Semesters Committee, Attend a committee meeting to find out more! invites you to spend Thursday, November 12, exploring Chicago to get FORUM ON a sense of this wonderful STUDENT city, seeking out DIVERSITY streets, neighborhoods, PARTY institutions, and public art. 8:30pm - 11:00pm 9:00am - 11:00am
50TH ANNIVERSARY KICKOFF Opening Ceremony & Welcome Reception 5:30pm - 7:30pm • Sheraton Ballroom 4&7 www.nchchonors.org 23 THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2015
Thursday, November 12, 2015 8:30 AM - 10:30 AM MASTER CLASS Missouri 7:30 AM - 5:00 PM Poetry Master Class ADMIN Tricia Baar, College of the Ozarks Sheraton Promenade Diann McCabe, Texas State University Registration Open 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM MEETINGS Ohio DEVELOPING IN HONORS Sheraton Ballroom 4 & 7 International Reception (by invitation only) DIH 1.1 Opening Session: Reflecting on the Past but Kevin Dean, West Chester University of Pennsylvania
THURSDAY Looking Forward: The Future of Honors in a Kim Klein, Shippensburg University Changing World Richard Badenhausen, Westminster College 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Trisha Folds-Bennett, College of Charleston FORUM ON DIVERSITY John Zubizarreta, Columbia College Huron Katherine E. Bruce, University of North Carolina Forum on Diversity I Wilmington Moderators: Lisa Coleman, Southeastern Oklahoma State University 8:30 AM - 10:30 AM Jonathan Kotinek, Texas A&M University MASTER CLASS Alan Oda, Azusa Pacific University Mayfair Drama Master Class FOD I: Defining Diversity: Inclusivity, Heterogeneity, and Andrew Whatley, Columbia College Honors in a Time of Institutional Change Tyler Hastings, Angelo State University Heather Fielding, Purdue University Calumet Barbara Kleinjan, South Dakota State University Diversity and honors are deeply linked and Valerie Kleinjan, South Dakota State Univeristy determined by institutional culture. The merger of Julia McDaniel, Angelo State University two universities, Purdue Calumet and Purdue North Adrienne Pierce, Oklahoma City University Central, offers a case study in how these concepts Master classes are performance classes in drama, define each other. Two different visions of diversity-- music, poetry, and film and allow for individual or --inclusivity and heterogeneity--collide, with serious group creative presentations. In all areas, submissions ramifications for honors. that emphasize the conference theme will be given priority for acceptance. The culminating master class FOD II: Engaging Diversity in the Curriculum: Theory and showcase will feature selected presentations from Application each master class. Depending on the enrollment, Susan Haddox, University of Mount Union drama students may give monologues or small group Nicole Johnson, University of Mount Union scenes. The University of Mount Union Honors Program includes an innovative curricular component 8:30 AM - 10:30 AM addressing diversity. Students participate in the WORKSHOP Engaging Diversity theme in their junior year, first Colorado taking a course analyzing diversity with theoretical Dance Workshop resources and then completing an independent Marcy Jo Yonkey-Clayton, Columbia College project in an upper-level course of their choosing, Caitlyn Anderson, Columbia College applying what they learned from the first course. The Erica Cooper, Columbia College presentation will describe the program, as well as Sarah McGhee, Columbia College discussing logistics and challenges. Jasmine Stanley, Columbia College Meredith Yuhas, Columbia College
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9:15 AM - 10:15 AM FOD III: A Multicultural Student Perspective: What it DEVELOPING IN HONORS means to be an Honors student Chicago Ballroom 8 Jill Andel, St. Cloud State University DIH 2.4: Creating Meaningful Capstone Experiences Kifaya Bishop, St. Cloud State University Mark Clark, Oregon Institute of Technology Bao Lee, St. Cloud State University J.D. Bowers, University of Missouri This session will discuss efforts to increase honors M. G. Aune, California University of Pennsylvania participation by students of color and to enhance Jennifer Wilson, Texas Woman’s University the intercultural competence of all students in the Salvatore Musumeci, University of Tennessee at
program. Our program has set a goal of increasing Chattanooga THURSDAY the number of students of color through strategic recruitment and outreach, as well as through better 9:15 AM - 10:15 AM understanding of student perspectives of what DEVELOPING IN HONORS it means to be an honors student. Challenges to Chicago Ballroom 9 increasing diversity will be discussed along with DIH 2.5: The Disappearing Gen-Ed and the Honors successes that we have experienced as well. Curriculum Linda Frost, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga 9:15 AM - 10:15 AM Donna Menis, Saint Francis University DEVELOPING IN HONORS Annmarie Guzy, University of South Alabama Sheraton Ballroom 1 Kimberly Baldus, University of Missouri-St. Louis DIH 2.1 : Honors to Honors: Partnerships between Sheila Jones, Broward College community colleges and four-year programs Phil Frana, James Madison University 9:15 AM - 10:15 AM Katie Patton, Eastern Kentucky University DEVELOPING IN HONORS Stacy Rice, Northern Virginia Community College Chicago Ballroom 10 Nnachi Umennachi, Scott Community College DIH 2.6: Honors Advisory Boards and Fundraising Audrey Ward, Bennett College 9:15 AM - 10:15 AM Patricia MacCorquodale, University of Arizona DEVELOPING IN HONORS Margaret Franson, Valparaiso University Sheraton Ballroom 2 George Mariz, Western Washington University DIH 2.2: Beyond Recruitment: Creating honors students Alvin Wang, University of Central Florida Jefford Vahlbusch,University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Douglass Sullivan-Gonzalez, University of Mississippi 9:15 AM - 10:15 AM James Ford, Rogers State University DEVELOPING IN HONORS Teresa King, Bridgewater State University Ontario DIH 2.7: Celebrating Honors: Events, rituals, and 9:15 AM - 10:15 AM traditions DEVELOPING IN HONORS Rachelle Goldsmith, Kingsborough Community College Sheraton Ballroom 3 Jeffrey Chamberlain,Grand Valley State University DIH 2.3: Honors for a Changing Population: Online and Deborah Whitt, Wayne State College hybrid classes Barbara Pemberton, Ouachita Baptist University John Korstad, Oral Roberts University Doug Berry, Paradise Valley Community College Jason Lantzer, Butler University Melissa Johnson, University of Florida 9:15 AM - 10:15 AM Susan Carrafiello, Wright State University DEVELOPING IN HONORS Beth Yelverton, Texas Woman’s University Erie DIH 2.8: BIH Track Session 1 Aron Reppmann, Trinity Christian College Katherine E. Bruce, University of North Carolina Wilmington
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9:30 AM - 10:00 AM 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM PARTNERS IN THE PARKS DEVELOPING IN HONORS Mississippi Sheraton Ballroom 1 Partners in the Park Opening (Pre-Registration Required) DIH 3.1: STEM Education in Honors Jayci Bash, Souther Utah University Richard England, Eastern Illinois University Joan Digby, Long Island University/LIU Post Keith Garbutt, Oklahoma State University Partners in the Park Excursion Edward Harpham, University of Texas at Dallas Christina Relyea, Flathead Valley Community College 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM STUDENT EVENTS 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Sheraton Ballroom 4 & 7 DEVELOPING IN HONORS Student Orientation Sheraton Ballroom 2 Alex Hoffmann,University of Southern Indiana DIH 3.2: Doing More with Less: Budgeting for success on a shoestring
THURSDAY Tiffany Ernst,University of North Carolina Wilmington Honors students: You have made it to the NCHC Heather Galloway, Texas State University Chicago Conference - now what? This informative Leslie Heaphy, Kent State University at Stark and fun welcome will help you to answer that Laurie Smith-Law, Iowa State University question and will give you an opportunity to meet Paul Streufert, University of Texas at Tyler student members of NCHC’s Board of Directors. Joshua Stockley, University of Louisiana at Monroe Come for raffle tickets, prizes, and some great information about the conference! 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM DEVELOPING IN HONORS Sheraton Ballroom 3 10:30 AM - 5:00 PM DIH 3.3: Incorporating Service-Learning into the Honors WORKSHOP Experience Pullman State Historic Site Eugene Alpert, NCHC Affiliate Partners in the Parks Excursion Martin Dupuis, University of Central Florida Fifteen miles south of the Chicago loop, at the center Leslie Kaplan, University of North Florida of the historic planned industrial Pullman community, Malin Pereira, University of North Carolina Charlotte Pullman State Historic Site uses historic structures Ken Mulliken, Southern Oregon University and public programs to showcase 19th and 20th Century industrial society. The signature Clock Tower 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Administration Building and Assembly Shops and DEVELOPING IN HONORS the grand four story Hotel Florence give tangible Chicago Ballroom 8 evidence to the national and international influences DIH 3.4: Building Community through Creative Co- of Pullman -- on transportation, industrial design, Curricular Programming architecture, labor, urban and town planning and Nancy Grossman, DePaul University landscape design -- in the contemporary context Kirsten Bartels, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign of America’s post-industrial economy, where much Aaron Stoller, North Carolina State University of the evidence of the industrial age has already Eddie Weller, San Jacinto College disappeared. Join leaders from Partners in the Parks Rebecca Oliver, Arkansas State University on a half day historical experience at Pullman National Monument. Attendees will get a small taste of what 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM a large scale Partners in the Parks project includes DEVELOPING IN HONORS while engaging in discussion with Park Rangers and Chicago Ballroom 9 Administrators. DIH 3.5: Sending the Right Message to the Right Student: Strategic Recruitment Cyndy Hall, Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College Rick Sayers, Neumann University Art Spisak, University of Iowa Michael Tkacik, Stephen F. Austin State University
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10:30 AM - 11:30 AM 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM DEVELOPING IN HONORS MASTER CLASS Chicago Ballroom 10 Mayfair DIH 3.6: Staffing Honors: Models for a successful team Music Master Class Kevin Baxter, East Carolina University Donzell Lee, Alcorn State University Susan Dinan, William Paterson University Aleksandra Kasman, University of Alabama Marc Klingshirn, University of Illinois Springfield Birmingham Ruth Ost, Temple University Sarah McMichen, Tennessee Technological University Kathleen B. King, Hillsborough Community College Anjali Sivaainkaran, Tennessee Technological University
Eric Mobley, University of Alabama Birmingham THURSDAY 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM DEVELOPING IN HONORS 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM Ontario MASTER CLASS DIH 3.7: Articulation of Department/School-Based Huron Honors and University-Wide Honors Film Master Class Ellen Buckner, University of South Alabama Michele Forman, University of Alabama Birmingham Mike Sloane, University of Alabama Birmingham Austin Ebert, Columbia College Chicago Tom Spencer, Eastern Illinois University Rachel Schafer, Columbia College Chicago Alex Wenning, Wright State University Ramsha Farrukh, University of Alabama Birmingham Bradley Newcomer, James Madison University Piyush Borse, University of Alabama Birmingham Karan Jani, University of Alabama Birmingham 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM DEVELOPING IN HONORS 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM Erie CITY AS TEXT DIH 3.8: BIH Track Session 2 City of Chicago Aron Reppmann, Trinity Christian College Chicago Explorations Katherine E. Bruce, University of North Carolina Wilmington 12:30 PM - 12:45 PM STUDENTS IN HONORS 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Sheraton Ballroom 4 & 7 CITY AS TEXT Students In Honors Opening Sheraton Ballroom 4 & 7 Amber Rolland, University of Central Arkansas City as Text Opening Alix Fink, Longwood University 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Sara Quay, Endicott College MEETINGS One of the signature programs of NCHC’s annual Arkansas conference, City as Text™ is an opportunity to Research Committee Meeting utilize site-based experiential inquiry to formulate Mike Sloane, University of Alabama Birmingham an understanding of places and issues. City as Marca Wolfensberger, Utrecht University Text™ institutes are designed for honors and non- honors faculty and administrators who wish to 1:00 PM - 2:45 PM incorporate interdisciplinary and field-based elements STUDENTS IN HONORS into their courses and programs. Erie, Michigan A & B, Mississippi, Ohio, Superior A & B Students in Honors Breakout Sessions
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2:00 PM - 3:00 PM 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM MEETINGS DEVELOPING IN HONORS Arkansas Sheraton Ballroom 1 Honors Advising Committee Meeting DIH 4.1 Sustainability Jessica Roark, Oklahoma State University John Dilyard, Saint Francis College Lisa Schwebel, City University of New York-Brooklyn John Korstad, Oral Roberts University College The Honors Advising Committee was formed to 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM gather and disseminate information on models DEVELOPING IN HONORS and methods for honors advising and student Sheraton Ballroom 2 development support and models and methods DIH 4.2 Spirituality in Honors for assessment of honors advising. It also organizes Naomi Yavneh Klos, Loyola University New Orleans national and regional honors conference sessions on honors advising, submits articles for possible 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
THURSDAY publication in NCHC periodicals and publications as DEVELOPING IN HONORS appropriate, and develops a profile of honors advising Sheraton Ballroom 3 to assist honors programs and honors colleges. DIH 4.3 Major Scholarships Lucy Laufe, Montgomery College 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM Christina McIntyre, Virginia Tech MEETINGS Colorado 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM SRHC Exec Meeting DEVELOPING IN HONORS Steven Engel, Georgia Southern University Chicago Ballroom 8 Greg Tomso, University of West Florida DIH 4.4 Two-Year Colleges Elaine Torda, Orange County Community College 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM MEETINGS 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM Missouri WORKSHOP Awards & Grants Committee Meeting Missouri Katherine E. Bruce, University of North Carolina Faculty Professional Development: Wilmington Striving and Thriving in Honors: Professional Ann R. Eisenberg, University of Texas at San Antonio Incentives for Honors Deans and Directors François Amar, University of Maine 3:00 PM - 3:45 PM Naomi Yavneh Klos, Loyola University New Orleans STUDENTS IN HONORS Directing an Honors program or leading an Honors Chicago Ballroom 9-10 College has been described as the best job in Students in Honors Closing academia by some—especially those who seek the Amber Rolland, University of Central Arkansas challenge of growing a program while continuing Students will share what was learned in the SIH to stay firmly connected to students. This session breakout sessions. seeks to identify barriers (and ways to overcome them) that Honors deans and directors experience 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM in maintaining professional and scholarly identities. CITY AS TEXT For example, disciplinary identity can be lost in the Arkansas, Erie, Huron, Michigan A&B, Mississippi, Ohio, highly interdisciplinary world of Honors and breaking Ontario, Superior A&B into the scholarly arena of Honors itself may be CAT Reports daunting for some. This may mean a shift in emphasis from the scholarship of discovery, integration, 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM or application to that of teaching, to use Boyer’s CITY AS TEXT classification. Collaborative projects and research Chicago Ballroom 9-10 with undergraduates are a natural part of the Honors City as Text Wrap-Up endeavor and can also be modes of scholarly work for Alix Fink, Longwood University Honors Deans and Directors. Sara Quay, Endicott College
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4:00 PM - 5:00 PM 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM MEETINGS MEETINGS Missouri Colorado Small College Committee Meeting Partners in the Park Committee Meeting Donna Menis, Saint Francis University William Atwill, University of North Carolina Wilmington Small colleges are four-year institutions with fewer Kathleen B. King, Hillsborough Community College than 4001 undergraduate students or a program size If you are interested in hosting a Partners in the Parks of fewer than 76 students. Project, have hosted one, will host one, or are serving on the Partners in the Parks committee, please join us
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM for updates and ideas. THURSDAY MEETINGS Mississippi 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM Major Scholarship Commitee Meeting MEETINGS Christina McIntyre, Virginia Tech Ohio Lucy Laufe, Montgomery College Student Moderator Training Gather and disseminate information on best Jack Rhodes, The Citadel practices associated with the basic elements of major scholarship applications to assist honors directors 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM with mentoring students through the application MEETINGS process. Share information about various major Arkansas scholarship competitions such as the Rhodes, Publications Board Meeting Marshall, Truman, Fulbright, Goldwater, Udall, and the Richard Badenhausen, Westminster College Jack Kent Cooke Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship. Linda Frost, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Jeffrey A. Portnoy,Georgia Perimeter College 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Oversee the mission and function of and relationships MEETINGS among the Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Ohio Council, Honors in Practice, and the Monograph Teaching and Learning Committee Meeting Series, acting as an advisory board to the editors and James Ford, Rogers State University authors of these publications. John Zubizarreta, Columbia College 8:30 PM - 11:00 PM 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM STUDENT EVENTS MEETINGS Chicago Ballroom 10 Colorado Student Party Constitution & Bylaws Committee Meeting Connect with honors students from across the nation George Mariz, Western Washington University in a fun-filled setting. The student exclusive party features great music, food, dancing, and giveaways! 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM Do not miss out - this is the most popular student SPECIAL EVENTS social event of the conference. Sheraton Ballroom A Celebration of Honors: Opening of 9:00 PM - 10:00 PM NCHC’s 50th Annual Conference & MEETINGS Erie Welcome Reception Student Fishbowl Training Jerry Herron, Wayne State University Jim Ford, Rogers State University The NCHC Board of Directors welcomes you Chicago and the NCHC Annual Conference at the opening reception. This Chi Town Reception will feature mini deep dish pizza, including vegetarian and gluten- free mini hot dogs, Eli’s cherry cheesecake, and more! Enjoy meeting and greeting all the members of NCHC! www.nchchonors.org 29 Notes
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30 50th Annual Conference of the National Collegiate Honors Council FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2015
friday FRIDAY Idea Exchange Breakfast 7:30am - 8:45am • Sheraton Ballroom 4 & 7 REGISTRATION 7:30am - 5:00pm General Sessions For a list of General Sessions by topic, see page 120 Student Moderator COMMITTEE MEETINGS Training Are you interested in joining an NCHC Committee in 2016? 7:30am - 8:00am Attend a committee meeting to find out more! Roundtables BHAP Best Honors Administrative Practices Student Interdisciplinary SIRP Research Panels Student Posters PLENARY SPEAKER: Community Arts in Honors 9:00am - 1:00pm Emerson Spartz Students Friday Night In 2:00pm - 3:00pm • Sheraton Ballroom 6:00pm - 11:00pm DEBUT PERFORMANCE: The Gatherer of Lost Children 7:00pm - 8:00pm www.nchchonors.org 31 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2015
Friday, November 13, 2015 9:00 AM - 9:50 AM ROUNDTABLES Arkansas 6:30 AM - 7:30 AM Brainstorming ideas for the proposed Honors SPECIAL EVENTS Undergraduate Journal: An NCHC Online Journal of Chicago Ballroom 10 Research and Creative Activity Sunrise Yoga Johnny MacLean, Southern Utah University Salvatore Musumeci, University of Tennessee at Lisa Coleman, Southeastern Oklahoma State University Chattanooga Start your morning right with a strong and vigorous Brian White, Graceland University flow to strengthen the body and clear the mind. The editors of the proposed Honors Undergraduate 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM Journal: An NCHC Online Journal of Research and Creative Activity (HUB) are in the midst of designing MEETINGS something special. Please bring your ideas for how Huron to make this web-based, multi- and interdisciplinary Student Moderator Training journal for undergraduate scholarship the best journal Jack Rhodes, The Citadel in the country. FRIDAY 7:30 AM - 8:45 AM Defining Honors: Evoking Intellectual, Spiritual, and IDEA EXCHANGE Physical Excellence through a Holistic Program Sheraton Ballroom 4, 5, 6, 7 Elizabeth Peevy, Ouachita Baptist University Idea Exchange / Breakfast Samantha Pascoe, Ouachita Baptist University The Idea Exchange provides conference attendees This roundtable will explore appropriate ways to the opportunity to exchange and gather information integrate the intellectual, spiritual, and physical on NCHC Committees, professional organizations, aspects of higher education within honors programs student organizations, honors programs and at faith-based colleges and universities. Student structures, innovative practices, special campus leaders from Ouachita Baptist University will present opportunities, or scholarship opportunities. their model for uniting faith and learning, and then Presenters at this traditional Saturday morning lead a discussion. breakfast session will display materials on a table and/or easel as stimuli to informal discussion. 9:00 AM - 9:50 AM GENERAL SESSIONS For a complete list of Idea Exchange Chicago Ballroom 8 participants, please see page 123. The Gender in Your Genes: Biological Misrepresentations in the Gender Binary Model Danielle Platt, Chapman University 7:30 AM - 5:00 PM Seth Yund, Chapman University ADMIN Gender Identity is constructed individually, but Sheraton Promenade societally gender is herded into a few socially Registration Open acceptable categories. These categories are supported by a commonly held but incomplete understanding of how sex is biologically determined. Using examples 8:30 AM - 10:30 AM from both molecular and evolutionary biology, this MEETINGS presentation raises questions about socialized views Parlor E of gender. Finance Committee Meeting Steven Engel, Georgia Southern University Joanie Sompayrac, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
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9:00 AM - 9:50 AM 9:00 AM - 9:50 AM GENERAL SESSIONS GENERAL SESSIONS Chicago Ballroom 9 Michigan A A Foundation of Success in the Honors College for Honors Student Council Roles in the Transition to an Students from Underrepresented Groups Honors College Trisha Folds-Bennett, College of Charleston Ian Bevel, University of Alabama Birmingham This session focuses on the use of pre-college Shannon Blanton, University of Alabama Birmingham programming for students from underrepresented Rachel Emond, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga groups to ensure their academic success in honors, Eric Mobley, University of Alabama Birmingham their full integration into the honors community, and Gregory O’Dea, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga their access to powerful co-curricular experiences. David Taylor, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Any transition from an established honors program 9:00 AM - 9:50 AM to a developing honors college will inevitably bring ROUNDTABLES curricular, physical, and cultural change to an honors Colorado community. Of crucial importance to navigating the Honors Building Leadership through Honors Student process is the governing arm of the students in these Associations programs and emerging colleges. This panel will hear Kevin Dean, West Chester University of Pennsylvania from staff members and student leaders of two new Vibrant honors programs challenge students to grow honors colleges on the role student councils might both in the classroom and through co-curricular play in these transitions. involvement. An honors student association (HSA) represents a laboratory for putting leadership theory 9:00 AM - 9:50 AM into meaningful practice. This paper and program GENERAL SESSIONS highlight the eighteen year growth of an HSA Michigan B starting with five members to an organization of The Architecture of a Peer-Led Tutoring Program 100+ active members devoted to providing positive Ken Blemings, West Virginia University change in their community. This session will include Stephen Scott, West Virginia University brainstorming and Q&A. Aaron Wilt, West Virginia University Building a strong tutoring program takes time, Honors Faculty Development: Journaling across resources, and the dedication of a cast of leaders Disciplines who are willing to make big plans happen. The West Joshua Fulton, Moraine Valley Community College Virginia University Honors College tutoring program Jeremy Shermak, Moraine Valley Community College is an innovative peer-led model where students are Alicea Toso, Moraine Valley Community College trained to lead their peers. Moraine Valley Community College is creating an honors journal for faculty across disciplines to 9:00 AM - 9:50 AM share classroom approaches and commonalities to GENERAL SESSIONS the question “what is honors?” We will share how Mississippi development has proceeded and how the journal fills Reimagining Honors: Engaging Students in Creating an a gap for faculty creating new courses. Honors College Rita Barnes, Tennessee Tech University 9:00 AM - 9:50 AM Elizabeth Brannon, James Madison University GENERAL SESSIONS Jared Diener, James Madison University Erie This panel will explore the important role of students Teaching and Learning Student Fishbowl in strategic planning efforts during the creation of James Ford, Rogers State University an honors college and their input into the values, The annual Fishbowl offers a lively, uncensored, and responsibilities, and aspirations of an honors program interactive opportunity for students to speak their in transition. Administrators and students from minds about their honors experiences while faculty, institutions currently undergoing this transition will administrators, and other students listen and learn. share experiences and ideas. A diverse group of students from a range of colleges, programs, and universities will present. www.nchchonors.org 33 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2015
9:00 AM - 9:50 AM 9:00 AM - 9:50 AM ROUNDTABLES GENERAL SESSIONS Missouri Sheraton Ballroom 2 Developing Curiosity in Your Curriculum A Model for Successful Honors Programs Leslie Donovan, University of New Mexico Karin Truijen, Saxion University of Applied Science Amaris Ketcham, University of New Mexico Marike Lammers, Saxion University of Applied Science Marygold Walsh-Dilley, University of New Mexico Within higher education in the Netherlands many Curiosity is a disposition that we expect students honors programs are designed for motivated to embrace and develop throughout their students who are willing and able to do more than undergraduate experiences. It is a prerequisite a regular bachelor program can offer. After four for lifelong learning and a disposition that, once years of experimentation, the results of this study cultivated, helps students feel brave enough to are expected to provide a deeper understanding of venture outside their comfort zones. But can teachers the conditions that contribute to effective honors create a curriculum and a learning environment education in the Netherlands. that teach and encourage curiosity? During this roundtable discussion, UNM faculty will address 9:00 AM - 9:50 AM creating the foundations for curiosity in the GENERAL SESSIONS FRIDAY classroom. Sheraton Ballroom 3 A Trivial Pursuit: Exploring Creative Alternatives to the Ima College Student, Too Paper-Writing Process Kelsey May, Grand Valley State University Mara Hintz, University of Maine This presentation discusses the findings of a research Josh Roiland, University of Maine project about cultural, ethnic, and racial backgrounds Gwen Walsh, University of Maine and whether they play a role in consulting with A professor and four students will discuss a writing students during tutoring sessions. The discussion assignment that connected three disparate texts-- suggests ways to improve the inclusion of minority The Aeneid, The Ten Books on Architecture, and The students in honors programs and how to achieve a Golden Ass -- via a prompt based on the popular campus-wide acceptance of different forms or rhetors game Trivia Crack. They will discuss how to employ of English. trivia without being trivial.
9:00 AM - 9:50 AM GENERAL SESSIONS Ohio Socioeconomics and its Impact on the Landscape of Students in Honors Dustin Lemke, Hillsborough Community College In spite of honors being a field that is often perceived as elitist or selective, there are a number of ways to address diversity through socioeconomics in the classroom and in the program. Panelists will discuss ways that flattening the socioeconomic playing field has high impact on diversity and how this can be accomplished in programming and course design.
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9:00 AM - 9:50 AM 9:00 AM - 10:50 AM GENERAL SESSIONS BEST HONORS ADMINISTRATIVE PRACTICES Superior A Columbus A Academic Engagement Beyond the Traditional Creating, Redesigning, and Using Honors Space(s) Classroom Linda Frost, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Larry Carroll, Elmhurst College This session will focus on how dedicated honors Russ Ford, Elmhurst College spaces on campus can support the mission of the Mary Kay Mulvaney, Elmhurst College honors program or college. In particular, it will Kathy Sexton-Radek, Elmhurst College consider ways that honors residential, instructional, Mladen Turk, Elmhurst College administrative, and student spaces support our This panel of faculty from five distinct disciplines creation of community and the overall honors shares an alternative form of faculty-student experience for our students and faculty. Different academic engagement entitled Honors Directed forms of these spaces will be discussed as well as Readings. Presenters will focus on book selection; strategies for designing the space you need and the diverse pedagogical approaches; methods of finding the resources to acquire and maintain it. encouraging students’ diverse readings of the texts; demonstrations of student learning outcomes; 9:00 AM - 10:50 AM unexpected faculty benefits while investigating issues BEST HONORS ADMINISTRATIVE PRACTICES with small groups of bright, motivated students; and Columbus B advantages to the campus community as a whole. Recruiting and Admitting Honors Students Richard Badenhausen, Westminster College 9:00 AM - 9:50 AM Kathleen B. King, Hillsborough Community College GENERAL SESSIONS There is no single way to recruit and admit students, Superior B but the session’s organizers will share some of their Been There, Done That - Actual Experience with the experiences recruiting and admitting high caliber Proposed NCHC Program Review Rubric students. Along the way, we will discuss a variety of Keith Garbutt, Oklahoma State University topics: What are predictors of success in honors? What Rosalie Otero, University of New Mexico do we mean by “fit”? How is the admissions process Jessica Roark, Oklahoma State University tied to retention and program completion rates? How Hallie Savage, NCHC Executive Director might current students and other advocates be used Bob Spurrier, Oklahoma State University in recruiting? What is it like “on the ground” using a draft of the
Assessment and Evaluation Committee’s proposed 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM external review rubric? This session will provide a POSTER SESSIONS discussion of the rationale for using the rubric in River Exhibition the review of the Oklahoma State University Honors Student and Faculty Poster Session A College, the process involved preparing for the review, the on-site experience with the reviewers, and Art the utilization of the review report by the new Honors Arts and Humanities College Dean at OSU. Business, Engineering, and Computing Diversity 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Education and Pedagogy CONSULTANTS Health Sciences Parlor C Consultant Center For a complete list of posters included in Eugene Alpert, NCHC Affiliate this session, please see page 87. Christine Atkins, Albertus Magnus College Natasha Cole-Leonard, Community College of Baltimore County
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9:00 AM - 10:30 AM FOD IV: Presentation of the Freddye T. Davy FORUM ON DIVERSITY Student Scholarship Awards Huron
Forum on Diversity II Moderators: 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM Lisa Coleman, Southeastern Oklahoma State University SPECIAL EVENTS Jonathan Kotinek, Texas A&M University Mayfair Alan Oda, Azusa Pacific University Community Arts in Honors FOD I: Honors’ Place of Privilege: Choosing a Path for NCHC has long been recognized for its commitment Social Justice to the arts and honors, and for reaching into the Phame Camarena, Central Michigan University community to highlight the best and brightest in Rebekah Pauly, Central Michigan University the university arts. Please join our celebration with Unless honors intentionally acts as a force for social presentations from local NCHC member institutions, change, efforts to provide enriched educational where student performers in music and theater have experiences for high-achieving students are likely been invited to showcase their talents. to reinforce inequalities already pervasive in higher education. The potentials and challenges of using FRIDAY honors’ place of privilege as a force for social justice 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM within a public university are discussed. Examples of MEETINGS how this emphasis is reflected across the program Parlor F and its significance for diverse groups of students are Science & Mathematics Committee Meeting presented. Bradley Newcomer, James Madison University
FOD II: Formal Foreign Language Study as a Basis for 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM Examining Issues Related to Linguistic Diversity, ROUNDTABLES Equity, and Leadership Arkansas Anne Dahlman, Minnesota State University, Mankato Climbing Up the Coconut Tree’: Honors Course Offerings This presentation discusses the complexity of in the Era of AP, IB, Dual Credit and the ‘Incredibly linguistic diversity and its connection to (in)equity Shrinking Core Curriculum’ in the U.S., particularly, the responsibility and Craig Fuchs, Pittsburg State University opportunity of honors students as future leaders Annmarie Guzy, University of South Alabama raise awareness of such factors as language/identity, Alfred Litton, Texas Woman’s University language/power and language/social justice. We Mary Reams, Texas Woman’s University will share an honors curriculum where students are This discussion session will address the increasing required to study a foreign language, which is used problems small to midsized programs have with as a basis for critical reflection on the significance of developing honors curricula in light of increasing linguistic diversity in the U.S. AP, IB, and dual credit offer. Three directors and one student will facilitate a discussion focusing on problems, FOD III: Reflection-Based Community Engagement: a challenges, and opportunities for innovation. Model for Student-Directed Social Justice Initiatives Rachel Comeaux, Loyola University New Orleans 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM Naomi Yavneh Klos, Loyola University New Orleans ROUNDTABLES The Loyola New Orleans Honors Program’s literacy Arkansas partnership with a title 1 elementary school is a Marketing Your Honors Program Successfully model for student-directed social justice initiatives Kathryn MacDonald, Monroe College based on reflection, needs assessment, cultural This roundtable will engage participants in a competency, and mutual respect. Inspired by group conversation about successful marketing strategies for reflection, honors students worked with faculty at multiples audiences. Creating a solid marketing plan a charter school to design and implement a literacy leads to better internal communication and awareness program for K-2 graders. Continuing formal reflection of the honors program, as well as an improved external guides students to consider the impact of the image of the college itself. program on their honors experience.
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10:00 AM - 10:50 AM 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM GENERAL SESSIONS ROUNDTABLES Chicago Ballroom 10 Colorado Comparing and Contrasting NCHC Member Schools with Honors Adrift Non-Member Schools Robert Kostick, Keene State College Patricia Smith, University of Central Arkansas The Keene State College Honors Program is rooted Rick Scott, University of Central Arkansas in the college’s mission as a public liberal arts This session will document the growth and evolution institution. After years of unrest with its general of honors education in the past ninety years and offer education program, KSC is undergoing a reshaping of a current count of the number of honors programs its core curriculum. Since honors is embedded in this and colleges in the United States. The presentation curriculum, as it changes so too will the requirements concludes with an analysis of characteristics of the honors program. The discussion will cover how differentiating those in NCHC from those that are not. programs form an identity within a larger college- wide curriculum and how to know when to develop a 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM curriculum unique to honors. GENERAL SESSIONS Chicago Ballroom 8 Retaining Honors Students Building Pathways to Engaged Scholarship: Nuts and Susan Dinan, William Paterson University Bolts of a Student Success program Julia Fennell, Community College of Allegheny College Katherine Prichard, University of Arizona Shirley Shultz Myers, Gallaudet University The UA Honors College Student Success program was While our honors colleges and programs differ in created three years ago as a way to provide the one- terms of structure and size, all share challenges in on-one attention necessary to make honors students retaining honors students. This Roundtable will more successful and connected to campus. examine retention issues and strategies developed to improve retention rates, in particular how to 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM use successful honors students to mentor new or GENERAL SESSIONS struggling students. Chicago Ballroom 9 Honors by Contract: the Good, the Bad, and the 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM Measurable GENERAL SESSIONS Lynne Andreozzi-Fontaine, Community College of Mississippi Rhode Island Open Access: Honors Students and the Question of Patricia Jones, Polk State College Privilege Sheila Jones, Broward College Anne Dotter, University of Kansas Karen Kortz, Community College of Rhode Island Open Access, which is primarily for graduate students, This session will consider honors by contract from became an opportunity for several undergraduates three distinct perspectives: that of a well-established to learn about the privileges they enjoy. Beyond program, that of a newly implemented program, simple exposure to what might change a university and that of a college seeking to assess its honors by and make it a more democratic place, Open Access is contract program. Broward College will offer insight a chance for honors educators to make future leaders into how to promote high-quality research projects, consider their responsibilities. Polk State College will share lessons learned from implementing honors by contract, and Community College of Rhode Island will share a process developed to assess honors by contract.
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10:00 AM - 10:50 AM 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM ROUNDTABLES GENERAL SESSIONS Missouri Sheraton Ballroom 1 Student Perspectives on Portfolio Development and Advising for the Bigger Picture: Challenging Honors Honors Learning Student to Think Holistically Margaret Mendenhall, Columbia College Erin Martin, Georgia Southern University Ann Pitner, Columbia College Although seen as focused and in need of lower levels Palmer Reynolds, Columbia College of guidance than their non-honors peers, honors Jessica Wagoner, Columbia College students can struggle with requirements and with Caitlin Wirth, Columbia College their skills to think holistically about their plans. They The power of reflection is the heart of portfolio may ignore their developing narrative and fail to be projects that engage students in deep learning. strategic about opportunities. First-Year Experience But do students perceive portfolios as meaningful, courses focus on advisingand has a pre-advising worthwhile? What do students say about reflection assignment that primes them to think big about their in learning and the merits of portfolios in creating future. significant learning? Come listen to student voices and join the conversation! 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM FRIDAY GENERAL SESSIONS Utilizing an NCHC Consultant to Improve Your Program Sheraton Ballroom 2 or College Crossing Borders with Hope and “Big Plans”: Language Amy Story, Baldwin Wallace University Education and Young Latino Migrant Laborers’ John Woell, Albion University Struggle to Integrate At this roundtable, learn about having an NCHC Alicia Gilbert, Eastern Kentucky University consultant come to review your program or college. Amber Holbrook, Eastern Kentucky University Participants include an NCHC site visitor and an Danielle Hachey, Eastern Kentucky University honors program director discussing the spring 2014 Rachel Taylor, College of Charleston review of the Baldwin Wallace University Honors This panel explores the experiences of Latino migrant Program. They will address writing a Consultant Grant, laborers in the South Carolina Lowcountry via the lens completing the self-study, scheduling the site visit, of our experiences working with language education writing the report, and implementing changes based programs in the area’s many labor camps. upon the report. 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM GENERAL SESSIONS GENERAL SESSIONS Sheraton Ballroom 3 Ohio Honors Advising in Professional Programs: The Power of Planning for the Unpredictable: Making Room for the Presence Gifted in Honors Programs Holly Yoder, University of Iowa Jonathan Kotinek, Texas A&M University Monisa Saravanan, University of Iowa Betsy Yarrison, University of Baltimore Kelly McElroy, University of Iowa The Education for the Gifted Special Interest group In this session, the presenters will describe advising is exploring ways in which honors programs can measures that a university honors program better identify and admit gifted students, especially undertook to improve opportunities for honors those from underrepresented and marginalized students in professional programs with rigid populations. This year we concentrate on admissions coursework schedules (e.g. Engineering and Business) strategies that include early outreach to students to participate in honors classes and fulfill the identified as gifted, partnerships with gifted requirements of the honors curriculum. Results were programs, and early entry. Have honors programs better than expected. The presenters will discuss data which have converted to less conventional admissions suggesting that collaboration with the colleges and measures seen higher rates of student success or supplemental advising created favorable outcomes. greater diversity? Why or why not?
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10:00 AM - 10:50 AM fifth-grade students as they engage in an ongoing GENERAL SESSIONS yearlong pen-pal correspondence program with Superior A university honors students. This study was conducted I too am an Honors Student: Engaging a Multi-Diverse with the following research question in mind: Do University Population in an Honors Program pen-pal journals impact the writing development of David Rhea, Governors State University elementary school student? This session highlights techniques utilized to promote honors program development that serves a multi- The Religious Perspective of Thomas Hobbes diverse university population. and addresses diversity Lee Borocz-Johnson, Elmhurst College in the program with respect to race, age, socio- This project on Thomas Hobbes’s religious perspective economic status, first-generation status, and native/ demonstrates the value of reading texts in light of transfer student status. historical knowledge. A fundamental assumption throughout this project has been that effective 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM and responsible reading of any text must involve GENERAL SESSIONS sensitivity to historical context. The idea is that if Superior B Hobbes still has anything relevant to say to the Protecting the Honors College: Strategies Used to twenty-firstt century, it will be best heard by paying Protect our Program in a “State” of Educational careful attention to how his work responds to his life Destruction, Despair, and Devastation and times. Laura Blaska, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Peter Sands, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM At past conferences, we have presented holistic WORKSHOP strategies for admitting honors students and their Ontario immediate impact on recruitment and retention. Faculty Professional Development: In this presentation, we will discuss how we are Lets Continue to Talk About Talking….Making Learning using this data to share our value and importance Stick to the administration in an effort to ultimately Frank Provenzano, Furman University protect honors education on our campus after an Elsewhere in the conference, Fellows of NCHC will unprecedented $300 million dollar proposed cut to be discussing Becoming an Effective Teacher, the our public university system by our state government. challenge of being and honors teacher given the particular characteristics of honors education and its 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM ubiquitous emphasis on interdisciplinarity, interactive CONSULTANTS pedagogies, experiential approaches to learning, Parlor C high expectations, reflective learning practices, and Consultant Center a host of other dimensions. This forum will ask similar Scott Cook, Motlow College questions. In so doing this forum will look at recent Angela Mick, Hillsborough Community College advances in cognitive science and neuroscience to Amy Cossentino, Youngstown State University lend empirical support to many of the strategies you already employ and to suggest other strategies that 10:00 AM - 11:15 AM heretofore may not occurred to us. SIRP 1: WRITERS AND THEIR INTENTIONS: WRITING PEDAGOGY AND POLITICAL THEORY Michigan B Moderator: Mary Kay Mulvaney, Elmhurst College The Pen-Pal Project: Assessing the Effects of Pen-Pal Correspondence on the Writing Development of Elementary School Students Megan Evans, Youngstown State University This study of interscholastic correspondence shows how more advanced writers can provide a model for younger, less experienced writers. This project follows the writing progress of a group of fourth- and www.nchchonors.org 39 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2015
11:00 AM - 11:50 AM 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM ROUNDTABLES GENERAL SESSIONS Arkansas Chicago Ballroom 8 Across the World and across the Street: City-as-Text™ in Friend or Foe? The public-private partnership in Honors Honors Study-Travel education Erica Cooper, Columbia College Gianna Durso-Finley, Mercer County Community Amber Irick, Columbia College College Michaela McElveen, Columbia College Mercer has had a successful honors program since Margaret Mendenhall, Columbia College 2007 - with winners of prestigious scholarships and Caitlin Wirth, Columbia College transfer admissions to highly selective colleges Travel is a formative element of honors education. and universities. In Fall of 2013, after a great deal of At most institutions, study abroad opportunities research into the American Honors organization, abound. How can we apply City-as-Text™ pedagogy to conversations with the American Honors leadership, our journeys across the world and across the street? and faculty discussion about the philosophical How do honors students experience the world? This implications of public-private partnerships in higher roundtable explores how City-as-Text™ enhances education, the honors program signed an agreement learning and makes travel more meaningful. to offer American Honors at Mercer starting in Fall FRIDAY 2014. Honors in the Age of Wiki Kyoko Amano, University of Indianapolis 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM In the time when knowledge is participatory and GENERAL SESSIONS democratized (as seen in Wikipedia), can honors, Chicago Ballroom 9 where hierarchy and credentials matter, really survive? New Directions for Undergraduate Research at Small What happens to students’ grades when the hierarchy Institutions: No Little Plans flattens? Do honors faculty’s credentials matter? Gordon Atlas, Alfred University Donna Menis, Saint Francis University 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM Aron Reppmann, Trinity Christian College GENERAL SESSIONS Undergraduate research programs are increasingly Chicago Ballroom 10 prevalent at institutions of all sizes and types. Small Conversation as a Pedagogical Tool and Assessment institutions face particular challenges in supporting Instrument in the Honors Classroom undergraduate research, but they also benefit from Richard Badenhausen, Westminster College particular opportunities. Honors directors and faculty Elaine Sheehan, Westminster College from three different types of small institutions will Many honors seminars employ student-centered discuss both the challenges and the opportunities conversation as a primary pedagogical mode, but within their contexts, situating recent developments that approach is often less directed and intentional on their campuses within the broader movement than it could be. This session explores the use of toward undergraduate research. conversation in a yearlong humanities seminar at Westminster College as a guiding principle for class 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM interactions and assessment. Results from a student ROUNDTABLES survey will be shared, including feedback on the Colorado final “comprehensive conversation,” a culminating Raising the Internal Profile of an Honors Program 15-minute discussion about all the term’s texts. Geoffrey Whitebread,Gallaudet University This discussion will provide guidance for starting an effective but budget-conscious internal PR effort, including messaging, graphics/photography, social media, paper quality, and software.
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11:00 AM - 11:50 AM citizens when they return to campus. This session ROUNDTABLES will investigate if these experiences provide the kind Colorado of transformative work that is expected from these Teaching First-Year Students the Vocabulary of institutional programs. Multiplicity and Multiculturalism Katie Bishop, Texas Tech University 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM Gary Elbow, Texas Tech University ROUNDTABLES Sarah Timmons, Texas Tech University Missouri Keira Williams, Texas Tech University Honors Programs in an Age of Performance-Based Aliza Wong, Texas Tech University Funding In 2015, the Texas Tech University Honors College is J. Robert Baker, Fairmont State University launching a Pilot Program for a few selected First- Sara Gremillion, Armstrong State University Year Experience Courses. Along with the connected Robert Bleil, College of Coastal Georgia Learning Community Groups and the FYE mentors, Public colleges and universities around the country the TTU Honors College hopes to introduce the continue to face lower levels of state funding, and the vocabularies of difference and multiplicity, the move toward performance-based funding models in language of difficult dialogue to our students in their many states brings honors programs under increased very first semester so that they can continue to hone, scrutiny. Join this discussion to share ideas about develop, and refine those communications skills how honors programs can demonstrate their impact during their college careers. and secure the funding necessary to provide a robust program. 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM GENERAL SESSIONS Verbatim Theatre as Integrative Learning Erie Brooke Hessler, Oklahoma City University Building Bridges: Emerging Trends in Transfer Adrienne Pierce, Oklahoma City University Agreements between Two- and Four-Year Colleges Benjamin Roberts, Oklahoma City University Cara McClintock-Walsh, Northhampton University Zoe Settle, Oklahoma City University Alannah Rosenberg, Saddleback College Kenzie Slothtower, Oklahoma City University Community college honors programs enjoy the Jennifer Treloggen, Oklahoma City University unique opportunity to provide students with both What is it like to step inside the life story of a an enriched educational experience within the mother who survived a terrorist’s bomb while her two-year college as well as a pathway to educational infant perished, or a shy firefighter who became opportunities beyond the two-year school through an iconic hero on newspapers around the world? transfer agreements with four-year colleges. The Embodying history is what actors do in verbatim presenters will discuss honors programs’ transfer theatre, a performance scripted entirely from oral agreements in their different iterations and history interviews. Join us to discuss how verbatim implementations, examine and define different levels theatre can be used for integrative learning. We will of agreements, and identify other possible benefits of describe our work with a production for the twentieth transfer agreements. anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing.
11:00 AM - 11:50 AM 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM GENERAL SESSIONS GENERAL SESSIONS Mississippi Ohio How Does Global Engagement Engage the Student/ Certification of Honors Programs Citizen after the Trip Is Over? Peter Veenstra, Hanzehogeschool Groningen University Robert Kostick, Keene State College of Applied Sciences Anne-Marie Mallon, Keene State College Hanzehogeschool Groningen University of Applied Conscious of how students will be joining a global Sciences, the Netherlands, together with an external workforce and contributing to a global economy, quality agency, developed an assessment framework faculty advocate to include global engagement to judge and certify honors programs. experiences in the curriculum. What we have not always done, however, is assess whether or not these investments impact how students identify as global www.nchchonors.org 41 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2015
11:00 AM - 11:50 AM 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM GENERAL SESSIONS GENERAL SESSIONS Sheraton Ballroom 1 Sheraton Ballroom 3 Planning for All Ages: Needs, Perceptions, and Values of Engaging with Vulnerability: Reorienting Honors Non-Traditional Honors Students Students’ Conception of Failure Betsy Yarrison, University of Baltimore Russell Costa, Westminster College Age diversity is rarely included in discussions of James Steur, Westminster College inclusivity in university honors programs, but Hannah Williams, Westminster College nontraditional honors students in four-year schools Honors students’ identity and self-worth are often remain a rare commodity. Results from the most grounded in their excellent academic performance. recent administration of the Yarrison-Kohl survey, When high-achieving students ask for help, however, a longitudinal study of honors students’ needs, they often perceive that request for assistance perceptions, and values, offer valuable information as a sign of vulnerability that strips them of their that may help traditional-age honors students exemplary status. This session argues that honors become more welcoming of post-traditional students students who engage with their failures in a and may also help them develop the respect for age- respectful environment will grow and learn about diversity. themselves, as well as recognize that true failure FRIDAY would involve not asking for help. 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM GENERAL SESSIONS 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM Sheraton Ballroom 2 GENERAL SESSIONS Internationalizing Honors on Campus Superior A Morgan Bauer, University of Central Florida Reconciling Honors and Diversity at the Community Martin Dupuis, University of Central Florida College Michael Scimeca, University of Central Florida Jessica Kaven, Canada College Taylor Scimeca, University of Central Florida David Laderman, College of San Mateo Gabriela Wolk, University of Central Florida John Ulloa, Skyline College Many honors programs emphasize A panel of three honors coordinators, who are from internationalization and cultural competencies a three college district located in Northern California as goals, but many students are not able to study whose county demographics are rapidly changing, abroad. Creating international encounters on explore the challenge for community collegs of campus is another way of achieving global exposure. hosting an honors program while adhering to values We will discuss programs such as living-learning of diversity--values of essential importance for communities, Fulbright language teaching assistants, community colleges. events for International Education Week, and participating as a language conversation partner. 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM Honors students will share insights from their GENERAL SESSIONS perspective. Superior B Honors: Past, Present, Future Barry Falk, Virginia Commonwealth University Greg Lanier, University of Western Florida Jim Ruebel, Ball State University Hallie Savage, NCHC Executive Director Rick Scott, University of Central Arkansas Past NCHC presidents discuss the past, present, and future of honors education in the United States.
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11:00 AM - 12:00 PM 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM CONSULTANTS CENTER FORUM Parlor C Huron Consultants Center International Education Forum Jani Decena-White, Hudson County Community College Kevin Dean, West Chester University of Pennsylvania Margaret Franson, Valparaiso University Kim Klein, Shippensburg University Richard England, Eastern Illinois University Mary Kay Mulvaney, Elmhurst College Getting Started: Preparing a Short-Term Honors 11:30 AM - 12:45 PM International Program SIRP 2: JUSTICE IN THE LEGAL SYSTEM, LITERATURE, AND This session will cover key elements in coordinating WAR: MIRANDA RIGHTS, SHERLOCK HOLMES, AND a short-term international program, including site DRONES selection, curricular development, and faculty and Michigan B student recruitment. The session will include time for Moderator: Katherine E. Bruce, University of North Carolina Q&A. Wilmington Making It Last: Sustaining a Short-Term Honors Juveniles with Disabilities: Miranda Rights and International Program Reasonable Accommodations This session will focus on follow-up activities that Marieka Cober, American University are central to sustaining an international initiative, Rain Freeman, American University including assessment, curricular and co-curricular This paper combines both social science and legal program development, and marketing. The session reasoning to establish a requirement to consider a will include time for Q&A. juvenile’s disability in Miranda due process analysis. The goal is not only to shed light on issues regarding 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM juveniles with disabilities in the criminal justice POSTER SESSIONS system but also to propose reasonable and realistic River Exhibition accommodations to combat the overrepresentation of these individuals within the system. Student and Faculty Poster Session B Environmental Science, Conservation, and Green The Private and the Public: A New Perspective on Holmes Technology and Moriarty Natural Sciences and Mathematics Alexis Ulrich, Purdue University Calumet Social and Behavioral Sciences Through analysis of Arthur Conan Doyle’s work, I have found that the usual portrayal of Moriarty as the For a complete list of posters included in arch-nemesis of Sherlock Holmes is too simplistic. I this session, please see page 104. will argue that both characters stand for the same value: their individual concepts of justice, which, in both cases, can come through crime. The difference 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM lies in the spheres in which they operate: Holmes in ROUNDTABLES the private, Moriarty in the public. This, rather than Arkansas criminality and crime-fighting, is what causes the Is Honors the Key for Nurses Who Are Seeking to “Make conflict between them. No Small Plans?” Josie Champagne, University of Maine The Unjust Nature of the United States’ Drone War Emma Corbett, University of Maine Rachael Sharp, Emory & Henry College Why do nursing students shy away from the honors This study is an analysis of the United States’ use of college, and how might honors colleges attract them? armed UAVs through the lenses of non-maleficence, This session will explore a variety of explanations human rights norms, and Just War Theory to illustrate and answers to this question and the implications for multiple ways in which drone tactics currently used in honors programs around the country. These questions the US War on Terror are unjust. are important when considering the future of the honors colleges in state universities with a broad range of students.
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12:00 PM - 12:50 PM 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM ROUNDTABLES GENERAL SESSIONS Arkansas Chicago Ballroom 9 Failing Better: Handling Rejection in the Age of Success Developing and Maintaining Productive Relationships Andrew Martino, Southern New Hampshire University between Two- and Four-Year Honors Programs This roundtable seeks to initiate a discussion about Michael Tkacik, Stephen F. Austin State University the value of failure and constructive criticism in the Our experience has been that building a relationship climate of success. Part of the discussion will explore between our two-year and four-year honors programs ways of coping with failure and constructive criticism has been both mutually beneficial and unexpectedly and using that criticism to move toward a wiser and refreshing. This panel examines the similar problems more thought-provoking educational experience. we face and the many opportunities for helping our students, faculty, and schools through building a 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM closer relationship between directors. GENERAL SESSIONS Chicago Ballroom 10 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM Requiring and Rewarding Student Engagement ROUNDTABLES Briana Briscoe, DePaul University Colorado FRIDAY Nancy Grossman, DePaul University Career and Professional Development Programming for Co-curricular programming provides enrichment Honors Students opportunities while uniting students in shared causes. Gayle Hartleroad, Ball State University At DePaul we noted the importance of community Jessica Hill, Ball State University but were concerned by limited student participation. Eli Parks, Ball State University When we implemented a system of points, requiring Society often mistakenly believes high-achieving and rewarding co-curricular engagement, the result students receive an easy pass into the professional was robust event attendance, enthusiastic student workforce, where jobs are scarce and competition leadership, and an award-winning newsletter. Our is fierce. Thus career programming for honors session will explore advantages and drawbacks of students has become as important as their academic bringing such a system to honors programs. education. Join the discussion of voluntary versus required programming, honors-specific career 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM development needs, and student experiences in a GENERAL SESSIONS mandatory program, and discover ways to engage Chicago Ballroom 8 your own students, alumni, employers, and campus The Role of Activities in Honors resources. Emma Cleary, Fordham College Sarah Homer, Fordham College HBCU Honors Program Models: Sharing Challenges and Honors program students are often known for Achievements exploring a variety of diverse fields during the course Kari Miller, Howard University of their undergraduate experience. Due to their Opal Moore, Spelman College commitment to their major courses, the students This Roundtable discussion provides a forum often have a hard time fitting courses in other and conversation space for faculty, students and subjects into their busy schedules. Therefore, the administrators from Historically Black Colleges Honors Activity Board can host a variety of events in and Universities (HBCUs) and predominantly Black order to explore other fields, without the students institutions to share information about their current having to compromise their coursework in their honors program model, as well as recent challenges major. and achievements.
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12:00 PM - 12:50 PM it experienced growing pains with honors activities GENERAL SESSIONS that foster community and provide service to the Erie program. The director gathered information at NCHC Big Plans/Big Scholarships : Finding the Match conferences and decided it was time to implement Ivy Gerbis, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire an activity-points requirement. This presentation Jon Goss, Clarkson University will detail the process: the implementation and Karlyn Koh, LaGuardia Community College monitoring of the requirement; struggles that arose Lucy Laufe, Montgomery College and modifications made to address them. Leilani Miller, Santa Clara University Michael Mills, University of North Carolina Wilmington 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM In this session, scholarship advisers will help ROUNDTABLES to differentiate major scholarships and their Missouri requirements in five “stations,” focused on STEM fields Honors in Faith-Based Institutions: Issues and Strategies (Goldwater, Hertz, NSF, DAAD-RISE), Environmental Michael Galligan-Stierle, Association of Catholic Fields (Udall, EPA), International Awards (Fulbright, Colleges and Universities Luce, Boren), British Majors (Rhodes, Marshall, Naomi Yavneh Klos, Loyola University New Orleans Gates, Churchill and Mitchell), Minority and Other Tim Clancy, Gonzaga University Scholarships (Jack Kent Cooke, Soros, and two-year Joe Parry, Brigham Young University colleges). For students considering major scholarships Stan Rosenberg, Scholarship & Christianity in Oxford and faculty/ staff advising them. This roundtable considers the role of Honors at faith-based institutions. What is the value added, 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM for students, faculty, the institution? What are the GENERAL SESSIONS challenges? How does such a community affect Michigan A one’s relationships with others, as well as one’s own Challenges and Solutions in Honors Advising spirituality? What successful practices might be Bethany Wilson, University of Alabama at Huntsville adapted by public or secular institutions? Bring your Mari Nicholson-Preuss, University of Houston- questions and comments. Downtown Jessica Roark, Oklahoma State University A Spoonful of Sugar: Strategies for Blending Nursing and Lisa Schwebel, City University of New York-Brooklyn Honors College Ellen Buckner, University of South Alabama Gregory Wood, Frostburg State Larry Slater, New York University In this interactive, discussion-based session, Jennifer Wilson, Texas Woman’s University presenters will identify key challenges facing honors Nursing students face universal challenges to advisors and suggest possible solutions based on successfully completing university honors program best practice. Specific challenges include: advising requirements. This Roundtable will explore common effectively when advising is only part of the job; obstacles and the creative strategies employed to honors advisors vs. major advisors; scheduling high- facilitate retention and completion. Faculty and impact activities; and, responding to students in student participants will be encouraged to share distress. Participants will be encouraged to share their administrative and curriculum approaches that own experiences, challenges, and insights. engage nursing students in university and college/ departmental honors. 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM GENERAL SESSIONS Mississippi You Want Us To Do What? Adding an Activity-Points Requirement to an Established Honors Program Antonina Bambina, University of Southern Indiana Shianne Bowlin, University of Southern Indiana Leslie Sargent Jones, Appalachian State University The University of Southern Indiana Honors Program has been growing since 2008. Inevitably, www.nchchonors.org 45 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2015
12:00 PM - 12:50 PM 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM GENERAL SESSIONS GENERAL SESSIONS Ohio Superior A Interdisciplinary Initiative on Economic Inequality Making Big Plans -- Starting with the Thesis: The Four- Belle Zembrodt, Northern Kentucky University Year Architecture of an Honors Curriculum that Economic Inequality is the underlying cause of many Leads to a High Rate of Thesis Completion social ills. This session will describe how one honors Lucian Gomoll, California State University, Los Angeles program led an interdisciplinary initiative to unravel Michelle Hawley, California State University, Los Angeles the historical context of economic inequality and the Trinh Pham, California State University, Los Angeles political forces that maintain it so that students could This panel will delineate design principles for understand on a deep level the policies that impact an honors curriculum that leads to an over 90% marginalized populations as well as themselves and completion rate for the senior thesis. These include become empowered to make changes to ensure “backwards engineering” that begins the freshmen equal access to opportunities for all. year, assignments courses during sophomore and junior year, and an interdisciplinary year-long senior 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM thesis course supported by honors advisement that GENERAL SESSIONS facilitates communication between departments and FRIDAY Sheraton Ballroom 2 thesis advisors. “Make No Little Plans” in the Honors Program: The Recruitment and Retention of Minority Students 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM Liliana Gómez de Coss, Eastern Kentucky University GENERAL SESSIONS Abbey Poffenberger,Eastern Kentucky University Superior B Omar Salinas, Eastern Kentucky University Honors Student Associations: Tips, Lessons, Models for Socorro Zaragoza, Eastern Kentucky University Successful Leadership The Eastern Kentucky University Honors Program is Tyler Keller, Minnesota State University Mankato “making no little plans” in its approach to increase Aamina Khaleel, Westminster College the recruitment and retention of minority students. Shelbi Hales, Hillsborough Community College Although our focus will be on the Latino student Michaela McElveen, Columbia College population, our presentation will list best practices Hayden Palm, Southern Adventist University that can be replicated for all minority populations. This panel will share ideas and experiences concerning the chartering, responsibilities, 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM disappointments, and successes of student leadership GENERAL SESSIONS teams at a variety of institutions. Coming from Sheraton Ballroom 3 different size and type schools, the students offer Examining the Impact of Undergraduate Research varying perspectives and practical tips, ending with Elizabeth Meyer-Bernstein, College of Charleston time for interaction and for sharing of other models. Completing an honors thesis in disciplines where materials are costly can be an obstacle for students 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM and a financial burden for many programs. This CONSULTANTS session will present successful strategies used at the Parlor C College of Charleston for combining resources to Consultant Center support this high-impact experience. Additionally, Lauren Furry, Hillsborough Community College quantitative and qualitative assessment data will John Korstad, Oral Roberts University be presented on the impact of this experience on Donna Menis, Saint Francis University tangible student outcomes.
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12:00 PM - 1:50 PM 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM BEST HONORS ADMINISTRATIVE PRACTICES MEETINGS Columbus A Parlor F Annual Reports: Gathering Your Data, Telling Your Story, Diversity Issues Committee Meeting Selling Your Program Lisa Coleman, Southeastern Oklahoma State University Andrew Cognard-Black, St. Mary’s College of Maryland Jonathan Kotinek, Texas A&M University Rosalie Otero, University of New Mexico Alan Oda, Azusa Pacific University Hallie Savage, NCHC Executive Director The Diversity Issues Committee works to increase Bob Spurrier, Oklahoma State University diversity in NCHC through conference programming The practice of building an honors program review (Diversity Forum) and through publications process is begun with annual reports. Systematic (monograph on diversity issues). This meeting is for data collection will provide important direction for faculty, staff, administrators, and students who are programmatic growth and development. With a interested in creating conditions for more equitable database in place, an honors program can adjust its participation and inclusive excellence in honors curriculum. These annual reports can be disseminated education. widely on campus and increase program visibility while acknowledging contributions to the honors 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM program. ROUNDTABLES Arkansas 12:00 PM - 1:50 PM Small Change and Big Shifts: Agency, Group Dynamics, BEST HONORS ADMINISTRATIVE PRACTICES and Organization Development in the Honors Columbus B Classroom Developing a Coherent Honors Curriculum Abby Bellefleur,University of Maine Rick Scott, University of Central Arkansas Edie Elwood, University of Maine Patricia Smith, University of Central Arkansas Kathryn Asalone, University of Maine Orno This session will investigate strategies for bringing Organization Development uses process awareness honors sections of general education courses, and implements cutting-edge social science to honors-specific courses, honors by contract courses, facilitate healthy individual growth and group and other honors experiences together to forge dynamics within organizations. This Roundtable will a coherent curriculum. This session will provide discuss the integration of Organization Development examples from our experiences in developing, concepts and tools in the honors classroom and the mapping, and implementing a coherent curriculum merits and challenges of different approaches. at the University of Central Arkansas and invite participants to bring examples of curriculum mapping 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM and development at their own institutions. ROUNDTABLES Arkansas 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM Urban Honors Experiences: How to Make Sure Your SPECIAL EVENTS Program Does Not Get Blown Away in the Windy City Ontario Brendan Clifford, Suffolk University Two-Year College Issues Elizabeth Hurley, Suffolk University Elaine Torda, Orange County Community College Kara McCormack, Suffolk University An open session designed to discuss current national, Do you attend school in an urban environment? What state and local issues, concerns, needs and questions role has this played in the development of community shared by two-year college honors programs. Topics and experiences within your honors program? Share are varied every year and are generated by the your experiences and hear how Suffolk University in Two-Year College Committee and participants of the Boston has embraced its environment and avoided session itself. the urban gridlock.
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1:00 PM - 1:50 PM GENERAL SESSIONS Chicago Ballroom 10 Access to Success: An Oxymoron? 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM Laura Blaska, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee ROUNDTABLES Access to Success: An Oxymoron? The University of Colorado Wisconsin-Milwaukee functions under a dual mission Enhancing Honors Students’ Career Development with of serving as a top-tier, high-achieving research Academic Advising university while ensuring access to education for Stephanie O’Leary, University of Illinois at Chicago under-prepared students from the community. This Academic advising and career development are dual mission produces a beautifully diverse and two long-term processes that evolve throughout eclectic campus community, but at what cost? To a student’s tenure as an undergraduate. Students the university? To the student? As the UWM Honors routinely seek a connection between their academic College grows and strives to increase the diversity of and career goals, so it makes sense that both the program, how do we incorporate this dual mission processes should intertwine -- from the first-year into our recruitment and retention efforts and, more seminar through the senior capstone. How can importantly, what outcomes can we expect from such academic and career advisors work together through FRIDAY an endeavor? their unique honors programs to lead students to their best-fit internship and career-preparation 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM opportunities? GENERAL SESSIONS Chicago Ballroom 8 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM Open Call Scholarships: Helping Honors Students Plan ROUNDTABLES their Application Process Colorado Ryan Diehl, Hutchinson Community College Honors Contracts or Options: Problems and Solutions Lucy Laufe, Montgomery College Cindy Ticknor, Columbus State University Christina McIntyre, Virginia Tech Honors contracts can provide opportunities for The open scholarship application is an increasing students to customize their education, but they trend with some national scholarships. This panel present challenges in mentoring, time management, will look at these types of applications from the and clarity. Participants will pose problems and offer perspective of both honors students and honors solutions during a structured discussion facilitated by faculty advisors and will examine planning strategies faculty mentors and students who have completed for successful applications. honors contracts. Sample contracts and resources will be provided. 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM GENERAL SESSIONS Chicago Ballroom 9 Managing the Cubs and the Bears: The Importance of Peer Mentors for First Year Students Kate Culverhouse, Merrimack College Joseph Fisher, Merrimack College Molly Malinowski, Merrimack College The Merrimack College Honors Peer Mentoring Program connects first-year honors students with honors upperclassmen who serve as a resource, liaison, and role model. After implementing this program, student directors have organized online peer mentor bios, mentor selection and training, and the first-year mentor matching processes. This presentation will discuss these processes, as well as mentor and mentee feedback, and will give insightful information for institutions that seek to develop a peer mentoring program.
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1:00 PM - 1:50 PM 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM GENERAL SESSIONS GENERAL SESSIONS Erie Michigan B Big Plans/Big Scholarships 2: Preparing Major Making Big Plans: Building a Sustainable Food Systems Scholarship Applications Collaborative through Courses, Research, and Ivy Gerbis, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Community Engagement Jon Goss, Clarkson University François Amar, University of Maine Karlyn Koh, LaGuardia Community College Alan Bennett, University of Maine Leilani Miller, Santa Clara University Mark Haggerty, University of Maine Michael Mills, University of North Carolina Wilmington Melissa Ladenheim, University of Maine Ricki Shine, Clemson University Danielle Walczak, University of Maine In this session, experienced scholarship Students, faculty, and administrators of UMaine’s advisers will demystify the process of major Sustainable Food Systems Research Collaborative scholarship application in five stations focused will discuss the development of targeted courses on Writing Scholarship Essays, Getting Letters that foster engaged food system research, the of Recommendation, Providing Biographical explicit integration of community partners into the Information, Preparing for Interviews, and Obtaining classroom, specific research projects, and the ongoing Institutional Endorsements. This session is designed development and funding for the Collaborative. for students considering major scholarship application, or who need advice on these skills for 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM graduate/professional school application, and faculty GENERAL SESSIONS and staff who may be advising them. Mississippi Building a Safety Net with a FAN: The Faculty Advisor 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM Network GENERAL SESSIONS Larry Lyke, University of Houston Michigan A Brenda Rhoden, University of Houston Data, Reflection, Action: An honors case study in online Jonathan Zecher, University of Houston professional writing The Faculty Advisor Network (FAN) at the University Lenore Goldberg, DeVry University of Houston Honors College was piloted in 2014 Christine Lewinski, DeVry University as an early-warning system to capture otherwise This interactive session will feature the outcomes of successful students who might fall through the cracks recent student experience surveys designed to better during their first semester in college. FAN utilizes understand how students define the optimal ways to faculty communications to identify students to learn from the professor and from each other in an address performance and attendance issues. Through online honors professional writing course. The session intrusive advising, FAN assesses problems and will feature the course design process and the ways to connects students to campus resources. incorporate typical online learning platform features as well as newer technologies that support honors 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM learning outcomes. ROUNDTABLES Missouri Setting the World on Fire Is No Small Plan: Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the AJCU Honors Consortium John Dionisio, Loyola Marymount University Jeffrey Hause, Creighton University Michael Pashkevich, Loyola University New Orleans Vandana Thadani, Loyola Marymount University Naomi Yavneh Klos, Loyola University New Orleans 2015 marks not only the 50th anniversary of the NCHC, but the 10th anniversary of the Jesuit Honors Consortium. Recognizing that the “essential
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characteristics of a Jesuit Honors Program” may be 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM found at and of interest to a variety of institutions, GENERAL SESSIONS directors and students from several AJCU honors Sheraton Ballroom 2 programs host this Roundtable discussion of the Quantifying the Phi Theta Kappa Variable in Two-Year distinctive take-aways of Ignatian honors education. Honors Carrie Pritchett, Brazosport College Stop and Celebrate: The Best Approaches to Sharing and Jill Swarner, North Central Texas College Celebrating Honors Research Erica Thompson, North Central Texas College Zoe Hinton, East Carolina University Phi Theta Kappa often falls under the umbrella Todd Fraley, East Carolina University of student services, but could it be at home in In this fast-paced world, celebrating accomplishments instruction as part of the honors program? This does not happen often enough. The objective of presentation reflects on and explores the effects of this Roundtable session is for attendees to exchange classification of the programs and the promises and information about ways their institutions creatively perils that can result from close program integration. celebrate research. Some examples include honoring research mentors with monetary awards based upon 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM student nominations, having students complete mini GENERAL SESSIONS FRIDAY web-based videos about their research, and using Sheraton Ballroom 3 research events as donor opportunities. Participants What Makes a Winning Honors Newsletter? will brainstorm ways to celebrate research. Kelly Gulbrandson, San Mateo College William J. Rushton, University of Alabama Birmingham 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM Rose Spalding, DePaul University GENERAL SESSIONS John Vile, Middle Tennessee State University Ohio Hannah Williams, Westminster College Faculty Fishbowl Holly Yoder, University of Iowa Annmarie Guzy, University of South Alabama This panel focuses on what makes a winning Led by members of the Teaching and Learning newsletter as determined by the 2015 NCHC Committee, this forum will give faculty who are not Newsletter Contest overseen by the NCHC administrators the opportunity to discuss honors Publications Board. Winners past and present, judges, issues from a faculty perspective, including overload and audience members will explore all aspects of teaching, compensation or lack thereof, maintaining newsletter production in an open discussion. A institutional memory when administrators rotate out, variety of sample newsletters will be provided. including or excluding honors CV items, and burnout. 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM GENERAL SESSIONS GENERAL SESSIONS Superior A Sheraton Ballroom 1 Integrating Honors Requirement Tracking into the Publishing in Honors University IT Infrastructure: A Tale of Three Systems Richard Badenhausen, Westminster College Shivon Boodhoo, New Jersey Institute of Technology Ada Long, University of Alabama Birmingham Michael Koskinen, New Jersey Institute of Technology Jeffrey A. Portnoy,Georgia Perimeter College Honors requirements tracking is challenging and NCHC editors, Editorial Board members, and calls for integrating data from multiple systems. Publications Board members will provide information This session describes the digitalization of honors and advice about the publication process, discuss requirements tracking that enables streamlining what constitutes research in honors, and address advising and increases feedback provision. Data issues that will help shape the future of NCHC management systems are linked to communications journals and monographs. Past and future writers are and archival systems by leveraging existing encouraged to attend. All welcome. capabilities and without developing home grown software programs.
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1:00 PM - 1:50 PM 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM GENERAL SESSIONS MEETINGS Superior B Ontario Moving in Honors Two-Year College Committee Meeting Richard England, Eastern Illinois University Elaine Torda, Orange County Community College Lucy Morrison, University of Nebraska at Omaha Planning for a career in honors may involve moving 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM to a new institution. In this session, participants will MEETINGS discuss the challenges and opportunities of moving in Parlor F \honors. Panel themes include seeking opportunities, Professional Development Committee Meeting networking, and making transitions while moving Laurie Smith-Law, Iowa State University within the honors community and growing as an Lynn Preston, Tarrant County College District honors professional. 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM MEETINGS CONSULTANTS Michigan B Parlor C International Education Committee Meeting Consultant Center Kevin Dean, West Chester University of Pennsylvania Jeffrey Chamberlain,Grand Valley State University Kim Klein, Shippensburg University Cyndy Hall, Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College The annual meeting of the International Education George Mariz, Western Washington University Committee is open to all who are interested in developing and promoting international experiences 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM for honors students and faculty. MEETINGS Parlor E 4:00 PM - 4:50 PM Large University Special Interest Group (SIG) ROUNDTABLES Arkansas Branding an Honors Program through Intentional 1:30 PM - 5:30 PM Marketing MASTER CLASS Megan Carignan, Merrimack College Mayfair Lisa Cavallaro, Merrimack College Master Class Open Rehearsal At Merrimack College, incorporating an internal PR strategy along with student-led marketing efforts has proven effective in branding, promoting, and 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM establishing the honors program on campus, as well SPECIAL EVENTS as strengthening the honors community. This session Sheraton Ballroom 4, 5, 6, 7 will discuss the challenges of creating a prominent and recognized honors program through marketing Plenary: Emerson Spartz strategies. Emerson Spartz is one of the world’s leading experts on internet virality. At the age of 12, Spartz founded Honors Advising: Making it Work MuggleNet, the #1 Harry Potter website, which Jody Owen, South Dakota State University attracted 50 million page views per month. By the age National data suggest that half or more of students of 19, Spartz became a New York Times bestselling who begin an honors curriculum do not complete it. author. Now, as the CEO of Spartz Inc., he runs one of During this interactive session, participants will be the fastest-growing digital media publishers with 160 invited to share their challenges and successes with million page views per month. advising honors students. Approaches implemented at South Dakota State University, including advising training workshops, advising nights, and development of four-year plans, honors handbooks, and major-specific honors advising sheets will be shared as resources for the discussion. www.nchchonors.org 51 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2015
4:00 PM - 4:50 PM 4:00 PM - 4:50 PM GENERAL SESSIONS ROUNDTABLES Chicago Ballroom 10 Colorado Diversifying the Honors Student Body Research on Honors: Current Status and Future Directions Philip Feibusch, Fordham College Mike Sloane, University of Alabama Birmingham Dominic Fogarasi, Fordham College Marca Wolfensberger, Utrecht University Nicholas Geiser, Fordham College Andrew Cognard-Black, St. Mary’s College of Maryland Sarah Sullivan, Fordham College This session will serve as an opportunity for those In the past three admission cycles, Fordham University currently engaged in, or planning to conduct, research has been striving to create a more diverse freshmen on any aspect of honors to discuss the current status of class in terms of regional, economic, racial, and research on honors. Brief updates on ongoing research religious backgrounds. The honors program recruits by the NCHC national office and European investigators its own faculty to review applications of students who will be presented. Strategies to increase the visibility of have been nominated by the admissions counselors. research on honors and directions for future research This session will also examine how the admissions will be discussed. process is tied to retention and program completion. 4:00 PM - 4:50 PM FRIDAY 4:00 PM - 4:50 PM GENERAL SESSIONS GENERAL SESSIONS Erie Chicago Ballroom 8 Ethnicity and Generations: Family Issues of Diversity and No Little Plans with No Little Players: How Support Staff Education Enhance Honors Programming Alan Oda, Azusa Pacific University Catherine Adkins, Baldwin Wallace University Though ethnicity is a common topic of diversity, Katie Patton, Eastern Kentucky University generational differences embedded in the experience Honors support staff play important roles in their of families are also vital. The session will draw from offices. This session features staff who creatively current research on multigenerational Korean families contribute to their programs through advising, event residing in the United States, and it will explore how planning, recruitment, alumni development, and family relationships, particularly the parent-child student communication. Directors and deans will dynamic, affects educational priorities and choices, learn how to utilize staff in creative ways, and staff will particularly in pursuing the best schools and programs. have an opportunity to network. 4:00 PM - 4:50 PM 4:00 PM - 4:50 PM GENERAL SESSIONS GENERAL SESSIONS Huron Chicago Ballroom 9 Innovation Lab: Developing a Game to Enhance Use of Why Honors Programs Need Medieval Studies Language and Vocabulary with Children in Primary Sarah Harlan-Haughey, University of Maine School Mickey Sweeney, Dominican University Jimmursia Wezer, Rotterdam University of Applied Tara Williams, Oregon State University Sciences Susan Yager, Iowa State University Iris Booster, Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences Many medievalists are active in honors. Not only A game, developed after research about vocabulary the panelists here but also many leaders in NCHC and art and talent development, supports children have specialized in medieval studies. A background in enhancing their use of language and vocabulary. in medieval studies offers special perspectives and The panel will demonstrate the game and explain the advantages to honors students and programs. Honors theoretical background. programs and medieval studies find common ground in five distinct areas: alterity, interdisciplinarity, multi- modality, materiality, and medievalism.
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4:00 PM - 4:50 PM 4:00 PM - 4:50 PM GENERAL SESSIONS GENERAL SESSIONS Michigan A Ohio Fostering a Culture of Big Plans for Honors Theses: Making Big Plans: Transitioning Honors Programs Creativity, Collaboration, and Completion Seamlessly and Efficiently Rita Barnes, Tennessee Tech University Phillip Belder, Elizabethtown College David Coleman, Eastern Kentucky University Kyle Kopko, Elizabethtown College Melissa Driskell, University of North Alabama Tyler Latshaw, Elizabethtown College Phil Frana, James Madison University This presentation delves into the sweeping changes Honors theses/projects continue to serve as made to revitalize the Elizabethtown College Honors important markers of educational mastery and Program. The following elements that changed students’ preparedness for graduate study, career, will be discussed: successful planning, adjusting, and life. This panel explores ways honors faculty/ and implementing a new director, budget, student administrators might help students think creatively government, program policies and proposed course about developing their projects and will discuss some structure. of the creative/non-traditional projects students have completed, programmatic measures by which 4:00 PM - 4:50 PM creative approaches to thesis development are ROUNDTABLES encouraged, and the impact of these practices on Missouri completion. Globalizing Honors: A Comprehensive Approach J.D. Bowers, University of Missouri 4:00 PM - 4:50 PM Creating a global-oriented honors program that GENERAL SESSIONS has integrity across all facets and is sustainable Mississippi can be a challenge. This session will focus on the Beyond Replacing Gen Ed: The Future of Honors Curricula comprehensive transformation of one program’s Laure Drake, University of Montana curricular, co-curricular, and extra-curricular changes; Steven Engel, Georgia Southern University the genesis for the changes; and the results. Linda Frost, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Jerry Herron, Wayne State University Using Hybrid Classes to Enhance Honors Course John Zubizarreta, Columbia College Offerings in the Disciplines. Lauren Furry, Hillsborough Community College Arrash Allahyar, Oklahoma City University For decades, honors programs and colleges have Sylvia Hayes, Oklahoma City University relied heavily on replacing general education for their Karen Youmans, Oklahoma City University bread-and-butter curricular offerings. But if AP/IB/ When numbers do not allow for full-fledged honors dual enrollment crowd honors out of the core, the courses in the major, hybrid courses provide an future of honors coursework becomes less certain. excellent alternative, allowing students to complete This will be an interactive panel and attendees will contract-type work in collaborative engagement be encouraged to share their own perspectives and with a small group of honors students. Faculty and solutions. students from Oklahoma City University’s Honors Program discuss how hybrid courses enhance the honors experience for students in their majors.
4:00 PM - 4:50 PM GENERAL SESSIONS Sheraton Ballroom 1 Best Practices in Teaching Diversity Miriam Salholz, St. Francis College Helping honors students become thoughtful leaders in an educated populace requires exposure to and understanding of the diversity issues facing our society. This presentation will address the ways in which honors programs or colleges can advocate for social justice. www.nchchonors.org 53 FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2015
4:00 PM - 4:50 PM 4:00 PM - 4:50 PM GENERAL SESSIONS GENERAL SESSIONS Sheraton Ballroom 2 Superior B Mental Illness and Substance Abuse in Honors Students Honors in the City Amber Rolland, University of Central Arkansas Ann Fallon, Portland State University Patricia Smith, University of Central Arkansas Lucy Morrison, University of Nebraska at Omaha This presentation offers faculty, staff, and Nora Quiros, Portland State University student perspectives on the way in which honors Ross Wheeler, Queens College, City University of New communities deal with instances of mental illness York and substance abuse and the medical, academic, and This panel explores the unique challenges and social ramifications of mental illness and substance benefits of honors in a city. While access to a city’s abuse for honors communities. public services and cultural events can enhance the university honors experience and learning 4:00 PM - 4:50 PM opportunities, location also may challenge the GENERAL SESSIONS community interaction and focus often desired by Sheraton Ballroom 3 an honors curriculum. Addressing two major urban Needy Students, Demanding Parents, Challenging institutions in different parts of the country, this FRIDAY Curricula: The Constant Balancing Act for Honors panel should be of interest to faculty, students, and Faculty and Advisors administrators, particularly those engaged with ideas. Joanie Sompayrac, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Honors programs and colleges attract the best and MEETINGS the brightest students, but these students often Parlor E come with baggage. Studies have shown that today’s Education of the Gifted Special Interest Group Meeting honors students are often high-strung, more likely (SIG) to suffer from depression, frequently medicated, Jonathan Kotinek, Texas A&M University sometimes emotionally immature, and freaked by Betsy Yarrison, University of Baltimore expectations they perceive others have of them. This meeting is for faculty, staff, administrators, and Meanwhile, many of these same students come to students who are interested in issues surrounding college after having been raised by helicopter parents gifted education, especially how well gifted university who have done virtually everything for them. students and honors programs/colleges are suited to each other. 4:00 PM - 4:50 PM GENERAL SESSIONS 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Superior A MEETINGS Honors at the Upper Division Chicago Ballroom 10 George Mariz, Western Washington University Meeting of the Northeast Regional Honors Council Ruth Ost, Temple University James Buss, Salisbury University Art Spisak, University of Iowa Helen Fallon, Point Park University This session will examine the experience of three Karlyn Koh, LaGuardia Community College institutions that have extensive upper-division Andrew Martino, Southern New Hampshire University offerings designed to meet the needs of honors Business meeting for Northeast Regional Honors students in a wide variety of fields, including not Council executive board and members.This is the first only formal classes but independent research meeting of the 2015-16 academic year. All members opportunities. The session will focus on several major are welcome. topics, including the design of classes, funding, faculty recruitment, and doors that such classes and possibilities open.
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5:00 PM - 6:00 PM 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM MEETINGS SPECIAL EVENTS Chicago Ballroom 8 Columbus B Meeting of the Great Plains Honors Council Faculty Awards Reception (by invitation only) Mary Virginia Brackett, Park University NCHC celebrates the 2015 class of Fellows along with All members and interested parties are invited to the recipients of the Schuman and Brandolini awards. attend the Great Plains Honors Conference Annual Meeting. Discussion of proposals and initiatives, votes 6:00 PM - 11:00 PM on proposals, and new officer introductions will take STUDENT EVENTS place. Michigan A - Games Central Michigan B - Study Central 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM MEETINGS Student’s Friday Night In Chicago Ballroom 9 Adam Costa, Bridgewater State University Meeting of the Southern Regional Tiffany Ernst,University of North Carolina Wilmington Steven Engel, Georgia Southern University Alexander Hoffmann,University of Southern Indiana Linda Frost, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Chika Okanya, Paine College Jonathan Roberts, Armstrong State University Amber Rolland, University of Central Arkansas Greg Tomso, University of West Florida Amy Ta, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Phil Frana, James Madison University Enjoy an evening in with the Student Affairs Committee. We will have board games and space to study available! You can take this opportunity to 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM interact with students from across the nation and expand your network both academically and socially. MEETINGS Sheraton Ballroom 1 6:00 PM - 700 PM Meeting of the Upper Midwest Regional Chris Corley, Minnesota State University Mankato SPECIAL EVENTS Brian White, Graceland University Columbus B Faculty Awards Reception 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM (by invitation only) MEETINGS Sheraton Ballroom 2 Meeting of the Mid-East Honors Association 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM Aaron Hanlin, Kent State University SPECIAL EVENTS The Mid-East Honors Association (MEHA) encourages Mayfair and supports honors programs and colleges World Premiere: “The Gatherer of within the region. Faculty, staff, and students from institutions of higher education in Illinois, Indiana, Lost Children” Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, P. Brent Register, Clarion University and West Virginia are invited to participate. World Premiere of “The Gatherer of Lost Children,” a song cycle for soprano, oboe, violoncello, piano, and 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM percussion. Composed by P. Brent Register. The text, MEETINGS by Philip Terman and Pam Chillemi-Yeager, depicts Sheraton Ballroom 3 some scenes of childhood: discovery, curiosity, love, Meeting of the Western Regional joy, dreams, and death. The performance will be preceded by a short talk by the composer.
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INFO DESK Breakfast 8:00am - 3:00pm 7:30 - 8:45am • River Exhibition A & B Annual General Sessions Business For a list of General Sessions by topic, see page 120 Meeting Forum on Diversity Roundtables 9:00am - 10:00am Poster Session BHAP Best Honors Administrative Practices PORTZ Master Class Showcase 1:00pm - 3:00pm SCHOLARS NCHC Awards 6:00pm - 6:45pm 50TH ANNIVERSARY GALA including an exclusive improv 7:00pm - 10:00pm performance by Sheraton Ballroom 4 & 7 www.nchchonors.org 57 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2015
Saturday, November 14, 2015 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM GENERAL SESSIONS Chicago Ballroom 10 6:30 AM - 7:30 AM Ignatian Tools for Critical Reflection SPECIAL EVENTS Jessica Perolio, Saint Louis University Chicago Ballroom 9 Naomi Yavneh Klos, Loyola University New Orleans Sunrise Yoga The Jesuit tradition of Ignatian pedagogy is a way of learning that considers the whole person in the Lisa Coleman, Southeastern Oklahoma State University pursuit of intellectual, social, moral, and personal Start your morning right with a strong and vigorous knowledge. In this workshop, directors from Jesuit flow to strengthen the body and clear the mind. honors programs will provide an introduction to 7:30 AM - 8:45 AM the Ignatian tradition of reflection and discernment and then share specific and transferable examples of SPECIAL EVENTS how critical reflection might be built meaningfully River Exhibition into honors curricular, co-curricular, and advising Breakfast experiences---Jesuit or otherwise.
10:00 AM - 10:50 AM 7:30 AM - 8:45 AM GENERAL SESSIONS SPECIAL EVENTS Chicago Ballroom 8 Missouri Are Honors Students Grittier? Understanding Personality
SATURDAY Regional Breakfast (by invitation only) and Motivation in Honors College Students Jose Rodriguez, Florida International University Honors students can be said to represent the, best- 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM of-the-best students a college or university has to SPECIAL EVENTS offer, but the characteristics of honors students Chicago Ballroom 10 that set them apart from their non-honors peers are uncertain. Research in higher education has Annual Business Meeting shown some mixed results for the predictive validity Barry Falk, Virginia Commonwealth University of standardized tests, particularly in predicting the NCHC President Barry Falk will make his presidential likelihood of graduation. Internal research presented address. All members are encouraged to attend this at last year’s NCHC conference suggested that SAT address and the Business Meeting. Members will also was not a good predictor of likelihood of graduating have the opportunity to meet the candidates for the from the institution. 2015 Board of Directors. 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM GENERAL SESSIONS Chicago Ballroom 9 GENERAL SESSIONS New Answers to an Old Question; Fresh Perspective on Arkansas Honors Retention Approaches to Assessment at Two-Year Colleges Kelly Cantrell, East Mississippi Community College Ce Rosenow, Lane Community College William Cutrer, Mississippi University for Women This session addresses ways to showcase assessment Thomas Velek, Mississippi University for Women of student learning already taking place at the course The three papers in this panel each examine a and program levels, as well as ways to build on those different aspect of the question of honors retention: existing practices. It also focuses on the relationship enabling student success, recruiting and retaining between the assessment of student learning in honors students, and looking at strategies and honors courses and, college-wide, in non-honors planning for rethinking retention. courses. Furthermore, it considers the relationship between assessing student learning in honors programs and program review.
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10:00 AM - 10:50 AM 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM ROUNDTABLES GENERAL SESSIONS Colorado Mayfair Enhancing the Experience: Partnerships for Supporting Planning Partnerships: Building Collaborations Between High Achievers Honors Faculty and Academic Librarians Michael Marshall, Texas Christian University Maria Jerinic, University of Nevada, Las Vegas Lauren Nixon, Texas Christian University John Watts, University of Nevada, Las Vegas Recognizing the potential benefit for both programs, Kate Wintrol, University of Nevada, Las Vegas the TCU Chancellor’s Scholars Program and the John This panel will explore the relationships between V. Roach Honors College embarked on a formal university librarians and faculty in developing a partnership in spring 2012. Since then, they have thriving honors student community that embraces worked together to create meaningful programs to creative critical thinking. The presenters will also share recruit and retain TCU’s most academically gifted current practices in the UNLV Honors College and students. Staff from the Chancellor’s Office and the ideas for new initiatives that improve student learning college will explore the ways in which this mutually and research skills. beneficial partnership has strengthened the visibility and effectiveness of both programs. 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM GENERAL SESSIONS Honors in the Welding Lab: Workforce Education and Michigan A Two-Year College Honors Programs Honors Innovation Labs in Practice and Theory in the Carrie Pritchett, Brazosport College Netherlands and in the US This Roundtable session will allow honors directors Graham Alexander, University of Tennessee at and faculty to share ideas about the incorporation Chattanooga of workforce education into two-year college honors Chrystal Huberts, Rotterdam University of Applied programs, examples of successful honors projects in Sciences workforce education, and the benefits of extending Rebecca Jones, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga honors into this often overlooked area. Josephine Lappia, Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM Albert Pilot, University of Utrecht GENERAL SESSIONS Pepijn Roelofs, Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences Erie Introduced by Rotterdam University of Applied Students as Publishers: a TCU Honors Experiential- Sciences to the University of Tennessee at Learning Project Chattanooga Honors College, Innovation Labs Colby Birdsell, Texas Christian University offer honors students real-world problems to solve. Dan Williams, Texas Christian University Innovation Labs are discussed from an educational Kacey Williamson, Texas Christian University perspective, including interviews with US and Dutch This presentation will discuss how TCU honors students. students have been involved in a book project to create a history of honors. Students enrolled in a special colloquium have collected and edited over one hundred reflections from honors alumni, students, faculty, and staff, plus dozens of photographs for possible inclusion. The presentation will also discuss how other schools might develop similar online projects to archive valuable institutional and programmatic materials.
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10:00 AM - 10:50 AM 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM GENERAL SESSIONS GENERAL SESSIONS Mississippi Ontario Distance learning at the Kandahar Institute for Modern Implementing the Vision of UNC Charlotte Honors Studies College to Engage Students in Local Social Justice Suhaib Abaza, Southern Polytechnic State University Work Jamilah-Renay Bouges, Southern Polytechnic State University Robert Arnold, University of North Carolina Charlotte Pete Rorabaugh, Southern Polytechnic State University Malin Pereira, University of North Carolina Charlotte This research presents new means of using available Janni Sorensen, University of North Carolina Charlotte technology for collaboration between students Following a Self Study in 2011, the University of North from developed countries and their peers from Carolina Charlotte Honors College began a three- less-developed countries. Global education is just year Redesign process, including a re-imagining now entering into the realm of possibility with the of the community service component of students’ aid of technology based on online collaboration academic experience to capitalize on it’s urban and interaction in real time between students and research university identity. This session will discuss educators around the world. This particular project the Redesign vision, how the university-affiliated included students from Southern Polytechnic State Charlotte Action Research Project (CHARP) acts as a University and the Kandahar Institute for Modern platform to engage honors students in social justice. Study. The session will end with a summary of lessons learned. 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM
SATURDAY ROUNDTABLES 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM Missouri GENERAL SESSIONS A New Peer Mentoring Program for a New Honors College Parlor C Grace Wilk, Purdue University Calumet Bigger and Better: The Red Paperclip Experiment Noah Feldman, Purdue University Calumet Debora Dragseth, Dickinson State University Student-to-student mentoring is a key factor for Nathaniel Easton, Dickinson State University student success. Students in the new honors college Holly Gruhlke, Dickinson State University at Purdue University Calumet are contributing to Shannon Patterson, Dickinson State University the college mission and the university’s strategic Basing a signature assignment on the childhood goals, including increased student engagement and barter game “Bigger and Better,” Debora Dragseth retention, with a new peer mentoring program they gave each of the students in her Honors Ethics class developed for incoming freshmen to help ease the one red paperclip and a set of trade rules. Proving that transition to college. a small idea can grow into something meaningful, this session will discuss how thirty-three paperclips Implementing a Transfer Policy: The Struggle of were bartered over eight weeks into auction items Designing a Policy that is Fair to All Students that garnered nearly $3,000 in donations for the local Lopa Basu, University of Wisconsin-Stout United Way--while at the same time teaching the M. G. Aune, California University of Pennsylvania students invaluable life lessons. Lindsey Gasper, California University of Pennsylvania Jonathan Kotinek, Texas A&M University 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM Leah Seader, California University of Pennsylvania GENERAL SESSIONS Jackie Whitling, Lock Haven University Sheraton Ballroom 1 The California University of Pennsylvania University Small Start, Big Finish Honors Program is seeking forethought on its current Paul Fitzgerald, Northern Virginia Community College transfer policy. The goal of this roundtable discussion is Stacy Rice, Northern Virginia Community College to draw together directors and students from a diverse Evolution of a modest honors program: How to group of universities to gain knowledge and advice build a sustainable and vibrant honors program, and about designing a general transfer policy to serve as make it visible and attractive to a wide community of a guideline for admitting eligible students into the learners. program.
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10:00 AM - 10:50 AM 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM GENERAL SESSIONS GENERAL SESSIONS Sheraton Ballroom 2 Superior B Leveraging Student Newsletter/Magazine: Recruitment, Resetting an Honors Program: The University of Alumni Relations, and Student Success Louisiana at Monroe (ULM) Case James Buss, Salisbury University Christian Rubio, Bentley University Darby Dicks, Salisbury University Joshua Stockley, University of Louisiana at Monroe Frances Sherlock, Salisbury University This session will describe the major overhaul that the Leanne Wood Ph.D., Salisbury University honors program at ULM went through as a result of Elizabeth Skoglund, Salisbury University a self-study. The presentation will be divided in four The Thomas E. Bellavance Honors Program at parts, * Self-study overview and results; * “Foundation Salisbury University revamped its semester newsletter and Stability” describes immediate actions taken in 2014 by turning over management and authorship during the reorganization; * “Growth and Innovation” of the newsletter to a team of students. The Program depicts further alignments, amendments from then used the new student-centered sixteen page the first phase, and changes that resulted in a glossy magazine to replace its older marketing significant growth of the program; * Insights for other materials. The use of the magazine resulted in improvements and lessons learned. financial savings for the program and its largest freshman class. Learn how letting students do the 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM writing can aid in recruitment and alumni relations. CONSULTANTS Parlor A 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM Consultant Center GENERAL SESSIONS Melissa Johnson, University of Florida Sheraton Ballroom 3 Kathleen B. King, Hillsborough Community College An Analysis of the Effect of a Summer High School Eddie Weller, San Jacinto College Learning Program on Student Recruitment in an Honors Program 10:00 AM - 11:15 AM Natalie Bond, Clarion University SIRP 3: GENDER AND RACIAL STUDIES IN LITERATURE Rod Raehsler, Clarion University AND ART: RUSHDIE’S SHAME, CREOLE ART, AND Andrew Skubisz, Clarion University CHINESE MEMOIR This session will analyze the empirical impact that a Michigan B well-established summer learning program for high Moderator: Richard Badenhausen, Westminster College school students has on recruitment of students to the Race as a Creole Construct: The Creation and Extension honors program. of the Creole-Instituted Racial Hierarchy Haley Schroer, Texas Christian University 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM Latin American social stratification during the GENERAL SESSIONS colonial period represented a unique system of racial Superior A socioeconomic castes. Domination by the Spanish Teaching in Honors: Making it REAL Crown in colonial political affairs and peninsular Shera Carter-Sackey, San Jacinto College-Central prejudice against American-born Spaniards ultimately Pamela Maack, San Jacinto College influenced the implementation of the caste system Tina Mougouris, San Jacinto College-Central as creole elite sought to assert their own social Joseph Stromberg, San Jacinto College-Central domination. Despite strict regulation, movement Marcus Turner, San Jacinto College-Central between lower castes occurred, suggesting several William Wolfe, San Jacinto College-Central loopholes for social mobility. This discussion-based session is an opportunity to share the experiences of San Jacinto College faculty Mother, Truth-Teller, Emasculator, and Beast: The who participated in an honors course vetting process. Feminist Voice in Salman Rushdie’s Shame The vetting process focused on developing courses Eileen Long, Purdue University Calumet according to the REAL rubric. By focusing on Research, In the novel Shame, Salman Rushdie explores the Enrichment, Academic Rigor, and Leadership criteria boundaries between countries, political systems, a diverse group of faculty explored “making the old and gender roles. Rushdie presents women’s new, again.” www.nchchonors.org 61 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2015
feminist voices against the patriarchal nationalism 10:00 AM - 11:50 AM of Pakistan by creating a coalition between mothers BEST HONORS ADMINISTRATIVE PRACTICES and daughters. Rushdie represents the ways in which Columbus A these women live and die within a patriarchal society. Honors Advising Jessica Roark, Oklahoma State University Partitions: Escapism and Calculated Sexual Performance Lisa Schwebel, City University of New York-Brooklyn in Anchee Min’s Red Azalea College Sam McCracken, University of West Georgia This session will provide opportunities to collaborate Anchee Min’s 1992 memoir Red Azalea recounts and discuss the best practices for addressing some the author’s life under Chairman Mao Zedong and of the common issues, as well as those unique to the Communist Party of China, from childhood to each type of program or college, that students face her escape as a young adult. Although egalitarian acclimating to college life and participating in honors, on paper, the communist society of Mao’s China as such as developing independence, selecting a major, presented by Min’s memoir betrays a complex social and completing a thesis. This session will create a best network of surveillance, a system that maintains—by practices tool bag for the most common challenges threat of “neighborhood activist[s]”—the behavior of an honors advisor will face. citizens as Mao sees fit. This system, in combination with the nation’s widespread adoration for Mao, 10:00 AM - 11:50 AM results in the extreme relegation of acts, expressions, BEST HONORS ADMINISTRATIVE PRACTICES sexual inclinations, and identities that differ from Columbus B the hegemony pushed by Maoist cultural practices. Developing Faculty to Become Successful Honors The memoir is, as a result, littered with figurative SATURDAY Teachers partitions, images like Min’s “mosquito net,” “draperies,” Jack Rhodes, The Citadel and “curtain[s],” that exist as boundaries between the Elaine Torda, Orange County Community College normative, Mao-centered China and smaller, more John Zubizarreta, Columbia College private spaces where Min’s characters may subvert What does it take to be a successful honors teacher? Maoist ideologies, particularly as they relate to issues What faculty development strategies help to identify, of gender expression and sexual preference. By virtue support, and reward good honors teaching? In this of their meticulous type of self-portrayal—a self- session, we will provide a framework for developing portrayal that shifts greatly in certain contexts—Min’s successful honors pedagogy, model effective characters’ expressions shirk identity politics and take practices, and invite participants to share their own on roles more aligned with Judith Butler’s notions of philosophies and practices as honors instructors and performativity. administrators.
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM WORKSHOP FORUM ON DIVERSITY Ohio Huron Faculty Professional Development: Forum on Diversity III Real Talk with New Directors FOD I: Agents of Change: Honors and Inequality Laurie Smith-Law, Iowa State University John Dilyard, Saint Francis College James Ruebel, Ball State University Jaskiran Mathur, St. Francis College How much is too much? How big is too big? How Kathleen Nolan, St. Francis College many students should be served? Who should be This session is dedicated to answering the question: served? How do you remain innovative even if How can honors students be turned into agents of numbers don’t grow? How do you revive a struggling change to address inequality in all its forms? One way program? These are just some of the questions could be by taking an interdisciplinary yet integrated that will be addressed in the development sessions. approach. Three honors program faculty from St. Guidelines from a number of NCHC monographs Francis College, representing Management, Sociology, (e.g., Sam Schuman’s Beginning in Honors) will be and Biology, will discuss their strategies in achieving presented as talking points with the caveat that new this goal. directors will have to adapt ideas to their own context.
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11:00 AM - 11:50 AM FOD II: A Global and Community Leadership Honors GENERAL SESSIONS Program Fostering Diversity for All Chicago Ballroom 10 Beenish Kamran, University of Alabama Birmingham Urban Honors: Making Diversity part of the BIG plan Tushar Kumar, University of Alabama Birmingham Brianna Avery, Portland State University Nicole Rodriguez, University of Alabama Birmingham Ann Fallon, Portland State University The Global and Community Leadership Honors Nora Quiros, Portland State University Program (GCL) is a specialty program of the UAB Located in the heart of metropolitan Portland, Honors College that focuses on raising global citizens Portland State’s Urban Honors College reformed its and promoting diversity through its cohort and curriculum five years ago with an explicit intention its teachings. Assessments of the success of each to better serve the diversity of students in the metro cohort’s student participation in the global and local area. communities support the idea that similiar programs should be included as an option within honors 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM colleges to foster diversity. GENERAL SESSIONS Chicago Ballroom 8 FOD III: “No Little Plans”: Making Diversity a Local and Honorable Mentions: Using Social Media to Promote, Global Happening in Native America and Define a College Honors Program Rachel Childers, Southeastern Oklahoma State Jeremy Shermak, Moraine Valley Community College University This presentation explores efforts towards Lisa Coleman, Southeastern Oklahoma State University implementing a comprehensive social media plan Samantha Faudree, Southeastern Oklahoma State to promote, unite, and define an honors program. University The presentation will include working with our Jake Martin, Southeastern Oklahoma State University college administration and marketing department Inspired by the diversity emphases of an NCHC to maximize the impact of social usage to using institute, “The New Old England: Manor, Market, and a composition course to teach students how to Mosque,” we reconceptualized years one and two of effectively and responsibly use social media. Southeastern’s honors curriculum as a Place/City as Text™ in Native America, augmented by cosmopolitan 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM international travel in the sophomore year. GENERAL SESSIONS Chicago Ballroom 9 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM Appreciative Advising with Honors Students GENERAL SESSIONS Gayle Hartleroad, Ball State University Arkansas Jessica Hill, Ball State University Professional Scholars: Honors Seminars Bridging Eli Parks, Ball State University Academia and Career Multipotential students and their advisors often Rachel Pawlowski, Wayne State University consider their abilities and talents as much a Ali Salamey, Wayne State University challenge as a treasured gift, which demands a This presentation will explore some innovative different approach. Appreciative Advising consists of teaching practices for honors seminars at Wayne six distinct customizable phases that may be applied State University’s Irvin D. Reid Honors College. to a single meeting or the entire degree process. This The presenters will discuss the format of seminars session will review unique needs of academic advising designed to encourage academic research, and career coaching, consider time constraints, share professional presentations, and career development student and advisor experiences with the model, and for honors students in the honors college’s early suggest ways to apply it at other institutions. assurance Start Programs. The pedagogy used in the classroom include formal presentations, peer review and assessment, and continuous evaluation.
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11:00 AM - 11:50 AM 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM ROUNDTABLES GENERAL SESSIONS Colorado Michigan A Building Engagement through the First-Year Experience Honors Innovation Labs in the US and the Netherlands: Course in Two-Year College Honors Programs Experience an Innovation Lab: theory Matthew Zisel, Suffolk County Community College Linda Frost, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Kathleen B. King, Hillsborough Community College Josephine Lappia, Rotterdam University of Applied This session will explore the ways that two-year Sciences honors programs might effectively use the first-year Albert Pilot, University of Utrecht experience to engage students, create leaders, and Introduced by Rotterdam University of Applied connect the course to college and program learning Sciences, Innovation Labs offer honors students real- outcomes. Participants are invited to share ideas for world problems to solve. This session presents and innovative uses of the first-year experience. discusses this challenging form of education.
Honors Journal at University of Colorado-Boulder 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM Members of the Honors Journal Editorial Board at GENERAL SESSIONS the University of Colorado-Boulder will be hosting a Mississippi conversation about challenges and strategies when Walt Disney Made No Little Plans: The Large Potential of creating a journal for exemplary undergraduate work Disney Studies in Honors Programs across all disciplines to improve this journal and Julye Bidmead, Chapman University exchange ideas with other student groups. Alannah Rosenberg, Saddleback College
SATURDAY Disney Studies creates a learning experience 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM meaningful to students from every discipline: art, GENERAL SESSIONS physics, urban planning, psychology, music, gender Erie studies, business, communications, literature, Has the Sophomore Slump become the Freshman Flop? geography, history, architecture, religion, and Meghan Homer, Virginia Commonwealth University critical race theory. This session will examine various Faye Prichard, Virginia Commonwealth University examples of honors Disney Studies curricula and The VCU Honors College is currently working on a consider Disney’s potential for making another, albeit study of first- and second-year student performance posthumous, not-little impact: this time, on honors to test whether students actually experience education. sophomore slump earlier than their non-honors peers. 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM ROUNDTABLES 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM Missouri GENERAL SESSIONS Creative Interdisciplinary Seminars that Engage Mayfair Students and Inspire Faculty Who Gets Invited and How Do We Decide? New Results Barbara Pemberton, Ouachita Baptist University from the NCHC 2014 Admissions, Retention, and Interdisciplinary seminars provide valuable Completion Survey experiences for students and refreshing opportunities Andrew Cognard-Black, St. Mary’s College of Maryland for faculty to collaborate. Engaging seminars are the Patricia Smith, University of Central Arkansas backbone of the Ouachita Baptist University Honors The panel will present findings from the 2014 NCHC Program, with retention an unexpected benefit. At Admissions, Retention, and Completion Survey this roundtable, successful seminars will be presented (ARC). In particular, the presentation will explore and ideas exchanged. variability (i.e., difference and similarity) in (1) diversity enrollment; (2) application procedures; (3) admission criteria; (4) support structures; (5) retention; and (6) completion.
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11:00 AM - 11:50 AM 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM ROUNDTABLES GENERAL SESSIONS Missouri Parlor C Letting Students Lead: Valuing the Honors Student Voice Engaging Honors Students in Cross-Cultural Democratic Craig Fuchs, Pittsburg State University Leadership Garrett Harmon, Pittsburg State University Prakash Chenjeri, Southern Oregon University Gretchen Knurr, Texas Woman’s University Ken Mulliken, Southern Oregon University Jessica Peterson, Texas Woman’s University Solutions to common challenges require effective This session will examine the importance of having leadership and the widespread application of honors students involved in program governance democracy. In response, the Southern Oregon and how that translates to high participation and University Honors College is initiating the Democracy retention rates. It aims to equip schools with the tools Project, a comprehensive examination of how necessary to implement leadership opportunities democracy is understood, implemented, and within their own programs. Panelists will discuss promoted worldwide. This session will explain the the various ways students are able to have a voice goals and activities for the Democracy Project, and in honors. Each school has its own way of giving invite NCHC members to join this enterprise. students a vital role, and the goal of this roundtable is that it will be idea-generating for all. 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM GENERAL SESSIONS 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM Sheraton Ballroom 1 GENERAL SESSIONS It’s Not Just A “Senior” Capstone Project: The Senior Ontario Honors Project from Prospective Student to Promoting Challenge by Choice: An Experiential Project Graduation Reinforcing Honors Values in the First Year Seminar Zoe Hinton, East Carolina University Aaron Argall, Central Michigan University Todd Fraley, East Carolina University Phame Camarena, Central Michigan University This session explores the success of having the senior Adam Kloha, Central Michigan University honors capstone process built into curricular and Alyssa Shepard, Central Michigan University co-curricular experiences from the time a student Emileigh Stoll, Central Michigan University arrives at the university to graduation. Attendees will A first-year seminar plays a critical role in the obtain a capstone continuum outlining each capstone foundation for a successful honors experience. step from the freshman through senior year, as well Designed to reinforce honors core values, connect as a sample capstone manual, examples of capstone students to mentors, and engage students with proposal forms, ideas for co-curricular capstone university life, the Personal Development Project workshops and showcase options to celebrate (PDP) is a vital part of the CMU honors first-year completed capstone work. experience. This presentation describes the principles of the PDP and provides suggestions for how this style of experiential challenge-by-choice project can meet the needs of different honors programs.
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11:00 AM - 11:50 AM 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM GENERAL SESSIONS GENERAL SESSIONS Sheraton Ballroom 2 Superior B Creating an Honors Program Environment within a Big Plans? It Takes a Village Community College Setting Edwin Aiman, San Jacinto College - North Amy Cruickshank, Cuyahoga Community College Maria Donaire-Cirsovius, San Jacinto College - North Sunita Heer, Cuyahoga Community College Tammy Miller, San Jacinto College North Campus Athena Mericsko, Cuyahoga Community College Ryan Navejar, San Jacinto College - North Melissa Zagata, Cuyahoga Community College Cody Pogue, San Jacinto College North Campus This session will explore the goal of creating a positive Creating or revitalizing an honors program is a and stimulating learning environment for honors daunting and sometimes lonely task. This panel will program students enrolled at a community college, discuss how to overcome the challenges inherent identifying what really works for students who in building a sustainable and thriving program by commute and face unique challenges to education, leveraging the talents of a diverse and committed such as working multiple jobs, family commitments group of faculty and staff. and various financial burdens. We will discuss how an honors program mindset can be nurtured and 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM developed despite the distractions and challenges CONSULTANTS that arise for community college students. Parlor A Consultant Center 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM Marike Lammers, Saxion University of Applied Science
SATURDAY GENERAL SESSIONS Leslie Sargent Jones, Appalachian State University Sheraton Ballroom 3 Jeremy Trucker, Community College of Baltimore There and Back Again: Bringing Partners in the Parks County Home Naomi Yavneh Klos, Loyola University New Orleans David Kime, Northern Kentucky University Students and faculty will discuss extending Partners in 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM the Parks learning and activities to their home region GENERAL SESSIONS and institution. Students who have participated in a Arkansas variety of summer programs enroll in a fall seminar Live Demo for Chinese Brush Painting: An Allegorical that continues the transformative education through Process further reflection, research, sharing of individual Ashley Walter, Arcadia University experiences, and applying the Partners philosophy This live painting demo blends the Xieyi style with to local parks. This seminar aligns the individual original designs, using a few strokes to capture the student’s learning experience with university and spirit of a subject. These subjects include landscapes, honors program learning outcomes. birds, flowers, aquatic life, mammals, and more. The process of creating artwork in this style is methodical 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM as well as allegorical. There is a limit to how much GENERAL SESSIONS control the painter can have over the behavior of Superior A the ink, but the painting can still end up beautiful if Does Service Learning Really Matter? Helping the the artist anticipates the exact nature of every brush iGeneration Decenter stroke. Leslie Kaplan, University of North Florida Can service learning experiences among iGeneration honors students decrease narcissistic tendencies, increase empathic concern, and prepare students as community stewards? This presentation will discuss two years of quantitative and qualitative findings from a cohort sequential research study examining the impact of service learning with refugee families on students’ personality and community stewardship.
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12:00 PM - 12:50 PM 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM GENERAL SESSIONS ROUNDTABLES Chicago Ballroom 10 Colorado A World of Undergraduate Research The Four Pillars of Honors Fundraising Lauren Bruce, International Studies Abroad (ISA) David Scott Allen, University of Arizona Emily Busse, International Studies Abroad (ISA) Craig Cobane, Western Kentucky University This session will focus on international research at the Margaret Franson, Valparaiso University undergraduate level, including semester, academic Joanie Sompayrac, University of Tennessee at year, and summer options for students. The presenters Chattanooga will highlight a diversity of program locations and This roundtable discussion will cover the four research topics from STEM fields to humanities. major areas of fundraising for honors colleges Student outcomes and funding mechanisms will and programs: major gifts, annual fund, grants, likewise be discussed. and events. Join colleagues from large and small institutions to share your successes; gather new 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM ideas on how to fundraise for your students, faculty, GENERAL SESSIONS and programs; and hear how others manage their Chicago Ballroom 8 fundraising initiative as well as how they cope with Fifty Years in the Making: Understanding Major challenges. Scholarships Ryan Diehl, Hutchinson Community College 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM Christina McIntyre, Virginia Tech GENERAL SESSIONS This session takes a historical journey through the Erie modifications made to the major scholarship process ELOs, Evaluation and Rigor: Integrating Honors over the last fifty years. Attendees also receive a Contracts into University Assessment Top Ten Must-Know List put together by successful Jayci Bash, Souther Utah University scholarship advisors that will help them along the life- Matt Nickerson, Southern Utah University changing journey of reflection, goal setting, and other The Southern Utah University Honors Program lasting positive benefits beyond winning the award. recently implemented several improvements to its honors contract process. Issues concerning academic 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM rigor and student support were addressed as part of GENERAL SESSIONS this initiative. These measures and the results of the Chicago Ballroom 9 assessment will be discussed. Go Big! The Impact of Staging High-Profile Honors Admissions Events on Recruiting Yield Rates 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM Robert Groven, Augsburg College GENERAL SESSIONS A small college honors program used big events and Huron nationally renowned speakers for honors recruiting Implementing e-Portfolio within an Honors Curriculum events over the past two years. The events increased as a Reflective Learning Tool and an Assessment the recruiting yield by almost 20%, and energized the Tool current honors student community around hosting Kevin Rashid, Wayne State University the events. This panel will summarize the structure, Minakshi Lahiri, Wayne State University strategy, and messaging of these events and The initial launch and implementation of e-Portfolio discuss the subsequent recruiting data and possible at Irvin D. Reid Honors College, Wayne State explanations for the recruiting increases. University, during the first semester for a large cohort of Freshmen 2014 was successful, and e-Portfolio is currently being used in the Winter 2015 term. Presenters will share their experience with the project: purpose, planning, design, implementation, evaluation, future plans, and the challenges and how they were resolved.
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12:00 PM - 12:50 PM 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM GENERAL SESSIONS STUDENT EVENTS Michigan A Missouri Big Plans, Small Groups: Service Learning, Digital NCHC Startup Challenge ThinkTank Storytelling, and Honors Composition Adam Costa, Bridgewater State University M. G. Aune, California University of Pennsylvania Tiffany Ernst,University of North Carolina Wilmington Rachael Fawley, California University of Pennsylvania Alexander Hoffmann,University of Southern Indiana Ethan Klersy, California University of Pennsylvania Chika Okanya, Paine College Laura Owens, California University of Pennsylvania Amber Rolland, University of Central Arkansas This presentation reflects on four semesters of service Amy Ta, California State Polytechnic University, Ponoma learning in Honors Composition 150 and 250 by Calling all entrepreneurs and idea thinkers to talk fusing the voices of the professor, program director, about startups and creating your own business! If and three students from different terms. Working you’re interested in Silicon Valley, Shark Tank, new in conjunction with the Heinz History Center in technologies and similar topics then this is the session Pittsburgh, small groups of students developed digital for you. Join us to share your ideas with a room full of stories for local historical societies. These projects like minded people. provide crucial tools for the societies to engage with potential visitors from around the world through 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM social media. GENERAL SESSIONS Ohio 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM Page to Stage: Promoting Creativity through Curricular
SATURDAY ROUNDTABLES Diversity Colorado Gaby Bedetti, Eastern Kentucky University From Tourist to Traveler: Big Plans for Study Abroad David Coleman, Eastern Kentucky University Rebecca Oliver, Arkansas State University Minh Nguyen, Eastern Kentucky University Study abroad programs are increasingly common Montanna Palmer, Eastern Kentucky University among honors colleges and programs. This Cody Sutphin, Eastern Kentucky University roundtable discussion will provide an opportunity for Students need opportunities to develop creative faculty, administrators, and students to impart their problem solving. One curricular approach integrates experiences and exchange valuable information. Two playwriting into text- or media-based reading courses. innovative and distinctively different study abroad When students find new forms of expression that programs from the Arkansas State University Honors capture life in the twenty-first century and perform College will be shared. The concept of changing one’s their creation for the communities, they bring a more worldview from tourist to traveler will also be a major heterogeneous group of students to honors. focus of the collaborative dialogue.
12:00 PM - 12:50 PM GENERAL SESSIONS Mississippi Project HAWK (Helping Achieve Wisdom and Knowledge) Richard F. Gaspar, Hillsborough Community College Project HAWK is an integrated Master Class project in ENC 1101 H (Freshman Composition I) and JOU 1400L (Journalism Lab) courses. The Master Class students are part of a diverse college-wide media club that completes a minimum of 10-hours of Service Learning activities each month. In 2015, the project culminated with a red carpet premier of the films at a Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service event.
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12:00 PM - 12:50 PM 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM GENERAL SESSIONS GENERAL SESSIONS Ontario Sheraton Ballroom 1 Making Unusual Connections: Interdisciplinary Seminars How ePortfolios Enhance an Honors Degree in the Two-Year College Honors Program Carly Hirvela, Texas Christian University Deborah Adelman, College of DuPage Dan Williams, Texas Christian University Shamili Ajgaonkar, College of DuPage ePortfolios are a unique way for students to express Chris Goergen, College of DuPage themselves and display their work. Honors students Eva Maria Raepple, College of DuPage often have resumes that extend beyond what The presenters will examine and encourage can fit on paper, but ePortfolios allow them the discussion on the role interdisciplinary seminars can chance to reflect on their experiences, passions, and play in enhancing any honors program, particularly achievements. ePortfolio students not only create and at two-year community colleges. Specifically, they monitor their crucial digital identities, but they also will review their institution’s history of using learning gain a distinct competitive edge in the job market. communities to structure their program’s seminars. This session will discuss ePortfolios from student and Through examples and data, this panel, which faculty perspectives. includes faculty representing a variety of disciplines from the humanities, social sciences, and natural 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM sciences, will address how such interdisciplinary GENERAL SESSIONS learning communities seminars promote critical Sheraton Ballroom 2 thinking, encourage deeper understanding of Building Community in a Commuter Honors Program: multiple disciplines, and provide opportunities for Retreats, Events, Classes, Lounges Honors students to be more engaged with the subject Kathleen B. King, Hillsborough Community College matter, the instructors, and their peers. Dustin Lemke, Hillsborough Community College Eddie Weller, San Jacinto College 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM Abbie Grubb, San Jacinto College GENERAL SESSIONS Building a sense of community on a commuter Parlor C campus is difficult; this session will explore ways Honors Capstone and Research Projects at a Business community colleges have been successful using Institution retreats, events, activities, honors lounges, and in- Jeff Gulati,Bentley University class activities to build community. Aaron Jackson, Bentley University Christian Rubio, Bentley University 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM Bentley University, a business institution with a fusion GENERAL SESSIONS of arts and sciences courses, provides an excellent Sheraton Ballroom 3 example of the opportunities and challenges for Lessons Learned from a Different Director’s Chair advising business majors about capstone courses and Kevin Baxter, East Carolina University honors theses. This panel will highlight some of those This presentation will share unique perspectives challenges as well as the strategies for providing and lessons learned by the Associate Dean of East students the opportunity to do research that Carolina University’s Honors College following a year combines their business and liberal arts education. of concurrently serving as the Interim Director of The presentation will include current students who Admissions for his university. will discuss their experiences.
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12:00 PM - 12:50 PM 12:00 PM - 1:50 PM GENERAL SESSIONS BEST HONORS ADMINISTRATIVE PRACTICES Superior A Columbus A What Honors Students Want from their Honors Program/ From Orientation to Capstone: Connecting the Honors College: A Research-Based Study Experience throughout and across the Years Christina Crowley, University of Iowa Brooke Hessler, Oklahoma City University Art Spisak, University of Iowa Eric Odum, Oklahoma City University Suzanne Squires, University of Iowa Karen Youmans, Oklahoma City University Until 2013, the Iowa honors program had no required The presenters will share strategies for creating curriculum although it offered many honors classes points of contact between students and across and opportunities. This unique situation allowed courses to encourage retention, community-building, the honors program to track how students chose to and integrative learning and invite participants to engage with an honors program with no curricular exchange ideas from their own programs. Topics will requirements. The data included both tracking a include: involving upper-division students in first- cohort of 804 students through a six-year period and year experiences, peer mentoring, parallel course snapshots of several academic years of the entire structures, multi-course service-learning partnerships, population. Results show what high ability students student-leadership councils, and social media. expect from an honors program. 12:00 PM - 1:50 PM 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM BEST HONORS ADMINISTRATIVE PRACTICES GENERAL SESSIONS Columbus B
SATURDAY Superior B First-Year Experiences and Honors Making Big Plans: Growing Honors through Melissa Johnson, University of Florida Disciplinarily Diverse Capstone Experiences Jennifer Kosco, DePaul University Dennis Livesay, University of North Carolina Charlotte David Metzger, Old Dominion University Malin Pereira, University of North Carolina Charlotte Victoria Williams, Alvernia University Jennifer Warner, University of North Carolina Charlotte With an increased emphasis on student retention The UNC Charlotte Honors College at UNC Charlotte between the first and second year, what strategies underwent a self-study in 2011-12 that revealed have colleges and universities adopted to aid faculty and student hopes for growing honors students in succeeding in the first year in preparation education. Although honors required a capstone for a lifetime of learning? Moreover, how have honors experience, which in most honors programs meant a programs and colleges specifically developed First thesis, more than half the majors on campus lacked Year Experience programs to aid their students? an honors capstone. This session will demonstrate Participants are invited to bring their own questions, how big plans for growing honors at a large public examples, and materials to share with attendees. research university have been achieved through disciplinarily diverse capstone experiences. 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM MASTER CLASS Mayfair Master Class Showcase P. Brent Register, Clarion University
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1:00 PM - 1:50 PM 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM GENERAL SESSIONS GENERAL SESSIONS Arkansas Chicago Ballroom 9 Grand Canyon Semester Reception Little Plans Do Not Get Realized: A History of Honors at George Gumerman, Northern Arizona University Texas A&M Ted Martinez, Northern Arizona University Jonathan Kotinek, Texas A&M University Please join Grand Canyon Semester (GCS) faculty The history of the Texas A&M University Honors and students to learn more about GCS 2016. Enjoy Program reflects the growth of Texas A&M from light refreshments and discover how this amazing a small, regional all-male military institution to a semester experience features a unique integrative world-class research university in just a few decades. core course structure coupled with weekly outdoor- Common tensions discussed include: size and hands-on learning experiences. A slide show features scalability, merit and egalitarianism, cost and number program highlights from the greater Grand Canyon of students who benefit. This presentation features region. All are welcome to participate in this informal research on the program’s impact on former students learning, sharing, and collaborative session on a as well as insights and reflections from former truly unique semester experience; the Grand Canyon administrators and students. Semester. 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM ROUNDTABLES GENERAL SESSIONS Colorado Chicago Ballroom 10 Honors Peer Mentoring: What Does it Look Like? Success in Honors: Searching for Predictors Jacob Ailts, South Dakota State University Ron Weerheijm, Rotterdam University of Applied Terra Klima, South Dakota State University Sciences As two student leaders at South Dakota State This research project is searching for predictors of University, we developed a peer mentoring program student success in honors among new students. to support incoming honors students. This roundtable will discuss how to create and sustain a successful 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM non-academic peer mentoring program. This session MEETINGS will explore and discuss setbacks, challenges, Chicago Ballroom 8 developmental steps, and successes. NCHC Student Toolkit 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM Adam Costa, Bridgewater State University Tiffany Ernst,University of North Carolina Wilmington ROUNDTABLES Alexander Hoffmann,University of Southern Indiana Colorado Chika Okanya, Paine College Strengthening the Scholar through Self-Discovery: Amber Rolland, University of Central Arkansas Considering the Role of Scholar Development Amy Ta, California State Polytechnic University, Ponoma Courses in Honors Education Panelists will discuss the benefits of becoming a Lori Adams, University of Iowa student member of NCHC and how students can Laura Damuth, University of Nebraska Lincoln get involved with NCHC and the Student Affairs Lindsay Marshall, University of Iowa Committee. NCHC funds research and creative activity Dana Schumacher, Iowa State University through the Portz Fellowship, offers scholarships Kelly Thornburg, University of Iowa through the Student of the Year Awards, and To fully engage with the extraordinary intellectual, facilitates engagement within academia. The student ethical, and social demands they will face as leaders, nominees for the SAC will also present their ideas. investigators, and creators, students must strive to know themselves as well as they know their disciplines. As a result, programs are making space for self-discovery alongside the intellectual and professional training traditionally invested in by institutions. The panelists will discuss the challenges and breakthroughs of designing scholar development curricula. www.nchchonors.org 71 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2015
1:00 PM - 1:50 PM 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM GENERAL SESSIONS GENERAL SESSIONS Erie Mississippi Encouraging Intentional Reflection in Honors Student Honors Collaborates to Meet the Grand Challenges Study Abroad Timothy Nichols, South Dakota State University Jill Andel, St. Cloud State University Meeting the Grand Challenges is a collaborative Kifaya Bishop, St. Cloud State University initiative to prepare honors students for leadership Bao Lee, St. Cloud State University roles in addressing some of the most complex Daniel Macari, St. Cloud State University problems facing today’s world, including climate Many colleges and universities are making concerted change, sustainable energy, and hunger/food security. efforts to internationalize their campuses, and study Approaches include faculty/student development, abroad is a vital tool in these efforts. This session will interdisciplinary honors courses, undergraduate discuss efforts to help students create meaningful research, and youth/community outreach programs. reflections from study abroad experiences. Honors students who studied abroad in South Africa, Asia, 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM Australia, and Europe were asked to reflect on ROUNDTABLES various questions both during and after their study Missouri experience. The panelists will provide examples of Peer Leaders as Teachers these reflections and questions. Kirsten Bartels, University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM Utilizing upper-level honors students as teaching
SATURDAY GENERAL SESSIONS assistants for first-year orientation courses provides Huron alternatives and opportunities for all involved. Civic Awareness for Honors Student Leaders: Promoting Participants will hear from those who have taken the Critical Social Change in Long Beach, CA course and taught the course to gain insight into the Lizette Alvarez, California State University, Long Beach pros and cons of this model. Kashima Samuels, California State University, Long Beach The Definition of Honors, Modes of Learning and Core Deborah Thien, California State University, Long Beach Competencies: A Roundtable Discussion A pilot civic awareness seminar series designed Abby Loebenberg, Arizona State University for incoming freshman in an honors residential Katherine O’Flaherty, Arizona State University community was implemented to expose students to Jacquelyn Scott Lynch, Arizona State University diversity concepts. The seminars, facilitated by peer This Roundtable is designed to discuss practical leaders, fostered opportunities to engage in critical applications of NCHC’s Definition of Honors Education dialogue about social issues that influence students’ and Modes of Honors Learning (available at http:// understandings of privilege; students are encouraged nchchonors.org/faculty-directors/definition-of- to become agents of change on campus and in honors-education/ ). This Roundtable will serve as the community at large. Preliminary results will be a basis for considering development of honors core discussed. competencies and consider the importance of data collection and assessments. 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM GENERAL SESSIONS Michigan A An Analysis of the Academic Achievement Gap in Honors Colleges and Programs Rod Raehsler, Clarion University This analysis the achievement gap issue for honors colleges and programs in the United States by looking at test results and surveys of directors. Empirical analysis of both using advanced statistical models will seek to determine how diversity among students in honors colleges and programs might be increased.
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1:00 PM - 1:50 PM 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM GENERAL SESSIONS GENERAL SESSIONS Ontario Sheraton Ballroom 2 Supporting First-Generation Students in Honors Great Plans: Working with Top College Administrators to Tehquin Forbes, University of Florida Advance Honors Education Rhina Lara, University of Florida Richard Bailey, San Jacinto College Much of the literature on first-generation college Susan O’Neal, Tulsa Community College students focuses on the fact that they are Douglas Price, Tulsa Community College academically at-risk. But what about first-generation Eddie Weller, San Jacinto College honors students? Following a study about high Laurel Williamson, San Jacinto College achieving first-gen students at the University of Community college honors programs can be Florida, the H1G Mentoring Program was formed misunderstood by administrators who are uncertain to support honors students who are academically of their purpose and place at the college. San prepared for college, but might not have the cultural Jacinto College and Tulsa Community College both capital of peers whose parents attended college. have upper-level administrators who understand, support, and champion honors education. These 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM administrators will offer insights into how to build GENERAL SESSIONS that same relationship on other campuses. Parlor C Assessing the Institutional Impact of Honors 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM Kevin Dooley, Monmouth University GENERAL SESSIONS Joseph Lane, Emory & Henry College Sheraton Ballroom 3 Leslie Sargent Jones, Appalachian State University Office Assistants: Challanges and Opportunities of Three presenters from different types of institutions Students Employed by their Honors Program analyze data from those institutions that may help Besty Aguila, Southern Adventist University demonstrate the impact of creating or expanding Rachel Dufour, Loyola University honors programs based on key institution-level Melanie Martin, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga metrics. Kayden Reilly, Columbia College Mary Rowell, Columbia College 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM Filling honors office assistant positions with current GENERAL SESSIONS honors students creates challenges and opportunities Sheraton Ballroom 1 as they take on a range of responsibilities. Student Standing Out in Today’s Competitive Job Market workers from various institutions will share their Dana Faught, DC Internships experiences, discuss how they manage their roles, and This workshop will give students insight on how to invite practical suggestions for different models. stand out as a job seeker in today’s competitive job market. What activities and experiences will ensure your resume is on the top of the stack? How can an internship be leveraged to land your dream job? Can you really make valuable professional contacts while still in school? What is the best way to leverage your network to open doors to your future career? Participants will hear answers to these questions and more as presenters share tips on how students can start preparing now to ensure they have an edge in the job market.
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1:00 PM - 1:50 PM 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM GENERAL SESSIONS SIRP 4: CULTURAL STUDIES: THE JAPANESE GANGURO Superior A AND DOMESTICITY IN ITALIAN AMERICAN CULTURE I’ll Link to That! Making Big Plans at Small College Michigan B Honors Programs Moderator: Johnny MacLean, Southern Utah University Haya Awwad, Roger Williams University Escaping Domesticity: The Puttana in Italian American Paul Bender, Roger Williams University Culture Meg Case, Roger Williams University Natalya Romanyak, Long Island University Brooklyn Ilene Lieberman, Widener University Traditional Italian women are expected to be la Dahliani Reynolds, Roger Williams University serietà, the ideal homemaker, or risk being labeled a Becky Spritz, Roger Williams University puttana, a whore. I examine two novels about Italian To “Make No Little Plans” in small-college honors American women who struggle against their parents’ requires innovation, creativity, and resource sharing. patriarchal culture by embracing the American This panel introduces linking as a strategic way ideal of independence. The protagonists set out to to expand honors opportunities for teaching and challenge their oppressive family expectations only to learning. This panel includes administrators, faculty, encounter the same limited traditional gender roles and students from two small college honors programs in all of society. Escaping the ideal of a domesticated and will present evidence supporting the need for woman is still a work in progress. linking, demonstrating the value of linking for honors pedagogy, and highlighting its utility for addressing Ganguro and Cultural Appropriation in Modern Day administrative challenges. Japan
SATURDAY Sydnie Byrd, Notre Dame of Maryland University 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM In order to examine the ganguro subculture, one GENERAL SESSIONS must understand Japan’s history of racialism. This Superior B session will explore Japan’s search for identity that Creating Global Learning Opportunity for Honors with consequently led to the establishment of racialism Faculty-Led Study Abroad within the culture. By applying John Russell’s concept Rochelle Gregory, North Central Texas College of the black culture as the other, I will attest that the Jeff Penedo,EF College Study Tours existence of the ganguro subculture furthers the Beth Yelverton, Texas Woman’s University divide between the Japanese culture and the black This session will share best practices in creating culture. accessible opportunity for honors students to gain global experience through faculty-led programs. Panelists will offer success stories and highlight several cost-effective, academic and experiential international program models, giving session attendees inspiration for establishing similar initiatives on their campus.
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CONSULTANTS Parlor A Consultant Center Richard Badenhausen, Westminster College Edward Harpham, University of Texas at Dallas Jefford Vahlbusch,University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire James Ruebel, Ball State University
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1:00 PM - 3:00 PM SPECIAL EVENTS Ohio Cosmopolitics of the Chora Nick Esposito, University of Denver Portz Presentations A pressing contemporary philosophical problematic, Katherine E. Bruce, University of North Carolina inherited from Heidegger’s work with Das Ding, is Wilmington recognizable in the disparate regions of Lacan’s gap, Ann R. Eisenberg, University of Texas at San Antonio Badiou’s outplace, Derrida’s difference, and Deleuze and Guattari’s difference in itself. This paper argues Al-Arabiyyah, Le Français, and the Soul of Algeria: that they are, in fact, related, each leading back to the The Language Tango between Arabic and French chora. The paper attempts to bring this conversation in Algerian Education Policy and Defining Post- on the chora to the fore to enter into these various Colonial Algerian National Identity pathways a means of their coming together and to Amir Aziz, University of Mississippi provide a locus for investigating the very thing they This paper applies various theories to analyze were each trying to put their finger on. The paper Algeria’s national identity. Since language policies establishes the chora as a means of enveloping are largely communicated in schools, the paper also certain formerly irreconcilably different forces into a focuses on how Arabic and French are represented common scope. within the educational system. The paper begins by
addressing three key theoretical concepts pertinent to understanding national identity and then proceeds Hierophany: The Sacred Breaking Point to examine how language and national identity Adrienne Meyers, University of Houston manifest in Algerian discourse and how expressions Instances of transformation reappear in mythology, of national identity became linked to educational ritual, religion, and culture throughout history. These language policies over three historical eras. The paper transformations can mark the passage into adulthood, concludes with a discussion of the author’s own a spiritual journey, or describe personal growth. research conducted in Algiers. Often, these transformations are observed with three
stages: separation, liminality, and reintegration or revelation. This paper investigates the third stage, “Flee from the Worship of Idols:” Becoming Christian in revelation. The term heirophany describes a point of Roman Corinth opening, or communion, between the realm of the Dorvan Byler, Kent State University at Stark sacred and that of the earthly and is used to mark a This paper explores interactions among Christians, final revelation in the transformation process. The Jews, and pagans in the first and second century paper begins with personal narrative, then outlines a Roman Empire with a focus on the city of Corinth, review of relevant texts and a visual arts project and a port city where a diverse range of religious and exhibition to present an artist’s research and practice cultural groups interacted. The paper examines in the transformative nature of hierophany. the eighteenth chapter of Acts, Paul’s letters to the Corinthians, and the First Epistle of Clement as well as archaeological evidence from the ruins of the ancient city for clues about the people who lived there. A short historiographical discussion is also included to create space for this topic in conversation with other authors.
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2:00 PM - 2:50 PM 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM GENERAL SESSIONS GENERAL SESSIONS Arkansas Chicago Ballroom 9 First-Year Student Success: From Honors Retreat to the Honors Selection Predictors: Statistical Analysis and Honors Mentor Program Case Study of a Small College Honors Program Elizabeth Knuppel, University of Houston Recruiting and Retention Results Chloe Ng, University of Houston Robert Groven, Augsburg College Colleen Seitz, University of Houston This panel presents the results of a five-year study of The current peer mentoring program was developed internal data at a small college honors program about five years ago as an extension of an honors retreat, the relative importance of variety of selection factors: which allows for academic and social relationships on-campus essays, off-campus essays, GPA, test to develop between freshmen and trained scores, interviews, co-curricular activities, and letters upperclassmen. This program assists freshmen in their of reference. The study found that many of the most transition to college, utilizing current educational common selection criteria did not accurately predict research about persistence during the first year. either matriculation or retention, while fundamental indicators proved far more reliable. 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM GENERAL SESSIONS 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM Chicago Ballroom 10 ROUNDTABLES Subjective Experience and the Engaged Honors Colorado Community Ethics of Using Non-Human Primates in Neuroscience
SATURDAY Kathy Cooke, Quinnipiac University Research Susan Crane, University of Arizona Lily Deng, University of Alabama Birmingham Through interactive presentations, panelists offer Natasha Mehra, University of Alabama Birmingham ways that subjective experience can enhance learning Mike Sloane, University of Alabama Birmingham and engagement in ways that are especially valuable Amy Stewart, University of Alabama Birmingham to honors and promote opportunities to pay attention Animals are widely used in research, product testing to multiple dimensions of learning and personhood. for businesses, and for food and dairy products in The presenters examine how curricular, co-curricular, agriculture. Humans have assigned a certain moral and overall program design can access subjective status to these animals, but this status may not be experience through affect labeling, memory, and appropriate or appropriately determined. The panel visual processing and then use these to promote will discuss whether the treatment of nonhuman deeper, more complex learning. primates in neuroscience research correlates with what is currently known about their intelligence 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM and sentience and if the standards tha regulate their GENERAL SESSIONS treatment should change. Chicago Ballroom 8 “Acting” with Honor: Using Interpretive Literature within a Multi-Discipline Curriculum Kyla Larsen Behnken, South Dakota State University Valerie Kleinjan, South Dakota State Univeristy The South Dakota State University honors speech course includes an oral reading assignment that allows students to use interpretative skills as they polish selections of prose, poetry, and/or drama without the use of costumes, set, or props. This artistic expression portrays the author’s message in a meaningful and poignant format. This interactive session will provide the basics, including about the literary script selection and acting techniques. The session will conclude with sample student performances.
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2:00 PM - 2:50 PM 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM ROUNDTABLES GENERAL SESSIONS Colorado Michigan A Fake It ‘Til You Make It: The Trials and Tribulations of Going Abroad or Learning Abroad: Pedagogical Tools Student-Run Theatre for Gaining Intercultural Competencies in Programs John Hounihan, University of Houston Abroad Joshua Hundl, University of Houston Beata Jones, Texas Christian University Samantha Noel, University of Houston Ron Pitcock, Texas Christian University Brenda Rhoden, University of Houston Tracy Rundstrom Williams, Texas Christian University This panel will present the University of Houston Honors Dan Williams, Texas Christian University College’s experiences producing amateur theatre To assess effectiveness of study abroad experiences, performances, highlighting the recruitment and student the presenters examine the effects of curriculum community benefits of having extracurricular theatre and honors pedagogy on the development of opportunities in an interdisciplinary college with diverse intercultural competence. The study tests two majors. Presenters will also discuss the strengths and pedagogical approaches during semester-long weaknesses of developing executive leadership in residential programs offered by the university and in a peer-to-peer model as well as varied examples for three-week-long, intensive-travel, summer honors creating rewarding, and welcoming community-driven experiences. Presenters will discuss the pedagogies, performance art. the methodology, the results of the study, and the implications for other study abroad programs. 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM GENERAL SESSIONS 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM Erie ROUNDTABLES Hosting Prospective Students: Building an Event to Michigan B Showcase Honors and Excellence Fostering Community and Communication: Honors Andrew Moser, Wayne State University Student Advisory Board Kevin Piotrowski, Wayne State University Abby Bellefleur,University of Maine Building a campus event attracting highly qualified Maude Meeker, University of Maine Orno prospective students cannot succeed by the efforts of James Robe, University of Maine an honors college alone. It takes a multi-coordinated Kathryn Asalone, University of Maine Orno effort from various departments across a college Aliya Uteuova, University of Maine Orno campus to build, coordinate, and run an event geared The Student Advisory Board of the University of towards a thousand students, parents, and guests. Maine Honors College is committed to fostering “Scholars Day,” an Irvin D. Reid Honors College event for community and communication. It accomplishes over a decade, shows the value of collaboration when this goal through utilizing media resources, peer building such an event for highly qualified prospective mentoring, community engagement and service, students. academic involvement, and public outreach. It has also implemented a new organizational structure to 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM further the potential impact. GENERAL SESSIONS Huron Michigan B UCI’s Sophomore Success Program: Preparing Students for The Changing MCAT: Take 2 the Real World Sally Pyle, University of North Dakota Mary Gillis, University of California, Irvine This session is for students who are preparing to take Christina Treble, University of California, Irvine the revised MCAT, students who have taken the new This session discusses the Sophomore Success Program MCAT, and faculty advisors who have questions or recently implemented by the University of California, information to share. Irvine, Campuswide Honors Program at the University of California, Irvine to combat the Sophomore Slump as well as to provide the kinds of tools and advice for preparing for life after college that are currently in high demand by students and parents. www.nchchonors.org 77 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2015
2:00 PM - 2:50 PM 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM GENERAL SESSIONS GENERAL SESSIONS Mississippi Ontario Reimagining Honors Requirements: Beyond General Models of Learning Portfolios in Honors for Student and Education Program Development Kirsten Bartels, University of Illinois at Urbana- Anne Dahlman, Minnesota State University, Mankato Champaign Jerry Herron, Wayne State University Because honors requirements are often fulfilled by Maureen Kelleher, Northeastern University dual enrollment, AP, and IB credits, this proposal Makenzie Petzel, Minnesota State University Mankato discusses rethinking how to have students participate Ann Pitner, Columbia College in honors when a large percentage of students come John Zubizarreta, Columbia College in with the General Education requirements either Honors directors and students from different complete or nearly complete. institutions will lead an active discussion about the power and practical value of learning portfolios in 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM honors education, how reflection promotes deeper ROUNDTABLES learning, the benefits and challenges of learning Missouri portfolios, and diverse applications of paper and Honors Cut-Out Sections: A Useful Middle Ground electronic portfolios in honors. Heather Waldroup, Appalachian State University At many institutions, honors students can fulfill 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM coursework requirements through cut-out sections of GENERAL SESSIONS
SATURDAY larger courses. Faculty and students have developed Parlor C various ways of creating an honors experience within Diversifying the Honors College from the Freshman Class larger courses. While perhaps not an ideal solution up: President’s Award Program - Honors at UIC for honors students, these cut-out sections represent Sara Mehta, University of Illinois at Chicago a curricular compromise in the days of budgetary Christina Ruiz, University of Illinois at Chicago restrictions and increased emphasis on enrollment Brian Ward, University of Illinois at Chicago numbers. This roundtable will address issues relevant President’s Awards Program - Honors at UIC is a to both faculty and students. program supporting honors students who are underrepresented at UIC. The program offers a Models for Showcasing Honors Contract Work tuition and housing scholarship as well as a summer Bruce Thompson, Frederick Community College academic program, targeted holistic support in the Nadia Yevstigneyeva first year, and other social and cultural programming. Honors contracts provide opportunities for students The presentation will review the program structure, to do honors work when classes are not viable. data, student responses, and students’ academic Requiring students to present their research or progress. original artwork projects at a public forum is a valuable applied knowledge activity. The panelists will share two models on how to implement this best practice and invite colleagues to share their experiences.
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2:00 PM - 2:50 PM 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM GENERAL SESSIONS GENERAL SESSIONS Sheraton Ballroom 1 Superior B Swipe Right For Yes Leveraging Limited Resources at Two-Year College Krista Burnette, University of Tennessee at Chatanooga Honors Programs: Results from the NCHC 2014 Alexis Deveaux, St. Petersburg College Survey of Two-Year Institutions Audeline Kurniawan, University of Alabama Andrew Cognard-Black, St. Mary’s College of Maryland Birmingham Elaine Torda, Orange County Community College Ranjani Ponnazhagan, University of Alabama The presenters use data from the new 2014 NCHC Birmingham Survey of Two-Year Institutions to explore those Madison R. Smith, Eastern Kentucky University areas that are often of greatest importance to the Dating apps on smart phones are beginning to administrators who keep honors running in two- influence how younger generations approach year degree environments in an era of dwindling relationships. Students from four universities in resources: (1) staffing and other human resources, the Southeast surveyed peers on their experiences including staff numbers and the hours of clerical with these apps, examining whether students’ support available; (2) full-time equivalency and expectations and usage patterns were affected by contract duration for honors deans/directors; and (3) gender and other demographic variables. expectations and level of compensation for summer duties. 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM GENERAL SESSIONS 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Sheraton Ballroom 2 CONSULTANTS Summer Research: A High-Impact Practice for Parlor A Undergraduate Honors Students Consultant Center Robert Kirby, University of Iowa Kevin Baxter, East Carolina University Lindsay Marshall, University of Iowa Susan Carrafiello, Wright State University The Iowa Center for Research by Undergraduates Dustin Lemke, Hillsborough Community College funds University of Iowa students to work with faculty Jessica Roark, Oklahoma State University on a research or creative project during the academic year or summer. The Fellows Program is one of the 2:00 PM - 3:50 PM primary scholarship programs for honors students, BEST HONORS ADMINISTRATIVE PRACTICES and support has shifted from academic year to Columbus A summer funding. The presenters will address what Honors Living/Learning Communities factors have influenced this shift and the benefits to Marsha Driscoll, Bemidji State University students and their mentors that make summer suppot Rebecca Oliver, Arkansas State University a more effective use of limited resources. Art Spisak, University of Iowa Leanne Wood, Salisbury University 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM Whether they be small communities based within GENERAL SESSIONS pre-existing housing, new housing constructed Sheraton Ballroom 3 for the sole purpose of facilitating a living/learning The Best-Laid Plans: Responding to Students of Concern community, or multiple facilities that house several Dawn Rendell, Arizona State University separate communities, these living and learning “Students of concern” encompasses a broad array options are becoming more popular and more of individuals, situations, and crisis management prevalent on college campuses across the United techniques. Response through a carefully planned States. The workshop facilitators will share their infrastructure of support that brings together key own experiences as they relate to living/learning players in the college helps to maximize a positive, communities. seamless, and healthy experience for students. Barrett, the Honors College utilizes a support structure through the Dean’s office, Student Services, and Academic Advising that draws upon internal programing and university support systems. www.nchchonors.org 79 SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2015
2:00 PM - 3:50 PM 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM BEST HONORS ADMINISTRATIVE PRACTICES ROUNDTABLES Columbus B Colorado Coordinating Honors Programs and Colleges across Demystifying Graduate and Professional School Campuses Applications Lucy Laufe, Montgomery College Laura Chavez Hardy, University of Chicago Stacy Rice, Northern Virginia Community College Emily Easton, University of Chicago Julia Fennell, Community College of Allegheny College John Howell, University of Chicago How does an honors director, coordinator, or dean Hilary Strang, University of Chicago facilitate multi-campus, or multi-program honors Demystifying Graduate and Professional School units? What challenges do administrators face with Applications Admission to graduate and professional coordinating efforts across campuses and academic programs has become increasingly competitive for units? The workshop facilitators will share their even the most qualified applicants. Faculty members experiences managing multi-campus honors and and admissions directors from the University scholars programs and explain how their time at of Chicago’s graduate and professional schools two-year colleges might aid in the administration facilitate this roundtable about what makes a strong of any two- or four-year honors program or college. application. This frank discussion will demystify the Participants are invited to share. application process for honors students and directors.
3:00 PM - 3:50 PM Student Involvement in Honors Program Admissions GENERAL SESSIONS Kaitlin Dunn, Clarkson University
SATURDAY Arkansas Michael Lee, Clarkson University Filming a Regional Legend and Building an Honors Kathleen O’Leary, Clarkson University Community Honors Program staff and students will facilitate Isaac Earl Burris, Northeast Texas Community College this discussion on student participation in honors Angelica Fuentes, Northeast Texas Community College program admissions. Some discussion topics will Cassia Rose, Northeast Texas Community College include: incentives offered to honors students to Jessica Velazquez, Northeast Texas Community College be involved in the admissions process, assessing Andrew Yox, Northeast Texas Community College the effectiveness of student involvement, and the Morgan Capps, Northeast Texas Community College structure of student involvement in admissions at The Northeast Community College made “no little different colleges and universities. plans” in 2014. Believing that honors films provide a windfall of academic and social advantages, the 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM honors program resolved to do a feature-length film GENERAL SESSIONS about a state legend. The panel will show how this Erie enterprise can help honors gain regional support Advising Honors Students through Honors: Filling a while building an honors community. This session will Critical Void in Student Development also feature some live action scenes from the film, The Kevin Dean, West Chester University of Pennsylvania Chronicles of Harriet Potter, a story of Shakespearean Mary Kay Mulvaney, Elmhurst College dimensions set against the backdrop of the Texas Two presentations demonstrate ways honors Revolution. directors and faculty offer valuable academic advising that compliments, parallels, supports, and enriches academic advisement within the students’ home departments. Holistic honors advising, which promotes community engagement, experiential learning, and nationally competitive fellowships, advances student retention, success, and preparation for graduate/professional education.
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3:00 PM - 3:50 PM 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM GENERAL SESSIONS GENERAL SESSIONS Huron Mississippi Students Energizing Alumni Engagement Inside Out: Moving an Honors Program from the Michael Andrews, University of New Mexico Classroom to the Community Caitlin Carcerano, University of New Mexico Erin VanLaningham, Loras College Amaris Ketcham, University of New Mexico What happens when honors programs break Kimberly Mitchell, University of New Mexico conventional classroom and academic calendar Alumni can inspire current students; and provide boundaries and dare to think big about civic opportunities. Alumni are proud supporters and problem solving? How can honors programs be ambassadors but keeping in touch with alumni and turned inside out, putting a community concern at getting them to engage with current students or the center of classroom learning? The session will to return to campus to participate in homecoming consider the reasons and methods for moving away can be difficult In this presentation, student staff from conventional honors classroom experiences, members of Scribendi, the WRHC arts and literature challenging students to take on a sustained project magazine, will discuss interacting with alumni, for a few years, to truly “make no little plans.” planning events, and developing relationships. 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM ROUNDTABLES GENERAL SESSIONS Missouri Michigan A Reinvigorating Intellectual Culture in Honors A National Survey of the Honors First-Year Seminar Paul Baggett, South Dakota State University Trisha Folds-Bennett, College of Charleston Michael Keller, South Dakota State University Anton Vander Zee, College of Charleston While highly motivated and capable, honors students This session is based on a national survey that sought are often underprepared for the culture of ideas and information regarding the presence, curricular argument that defines intellectual life in the academy. emphases, pedagogical structure, and student- This Roundtable will address courses designed for development objectives of dedicated honors first-year enhancing students’ understanding of the fortunes of seminars at honors programs and colleges across the intellectual culture within the university and within country. The data collected will help attendees better American society at large. Teachers and students are understand what distinguishes honors first-year invited to discuss the challenges to, and successful seminars from other offerings on campus and what strategies for, reinvigorating intellectual culture on motivates the creations of distinct honors first-year their campuses. seminars, among other concerns. 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM GENERAL SESSIONS ROUNDTABLES Ontario Missouri Choose Your Own Adventure: Finding Flexibility within Developing Community in Community College Honors Honors Programs Chris Bell, University of Florida Catherine Rust, Chesapeake College Nardin Derias, University of Florida Chesapeake College, a small institution has made Hallmarks of honors education include individuality, big advances toward building a cohesive honors customization, and flexibility. Those ideals which community, yet the honors program still has room to are often espoused in the classroom, can extend grow. This lively discussion will explore how best to to program requirements. On a large campus, in build connections for a healthy honors program and particular, it can be difficult to enforce a one-size-fits- how to connect students, faculty, administration, and all approach to honors. This session, will present two the local community. examples of how creating opportunities for students to choose their own adventure based on years of assessment data collection on student needs and interests.
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3:00 PM - 3:50 PM 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM GENERAL SESSIONS MEETINGS Parlor C Michigan B Retaining and Encouraging Honors Students from High- Portz Fellowship Committee Meeting Attrition Majors Patrice Berger, University of Nebraska Lincoln Jamilah-Renay Bouges, Kennesaw State University William Griffiths,Kennesaw State University Kennesaw State University’s Marietta Campus is 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM known for housing majors with high attrition rates, CONSULTANTS such as architecture and mechanical engineering. Parlor A These majors have few electives, giving students little Consultant Center time to devote to the honors program. And yet, many Malin Pereira, University of North Carolina Charlotte students plan big on admission, applying and being Elaine Torda, Orange County Community College accepted to two challenging programs. This session Portia Harris, Hillsborough Community College will analyze the methods used to serve these students and compare their effectiveness.
3:00 PM - 3:50 PM GENERAL SESSIONS Superior A Planning to Keep Graduates Involved: Creating Groups
SATURDAY for Alumni at Community Colleges Lauren Furry, Hillsborough Community College Kathryn Sonne, Cypress College Jay Trucker, Community College of Baltimore County This session will highlight efforts to create, build, and maintain honors program alumni associations, mentorship programs, and transfer ambassadorships at three community colleges. Discussion will include details about opening an account with the college foundation, recruiting alumni leadership, writing a constitution, creating a signature annual event, building fellowship, and establishing fundraising goals.
3:00 PM - 3:50 PM GENERAL SESSIONS Superior B Exploring the Phenomenon of Honors Advising Melissa Johnson, University of Florida This session will add to the research on advising honors students, especially from the perspectives of their advisors, by reviewing findings from a NACADA- sponsored research study of more than twenty advisors from across the United States who work closely with honors students. Based on this study, participants will learn more about the nature of honors advising, the theoretical approaches advisors use with this population, and implications for the field.
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5:30 PM - 5:45 PM 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM SPECIAL EVENTS SPECIAL EVENTS Mayfair Sheraton Ballroom Bow Tie Basics 50th Anniversary Gala Jerry Herron, Wayne State University The culmination of the 50th Annual Conference. The bow tie has Croatian roots, dating back to the Gather with your NCHC Colleagues for an evening 17th century. While bow ties fell out of everyday of celebration and entertainment! Recognize the fashion after the second World War, it has remained contributions of NCHC members as we dine on fine a customary part of formal attire to this day. A bow Chicago cuisine. Then sit back and enjoy an exclusive tie exudes class and sophistication and identifies a performance by world-renowned improv group, person who is not afraid to occasionally step outside Chicago’s own Second City! Cap off the evening the comfort zone and be daring. The right bow tie can dancing to Chicago blues for a night you’ll never transform an outfit from unimaginative to quirky and forget. confident. Unleash your inner James Bond as you join vice president Jerry Herron in his bow tie tying lesson.
6:00 PM - 6:45 PM SPECIAL EVENTS Superior A & B Student Awards Jerry Herron, Wayne State University Join us for the NCHC Student Awards ceremony as we celebrate teh achievements adn contributions made to honors education by members of our organization. 2015 Awards will include the NCHC John J. Hanigan Scholarship, Newsletter Conteset, NCHC Portz Scholars, Student Poster Winners, and the OSAP Oxford Semester drawing.
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86 50th Annual Conference of the National Collegiate Honors Council STUDENT POSTER SESSION A: FRIDAY, 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM Student Poster Session A Friday, November 13 • 9:00AM - 11:00AM • River Exhibition
Art Arts and Humanities
(1) A Detroit Love Affair (4) #Feminism: Social Media’s Influence on the Khadija Mubarik, Wayne State University Perception of Feminist Theory A series of portraits that paint a colorful picture of Emily Merrell, University of Central Arkansas what defines the soul of Detroit. A city built on the This project explores the differences between auto industry, Detroit has been to hell and back within feminism as it is understood on social media and how the last century of its existenceToday it thrives on the it is understood in philosophy. Twitter specifically will backs of the small business being born, growing, and be studied to draw conclusions on how feminism is thriving in the Motor City. ‘Make No Little Plans’ is a perceived by the general public. phrase these business owners wear on their backs, (5) A Machiavellian Framing of Power Dynamics in since it is every little business that comes together Shakespeare’s Henry V as Adapted by Olivier, to create a Detroit that is bringing back prosperity, Branagh, and the BBC’s Hollow Crown without once apologizing for what it has fought for Alaryss Bosco, Andrews University and against. These portraits look into the eyes of The principles outlined in Niccolo Machiavelli’s The these citizens, while creatively displaying the purpose Prince (1532) shape the power dynamics in William and services they serve to the city. This adventure Shakespeare’s Henry V (1599), as well as Prince Hal’s in photographs will paint a picture of Detroit worth layered and complicated rise to rule throughout seeing, supporting, and remembering. the Henriad. A trio of film adaptations--Laurence Sessions
Olivier (1944), Kenneth Branagh (1989), and the BBC’s Poster (2) Glitter, Gumdrops, and G-Spots: Examining Female Hollow Crown (2012)--take related and contrasting Sexuality through the Fantastical Portrait approaches to balancing Henry’s benevolent morality Samantha Richardson, University of Alabama against his more Machiavellian manipulations. Birmingham In this series of emotive portraits, I use fantasy fiction (6) Artistic Anarchy in Gregori Kozintsev’s Hamlet (1964) as a platform for examining female sexuality and Alejandra Castillo, Andrews University human desire. I work across a variety of mediums Gregori Kozintsev produced his film adaptation and subject matters, from uncanny digital collages Hamlet (1964) during a respite in the Soviet Union’s to mixed media sculptures and controversial acrylic history after Joseph Stalin’s death. Kozintsev placed portraits. Creating surreal instances of euphoria his critique of the Stalinist regime in the safely distant marked by color, beauty, and femininity, my work setting of an English drama. The film’s portrayal of the unapologetically embraces girl-power as a means of relationship between Hamlet and Ophelia to their self-expression and gender pride. respective figures of paternal authority reveals how Kozintsev’s team subverted their critique of the Soviet (3) Life in Cuba government through their artistic work. Rachael Peters, Northern Michigan University My poster will introduce a book of photography (7) Bojnice Castle: Slovakia’s Fairy-Tale Castle from the and quotations I have recently published on life in Eyes of a Historian contemporary Cuba, based upon my recent trips Hannah Jones, University of Central Arkansas there. The research from my honors senior thesis includes pictures of the beautiful Bojnice Castle and a history of Slovakia centering on the castle, the importance of castles, and the role they played in the development of this Eastern European country. The poster also will describe historical events that set Slovakia apart from other European countries and place it within the grand scheme of European history. www.nchchonors.org 87 STUDENT POSTER SESSION A: FRIDAY, 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
(8) Current Media Literacy Perspectives from College- (12) Handel’s Harp: A Study of Baroque Performance Aged Individuals Practice Nicholas Cellucci, Bloomsburg University Rachel Willborg, Lone Star College This study fills a gap in media literacy research by Performance practice is the controversial study of how focusing on college-aged individuals and their social to interpret a piece of music in the most authentic media consumption and production. Few academic way possible. This project examines three scholars’ studies have explored this specific area of research. contradicting opinions on Baroque performance A survey asked for perspectives on the importance practice and four harpists’ differing interpretations of of certain aspects of social media: personal performance practice in their editions of a Baroque usage and ability levels, types of media used, and harp concerto by Handel. The results indicate that reasons for doing so. The resulting data comprise a it is best for musicians to interpret original Baroque comprehensive analysis of individuals’ perceptions of manuscripts for themselves rather than study another personal media literacy levels. musician’s interpretation.
(9) Doctor, Doctor! What’s My Condition? (13) Heart of Madness: Zelda Fitzgerald and the Elizabeth Honner, South Dakota State University Playwriting Process This poster presents an independent study project Amber McDaniel, Arcadia University evaluating the self-perceived communication process Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald was an enigma, a talented and between health care professionals and their patients. bright young woman who never could escape the The results reveal that while health care professionals shadow of her husband, F. Scott Fitzgerald. Together, view effective communication as vital to the patient’s they led lives of simultaneous love and destruction, overall well being, most have received little training a life that inspired this full two-act retrospective play or knowledge on the interpersonal communication bridging the gaps between her younger self and her process. The study will recommend several curricular later days spent at a mental hospital in Asheville, NC. additions to medical field coursework or continuing Zelda’s story emerges frp, an extensive playwriting education opportunities. and production process.
(10) Dystopian Intellectuals and Survival in Apocalyptic (14) In Fatter News: Identifying and Evaluating Framing of Poster
Sessions and Post-Apocalyptic Narratives Obesity and Obesity-Related News Coverage in Maine Bryce Jones, Ohio State University Newark Alan Bennett, University of Maine In this project, the various sociological and political Qualitative frame analysis of Maine print news sources concepts of Antonio Gramsci will be used to analyze will be conducted to assess the current discourse apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic narratives. The on obesity in Maine, detailing ways in which obesity roles of both organic and traditional intellectuals is framed through Maine news media, with specific in dystopian novels will be investigated to see how relevance to the ways in which responsibility for those individuals interact with other survivors as obesity is attributed individually or systemically. humanity’s demise becomes ever more imminent. (15) In Search of Homer (11) Fandom Inferno Wendy Dunaway, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Brenda Hurlbut, Christian Brothers University The influence of the epic poem The Odyssey by What happens when you take a classic epic of a Homer resonates through history. Scenes from The journey through Hell and add a modern twist, Odyssey are found on vases dated as early as 700 incorporating the Seven Deadly Sins, some characters BC. This research explores the possibility that the from one of the most successful young adult novel author of The Odyssey was a woman. It considers series of all time, and the penchant of teenage book comparative evidence for analogous cases of female lovers to dramatize everything? “Fandom Inferno.” authorship in other cultures and closely exams the themes, characters, interests, and biases of The Odyssey itself.
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(16) It’s All About Me (and My Selfie): Investigating (20) Next Stop, Squalor: Foreign Perspectives on India the Relationship between Social Media Use and and the Exoticism of Poverty Narcissism Sohini Mukherjee, Chapman University Bryan Miller, Southern Arkansas University This poster examines foreign literature and Lauren Morehead, Southern Arkansas University perspectives on India and the ways in which Oriental Social media’s relevance in modern culture has perspectives of the sub-continent fuel voyeur continued to increase, yet little research has been and slum tourism. It argues that literature plays a done on its supposed link to self-absorption and significant role in cultural perceptions and that text is narcissism. Conducting a mixed-media study, the an impetus for industry. researchers were able to find two major conclusions. People with stronger narcissistic personality traits (21) Not Just Sex and Violence: Language, Grammar, post more and care more about receiving likes or any and Power in David Mamet’s Oleanna other form of positive feedback on social media than Nicholas Bevilacqua, University of the Sciences people with less significant narcissistic personality David Mamet’s Oleanna (1992) begins innocuously, traits. with a female student meeting with her professor after class to discuss the course material, but quickly (17) Left Brain vs. Right Brain: An Analysis of escalates as the professor is accused of sexual Functionality in Cervantes’ Don Quixote harassment and, eventually, rape. As these claims Michael Scimeca, University of Central Florida come forward, the language of both characters Cervantes’ discussion of medicine and his treatise on changes drastically. This presentation provides a human consciousness will be considered through systematic parsing of the evolving grammar and step-by-step analysis of the inclusion of scientific diction throughout Oleanna, relating these changes references and allusions to other defined medical to the constantly shifting balance of power. specialties within various chapters of his renowned work. (22) Photography as a Visual Rhetoric Sessions
Carson Reeher, Longwood University Poster (18) Linguistic Innovation in Post-Modern Women’s Through looking at my own photography and the Poetry images of professionals, I examine how photography Heather Alfano, Greensboro College can emerge as a rhetoric that drives social change. This thesis explores how post-modern women poets I believe that, if used intelligently, photography can have repurposed androcentric (i.e., male-sympathetic) exist as an academic rhetoric that transcends personal language to create a unique female voice sufficient for backgrounds, thus helping to bring together people expressing female problems, ideas, and experiences. from multiple disciplines, economic classes, and Examination of feminist poets Anne Sexton, Kathleen cultures to reconsider obstacles within society. Fraser, and Alicia Ostriker reveals how these writers employ devices such as irony, wordplay, and (23) Pilgrimage as a Metaphor for Life indirection to manipulate language and create a body Angela Hollowell, University of Alabama Birmingham of literature that both acknowledges and refutes male To look at life’s situations objectively, people often literary authority. desire to step out of their daily routine and look to pilgrimage as a means of enlightenment. I explore (19) Mary Wollstonecraft and Frances Wright: How pilgrimage as a journey of self-discovery and renewal Women Writers Fought for What They Believed in of spirit using the lens of my experience on the through Their Literature Camino de Santiago pilgrimage across northern Nathalie Waldschmidt, Monroe College Spain. I analyze how the effects of rituals and other This poster presentation examines how women raised aspects of this pilgrimage can serve as metaphors for their voices against inequality throughout history. the trials and tribulations of ordinary life. Mary Wollstonecraft, who fought for women rights, and Francis Wright, who fought against slavery, will be showcased and analyzed. This poster illustrates the obstacles and barriers they faced to pave paths for future female activists.
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(24) Putting the Science in “Scientia Dei” - What Does (28) The Crisis of the Individual Discovery of Truth in Aquinas’ Definition of Theology Help Us Understand Shakespeare and Kozintsev’s Hamlet about Its Place in Academia? Shanelle Kim, Andrews University Colton Reinke, University of Central Arkansas Although set in two vastly different periods of time, This poster uses Aquinas’ definition of theology as a both William Shakespeare’s Hamlet and Grigori “divine science” to analyze recent development in Kozintsev’s 1964 adaptation foreground the crisis of the relationships connecting theology, science, and learning truth in the conflict between the individual academia. and larger institutions through Hamlet’s first encounter with the Ghost. (25) ReThinking Liberalism: A Critical Analysis of the Classical Liberal Paradigm (29) The Non-Standard Velar R in Puerto Rican Spanish: Da’Von Boyd, Morehouse College Uses and Attitudes Liberalism is contrived by many to be the cornerstone Juliana Cruz Martínez, University of Puerto Rico-Recinto of political philosophies and more practically the De Rio Piedras evaluative criterion of political systems in the twenty- This research examines the non-standard velar R first century. Hence, the intricacies of liberalism versus the standard alveolar trill in Puerto Rican ought be evaluated and discussed in an intellectual speech, specifically, the effect of several linguistic, space. This session seeks to unearth the philosophical social, and stylistic factors on Puerto Ricans’ principles of liberalism while both discussing the pronunciation of this sound. The stylistic factor is implications that such thinking contributes in the controlled with tasks that entail increasing degrees political space of the twenty-first century. of linguistic awareness: informal conversation, picture naming, word naming, and sentence reading. (26) Rising from the Depths of Despair: The Healing Arts The attitudes associated with the use of velar R are of Lady Philosophy in Boethius’s The Consolation of explored with a matched-guise task. Philosophy Nausheen Qureshi, Middle Tennessee State University (30) The Power of Transformation: An Analysis of The Consolation of Philosophy (ca. 524) by Anicius Supporting Character Deviations in Pride and Boethius implies the possibility of philosophical and Prejudice Film Adaptations Poster
Sessions self-healing, as illustrated by the physician-patient Jordan Greenburg, Emory & Henry College relationship established between the main characters. In the translation from novel to film, certain characters My study reveals the present-day applications of the are changed to fit the narrative goals of the filmmaker. medical methods of Lady Philosophy, who proves This session will explain the character deviations the significance of physicians’ abilities to connect to of four film adaptations of Pride and Prejudice. their patients on a deeper level by employing more Characters to be analyzed are Mr. Bennet, Mr. Collins, compassionate demeanors through which they can and Lady Catherine de Bourgh. The respective truly heal their patients. differences among these supporting characters subtly alter the narrative of the adaptations and the (27) Scars of War: War and Trauma in Visual Art from thematic conclusions that are emphasized. Francisco Goya to Wafaa Bilal Corinna Martell, Saint Norbert College (31) The Relevance of Robert Nesta Marley in 2015: The War is shattering, leaving behind gaping wounds. Power of Reggae to Effect Social Change Some need a bandage, others require stitches, but Jamie George, Monroe College both leave a scar. This collection of nine works depicts Keann Grayson, Monroe College the trauma of war from the Peninsular War to present- This poster presentation will critically examine the day Iraq, illustrating the scarring impact war has on lyrics of Bob Marley’s music to illustrate its relevance the people and places within its grasp. The exhibit and ability to continue to effect social change today. reveals a transformation in art technology and style The researchers will present a literature review and that impacts the way people understand war and its a small research study that seeks to demonstrate consequences. college students’ opinions on this reggae legend.
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(32) The Rick Whitesell Collection and the African- American Music Industry Business,Engineering,and Computing Abigail Milone, Marist College This project explores the significance of Marist College’s Rick Whitesell Record Collection, a (36) A Study of the Incident Response Rate for Security substantial compilation of recordings and Goldmine Breaches by PASSHE Students magazines primarily concerning black music from Aaron Whitebread, Bloomsburg University the 1920s to the 1970s. It especially focuses on This session will describe phishing and the problems the interviews that Whitesell, a Marist alumnus, that it brings for network security. We are developing conducted with featured artists, especially about their a plan at the PASSHE universities to better educate attempts for recognition. their students on the dangers of phishing.
(33) Timeless Tara: Gone with the Wind and the Test of (37) Achieving Low-Simulation Sickness in Virtual Time Reality Samantha Musick, Elmhurst College Vivek Pandey, Ramapo College of New Jersey This poster offers in-depth analysis of Gone with the This research delves into various aspects of Wind focusing on the character Scarlett O’Hara in Environment Setup in Virtual Reality (VR) to identify correlation with the events and women of the 1930s. and minimize the design flaws contributing to Conclusions are based on parallels from the Margaret the simulation sicknesses experienced by people Mitchell’s life, literary criticism, and literary theory subjected to VR experiments. An important goal of including Reader Response Criticism, New Historical the research is also to incorporate scaling of physical and Cultural Criticism, and finally Feminist Criticism. movement in VR and see what kind of environment setup allows maximum scaling with lowest indication (34) Translations of German Propaganda from WWII of sickness. Randi Schmidt, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
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German to English translations of nine German Poster propaganda posters from WWII were completed Mesenchymal Stem Cells Co-Cultured with Human for the honors course “The Last ‘Good’ War?” at the Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells on a Peptide University of Wisconsin Milwaukee. These translations Amphiphile Nanomatrix Scaffold are now being used along with various other texts, Lily Deng, University of Alabama Birmingham including narratives, maps, speeches, and cartoons, Each year, there are bone fractures that require some to exercise students’ abilities to cross-reference a wide type of bone graft. To address this need, researchers variety of materials. are exploring tissue engineering applications. This study assessed the osteogenic differentiation of (35) Unearthing human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) co-cultured Meghan O’Toole, William Rainey Harper College with human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) Unearthing is a selection of poetry that is influenced in peptide amphiphile (PA) scaffolds in vitro. The heavily by nature. Some works in this collection use hypothesizes was that co-cultured cells would exhibit nature imagery on the sublevels while other poems more osteogenic differentiation than mono-cultured maintain broader praise for nature, in some cases hMSCs or HUVECs. even calling for environmental action. This portfolio explores the different roles nature can play in an (39) Bone Conduction: A New Perspective with A New individual’s life: a place for peace and healing, chaos, Device acting as a constant, and serving as a parallel for Jason Gutsch, University of Texas Tyler personal events. This project looks at the science of bone conduction as it pertains to the patent-pending device invented with this technology in mind and explores the beneficial applications and process behind the development of the device.
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(40) Corruption as Positive or Negative: A Mathematical (43) Development of a Preference Elicitation Application Analysis of Corruption in Economic Growth and Accompanying User Interfaces: A Pairwise Andrea Nucete, Lone Star College-CyFair Comparison Example The study examines the impact of six pivotal factors Brandon Reese, Wayne State College on economic growth: democracy, corruption, labor Human decision-makers often become overwhelmed force participation, life expectancy, income, and when considering multiple decision criteria and education. While the typical hypothesis would be multiple decision alternatives simultaneously. In that corruption is detrimental for both developed such situations, decisions could be made that may countries’ and less developed countries’ economic not accurately reflect decision maker predilections. growth, the positive sign impact of corruption By utilizing a systematic approach, however, highlights the need for further research examining decision makers are provided with support as they the synergy between the efficiency of developed organize and consider all possible elements of the countries and the rate of corruption. decision. Ranking decisions, selection decisions, and classification decisions are three of the more common (41) Flying Like Birds: An Assessment of a New types of decisions of this type that lend themselves Nonplanar Wing-Design Methodology well to systematic approaches. To aid in the decision Michael Lee, Clarkson University making process, the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) A design methodology for nonplanar wings is can be utilized as a beneficial approach. This research developed and assessed. Previous research had demonstrates how AHP can be used when analyzing no standard nonplanar wing-design process, thus complex decisions and demonstrates this analysis leading to a controversy over the efficiency of with a Java application that will lead the decision nonplanar wings. This design methodology will maker through the process of comparing different help standardize nonplanar wing research and alternatives to reach an overarching goal. commercially implement nonplanar wings. Inviscid analysis suggests that negatively cambered wings (44) Narrowing Skies: How Consolidation Has Affected can improve efficiency; advanced computational the U.S. Airline Industry and experimental tests are underway to validate this Nathaniel Schattner, Eastern Kentucky University hypothesis. In recent years, changing economic conditions have Poster Sessions led U.S. airlines to make some major modifications (42) Implementation of the Advanced Encryption to the way they do business, most notably through Standard Using Field Programmable Gate Arrays mergers. This poster will explore these consolidations Joshua Staples, Columbus State University have affected airlines, airports and their communities, This presentation discusses the prototyping process travelers, and the aviation industry as a whole. of a circuit that carries out the algorithm specified by the Advanced Encryption Standard to protect (45) Perception about Social Intelligence in Students information by scrambling it. This circuit was designed from Business Administration using Altera Quartus circuit design software and was Irismarie Medina Rivera, University of Puerto Rico, Rio tested using the Terasic Cyclone V prototyping board. Piedras This study measures perceptions of students social skills.
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(46) Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) in Healthcare (50) The Tax, Legal. and Ethical Implications of Atharva Dhole, New Jersey Institute of Technology Corporate Inversions Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is a widely Alyssa Riley, Monmouth University applied technology with potential to enforce higher Corporate inversions are not new, but they seem as if levels of accountability and transparency. With a they are new with the fairly recent increase in the use history of applications in tracking transported goods, of them. A corporate inversion involves a domestic managing toll booths, and monitoring livestock, company incorporating outside of the country in RFID promises a reliable medium of information order to avoid domestic taxation on any foreign for tracking and transfer. Through progressive subsidiary income. This thesis looks into the tax, legal, development in foreign healthcare establishments, and ethical components of this practice. RFID has demonstrated success in expediting management processes and can revitalize a domestic (51) The Theory of Disruption: A Content Marketing system. Case Study Kelly Sobolewski, Roger Williams University (47) Reducing Bandwidth Consumption This case study examines the effective collaboration Arjun Bastola, Ramapo College of New Jersey between the well-developed theory of disruption and Most remote areas of the world have slow Internet the innovative content-based marketing strategy in connectivity; thus websites and mobile applications application to a small, innovative integrative medicine take considerable time to load. This poster company. Success is measured through consumer- presentation will present solutions to help make driven analytics, which support the execution of this websites and applications maximally productive groundbreaking marketing approach. despite slow internet/data connection. (52) The Whys and Wherefores of Student Debt in Puerto (48) The Divergence of Paths Rico Anja Kruslin, Chapman University Alice H. Abboud-Chalhoub, University of Puerto Rico, Sessions
From the thirteenth to seventeenth century, trade Rio Piedras Poster with the East fueled the economic policies that Cristal Matos Corporán, University of Puerto Rico, Rio allowed Italy to maintain its competitive advantage in Piedras trade. This helped to sustain the Renaissance through This research identifies the whys and wherefores not only the diffusion of knowledge but the practical of Puerto Rican students with debt. It samples 194 implementation of new ideas that allowed for long- students from a business school at a public higher term development and change. education institution in PR. Results indicate that 28% of business students have debt. The research (49) The Impact of Student Debt on the Market for First- finds no relationship to dysfunctional behavior and Time Home Buyers academic performance. The results can be useful Benjamin Strube, University of Texas at Tyler data for scholarship funds, federal lenders, financial Student debt has surpassed $1 trillion, causing institutions, local banks, and the university’s financial many to wonder about the impact on the rest of the aid office, among others. economy, not least of all the housing market. In fact, former chairman of the Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke (53) UWG Bookstore! More than just Books recently expressed his concern that this rise in Marshala Cofer, University of West Georgia student debt may impact the ability of young people This session discusses the University of West Georgia to buy homes. I use an OLS regression on Survey of bookstore. Surveys regarding the bookstore were Consumer Finance data from 1989 to 2013 to analyze administered throughout the UWG campus. We the impact of student debt on the market for first- used the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences time home buyers. to analyze the data collected. We ran different tests such as Chi-Squared, Correlations and Regressions to analyze this data. From the data we made recommendations to the bookstore management. Our recommendations were followed, and the UWG bookstore sales increased.
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(54) Young Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth: (58) Mardi Gras Indian Queens: The Backbone Not the Filling the Wallet Rather than Emptying It Background of a Unique New Orleans Culture Sujil Maharjan, Ramapo College of New Jersey Lenise Sunnenberg, Ohio State University This study examines the correlation between My research concerns the gender and racial dynamics entrepreneurship and economic growth in new among the Mardi Gras Indians, African-Americans companies. This study also discusses the success of who parade during carnival in hand-sewn suits, led by young entrepreneurs.It focuses on the technological a chief and his queen. The chiefs receive recognition, side of entrepreneurship, giving some famous but the queens are rarely recognized. By examining examples that have helped to boom the economy. the intersection of gender and racial dynamics in this New Orleans culture, my research provides fresh (55) Understanding a Novice Programmer’s Progression insight into an unexplored culture and adds to our of Reading and Summarizing Source Code understanding of women’s role as culture bearers and Andrew Morgan, Youngstown State University community leaders. An ongoing research study attempts to further understand the cognitive development of individuals (59) More than a Single Story: Ambiguity and Identity in attempting to read and interpret source code. In Paisley Rekdal’s Intimate correlation with Koli Workshop 2014, based out of Emily Hutton, Ramapo College of New Jersey Finland, the Department of Computer Science and This poster covers the various perspectives on racial Information Systems at Youngstown State University identity explored in Paisley Rekdal’s Intimate an has brought research and analytical techniques to American Family Photo Album. To better exhibit further understand the pedagogical aspect behind the increasingly abstract concept of identity, I put source code. This poster explores the implementation the entire presentation in terms of a single story, of novice testing and accumulated results. introduced by author Chimamanda Adichie in her speech “The Danger of a Single Story.” Diversity (60) Planning for Change: Exploring Disabilities from a Global Perspective (56) Augmentative and Alternative Communication: Victoria Mings, Eastern Kentucky University Poster
Sessions Transcending the Borders of Education, Life, and Mary Wagner, Eastern Kentucky University Communication Occupational injustice, the discrimination against Rachel Blades, Eastern Kentucky University individuals with disabilities, is ubiquitous throughout Andi Fields, Eastern Kentucky University society. This poser contrasts the treatment of Advancements in technology have produced individuals with disabilities in America and those alternative communication devices to help people in foreign countries through an occupation-based with little or no speech ability. Portable computers lens. Further, this poster examines the reciprocal with novel input devices can create synthesized relationship between individuals with disabilities and speech and other outputs to communicate effectively society. and express needs and emotions. (61) Portrayal of Persons with Disabilities in the Media (57) LGBT Cultural Competency Training at MUW Rebecca McDonough, California University of Brianna Warner, This study measures the current Pennsylvania level and nature of training of Resident Advisors at Samantha Ringel, California University of Pennsylvania Mississippi University for Women with regard to the Although significant strides have been made in needs of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender portrayals of persons with disabilities (PWD) in the students. This project will have strong implications media, objectification of these individuals persists. for the futures of cultural competency training of This study will critically analyze the way depictions staff on college campuses and improve the quality of of PWD in television have changed over time, resources for LGBT students. and how these correlate with reports on public attitudes toward PWD, timelines of educational and employment policies related to disabilities, and survey data on PWD’s perceptions of the representation of their respective groups in television.
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(62) The Me She Cannot See Amelia Bagwell, University of West Georgia Education and Pedagogy This presentation utilizes existentialism, psychological research on “the male gaze,” and the philosophical (66) Collaborative Design, Maximum Impact: Re- notions of Sartre’s “Gaze” to explicate the difficulty of Envisioning the Honors Seminar Western women to have an existential experience. Mae Stuart, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga This poster session explores the ways in which (63) The Women of Spain: The Effects of Religion on both faculty and students can collaborate in order Gender Roles to maximize student interest and participation Anna Forcey, St. Norbert College in the honors classroom. Looking specifically at a Spanish culture is deeply rooted in its heritage as collaborative course design and a student-centered a country of warring religious powers: Islam and assessment model, this session will highlight the Catholicism. This presentation explores how both benefits of such an approach to the classroom. religions have affected the role of women in Spanish society through religious ideologies and political (67) Collegiate Contributions: A Content Analysis of agendas. It further delves into passages taken from NCHC Student Posters from 2008 to 2014 the Qur’an and religious teachings of the Roman Morgan Wood, Eastern Kentucky University Catholic Church that provided the foundation of My poster is a content analysis of NCHC conference many Spanish cultural ideals that continue to shape student posters from 2008 to 2014. Themes and women’s roles in present-day Spain. patterns from 966 project abstracts are identified and analyzed in order to observe strengths of honors (64) Virginity, Promiscuity, and Victimization: Gendered programs and to create a concise foundation to track Sexuality through Media Images various trends. Greta Diem, Arcadia University This presentation explores how the socially (68) Experiential Learning: Getting Our Hands Dirty with Sessions
constructed ideas of virginity, promiscuity, and Clay Poster victimization affect sexuality on an individual and Rebecca Khaimova, Long Island University Brooklyn societal level. Media images such as magazines, teen How do you get a class full of science majors novels, and television shows are examined as key interested in Ancient Greek mythology? With a ten- enforcers and perpetrators of these issues. pound block of clay, of course. In a class that blended experiential and traditional instruction, students (65) Which Gay Community: Sexuality and Social Class recreated ancient Greek pottery. Along with learning in the Lives of Queer Homeless Youth about ancient Greece, I discovered that I had to get Eri Svenson, Harper College my hands dirty to truly grasp the meaning the Greeks Intersectionality theory states that one must consider worked into each piece of art, and I learned that a person’s various social positions. To date there has supplementing classroom instruction with experience been little sociological research on the intersection is crucial to genuine education. of sexuality and social class. This gap is problematic because of the influence social class has on the (69) Gamification and Ancient Civilizations organization of the social world. I am conducting Zachary Hardy, Southern Arkansas University ethnographic interviews with homeless queer youth Kayla O’Neal, Southern Arkansas University in Chicago’s Lakeview neighborhood to examine how Gamification is the application of typical elements of the intersection of social class and sexuality shape game playing (e.g., point scoring, competition with their experiences. others, rules of play) to other areas of activity. The purpose of GATE is to use game mechanics so players may learn the history of ancient civilizations in a fun, social context outside traditional teaching methods. In GATE four players must interact with each other, manage their resources, and maintain lands to get GATE points in order to win.
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(70) Making No Little Plans for Service Learning: The (73) The Major Articulatory and Phonologic South Carolina Lowcountry as a “Live Classroom” Characteristics of Turkish-Influenced English for EKU Honors Students Emily Dickey, California University of Pennsylvania Claire Kelley, Eastern Kentucky University This study involved the contrastive analysis of Morgan Wood, Eastern Kentucky University Turkish and English sound systems, the collection Eastern Kentucky University annually offers a course of data, and the analysis of the results. Ten native entitled Sidewalk U, which enables students to Turkish participants were surveyed and recorded explore diversity on various issues that are vital to the reading standardized assessment materials. The area through service-based learning. We will iscuss speech recordings were transcribed phonetically. The our experiences in the South Carolina Lowcountry samples were statistically analyzed to find the most and why we feel these courses would benefit other common articulatory and phonologic anomalies. The programs. results were used to create a study system for Turkish individuals seeking accent modification. (71) Methodologies and Instrumentation in Montessori Education in K-3 Mathematics (74) The Role of the Teacher: Learning from Finland’s Angel Luis Acosta Carrasquillo, University of Puerto Educational Success Rico, Rio Piedras Elizabeth Barnett, University of South Alabama Since Montessori is not a trademark, any institution Based on international educational assessment might use this name but not necessarily follows its results, Finland is considered to have one of the philosophy. Therefore, this study compares if the world’s best education systems, while other nations methodology and instrumentation of two public such as the United States fall far behind. Interestingly, schools share similarities or not, specifically in the Finland attributes its educational success primarily mathematics. The analysis is about questioning the to its world-class teacher workforce. This study approach of this education system to the students. deciphered features of Finnish teachers that Also, how teachers and administrative staffs make this contribute to its educational success, which could be system work in order to make students to explode implemented by other countries in need of education into learning (Dr. Maria Montessori). reform. Poster
Sessions (72) Rethinking the Pedagogy of the Oppressed: an (75) Why Not Honors? Enhancing Retention through an Analysis of the University of Puerto Rico’s Student Improved Understanding of Reasons Why Students Activism from a Frerian Perspective. Do Not Complete Honors Requirements Karla Sanabria Véaz, University of Puerto Rico, Rio Jacob Ailts, South Dakota State University Piedras This poster features the results of a survey and focus The University of Puerto Rico has been highly groups exploring reasons why qualified students defined by its student political activism because were not completing the honors curriculum at of poor student participation in the university’s SDSU. Findings and implications for honors student governance and the political interference of Puerto retention, graduation, and/or program completion Rico’s government in the university’s administration. will be discussed. Using Paolo Freire’s philosophy of liberation and a previous study that evaluated student participation (76) Integrating Game and Learning: Vocabulary and and activism, I developed an alternative student Language Development with Children organization based on Freire’s principals of political Jimmursia Wezer, Rotterdam University of Applied activism, cooperation, and liberation. Sciences This research examines the ways in which art and cultural education can be integrated into vocabulary education in deprived neighborhoods in Rotterdam, Netherlands. The result was a game to enhance the language and vocabulary of children attending primary schools.
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(80) Botox Unmasks Elbow Flexion in Infant Brachial (77) A Look at the Attitudes of Mainstream Teachers Plexus Birth Palsy: A Case Series towards English Language Learners Matthew Thomas, Walsh University Haley Bashada, California University of Pennsylvania Brachial plexus birth palsy occurs from a neurologic With English Language Learners in over 45% of injury to the brachial plexus. The condition decreases schools in the US, we found that mainstream teachers function or fully paralyzes the affected extremity. This are misinformed and underprepared in how to teach study examines the use of Botulinum toxin (Botox) ELLs. We also found a few common misconceptions injections to help in the diagnostic evaluation of about ELLs and reasons why teachers think this way. those patients who may benefit from neurologic Finally, we came up with a list of twelve things to help surgery. teachers shed their negative attitudes and get more preparation for working successfully with ELLs. It is (81) Bronj-clinical, Radiographic, and Histological important in our society today to be welcoming and Assessment of Two Sprague-Dawley Rat Models prepared to teach ELLs in every school. Asma Daoudi, Georgia Regents University The aim of this study was to consistently induce clinical and histological features of Bisphosphonate- Related Osteonecrosis of the Jaw in zolendronate- Health Sciences treated rats after dental extraction. This approach was necessary to determine if a causal relationship exists between antiresorptive agents, specifically (78) A Comparative Study of the Hemocyanins of the zolendronate, and post-traumatic osteonecrosis. Giant Keyhole Limpet (Megathura crenulata) and the Red Abalone (Haliotis rufescens (82) Corneal Transplantation: Patient Perceptions and Isaiah Mansour, University of Maine Education Keyhole Limpet Hemocyanin, the most effective Samantha Nielson, South Dakota State University
carrier protein for vaccine preparation, is not Do postoperative outcomes of surgery affect patients’ Sessions Poster ecologically or economically sustainable due to over- assessment of the education they received prior fished wild populations and a monopoly on Giant to the operation? Is patient education effective in Keyhole Limpet (Megathura crenulata) aquaculture. relieving fear regarding corneal transplantation? Hemocyanin from the red abalone (Haliotis rufescens), Answers to these questions could assist surgeons a relative of M.crenulata, may substitute for KLH in in understanding patient reactions and evaluating vaccine formulation. the patient education they provide. One hundred corneal transplant recipients, two questionnaires, and (79) Bacterial Growth on Regularly Used Nalgene Water detailed analysis provide insight into the significance Bottles of patient-physician interactions. Sylvia Hayes, Oklahoma City University This research project investigates bacteria growing (83) Cost Effectiveness of HPV Screening Methods in the on six reusable Nalgene water bottles used by college Caribbean students. The students were surveyed about their Tushar Kumar, University of Alabama Birmingham bottles, and bacteria was cultured from the bottles. Nicole Rodriguez, University of Alabama Birmingham Of particular interest were the enteric bacteria This study assesses the cost effectiveness of HPV that were isolated; these organisms were tested screening methods available in the Caribbean using biochemical tests in an attempt to identify utilizing the method of meta-analysis. The analysis the particular species. This work identified several compares cost-efficiency, cost-per-life saved, and potential pathogens among the bacteria found on overall effectiveness. The results suggest that CareHPV reusable water bottles. is the most effective method for HPV screening due to its cost-effectiveness, specificity, and quick results compared to Visual Inspection with Acetic Acid (VIA) and PAP smears.
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(84) Data Mining Techniques for Use in Cancer (88) Factors that Influence Selection of the First Job by Diagnosis/Treatment the New Graduate Physical Therapist Brian Kmetz, Chapman University Hannah Dawson, University of South Alabama Leveraging the computational power of modern Physical therapists are currently in high demand in computers, data mining techniques extract the U.S. health system, with the demand expected knowledge and patterns from otherwise intractable to continually increase. Because of this shortage, data sets. By assessing the interdependence of employers often spend resources on recruiting measurements in a set of data points, big data physical therapists. This study is designed to analysis can improve the predictive capabilities of determine the factors that influence new graduate cancer diagnosis models. physical therapists’ selection of their first job. The results could be useful to both employers and (85) Does Change of Practice of Cord Care Matter in the academic faculty as they make decisions to influence Dry Cord Care Era? employment patterns of new graduate physical Raghav Madan, Wayne State University therapists. This poster offers a case report on a special incidence of omphalitis, a disease of the umbilical cord, in an (89) Innovation Lab ‘Healthcare Smarter Better’: urban hospital in Detroit, Michigan. Marketing Rehab Facilities at Home in the Netherlands (86) Effects of Turmeric and Blueberry Extracts on Yeast Chrystal Huberts, Rotterdam University of Applied Cell Growth Sciences Nicole Stephens, California University of Pennsylvania In the Netherlands, healthcare is decentralizing; Andee Stynchula, California University of Pennsylvania it hopes to enable people to manage their health Therapies to counter cancer, a disease formulated issues at home. A center for elderly people wanted by unregulated cell growth, have proven successful; to expand its services and ‘sell’ its expertise. however, scientists are searching for less invasive Innovation Lab ‘Healthcare Smarter Better’ explored procedures to assist patients. Natural remedies, the possibilities of delivering rehab facilities at particularly from plant extracts like turmeric and home, resulting in a marketing strategy based on blueberries, are on the forefront of research. Our storytelling. Poster
Sessions observations of the effects these extracts have on yeast cells have proven that both turmeric and (90) Medical Advances in Understanding and Treating blueberry extracts are potential candidates for future Patients Infected with Naegleria fowerli cancer treatments. Brianna Kiesel, Arcadia University This poster examines current research on the (87) Evaluating the Effects of a Combined Inpatient Naegleria fowleri, an amoeba that causes primary Diabetes Management Team and Outpatient amoebic meningoencephalitis (PAM). Little is known Transition of Care Clinic on Readmission and about the amoeba, which is one of the reasons why Emergency Department Utilization it is difficult to diagnose those who are infected and Gabrielle Mey, Walsh University why the fatality rate is so high. Current studies are Diabetes affects 29.1 million people in the United examining the Naegleria fowleri to understand the States. With 20% of diagnosed patients being virulent proteins within the amoeba. Knowing what readmitted within 30 days after discharge, a Diabetes virulent proteins are present would lead to more Management Team was established to improve effective treatments. patient care. This study examines the effects of combining inpatient and outpatient care services on readmission rates and emergency department utilization.
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(91) One World, One Love: Medical Education’s Need To (94) Strains of Staph: Staphylococcus Aureus Refocus on Compassion and Humanism Classification Adriene Michelle Lai, University of Missouri-St. Louis Kimberly Austin, Lone Star College This presentation is about the importance of Bacterial classification has evolved with technology. recognizing the existence of osteopathic medicine With the advent of computer sequencing it is in all medical specialties in order to provide patients possible to organize bacterial strains using their the best overall experience and healthcare service. entire genome. A classification system proposed by I will discuss the significance of both allopathic Takuno was investigated using a supercomputer, the and osteopathic perspectives of medicine being NCBI database, and UGENE. As research evolves in integrated in health services. In addition, I will argue the field of bacterial phylogeny, rapid identification that both allopathic and osteopathic medical schools of pathogenic bacteria will result in more effective can collaborate with one another to trainthe best treatment since those practicing health care will be physicians. able to pair the specific bacteria to
(92) Providing SLP Services to Bilingual Aphasics: A (95) The Developmental Effects of SSRIs and SNRIs National Survey Danielle Schafer, Northern Michigan University Abigail Messinger, Bloomsburg University This paper focuses on clinical studies and molecular Aphasia, literally meaning “without language,” is mechanisms to answer whether or not it is ethical an acquired language disorder that manifests as a to prescribe Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors result of brain damage. Bilingual clients with aphasia (SSRIs) or Selective Norepinephrine Reuptake must be assessed properly by speech-language Inhibitors (SNRIs) to children, who are still undergoing pathologists in both languages to avoid improper critical development. diagnosis. This research highlights the necessity for proper education and training of current speech- (96) The Effects of the Hydrocodone Schedule Change on language pathologists. Opioid Prescription Patterns and Prescription Drug Sessions
Monitoring Queries Poster (93) Rapid Kinetics of Serum IgA after Vaccination with Lauren Kuschel, South Dakota State University Prevnar® The Drug Enforcement Agency rescheduled Rebecca Crowther, Rowan University hydrocodone from a schedule III to a schedule II (CII) Streptococcus pneumoniae is the etiological controlled substance last October. CII prescriptions agent of pneumonia. Two vaccines are available: have more strict requirements to minimize abuse, but protein-polysaccharide conjugate (Prevnar®13) they add extra steps for prescribers and pharmacists. and polysaccharide-based (Pneumovax®23). The purpose of this research is to identify trends in Research shows Prevnar®13 induces a T-cell opioid prescribing and abuse surveillance in relation dependent response, while Pneumovax®23 induces to the schedule change via South Dakota Prescription a T-cell independent response; however, the B-cell Drug Monitoring Program data to evaluate the population involved has not been identified. Results success of the change. show that production of IgA is induced by Prevnar®13 shortly after vaccination, the consequences of which (97) The Role of miR-146a and miR-155 in Periodontitis require further study. Lauren Cabaniss, University of Alabama Birmingham Periodontitis is a globally-distributed, chronic oral disease in humans driven by bacterial pathogens. It has an associated aggressive immune and inflammatory activation that affects the connective tissue surrounding the teeth, resulting in tooth loss. miR-146a and miR-155 have been shown to play an important role in the regulation of inflammation and the immune response. The in vivo role of miR-146a and miR-155 in the development of periodontal disease is investigated in this study.
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(98) The Soursop Plant: Are Potential Cures for Cancer Limited by Economics? Christy Folk, Florida Atlantic University Sarah Stamos, Florida Atlantic University Annona muricata, commonly known as soursop, exhibits medicinal properties that can potentially lead to health benefits, such as the killing of cancer cells. Spanning the fields of environmental science, medical science, and economics, the study of the soursop presents insight into ethical issues surrounding cancer research in addition to an understanding of the relationship between economics and potential cures for cancer.
(99) The TP53 Codon 72 Polymorphism is a Breast Cancer Risk Factor for African Americans Jeehyun Helen Bae, University of Alabama Birmingham A single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in exon 4 of the TP53 gene has been associated with an increased risk of developing various human malignancies. Therefore, we assessed whether this SNP serves as a breast cancer risk allele for African Americans, relative to non-Hispanic Caucasian Americans.
(100) Three Parent Baby: the Effects of Mitochondrial Transfer on Incurable Mitochondrial Defects Taylor Beck, Gannon University Lauren Condrasky, Gannon University Our goal is to inform students about the recent breakthrough technology allowing healthy babies to be born from mothers carrying mutant mitochondrial DNA through implanting the DNA of a third donor parent. We will report the advancements addressing scientific, political, and ethical components, as these are all factors affecting this new development. Students should be educated because this European issue is soon progressing to the United States and will impact reproduction in the near future.
(101) WHIP into Shape: An Exploration of Wellness/ Health Incentive Programs for College Students Shayna Clark, Eastern Kentucky University Employee wellness incentive programs are in place at many companies nationwide, but very few, if any, similar programs are available for college students. To combat the freshman fifteen, all-you-can-eat buffets, and late-night fast-food runs, wellness incentive programs should be implemented for students on college campuses.
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(1-F) A Different Model: Students Teaching Students (4-F) Changing the Mindset of Arguing: Making the Kirsten Bartels, University of Illinois at Urbana- Inclusive Argument a Part of the Honors Classroom Champaign Christopher Kotschevar, South Dakota State University Neha Viswanath, University of Illinois at Urbana Nathan Serfling,South Dakota State University Champaign Kalynn Slabaugh, South Dakota State University This poster will discuss the role of upperclassmen This presentation addresses a research essay students in creating and developing an honors assignment from an Honors Composition II course. community through their student-teaching roles. Instead of relying on forms of argument driven Incoming freshmen take a discussion-based class primarily or even exclusively by the author’s position, lead by upperclassmen to ensure that the newest students applied inclusive (Rogerian) argument members of the honors program are on a trajectory to strategies to significant, controversial public issues. begin and graduate in honors. Through this project, students learned the value of understanding and empathizing with others’ views, (2-F) Building an Honors Experience through Service encouraging compromise, and enhancing their Learning communication skills related to civic discourse. Christian Carey, West Virginia University (5-F) Collaborating around an Exhibit from the The design and implementation of a service-learning Holocaust Museum course can be a tremendous undertaking. By Ann Bomberger, Gannon University
integrating service into an orientation course, the The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum has a number Sessions Poster West Virginia University Honors College promotes a of traveling exhibits, among them Deadly Medicine: creative, student-facilitated method to provide service Creating the Master Race. This poster describes the to the community and gain an awareness of unique collaboration of several honors classes, the honors honors experiences offered through service-learning service committee, and the office of service learning courses. around the visiting exhibit when it came to Gannon (3-F) Capstone “Strands” Curriculum University’s campus Geoffrey Whitebread,Gallaudet University (6-F) Creating a Database for Research in Honors This poster will share a strategic innovation in Edward Kardas, Southern Arkansas University capstone proposal development: strands that provide This poster describes the creation of a database for different formats to address requirements of various research in honors. The database currently contains approaches to scholarship. The strands are creative around 500 entries and should eventually reach writing, humanities, sciences, multimedia and visual around 5,000 entries. Honors students, funded arts, and leadership/service learning. via Southern Arkansas University, search Google Scholar for scholarly articles related to honors and honors education. Entries are then vetted by faculty volunteers for inclusion. Entries can also be submitted by experts.
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(7-F) Energy: Present Realities, Future Possibilties (11-F) The Incorporation of Civic Engagement as a Pillar Timothy Nichols, South Dakota State University of Virginia State University’s Honors Program Jacob Gubbrud, South Dakota State University Daniel Roberts, Virginia State University Energy was an interdisciplinary honors colloquium The development and implementation of the civic at SDSU. Students explored sources of energy, engagement pillar of the Virginia State University conducted energy audits, presented on energy Honors Program (VSUHP), the results achieved news, and developed optimal energy portfolios for as well as some of the challenges confronted are the future. Issues were examined from scientific, all considered in this poster. Specific attention is environmental, economic, sociological, health, and given to how the VSUHP embedded a series of public policy perspectives. Experiential and high- civic engagement opportunities into the honors impact pedagogies were utilized. program experience. These challenging experiences have been designed to cause students to engage (8-F) Honors Justice and Urban Studies Team their local, national, and international communities in Jason Morris, Abilene Christian University partnerships. This poster presentation will detail an innovative honors offering at Abilene Christian University called (12-F) The Plays and Poetry of Federico Garcia Lorca the Justice and Urban Studies Team. The ACU Honors (when your sabbatical project becomes an honors Justice and Urban Studies Team (JUST) engages the course) problem of urban poverty in central and south Dallas Gary Luter, University of Tampa in partnership with a Dallas-based non-profit called My sabbatical project was a dramaturgical study of CitySquare. Federico Garcia Lorca’s tragic trilogy. Upon returning from Spain, I created and taught an honors course, (9-F) Lamar Critical Editions: Undergraduate Research in The Plays and Poetry of Federico Garcia Lorca. This the First-Year Composition Classroom course examined the life and art of García Lorca, Madison Bechtol, Lamar University culminating in a readers’ theatre production. My Ryan Nunez, Lamar University poster illustrates the creation of this course and Amy Smith, Lamar University demonstrates one of the benefits of being in the The professor and three students discuss a course honors program, namely that faculty can teach special Poster Sessions in which student teams research and write websites topics that they care about deeply. modeled on Norton Critical Editions. They develop critical reading skills by researching relevant contexts (13-F) The Power and Pleasure in Seminar Produced and summarizing leading criticism; practice writing Literary Publications across genres, culminating in a paper that grows out Gerianne Friedline, University of Missouri-St. Louis of the team’s research; and collaboratively conduct This poster highlights the process, challenges, and contributive research for a peer audience. They gain rewards of producing an annual literary publication maturity and confidence and develop ownership of in an honors college seminar course. The course is the discipline. open to students pursuing degree programs in a variety of disciplines, thus offering students a broad (10-F) The Challenges of Delivering Interdisciplinary opportunity to participate in and enjoy the creative Courses arts. This three-hour seminar is offered in the fall William J. Rushton, University of Alabama Birmingham semester. Mike Sloane, University of Alabama Birmingham Each fall semester, UAB’s University Honors Program creates a new nine-credit hour thematic interdisciplinary course taught by faculty from five or six disciplines with additional expertise provided by guest lecturers. Faculty plan the course in the spring and attend each other’s lectures in the fall. A service- learning project related to the theme is conducted with seventh grade students at an inner-city middle school. A weekly film series and monthly lectures also complement in-class content.
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(14-F) Using History and Philosophy to Enhance an (18-F) Supporting Student Publication in Undergraduate Honors Calculus Course Journals: An Interdisciplinary Seminar on the Dan Kemp, South Dakota State University Rhetoric of Academic Publishing My poster will highlight ways that to use the history Kimberly Baldus, University of Missouri-St. Louis of mathematics and the philosophy of mathematics Over 160 undergraduate research journals are to enhance honors calculus classes. There are two currently being published, but many students approaches. One is to have students read from the are unaware of or reluctant to pursue these history of mathematics and the other is to have them opportunities. In response, this poster documents actually do mathematics from a historical perspective. an interdisciplinary honors course that helps students investigate undergraduate journals and (15-F) “The Hardest Place to Be”: Student Reactions to develop articles. Course content includes sample Visiting a Concentration Camp undergraduate articles and peer-editing models of Justin Asher, Eastern Kentucky University the peer-review process. Myra Beth Bundy, Eastern Kentucky University Students’ written and photographic reactions to (19-F) Think Big: Community-Wide Programming visiting Dachau Concentration Camp were so rich and Kristin DeLuca, University of Pittsburgh touching that we catalogued the main conceptual Often, honors programming is geared towards a themes in their work. Sharing their thoughts will subset of communities: first-year students, residential provide instructors and students with inspiration for students, or honors faculty/staff; however, meaningful place-as-text learning activities. Differences observed and value-added community-wide programming is in two different approaches (photo-sharing) will be possible. This poster will explore case study examples discussed. of programs from the University of Pittsburgh and will encourage engagement through a discussion (16-F) Modern Cultures, Global Insights: An of “Think Big” programs on other campuses, and Interdisciplinary Journey brainstorming about how discussed programs might Sessions Jessica Magnani, St. Petersburg College translate to other honors communities. Poster Modern Cultures, Global Insights is an interdisciplinary, team-taught course that explores the cultural and social implications of contact zones as expressed through art, literature, religion, and philosophy. This presentation features course components, activities, assignments, and examples of student work.
(17-F) Rainbow Rights: The Diversity of the Search Cynthia Lea, University of Central Arkansas The Rainbow Rights course has been offered several times as a fall sophomore-level interdisciplinary seminar. Rainbow Rights looks at the social and legal movements of the LGBTQ communities and the counter-movements in the United States. The course explores these movements from historical, sociological, political, religious, and legal perspectives. Guest lectures from different segments of the community present a variety of perspectives.
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Environmental Science, Conservation, (4) Chemical Signaling between Algae Species in a and Green Technology Wisconsin River Andrew Baert, St. Norbert College (1) Aquaponics: A Catalyst for Growth The algae species Gleocystis planctonica, a green Lindsey Partridge, Abraham Baldwin Agricultural algae, was shown to rejuvenate dormant cells of College Aulacoseira granulata, a diatom, to its active state. This poster will introduce the different possibilities This shift was confirmed with both controlled cross- that will be opened for Namibian agriculture if culturing laboratory experiments and cell biovolume aquaponics is implemented as a farming practice. It data collected from the Fox River in Wisconsin will illustrate how an aquaponic system works, how during two summers, 2005 and 2010. This discovery the co-op farms would be set up, the steps it will is notable because it is the first confirmed case of take to propel the farms into operation, and a visual positive chemical signaling between a green algae model of the additional industry that will be created and a diatom. as a byproduct of the farming. The implementation of (5) Measuring Awareness and Perception of Pollution in commercial aquaponics will lead to economic growth Birmingham among Undergraduates at Two Local for Namibia. Universities (2) Association of High Watershed Discharge Events with Ramsha Farrukh, University of Alabama Birmingham Meteorological Environments Favorable for Flash Emil Kurian, University of Alabama Birmingham Flooding Along the Gulf Coast Jessica Maya, University of Alabama Birmingham Austin Clark, University of South Alabama Pollution in the North Birmingham area has prompted High-discharge events are identified in watersheds the EPA to use a superfund to tackle the issue. Poster Poster Sessions Sessions across the coastal counties of Mississippi, Alabama, Research on the effects of pollution or methods and the western Florida Panhandle as a means to limit pollution can be further promoted if the of identifying the meteorological processes and surrounding communities are aware of the problem. environments favorable for flash flooding in the The perception and awareness of student populations region. After identification of these events, large- from Miles College and UAB were measured through scale and mesoscale composites of the precursor a survey. The results were analyzed based on meteorological environments are developed to demographics and geographic distance from the pinpoint potentially predictable processes associated superfund sites. with their occurrence. (6) Musical Mathematics: Incorporating Music into the (3) Carbon Nanotube Enhanced Membrane Distillation: Math Classroom The Future of Water Desalination Timothy Luczak, University of Southern Indiana Kabir Mitra, New Jersey Institute of Technology Mathematics can be strenuous for students of all Carbon Nanotube (CNT) enhanced membrane ages to learn and apply. Traditional ways of teaching distillation is being studied as a method of math can lead to mathematics anxiety. Incorporating desalination (removal of salt from water) by music into the curriculum can greatly reduce this researchers at New Jersey Institute of Technology. This anxiety. This poster presents case study examples presentation provides an insight into the research of how educators have successfully used music in method, results, and applications. In addition, this mathematics to help their students overcome their presentation discusses the commercial viability of the fear and excel. CNT enhanced membrane distillation process and its implementation.
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(7) Sustainability Movement in Iceland (11) Unclean Oil Extraction Practices in the Ecuadorian Katherine Demaree, University of Central Arkansas Region of the Amazon Rainforest: Effects on the In a time when the high volume of fossil fuel Indigenous Tribes and the Environment consumption is causing worldwide concern and Victoria Hirsch, University of Alabama Birmingham attempts to cut back, Iceland is on the forefront of In December of 2013, two peers and I travelled the sustainability movement. Over 99% of the island’s to Bameño, home to a community of indigenous energy comes from renewable resources: geothermal people called the Huaorani. We stayed for nine days, and hydroelectric are the most prominent. An witnessing the unaffected beauty of the Earth and exploration into the process and applications of these learning about the problems with the oil companies sources as well as the rising concern of exploitation, from the Huaorani’s perspective. This presentation this poster covers both the social and scientific explains the legal issues between the Ecuadorian aspects of the green movement in Iceland. government and the petroleum companies, tells who the Huaorani people are, and considers why this issue (8) The Effects of Herbicides on the Mortality and is relevant to Americans. Behavior of the Mealworm Beetle Tenebrio molitor Abby Beatty, California University of Pennsylvania Annually, over 5.6 billion pounds of pesticides are Natural Sciences and Mathematics used worldwide. While effective at killing plants, herbicides claim to not affect non-target insects. (12) The Behavior of Glaucous-Winged Gull Egg We studied the growth, behavior, and mortality in Cannibals mealworms after exposure to either RoundUp or Ashley Reichert, Andrews University Ortho Weed-B-Gon. Herbicide avoidance was noted During the 2014 breeding season, we observed as well as changes in growth and molting. This study the territories of 16 Glaucous-winged Gull (Larus emphasizes the importance of understanding the glaucescens) and Glaucous-winged × Western Gull (L. effects of pesticides on the ecology of non-target glaucescens × occidentalis) egg cannibal specialists Sessions Poster organisms. on Protection Island, Washington, USA. We also (9) Tiny House Construction: Make No Little Plans to Live monitored cannibal foraging behavior, relative Large and in Charge! reproductive success, and colony-wide egg loss. Cornelia D. Lewis, Eastern Kentucky University Cannibal specialists employed a variety of foraging Design of tiny houses can incorporate more than and feeding behaviors and exhibited significantly just planning for minimalist living. Technology, like lower reproductive success than non-cannibals. laptops, television, and media, can be included in (13) 3D In Vitro Evaluation of BPD as a Treatment for the layout for modern sustainability and green living. Breast Cancer Cells Small space design customized to the homeowners’ Samia Mazumder, Wayne State University needs can create a spacious, open feel while satisfying Breast cancer is one of the most common and lethal the need for innovation and style. cancers among American women. Inflammatory (10) Toxoplasma Gondii isolation in Native and breast cancer (IBC) is the most aggressive form of Invasive Malagasy Rodents, Through PCR and breast cancer with a five-year survival rate of only Electrophoresis 34%. Conventional methods of treatment not highly Shelby Zikeli, California University of Pennsylvania effective due to the complex structures IBC makes in The prevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in Madagascar the human body. Photodynamic Therapy (PDT) is an has been a question, and this study seeks in part alternative treatment that can be used to treat IBC. to answer that. This study is a continuation of work This study examines the efficiency of BPD, a PDT drug, completed in 2012, testing rattus rattus and mus on IBC cells grown in 3D culture. musculus fecal samples collected in Ranomafana National Park in Madagascar. An additional fifty samples were collected from native rodents, eliurus sp., nesomys sp. and microcebus sp., during the summer of 2014. PCR and electrophoresis was preformed in order to test for T.gondii DNA.
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(14) A Progressive Data Study and Analysis of South (17) Applications of New Photolabile Protecting Groups- Dakota State University’s Human Anatomy Students Based Photocleavable Linkers in Polymer Design from Fall 2011 to Fall 2013 Leyah A. Schwartz, University of Alabama Birmingham Jessica Taylor, South Dakota State University Recently, we have developed a new collection Joshua Ward, South Dakota State University of photolabile protecting groups (PPGs) for the The goal of this study is to investigate correlation protection of hydroxyl and carbonyl groups. These among South Dakota State University students’ PPGs are chemically stable and can be removed in educational data prior to enrolling in Human high efficiency with varying ranges of irradiation Anatomy, their scores in the Human Anatomy wavelengths under neutral conditions. The current classroom, and Supplemental Instruction attendance. project explores the application of various new Pre-Anatomy data consisted of high school GPA, PPG-derived photocleavable linkers in developing ACT scores, and CSI data. The data studied was from photoresponsive smart materials. students who registered for the Fall 2011 to Fall 2013 semesters. (18) Bathtub and Unimodal Hazard Flexibility Classification of Parametric Lifetime Distributions (15) Adhesion Measurements of Functionalized AFM Anh Nguyen, Texas Christian University Cantilevers on Shewanella Oneidensis MR-1 No clear comparative criterion of the flexibility of Melvin Kenney, Morehouse College parametric hazard functions available at this time, Adhesion Measurements of Functionalized however, the flexibility of hazard functions has thus AFM Cantilevers on Shewanella Oneidnsismr-1 far been compared only for given data sets. This Using the Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) I research offers general criterion to classify the hazard observed bacteria in its actual environment at a flexibility of various lifetime distributions to help nanoscale. By functionalizing and using the non- practitioners not only to conveniently model their functionalized cantilever as a control the AFM’s data sets, but also to justify the flexibility of any other cantilevers, I observed different adhesive forces distribution. between Shewanella Oneidensis bacteria and two functionalized tips: Octadecyltrichlorosilane (OTS) and (19) Biological Activity Testing of Novel Estrone Analogs biotinylated bovine serum albumin (BBSA). for Targeted Pancreatic Cancer Treatment Poster Poster Sessions Sessions Jeremiah Atkinson, South Dakota State University (16) Allosteric Modulation of Glutamate Receptor Pancreatic cancer is the fourth-leading cause of Decreases Inflammation and Neurodegeneration in cancer deaths in the United States, primarily because Parkinson’s Disease only 15-20% of pancreatic tumors are able to be Ranjani Ponnazhagan, University of Alabama excised. Estrone analogs have been repurposed as Birmingham chemotherapeutics for pancreatic adenocarcinoma Previous studies have shown that specific and tested on cell lines to determine their cell toxicity. metabotropic glutamate receptors in the brain play The binding affinity of the synthesized analogs was a functional neuroprotective role in Parkinson’s analyzed with Omega OpenEye docking software. Disease (PD), but their role in inflammatory response is currently unknown. This study found that (20) Can (1,3/1,6)-?-glucans be extracted efficiently modulating these receptors affords protection against and with enough product purity to be used inflammation, suggesting their potential as novel pharmaceutically? therapeutic agents for the treatment of PD. James Elliott, East Tennessee State University Glucans are key components of several types of biological structures, such as plants and fungi. An animal’s innate immune system can recognize the presence of a glucan called (1,3/1,6)-?-glucan. Because an animal’s immune system can recognize glucan molecules, these molecules can act as immunomodulators, essentially turning on the immune system. The question to be answered is can (1,3/1,6)-?-glucan be extracted efficiently and with enough product purity to be used pharmaceutically.
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(21) Cannibalism in Largemouth Bass, Micropterus (24) Design, Synthesis, and Testing of Phosphoprotein salmoides: Three Decade Record from a Small North Phosphatase Inhibitors Temperate Lake Catherine Zivanov, University of South Alabama Colin Dassow, St. Norbert College Serine/threonine phosphoprotein phosphatase type 4 Cannibalism persists in many populations despite (PP4) is overexpressed in breast, lung, and pancreatic the obvious negative effects. Cannibalism is well cancers. Structural analysis and computational studied in fishes and much has been published on the modeling were used to design a lead compound for foraging behavior of largemouth bass, Micropterus the development of a PP4 inhibitor. Once synthesized, salmoides. Here we report on cannibalism in an this compound should be a valuable research tool for adult population of bass over a thirty-year period studying the biological and pathological actions of from a small (1.5 ha), unexploited, north temperate PP4. It could also be developed into a novel antitumor lake in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. The focus of this therapy. study is centered on which age class of bass is most responsible for the majority of cannibalism (25) Distribution of Symbiotic Bacteria and Secondary Metabolites within Caribbean Sponges, (22) Demography and Disease in Populations of the Amphimedon spp Rare Shrub, Buckleya disticophylla (Santalaceae), in Caleb Hilyer, University of Alabama Birmingham Northeastern Tennessee Sponges produce secondary metabolites, which can Seth Ratliff, East Tennessee State University act as a defense against predators and pathogens. Piratebush (Buckleya distichophylla) is one of the rarest Specifically, sponges of the genus Amphimedon plants in North America. Existing only in the southern contain amphitoxin, which can act as a antimicrobial Appalachians, there is little information about the agent to inhibit the growth of bacteria and as an roles this root parasite plays in the forest community, antifeedant to predatory fish. This compound, particularly in Tennessee. This study seeks to describe however, could be produced by bacteria living in the three Tennessee piratebush populations in order to sponge. Preliminary data reveals that two species Sessions give a reference of comparison for further research. of Amphimedon host a unique bacterium that Poster Additionally, the populations will be mapped using dominates their microbial communities. GPS and instances of disease will be noted. (26) Does Heat Acclimation in Daphnia Reduce (23) Design of Photocatalytic Polymeric Nanocomposite Oxidative Damage? for Enhancing Water Filtration Technologies Bret Coggins, East Tennessee State University Jessica Chavez, Lewis University This project is an attempt to gain insight into Courtney Dial, Lewis University phenotypic plasticity and genotype-by-environment Michelle Fernandez, Lewis University interactions by studying the mechanisms in which Jeromy Rech, Lewis University various clones of Daphnia magna are able to The specific aim of this work was to functionalize TiO2 acclimate to higher temperatures and acute toxin particles with silane groups, organic dyes, and Ag, for exposures. the incorporation into a photocatalytic biomimetic nanocomposite membrane that utilizes sunlight to (27) EcRNAs Regulate DNA Methylation and Long-Term degrade pollutants and inhibit the growth of deadly Memory Formation bacteria. The resulting nanocomposite showed high Rhiana Simon, University of Alabama Birmingham efficiency at remediating polluted water. Using genome-wide sequencing approaches, neuronal culture systems and behavioral models, we found that extra-coding RNAs (ecRNAs) regulate the neuronal methylome in vitro, as well as in vivo, and contribute to long-term memory formation and stability.
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(28) Effects of Color and Background Contrast on (32) Finding the Missing Length: Impact of Reduced Visual Responses of Eavesdropping Predators with Calcium During Development in Snakes Different Visual Capacities Kaitlyn Mathis, East Tennessee State University Jacqueline Mann, University of St. Francis The evolutionary transition from oviparity to This study examines how aspects of the sensory viviparity in squamate reptiles is accompanied by environment (i.e., visual background complexity and loss of the calcareous outer eggshell, which suggests color) affect detection and recognition of courting significant implications for the role of calcium male Schizocosa ocreata by eavesdropping predators. (Packard et al., 1977). An experiment was designed Results support the hypothesis that predators with to observe the impact of reduced calcium availability different visual sensory capacities vary in response during development in the oviparous corn snake, to color and contrast of prey against complex Pantherophis guttatus. The results of this experiment backgrounds. showed significant decreases in mass and in length of hatchling corn snakes. (29) Electrochemical Analysis of Film-Forming Mechanisms Relevant to Data Storage Chemical (33) Identification, Classification, and Ranking of Severe Mechanical Planarization Weather Outbreaks Lisa M. Janes, Lewis University Nicholas Grondin, University of South Alabama Jeromy Rech, Lewis University Statistical techniques are used to identify severe Mark F. Sivak, Lewis University weather outbreaks of threshold severity, classify them Richard A. Wiencek, Lewis University based on the number and characteristics of the severe Nickel-Phosphorous (NiP) substrates have been used weather reports associated with the events, and rank as computer hard disk drive media. This research them based on their perceived severity. The ultimate focused on analyzing slurries that chemically goal of this work are to identify precursor large-scale removed the NiP in a non-corrosive pH range through meteorological processes that dictate the type and additives. Through electrochemical techniques and severity of outbreak that occurs to improve prediction analysis of MRR the impact of organic additives on the of these events up to a week in advance. removal of NiP was studied. (34) Involuntary Interference in Emotion Dysregulation: Poster Poster Sessions Sessions (30) Electrospinning Cellulose Based Nanocomposites Hyper-modulation of Brain Networks by the for Water Filtration Applications Amygdala and Orbitofrontal Cortex Jeromy Rech, Lewis University Kristy Abraham, Wayne State University Mark F. Sivak, Lewis University Borderline Personality Disorder is characterized by Richard A. Wiencek, Lewis University impulsive behavior within a negative context. Analysis Potable water in developing nations is an understated of this impulsivity has been conducted to determine problem that we are addressing by developing if this behavior is the result of involuntary cognitive functionalized nanocomposite filters through network functioning: whether hyper-modulatory electrospinning. The functionalized nanocomposites effects of the amygdala and the orbitofrontal cortex in the filter degrade pollutants and bacteria in the impede network functioning in regions of the cortex. water using sunlight, allowing for underdeveloped Results showed heightened interference from both countries to provide clean and drinkable water. areas. Such over-stimulation can contribute to impulsivity of BPD patients. (31) Fibonacci Numbers and Sequences: Two Open Problems Leah Seader, California University of Pennsylvania Fibonacci numbers are a sequence beginning with the numbers zero and one, and each new number is the sum of the two numbers preceding it. Fibonacci numbers have real-world applications that can be applied to everyday life. This poster presentation will focus on two open problems proposed in the international journal The Fibonacci Quarterly.
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(35) Living Matrix: Microbe Identification by DNA (39) Musically Trained Children’s Speaking Voices: The Barcoding Phenomenon of the Twelve-Tone Scale Michele Barkhauer, Lone Star College Meredith Supinski, Edinboro University Taxonomy is the science of classifying organisms, Trained singers use their voices in a very different but it can become challenging when the organisms way than non-singers. Research has shown that are microscopic or are difficult to culture. The they yield acoustic differences in their speaking ability to DNA sequence organisms conclusively voices compared to non-singing peers. Musically establishes both Genus and Species, Snd can be used trained adults have less energy in frequencies not to identify mutant strains and potential speciation. corresponding to the musical twelve-tone scale, This DNA barcoding allows continued and accurate suggesting they use neurological mechanisms to tune classification of biodiversity, which is invaluable in a their speaking voices to match the scale. This research world where a vast majority of organisms have yet to study has explored if this phenomenon is found in be classified. trained child singers.
(36) Melting Points of Acoustic Fats from Diving Marine (40) Nerve Cell Regeneration in Drosophila larvae Mammals Skyler Boehm, California University of Pennsylvania Tiffany Ernst,University of North Carolina Wilmington Nerve cell regeneration can be studied in the larvae of Previous studies have shown that the fats in the jaw the fruit fly, Drosophila, using a genetically modified and forehead of odontocetis (toothed whales) are strain where the nerve processes are fluorescent. comprised of heterogeneously distributed lipids that The larvae were wounded and allowed to recover. are thought to enhance acoustic transmission and In order to observe the nerve fibers after the wound reception. It is hypothesized that the phase of these heals, the larvae were dissected and examined using a lipids plays a role in their ability to transmit sound. fluorescent microscope that produces ultraviolet light. This study extracted pure lipids from the melons, The nerves were examined regarding whether or not mandibular fats, and blubber of various species of they regenerate back into the wounded area of the Sessions odontoceti to examine their melting points as a first epidermis. Poster step in considering phase. (41) Nocturnal Tornado Climatology in Ohio (37) Modafinil Exhibits Competitive Binding of Adam Andresen, California University of Pennsylvania Dopamine Transporter and Partial Substrate Nocturnal tornadoes are a hazard to people and Release Activity property. A review of scientific literature will be Katie Flesch, St. Norbert College completed regarding atmospheric conditions Results from our lab have indicated that modafinil, necessary for nocturnal tornadogenesis. Data will a wake promoting agent that binds to presynaptic then be extracted from an online database via dopaminergic neurons and increases extracellular an automated script. It is anticipated that several dopamine, binds competitively to the dopamine synoptic scale patterns will be identified as favorable transopter (DAT). We have used rotating disc for nocturnal tornado events. The work here may be electrode voltammetry in a suspension of human useful to weather forecasters in the state of Ohio. embryonic kidney cells expressing the DAT in order to classify modafinil as a partial substrate of the DAT. (42) Obesity Weighs Down Memory Through a We have also classified two indole-based analogs of Mechanism Involving Dysregulation of SIRT1 modafinil as noncompetitive inhibitors of the DAT. Daniel Gilliam, University of Alabama Birmingham Because SIRT1 has roles in both energy expenditure (38) Molecular Biology of a Surface-Exposed Protein and learning and memory, it represents a potential Family of Bartonella bacilliformis mediator of obesity-associated cognitive deficits. Hannah Fay A novel mouse model of forebrain SIRT1 knockout We are looking at a specific gene that is suspected recapitulates obesity-associated deficits in spatial to help the virulence of the bacterium Bartonella learning, showing normal performance in novel bacilliformis, which causes Carrion’s disease. We are object recognition and impaired performance identifying the location of the protein product in the in object location memory. Current studies are cell and from that will be able to ascertain the gene’s investigating neuroepigenetic dysregulation of key function. learning and memory genes in SIRT1 knockout mice.
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(43) Optimal Angles for Swimmers (47) Preprocessing of fMRI images Jessica Richardson, Emory & Henry College Conner Smith, Slippery Rock University Although swimmers continue to break world records, Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) I set out to find a sprint freestyler’s perfect technique. is a form of brain imaging that allows researchers Through analyzing various angles of many swimmers to observe changes in relative activity over time of all different levels, I created a linear regression within the brain. In order to analyze the significance model comparing swimmers’ freestyle times and of the changes observed, a technique known as their specific angles. Through this analysis I was able preprocessing needs to be applied to each individual to determine the optimal angles a swimmer should scan. The technique allows for statistical analysis strive for in order to obtain the most power and speed between different scans. This study converted raw from their stroke. scans from an MRI to a format the computer can read. (44) Ovulation Synchrony as an Adaptive Response to The scans were then preprocessed. Egg Cannibalism in a Seabird Colony (48) Principal Components Analysis and Niche Overlap Sumiko Weir, Andrews University of a Small Mammal Assemblage of Southeastern Every-other-day egg-laying synchrony, an analog to Canadian County human menstrual synchrony, has been demonstrated Dylan Smith-Sutton, Oklahoma City University in the Glaucous-winged gull (Larus glaucescens) Each species in a community has a distinct set of colony at Protection Island National Wildlife Refuge preferable environmental factors, which directs its in the Strait of Juan de Fuca, Washington. The actions and interactions within a given ecosystem; predominant cause of egg loss in the colony is this defines an organism’s niche. A small mammal cannibalism. Our study suggests that egg-laying habitat assessment was conducted at John Nichols synchrony functions as an adaptive response to Scout Ranch in Southeastern Canadian County, cannibalism by maximizing an egg’s chance of Oklahoma. The purpose of this study was to identify survival during its most vulnerable period. habitat variables that were defined and measured at (45) Pathogenic Effects of Diacetylmorphine on Avian each of ten randomly selected experimental plots. Embryo Development The habitat variables fell into categories such as Poster Poster vertical structure, percent ground cover, and distance Sessions Sessions Alexa Kovlakas, Marist College The widespread use of heroin across the United to nearest feature. These habitat variables were States has been increasing at epidemic proportions correlated with captured mammals and were used to within the past few decades. Just one dose taken by infer microhabitat preferences and niche similarities. a pregnant woman can have an array of pathogenic The determination and comparison of each species’ effects on the developing fetus. This poster presents habitat affinities can yield helpful information about an extensive study observing multi-system effects ecosystem interactions, and the potential human of heroin on development of chicks as homologous influence upon these communities. models of human development. (49) Proposing a Procedure for Quantitatively (46) Predicting Immortality Measuring Pseudomonas aeruginosa Slime Kristen Cecilione, Marist College Production This presentation will display the process of creating Chelbee Farnen, Angelo State University a statistic: more specifically, a new baseball statistic This poster presentation demonstrates a new method that will show a player’s likelihood of getting into developed to quantitatively measure the production the Baseball Hall of Fame. This was done by utilizing of slime by Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The results will career statistics of current Hall of Famers as well as lead to future research in how to reduce the virulence players who did not get inducted and are no longer factor of this opportunistic pathogen and possibly eligible. These statistics were applied using regression explain differences of pathology from person to analysis to formulate a statistic that shows how likely person. a player is to get inducted into the Hall of Fame.
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(54) The Effect of Prey Dispersal on a Two-Patch (50) Refining Methods for the Extraction of Pure Predator-Prey System Anthocyanin from Aronia Mitschurinii Berries Using Emma Talis, Marist College Polymeric Resins This research studies a special case of a two-patch Heather Goldsborough, University of Maryland Eastern predator-prey model, where the first patch has a Shore much higher carrying capacity of prey than the Aronia is a berry very high in antioxidants, specifically second patch, and investigates the effect of varying anthocyanins. Resins, very small beads with large amounts of prey dispersal between the two patches internal surface areas shaped like the empty spaces on the system as a whole. This model and the results in sponges, have been used to extract anthocyanins of this research are applicable to the populations of from grapes. I am adapting this procedure to do the different ecological systems. same with Aronia juice. (55) The Effect of R382W Mutation on Substrate (51) Spermiogenesis of the Softshell Turtle, Apalone Specificity of C. Paradisi Flavonol Specific spinifera 3-O-Glucosyltransferase Lauren Bryant, University of Indianapolis Kathleen King, East Tennessee State University While studies regarding reptilian spermiogenesis Flavonoids are a class of plant metabolites. Citrus have been growing recently, turtles have yet to be paradisi, contains a variety of flavonoids to which extensively studied during gamete development. This glucosyltransferases can add glucose molecules. study is the first to use a soft-shelled turtle to study C. paradisi F3GT accepts flavonols as its substrate; spermiogenesis. This study may provide valuable data however, Vitis vinifera (grape) 3-GT can accept on Apalone spinifera that can compare the normal flavonols and anthocyanidins. Homology modeling spermiogenic process to that in turtles that have been predicted sites that could influence the binding exposed to toxins, like pesticides. site directly. Enzyme analysis of the R382W mutant measures incorporation of radioactive glucose. This (52) The Actin Cytoskeleton in Schizophrenia will indicate if substrate specificity changes. Sessions Hriday Bhambhvani, University of Alabama Poster Birmingham (56) The Effects of in Vivo Ketamine Treatment on The cytoskeleton is crucial in the formation and Synaptic Plasticity at Hippocampal CA3 -- CA1 degradation of neural synapses. The Arp2/3 plays synapses a pivotal role in the dynamic maintenance of the Amy Stewart, University of Alabama Birmingham actin cytoskeleton. Within this complex, cortactin Ketamine, an NMDA antagonist, has rapid -- a key binding partner -- is found to be decreased antidepressant effects and improved cognition in in the superior temporal gyrus of individuals individuals with treatment-resistant depression. The with schizophrenia; thus, a potential mechanism effects of in vivo ketamine on long-term potentiation underlying abnormal synaptic plasticity in in the CA3 -- CA1 synapse in hippocampus and schizophrenia is elucidated. the efficacy of the drug via different routes of administration were studied to better understand (53) The Biological Testing of Estrone-Inspired ketamine’s antidepressant and cognitive enhancing Cucurbitacin Analogs against Melanoma Cells effects. Jessica Taylor, South Dakota State University Steroid-based organic molecules modeled after (57) The Effects of Scattered Radiation on Medical natural compounds extracted from plants in the Personnel Wearing Lead Aprons. Cucurbitaceae family were tested for their biological Austin Olson, Bloomsburg University activity on melanoma cells. Cytotoxicity assays The purpose of this research was to determine were used to determine the the concentration of an accurate representation of radiation exposure the drugs that killed half of the melanoma cells. that medical personnel can receive from scattered These drug concentrations were used in western radiation. A deliberately damaged lead apron was blot experiments to determine the macromolecular exposed to the scatter of a common x-ray. The apron mechanism by which the cells died. had specific types of damage with detectors placed behind. The effective dose was found, and the results should accurately reflect the maximum radiation dose to medical personnel and could possibly result in a change of policy for damaged aprons. www.nchchonors.org 111 STUDENT POSTER SESSION B: FRIDAY, 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
(58) The Glass Transition Temperature of Confined (61) The role of GenF in the Asymmetric Distribution of Polystyrene Nanospheres the Virulence Protein, IcsA in Shigella flexneri Nicole Sikes, Columbus State University Birendra Sharma, Mississippi University for Women The temperature at which a polymer undergoes a The project is interested in identifying and change from a brittle, glassy state to a rubbery, elastic characterizing mutations that affect the polar state is known as the glass transition temperature targeting of IcsA in Shigella. Specifically, the (Tg) and is one of the most important characteristics project studies an uncharacterized protein that is of a polymer. Using temperature varied fluorescence assymetrically associated with the inner membrane of spectroscopy the glass transition temperature of Gram negative bacteria. polystyrene nanospheres of varying sizes under both hard and soft confinement was determined. (62) Towards Understanding the Host Range of Ollie, a Novel A3 Mycobacteriophage (59) Abundance and Diversity of Crabs and Allies in the Emily Illingworth, University of Maine Eastern Gulf of Mexico Bacteriophage are viruses that infect bacteria. Lauren Goldsworthy, Florida Atlantic University Mycobacteriophage Ollie was isolated directly from The purpose of this project was to assess the diversity a soil sample from the University of Maine campus and abundance of true crabs as well as their “allies” in Orono. This research project investigates the host (porcelain crabs and hermit crabs) along an estuarine- range of one of the smallest, yet most abundant to-offshore transect in the eastern Gulf of Mexico. We organisms on the planet, using wet-lab experiments surveyed 17 sites to determine how the community and bioinformatic tools. changes with distance from shore. Overall, we observed 143 individuals (15 families) of crab and ally (63) Tunable Fluorescence from Novel Boron Difluoride species from the eastern Gulf of Mexico. This research Derivatives contributed to the understanding of crustacean Erin Lang, St. Norbert College community profiles within the southeastern Gulf Luminescent boron complexes have used either a region. This information is important because dipyrromethene or a diketonate functionality to these organisms are essential in nutrient cycling, create emission from a short-lived, singlet ?-?* excited trophic linkages and influential in health of local state. This project combines these two frameworks Poster Poster Sessions Sessions ecosystems. This study can provide a baseline, useful into one, a keto-phenolate core, to create new boron in determining the impacts of future anthropogenic complexes. The series shows a blue-shift in both events on these communities solution and solid state compared to the known compounds. The fluorescence of the series is based (60) The Matter-Antimatter Problem: Baryogenesis on the ligand structure, which suggests an ability to Nicolas Nikoloutsos, Lamar University tune the excited state of these complexes. Antimatter is nearly identical to the ordinary matter that composes the world, except in its oppositely (64) Uncovering the Meiofaunal Buffet signed values for certain conserved particle Kyle McDaniel, Winthrop University properties, such as electric charge. It is predicted The meiofauna (microscopic animals living in- that matter and antimatter existed in equal amounts between coastal sand grains) are an important aspect at the origin of the universe, yet currently there is of marine ecosystems, and this work has explored the significantly more matter than antimatter. This leads trophic relationships and predator-prey interactions to an open question in physics: why does the universe of this microscopic realm. appear to be biased regarding matter and antimatter?
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(65) Vitellogenin (VTG) as a Biomarker for Contaminants (69) Caffeine’s Effects on Stress Levels of Emergining Concern (CECs) in Maryland Coastal Stella Athanasopoulos, Suffolk University Bay (MCBs) Mia Knausenberger, Suffolk University Ijeoma Ngoka, University of Maryland Eastern Shore This poster showcases a small-scale experimental Contaminants of Emerging Concern have received study based on work previously conducted by Duke wide interest for the past decade. Some are endocrine University Medical Center, assessing the relationship disrupting chemicals (EDCs). EDCs threaten the between caffeine and stress. This project will attempt reproductive success and long-term survival of to replicate the findings of the prior study, which aquatic species. Mummichog (Fundulus heteroclitus) stated that the consumption of caffeine can have was chosen as the study species due to its abundance serious short-term health consequences. in shallow water and non-migratory behavior. Samples were collected from two sites. Enzyme-linked (70) Power in Pink: Female Empowerment in India immunosorbent assay was used to study the presence Abhilasha Deka, Suffolk University of VTG in male fish. After generations of mistreatment and injustice, Indian women rise to the occasion and take matters in their own hands. Vigilante groups fend for the women Social & Behavioral Sciences whom the Indian government is unable to protect. Using extensive research and firsthand accounts, this poster will address the reasons behind the vigilantism (66) Music-Based Interventions to Enhance Behavior in and provide alternative solutions for inadequacies Students the vigilantism attempts to address in the system of Abigail Brown, Bloomsburg University governance. This project investigates the concept of using music as a means to improve focus and behavior in (71) Change Detection in Scenes: Examining Implicit classrooms. The use of music in this regard has the Influences
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Stefanie Nanney, Purdue University Calumet Poster as well as students of any age seeking to better Selective attention is a cognitive process that is self-regulate. Results of the study have implications necessary for us to gather relevant information daily. beyond classrooms and can be implemented in However, there are some limitations to this process. various ways by many different health care workers. Change blindness occurs when we fail to notice changes occurring in our environment, even changes (67) A Brief Ethnography of Muslim American Youth that occur right in front of our eyes. This study uses Kia Taylor Riccio, Florida Atlantic University lexical priming to examine implicit influences on According to a 2009 Gallup poll, Islam is the most accuracy and speed in change-detection in real-life, negatively viewed religion in the United States. complex visual scenes. Many young Muslim Americans carry a sense of shame associated with being Muslim that damages (72) A Case for Compulsory Voting in the United States their confidence and shakes their stability. Many are Hannah VanBrunt, Southern Oregon University too young to remember the details of the attacks; High voter turnout means a high level of legitimacy however, they remember the judgments of their in a given democracy. In the United States federal peers and the negative feedback from the media. turnout has gotten progressively lower since This research focuses on personal interviews with the 2000s, and federal job approval has been teenagers and young adults who identify as Muslim. abysmally low. This poster will make a case for the implementation of compulsory voting to solve the (68) An Analysis of the Effects of Changing Gender Roles turnout problem in the United States. in the Military on the Sexual Assault of Women Courtney Kilway, Walsh University Partly as a result of changing gender roles in the military, cases of sexual assault of women have increased due to the desensitization of men of violence towards women. This, in turn, has increased the number of PTSD cases. Both of these factors may have grave impacts upon American society. www.nchchonors.org 113 STUDENT POSTER SESSION B: FRIDAY, 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
(73) Across the Tracks: An Ethnographic Study of (77) College Minors and Creative Potential the Effects of De Facto Segregation on Social Chris Schneider, Edinboro University Interactions in the Workplace, Educational Few studies have examined creativity and college Institutions, and Other Public Spheres in the Town of majors (e.g., Silvia & Nusbaum, 2012) and no Jennings, Louisiana studies were found that examined college minors Gloria Underwood, University of West Florida and creativity. This study compared differences in I am currently completing an ethnographic research creativity scores as measured by two Instances Tasks project in the town of Jennings, Louisiana, in Jefferson (Wallach & Kogan, 1965) between undergraduates Davis Parish. This town has approximately 10,200 with and without minors, and examined correlations residents and is comprised of 68.4 percent white between creativity scores and openness, creative self- residents and 31.6 percent minority residents (US perceptions, how related the minor is to the major, Census 2015). The purpose of this investigation is and creative opportunities in the major and minor. to understand how de facto segregation caused by economic disparities between socioeconomic groups, (78) Colonizing the Middle East: The Influence of which is physically demarcated by a set of railroad Westernization on the View of the Islamic Veil tracks, affects interactions and decision Caira Heinze, Texas Woman’s University After the colonization of Middle East by Western (74) America Doesn’t Vote nations during the twentieth century, the image Morgan Cochran, University of Southern Indiana of the Islamic veil began to shift. Despite veiling Fewer people are showing up at the voting booth historically being a common tradition among many each year. Americans feel like the power to influence religious and high society women, it is predominately policy is not in their hands. Highly unpopular viewed as an Islamic practice now. This research decisions have been made, but the people feel like analyzes the effect of Westernization on the view they have no say in these issues. Political participation of the Islamic veil and argues that it continues to is vital in making everyone’s voice heard. This poster influence the view of the veil in current society. explores poll location, transportation, voter ID laws, economic barriers, and issues with voter registration. (79) Did the South Resist Economic Modernization? How can we fix this? There is one simple thing that Jessica Velazquez, Northeast Texas Community College Poster Poster Sessions Sessions can be done; vote. There has been no systematic study of southern agriculture in America to match the classic, Change (75) Ancient Egyptian Dentistry: The Impact of Social in Agriculture, by Clarence Danhoff. Danhoff argued Structure and Diet that northern agriculture changed from insular- Kaitlyn Frey, Shippensburg University subsistence in 1820 to market-informed by 1870. Scholars debate whether a dental profession existed Tied to racial traditions, one gains the idea that in ancient Egypt. My research on this question southerners were oblivious to change. But my poster, involved analyzing a diverse range of evidence which details changes in Texas Agriculture in five that had not been considered collectively and counties from 1930 to 1960, however, shows a change comparatively before, including teeth, medical as important as that described by Danhoff. papyri, and dietary studies. By utilizing these sources to examine dietary changes over time and by social (80) Effect of Food Labeling, Gender, and Weight class, I determined that a professional class of dentists Consciousness on Eating Behavior did emerge in ancient Egypt during the Greco-Roman Johnna Kelley, Georgia Regents University period. The purpose of this study is to test several aspects of the Food Choice Process Model (Furst, Connors, (76) Ascension of the Armies: The Impact of Ballooning Bisogni, Sobal, & Falk, 1996). This model proposes during the Civil War that food choice involves multiple global factors that Nathaniel Schattner, Eastern Kentucky University vary in their degree of influence and interaction. The military usage of balloons was a new It examines the effects of food labeling, weight phenomenon during the American Civil War. consciousness, and gender on food consumption and Ballooning faced many challenges, yet it nevertheless the perceptions of the taste and healthfulness of a provided strategic military advantages and spurred granola bar. further technological innovation.
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(81) Effects of Chronic Stress on Relapse to Palatable (85) Global Impact of Child Marriage Food Seeking Bailey Williams, Emory & Henry College Olivia Best, Bloomsburg University Child marriage takes thousands of girls out of school The purpose of this study is twofold: to measure and forces them into situations where they are often rate of relapse to palatable food-seeking behaviors physically, verbally, and sexually abused. This practice in the presence of chronic and enduring stress is the result of poverty, traditionalist attitudes, and to understand of the neurobiological function and a patriarchal society. Having the international of addiction and the effects of utilizing a specific community perceive child marriage as a global issue dopamine antagonist on the level of reinstatement in is critical to ending the practice. This presentation will rats. demonstrate why child marriage is a global issue and why it is requires the involvement of the world to end (82) ‘Fair but Frail’: Mining and Prostitution in Butte, it. Montana Megan Holm, Northern State University (86) Goals and Challenges of Refugees in the The Butte Trolley Tours portray prostitution during Jacksonville Area the mining boom as positive for women, arguing that Rachel Bryant, University of North Florida young women and widows found work as prostitutes Angeli O’Connor, University of North Florida in the mining town. Between 1890 and 1910, Butte’s Samantha Spano, University of North Florida mining economy boomed, and the city boasted a We worked with local non-profit refugee resettlement red light district with brothels and multistoried cribs. agencies in an attempt to discover the goals and This research uses archival documents to determine challenges faced by refugees in Jacksonville. Faced whether prostitution provided opportunities or if with creating a new life in a new culture, refugees the tour frames prostitution as positive to justify the often struggle to adapt to life in the United States. exploitation of women. The purpose of our interview-based research was to discover trends in the data concerning what refugees Sessions (83) Foster Care: Kinship versus Non-Kinship Care really need. This assessment will allow for a better Poster Lindsey McClelland, Lock Haven University understanding of refugee needs and provide real Outcomes of foster children were studied in kinship solutions. and non-kinship care placements. Caseworkers’ attitudes and beliefs about kinship care were (87) Going for Gold: An Analysis of Boston’s Olympic Bid surveyed as well. The goal of this work is to learn Alexander Wisnewski, Suffolk University how to provide foster children with stable homes Boston, Massachusetts, was selected as the U.S. to enhance their health and reduce their need for representative to bid for the 2024 Summer Games; healthcare services. however, the decision came amongst criticism from local interest groups who fear such massive spending (84) Gender-Based Violence in Sub-Saharan Africa: An will damage the city. This research analyzes whether Analysis of Program Effectiveness or not the city should continue with its push for the Jessica Sandlund, Northern Illinois University Olympics. Gender-based violence is a very important issue in sub-Saharan Africa and affects the lives many people, (88) Haters Gonna Hate? Analysis of Honors Students including children. The region lacks adequate service Grouphate provision for survivors of gender-based violence. This Allyson Helms, South Dakota State University poster shows the results of a meta-analysis that was This study employs repeated measures to examine completed to evaluate current violence prevention college students’ attitudes toward group projects and rehabilitation programs in sub-Saharan Africa and and their potential impact on learning and course presents recommendations for improvements to such outcomes. Grouphate analysis of honors students programs. (n=150) has allowed for comparison of a subset of students (n=24) exposed to the treatment with the larger control group, drawn implications for the enhancement of instructional grouphate mitigation methodologies, and determination that grouphate treatments might improve learning and course outcomes. www.nchchonors.org 115 STUDENT POSTER SESSION B: FRIDAY, 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
(89) It’s Them or Us: Changing Notions of ‘Civilizing’ (93) Our Comrade Franklin: A Marxist Analysis of The American Indians Autobiography by Benjamin Franklin Katie Grote, Northern State University Kristina Pouliot, DePaul University Federal Indian policy has traditionally had the goal This presentation explores the riveting overlap of civilizing American Indians. This study contends between Benjamin Franklin’s account of his life in The present policy is based on a modern notion of being Autobiography and the classic writings of Karl Marx civilized. High poverty rates and socioeconomic and Friedrich Engels. Within Franklin’s own account class have hindered many American Indians and of navigating secular life and achieving the “American subjected them to classist prejudice. Case studies of Dream” are rich connections to classic Marxist ideas. the Cheyenne River and Sisseton-Wahpeton tribes in This piece enriches traditional analyses of The South Dakota show the shifting and persistent pursuit Autobiography by revealing a unique perspective of “civilizing” American Indians across federal Indian through which Franklin’s wisdom becomes even more policies. applicable to American life today.
(90) Kinship Structures among the Hmong (94) Perceived Independence before and after a Study John Kidwell, University of Arkansas at Little Rock Abroad This summer, May 20th through August 7th, I Chelsea Burkholder, Southern Utah University will be conducting interdisciplinary, team-based, Studying abroad seems to be universally beneficial ethnographic research in Vietnam and Southern to students, both in their education and in their China concerning Hmong Culture in the region. I personal lives; however, little is known about the plan to examine kinship dynamics, marital practices, psychological changes occurring during one’s time and religion and will complete a comprehensive abroad. Specifically, little is known about whether ethnographic study by early August.. study abroad participants experience change in their perceived levels of independence. This study (91) Middle School Victimization, Social Support, addresses this issue by comparing these changes and Feelings of Acceptance: A Phenomenological between study abroad students in short summer Analysis of Missoula Respect Club Members programs and students in short summer courses. Mercedes Becker, University of Montana-Missoula Poster Poster Sessions Sessions I will be presenting a poster on a phenomenological (95) Police Brutality and the Law study of middle school Respect Club members. This Adam Cohler, Ramapo College of New Jersey qualitative research method supplies general themes Police brutality has been under public scrutiny for of the lived experiences of a specific population. decades, but in recent years has drawn headlines Codified interviews analyze victimization, social across the nation’s media. With recent cases of support, and feelings of acceptance as perceived by severe police brutality, in cases such as Eric Garner’s, the members of Respect Club. questions arise as to why this can continue to occur. Although the public eye looks at grand juries and (92) Multi-Modal Communication in Captive prosecutors who fail to indict perpetrators, the true Chimpanzees: Shared Complexities with Human issue lies in the legal framework that has yet to Language include any sort of reform. Ben Bradley, University of Arkansas at Little Rock This study explores how vocal, gestural, and tactile (96) Reconstructing Southern Appalachia in Fact and communicative modes are combined by chimpanzee Fiction: the Myth and the Reality and bonobos to create different meanings. In three Elisabeth Moore, Gardner-Webb University zoos, I will observe and compare the multi-modal This study explores the historical depictions of communicative strategies of captive groups. Through Appalachia by local-color writers and journalists statistical analysis of observational data and review from roughly 1870 until the twentieth century. These of existing literature, I will compare captive and wild writers were largely responsible for the construction populations, and I will analyze the characteristics that of the Appalachian stereotype at the time. The study are apparently shared between human language and compares these literary representations to the reality non-human primate communication. of Appalachia during Reconstruction. This is the first study to seriously undertake an analysis of the literary portrayal of Appalachia by outsiders in comparison to the reality.
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(97) Reimagining Third Places: A Case Study (101) Social Comparison in an Academic Scenario: Daejon Street, Maryville University Self-Esteem in Competitive and Non-Competitive This study of the Hotshots Sports Bar and Grill People analyzes how Ray Oldenburg’s criteria of what a third Ashley Walter, Arcadia University place is translates into a modern space. This study was The objective of this experiment was to try to conducted over the course of six months and includes understand the relationship between personality informal interviews and observations about the and situation. It tested for an interaction between the artifacts in the space. Taking detailed notes allowed scenario of social comparison and competitiveness me to be sure to observe the artifacts, activities, and and how these factors influenced levels of self- atmosphere of the space. esteem. The hypothesis predicted that a competitive person would become more discouraged and have (98) Rejecting Oneself: The Denial of Self-Determination lower self-esteem in reaction to a classmate’s success, Zachary Barber, Lonestar College-North Harris while a cooperative person would have lower self- This study examines the political and military tactics esteem upon learning about the failure of a classmate. utilized by the United States and its European allies to impose political, economic, and social hegemony (102) Tactical Victory: Antisuffragists vs. Suffragettes on developing countries during the Expansionist Amy Bhatt, St. Petersburg College Era. By examining the history of the United States’ With the rise of woman suffragists in the mid imposed denial of self-determination on developing nineteenth century came the subsequent rise of countries, one can better understand the underlying antisuffragists. Surprisingly, however, many of contradictions in policy demonstrated by the United those who opposed woman suffrage were women States’ advocacy of democracy and independence themselves. In fact, in a letter written to the editor of around the globe. the New York Times in 1873, one woman maintained, “for every one woman who desires the vote, there are (99) Roommate Relationships: A Stepping Stone for ten [at least] who do not wish to do so.” Sessions
Success at College Poster Elizabeth Rogenski, Youngstown State University (103) The “Varangian” Option on Dixie’s Slave Frontier Many factors affect the longevity of on-campus Isaac Earl Burris, Northeast Texas Community College roommate relationships. These factors range from Many people have debated whether slavery in the personal interests to learning-living environments. American South was in decline by 1860. Randolph By comparing the number of students who changed Campbell argues that slavery thrived as it went roommates in Youngstown State’s honors dorms from westward. I explore slavery’s fragility in the West, freshman to senior year and studying the cited causes where the possibilities of escape to Mexico and the for these changes, this study compiles the top reasons need of allies against Comanche were factors. Also roommate relationships fail. in Texas, the ethnic complexion, social fabric, and diversity of white society changed. In what I call the (100) Rwanda Then and Now “Tearing of Texas,” I argue that intra-white conflicts Nancy Ramirez, Harper College created a “Varangian Option.” Elizabeth Shambo, Harper College Rwanda’s success is connected to government quotas, (104) The Correlation between Gender and Children’s structures, and universal programs. The country has Use of Spoken Language: A Survey and Analysis of eliminated the social problems that were present Individuals’ First Words before the power struggles between the Tutsi and Laken Brooks, Emory & Henry College the Hutu. Rwanda’s initiative will eventually help the Language is an aspect of human life that is country to heal after the genocide and to flourish influenced by social and cultural factors, including economically. but not limited to gender. This survey of over 400 people analyzes gender’s potential impact upon children’s linguistic development by charting these questions: “what was your first word?” and “what is your preferred gender?” Each anonymous response was charted into certain grammatical and lexical categories to evaluate the correlation between respondents’ genders and their first words. www.nchchonors.org 117 STUDENT POSTER SESSION B: FRIDAY, 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
the potential to effect quality of life in adaptive and (105) The Effect of Childhood Trauma on Behavioral maladaptive ways; however, there is very little clinical Approach and Inhibition data evaluating the potential link between spirituality Sudheera Ranaweera, University of South Florida and IPV, especially among combat veterans with This study examines the role that childhood trauma PTSD. For that reason, this project employs clinical plays in the behavioral approach and behavioral information from veterans who completed a 60-90 inhibition motivational systems. This investigation day residential VHA PTSD treatment program and can help assess risk factors for individuals who endure analyzes the relationship between the veterans’ childhood abuse. Early trauma sensitizes the reward spirituality and their risk for IPV. system so individuals are more likely to engage in approach behaviors. The hypothesis is that individuals (109) The Ugly Side of Political Marketing: The Rise of who abuse at a early age are more likely to have a Fascism In European States through Propaganda Behavioral Approach motivational system. Rachelle del Aguila, Suffolk University Understanding the rise of propaganda during (106) The Effect on Reaction Times for a Prime Lexical twentieth-century Europe is the foundation of Decision Task When Using a Mathematically Based understanding how marketing in politics deeply Intervener between Trials influences the course of history. This poster presents Bethany Lemak, Bloomsburg University the marketing techniques utilized by Franco and New finds in psycholinguistics may have clinical Hitler and compares them to modern-day political importance that could alter the way speech language marketing. pathologists conduct therapy sessions. This study will explore the effect on reaction times for a prime (110) An Analysis of Dietary Habits of Young Adults lexical decision task when a mathematically based Seeking Weight Loss and the Feasibility of a intervener is used in between trials and the effect it Modified Monitoring System Using Mobile has on both low and high frequency words. Technology in Young Adults Ryan Carter-Stanley, East Carolina University (107) The Political Appeal of Commensal Relationships Traditional monitoring for weight loss requires an Morgan Capps, Northeast Texas Community College individual to record all foods consumed. This is William Borah of Idaho noted when Jim Ferguson ran burdensome and elicits a decline in monitoring. A Poster Poster Sessions Sessions against a Klansman in 1922 for a Senatorial spot in more targeted monitoring system that focuses on Texas: “Thank God only one of them can get elected.” specific categories of food related to weight gain Yet Jim, known as “Pa,” and his wife, “Ma,” were popular might reduce burden and promote greater weight Texas governors even if Carol Wilson’s new book loss. The purpose of this study is to develop a mobile shows them to have been scandalous scoundrels. This app, TracIt!, based on the targeted structure that can poster argues that a key to their success was their be compared to a commercially available app that commensal relationship. Covalent goals made this uses traditional monitoring, MyFitnessPal. couple a powerful pair, a symbiotic super-couple. (111) What’s Wrong with the 99 Percent?: The Failure of (108) Assessing the Role of Spirituality and the Occupy Movement in the United States Interpersonal Violence among Veterans with PTSD Zoe Krey, DePaul University Morgan Watkins, University of South Alabama The rhetoric of the Occupy movement in the United Over the last fifty years, interpersonal violence (IPV) States brought economic inequality to the forefront has emerged as a serious national health concern. In of Americans’ minds. Signs were seen during the response, countless researchers have evaluated the movement with phrases such as “End the Fed,” “Eat the various factors that could influence an individual’s Rich,” and “Where’s MY Bailout?” The 99 percent was a risk for IPV. Evidence suggests a salient link between strong, unifying component of the protests; however, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms and it was too diverse a category to actually unite people IPV, highlighting that veterans with PTSD experience past the overarching theme of economic inequality. heightened senses of aggression, anger, and hostility. Essentially, it was impossible to propose any concrete Since the rate of IPV among veterans with PTSD solutions or strategy. is higher than expected, there is a need to clarify unique risk and protective factors in this population. Additionally, research suggests that spirituality has
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(1-F) Alfred Hitchcock and Ida Lupino: Directing the Classic Sins. The purpose of this seminar was to answer the Suspense Film following question: How can a religious university Dan Gerth, University of Missouri-St. Louis incorporate certain aspects of its mission more deeply Ann Torrusio, University of Missouri-St. Louis and pragmatically into the minds of its students? This poster presents a team-taught honors seminar entitled “Alfred Hitchcock and Ida Lupino: Directing the (5-F) Students’ Attitude, Knowledge, and Choice of Health Classic Suspense Film.” By integrating gender studies Plans under the Affordable Care Act with film studies, students learn about the unique Analisa Kay Buysse, South Dakota State University characteristics of suspense films, analyze recurring The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 themes and motifs in Hitchcock’s films, particularly his (ACA) has significantly changed many Americans’ lives preoccupation with gender constructs and voyeurism, and and how they purchased their health plans. Previous how these concepts are reimagined and revised through studies, however, suggest that many Americans the lens of the female actress-turned-director Ida Lupino. do not have sufficient knowledge or have serious misunderstanding of how ACA works. Selecting students (2-F) Pedagogy of Mindfulness: A Prerequisite for Honors from a pristge Honors College, we conducted a survey Vitality study to investigate students’ areness, attitude, potential Carol Dietrich, DeVry University strategies of choosing health insurance plan. Jerry Durbeej, DeVry University From the point of view of enhancing and promoting (6-F) Study Place to Work Space academic vitality in an honors program, our Poster ession Michael Burrafato, University of San Diego Margaret Driscoll, University of San Diego focuses on the practice of mindfulness as a methodology Sessions Poster under contemplative pedagogy. Studies suggest faculty Madeline Stockton, University of San Diego who practice mindfulness are more likely to engage Jim Gump, University of San Diego honors students on a deeper cognitive level of awareness. This presentation will focus on how the University of San Being mindful creates a more productive climate between Diego’s Honors Program prepares students for a diverse those who teach and those who learn; this experience professional world. enhances the honors program. (7-F) A Big Plan: A Themed Cluster of Interdisciplinary First (3-F) Primary Source Texts in the Honors Science Classroom Year Seminars Russell Costa, Westminster College Teresa King, Bridgewater State University The use of primary texts is often an integral component Ellen Scheible, Bridgewater State University of honors course design, facilitating the development The Bridgewater State University Honors Program is of students’ ability to comprehend and analyze launching an innovative model of interdisciplinary scholarly work. Primary source texts pose a unique set teaching focused on social inequality. This session will of pedagogical challenges in the science classroom, describe the collaborative process that led to the current particularly in courses populated by interdisciplinary offering, including recruiting faculty to participate, students. This session explores these challenges, potential determining the structure of the course, developing solutions to them, and the value of using primary texts in learning outcomes, implementing community building the honors science classroom. activities and course enhancements, and choosing a common text. (4-F) Science and Sin: An Honors Seminar on Sin and Virtue in Professions Terry Cottrell, University of St. Francis Lisa Hedrick, University of St. Francis In the Spring of 2014, the University of St. Francis all- institution honors program, Duns Scotus, offered an unusual topics seminar: Science and the Seven Deadly
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(8-F) An Honors Seminar in Zimbabwe (12-F) Arcadia University: A Chance to Help Write History Patrick Lewis, Sam Houston State University Tessa Paige, Arcadia University Sam Houston State University is offering a seminar Christine Pape, Arcadia University in Zimbabwe. This multidisciplinary program focuses Zachary See, Arcadia University on natural history, geology, environment, people and In this honors-designated class, Arcadia University culture. We travel from the Limpopo River to Victoria students participated in original research on the late Falls, stopping in the Motobo Hills and Hwange National artist and writer Pati Hill (1921-2014). Hill is the subject Park. We study an orange plantation and working gold of a traveling exhibition funded by the Pew Center for mine. We also interact with children at local schools and Arts & Heritage that will open at Arcadia University Art an orphanage with villagers encountered on the journey. Gallery in 2016. The class functioned as a starting point for necessary research that informed the exhibition and (9-F) Analyzing the Attraction of the Paranormal Romance its catalog. Students grappled with the interdisciplinary in the Twenty-First Century nature and connections within her work. Miranda Boraas, South Dakota state University Christopher Kotschevar, South Dakota State University (13-F) Citizenship, Statelessness, and Human Rights in the Maria Ramos-Garcia, South Dakota state University Modern World, 1776-9/11 Paranormal romance is one of the most widely read Brian Steele, University of Alabama Birmingham types of literature so far in the twenty-first century. This honors seminar considered the question of A new class offered at South Dakota State University human rights as a modern problem inseparable from challenges students to study paranormal romance in the rise of the nation-state and modern citizenship. a critical way, with classroom discussions and research Students explored the origins and spread of human projects that focus on stereotypes within the genre and rights discourse in the eighteenth century and its on the sociopolitical and ideological issues reflected in dramatic expansion in the post-1945 world, classical the texts. and contemporary theories of citizenship, the problem of statelessness in the modern world, and the challenge (10-F) Application of Team-Based Learning in a that human rights discourse has posed to state Sustainability-Focused Study-Away Program sovereignty. Diane Tucker, University of Alabama Birmingham Team-based learning pedagogy was applied during a (14-F) Creating an Original Culture in an Honors Cultural Poster Poster Sessions Sessions sustainability-focused study-away course. The impact Anthropology Course of the team-based learning approach will be presented Carol Dietrich, DeVry University along with examples of student proposals to solve This poster presentation highlights the outcomes of a several local problems. course project in which honors students in an online cultural anthropology class worked in teams to create in (11-F) Approaches to Research Literacy and Retention in seven weeks an original culture and collaborative paper Honors First Year Seminar that integrated research with imaginative thinking. M. G. Aune, California University of Pennsylvania The poster features components of the assignment, Angela Selby, California University of Pennsylvania describes the team interactions, and cites examples of This poster presents the results of an ongoing students’ scholarly endeavors and creative projects. assessment of our honors first-year seminar, Honors and University Orientation course (HON 100). We have (15-F) Developing International Community Partners to introduced upper-class tutors to the course and changed Facilitate Undergraduate Community-Based Research the textbook in order to increase research literacy Katelyn Haydett, Defiance College among honors students, build a sense of community, Mary Ann Studer, Defiance College and enhance retention. Assessment was conducted This poster provides information about honors through surveys and measures of student participation initiatives that serve as pathways to developing long- in extracurricular activities. term international community partners. In this model honors students and director explore the potential of communities to collaborate with students and faculty on future research. Logistics as well as a student perspective will be presented on Defiance College’s emerging partnerships in Panama, Tanzania, and Nicaragua.
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(16-F) Exploring the Ethos of Honors: An Odyssey to the (20-F) Scholarship across the Disciplines: An Honors Origins of Western Civilization Freshman Seminar Barbara Kleinjan, South Dakota State University Cindy Ticknor, Columbus State University Valerie Kleinjan, South Dakota State Univeristy Scholarship across the Disciplines is an introductory Timothy Nichols, South Dakota State University freshmen seminar that prepares students for Alex Clem, South Dakota State University an undergraduate curriculum that emphasizes Allyson Lucht, South Dakota State University interdisciplinary studies and undergraduate research. Camille Klima, South Dakota State University Students experience a wide variety of invited lectures Patrick Watchorn, South Dakota State University by university researchers coupled with assignments that Honors students engaged in readings, Socratic dialogue, teach grant writing, publishing ethics, and information and community-building activities culminating in an literacy. exciting, experiential journey to Greece and Turkey. With particular focus on the concepts of what it means to be (21-F) The Hero’s Vocation: Myth & Adventure Narratives honorable and ‘live the good life,’ they examined classic as Pedagogy for Discovering Careers of Meaning & and contemporary Greek issues and texts. Purpose Robert Groven, Augsburg College (17-F) Fringe Topics as a Catalyst to Inspire Honors Joseph Campbell’s “hero’s journey” can serve as an Students allegory to the modern search for meaningful work. Scott Cook, Motlow College Today’s millennial honors students crave careers that Robin Keel, Motlow College advance their values, not just their paychecks. This poster This presentation explores the ways in which the Motlow examines how heroic myths, legends, and modern College Honors Program utilizes a required honors adventure narratives can be used in honors courses seminar to excite and inspire students to perform serious to help students discover their vocations. Sample academic interdisciplinary research, promote retention assignments, supplemental materials, and an example of and program completion, and encourage the building of film analysis will be provided. social relationships within the program. Motlow College Sessions is a two-year, four-campus college, with both rural and (22-F) Inspiration and Challenge on the Atlantic Coast Poster urban populations, in an 11-county service area, and the Timothy Runyan, East Carolina University honors program is active at each location East Carolina University’s Honors College organized many of its Living-Learning program activities to (18-F) Honors Cornerstone: Combining Theory and Practice complement Honors seminars and courses. Many of Through Experiential Learning Models them involve activities in or on the water. Nadia Yevstigneyeva Students participate throughout the year. Summer This poster will describe an approach to the Honors experiences are Honors College kick-off events that Cornerstone class that integrates the four foundational bring together incoming freshmen for an opportunity honors program skills through a team service to participate in an activity and make friends. This project. Using pedagogical theory and methods from poster proposes we “make no little plans,” for funds must experiential learning and adult education, students focus be raised and exciting projects selected to make this on the objectives of leadership, teamwork, research and program successful. Maritime heritage, recreation, water service are explored in both theory and practice. quality, and water conservation, are subjects of vital interest to the people of Chicago, the Great Lakes, the (19-F) Honors Educators and Academic Identity Atlantic coast, and other communities. Rocky Dailey, South Dakota State University This poster features the results of a survey of 269 honors faculty regarding aspects of their professional and teaching identity that form their academic identity.
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(1) “Honorable Mentions”: Lectures For Students, By Students (5) Arcadia University’s More than a Label Conference Jenna DeLaurentis, Youngstown State University Tessa Paige, Arcadia University Greta Frost, Youngstown State University The More than a Label Conference is an event that was “Honorable Mentions” are innovative lectures delivered by created, planned, and executed by honors students at honors students about a topic in which they are well versed. Arcadia University. Bringing such high-profile activists as The lectures allow honors students to share knowledge with Jes Baker and the Weapon of Choice Project, the conference their peers that may not be covered in a class. The session intended to raise awareness of the effects of verbal abuse will provide tools for how to organize a similar program, and stereotyping as well as raise funds for local victim choose student speakers, and promote events. The sharing services. The day-long event collaborated with multiple of knowledge with other students in a student-run lecture clubs, professors, and departments on campus in addition program can give many benefits to an honors community. to integrating the wider community.
(2) A College Student’s Guide to Making “No Little Plans” (6) Beginning Honors Publications in a Small Honors Rachael Metzinger, Lock Haven University Program In this Idea Exchange we will explore the concept of taking Kathryn MacDonald, Monroe College the time to imagine and create “no little plans”, by taking full The Monroe College Honors Program started two successful advantage of the resources and opportunities a university, publications--an honors newsletter and an honors literary and more specifically a global honors program, can provide magazine. Just because a program is small (200 students), for students. does not mean that it cannot write about and share big plans and ideas. (3) Aiming High: Expanding and Sharing the Honors Experience through Student Book Clubs (7) Beyond the Office: Advising in the Classroom and Edwin Aiman, San Jacinto College - North Abroad Maria Donaire-Cirsovius, San Jacinto College - North Reginald Lucien, University of South Florida Ryan Navejar, San Jacinto College - North Arnaldo Mejias, University of South Florida The realities of completion agendas and success initiatives Professional advisors have been facilitating courses,
Idea can make it difficult for even honors students to engage especially first-year seminars, for more than two decades;
Exchange in many rewarding interdisciplinary learning activities. however, honors advisors are helping to construct Extracurricular book clubs allow honor students to engage interdisciplinary courses with built-in international travel with fellow students and honors faculty with diverse areas components. We will discuss the success of our “Beyond of expertise while still meeting their academic career goals. the Classroom” courses, which incorporate short-term These communities also allow honors students to interact international travel designed to contextualize the subject with non-honors students and can serve as an important matter and develop skills necessary for success in the 21st recruiting mechanism. century.
(4) Apple Pie with Alumni: A Recipe for Success in Honors (8) Brainchild: The Art and Literary Magazine of the Mid- Alumni Relations East Honors Region Elizabeth Karper, Shippensburg University Aaron Hanlin, Kent State University Megan Lawrence, Shippensburg University Brainchild is an annual literary and arts publication Developing rewarding connections among current students comprised of work submitted by undergraduate honors and program alumni is a key component of a dynamic students from across the Mid-East Honors Region of honors program. Learn how the Shippensburg University the country. The publication is edited and published by Honors Program created a detailed alumni database and students at Kent State University. This session will highlight utilized it to initiate programming, including our “Apple the 2015 edition of Brainchild. Pie with Alumni” series, which has benefitted students and alumni alike.
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(9) Building Community in a Large Honors Program (13) Celebrating Individuality through Music Chris Bell, University of Florida AnnaMaria Jadue, Youngstown State University Nardin Derias, University of Florida This session will outline the creation and the intentions Tehquin Forbes, University of Florida of the PellaPenguins, an all-girl acapella choir at the Rhina Lara, University of Florida Youngstown State University Honors College. Through In a larger program, it can be difficult for students to feel music, this group celebrates individuality and the ability to connected to each other outside of our honors courses or work together using very different talents. the residence hall. We have worked tirelessly to create an honors community among our 3200 members. Learn about (14) Creating a Senior Honors Thesis Handbook: A our various student organizations, PRISM honors magazine, Collaborative Model H1G mentoring group, H-Camp, student blogs, NERD 5K, Glen Brewster, Westfield State University the H-Box adventure, social gatherings, partnerships with Vanessa Diana, Westfield State University the athletic association, and other events we host to make This presentation will describe collaboration among a large program feel smaller and the students feel more honors program administrators, Honors Advisory Council connected. members, and students to develop a Senior Honors Project Handbook to strengthen the quality of theses and improve (10) Building Leadership Skills with “Take the Lead communication among program administrators, committee Projects” members, and students. Theh result was an increased Ben Barnes, Southern Oregon University number and quality of theses and improved communication Haley Eck, Southern Oregon University among administrators, faculty, and students. Bri Morgan, Southern Oregon University Katie Setty, Southern Oregon University (15) Creating Community in Honors Hannah Theophil, Southern Oregon University Bo Blew, University of Central Arkansas How do you enhance leadership skills for honors students Doug Corbitt, University of Central Arkansas outside the classroom while simultaneously sparking their Colton Reinke, University of Central Arkansas creativity, prompting their community engagement, and Amber Rolland, University of Central Arkansas reinforcing their focus on the university mission? Four Cynthia Lea, University of Central Arkansas honors college students from Southern Oregon University The University of Central Arkansas Honors Council and Honors Mentor Program have developed several events and would like share their experiences in creating their “Take the Exchange incentive programs to bring honors students with widely Lead Projects.” Idea varying interests together to create a sense of community (11) Building Unity through Community -- Developing and continued interest in honors. Tomorrow’s Leaders Today Julie Gonzales, Elmhurst College (16) Developing an Alumni Mentor Program Hannah Stewart, Elmhurst College Helene Klein, Arcadia University Hannah Vaselaney, Elmhurst College I will bring materials that showcase how Arcadia has Mentoring honors students to be tomorrow’s leaders developed, over the last three years, a thriving Alumni involves embracing leadership as a crucial component Mentor program. The materials will include applications, within the honors experience. Student leaders in the mentor and mentee bio booklets, marketing materials from Elmhurst College Honors Program, while being mentored formal events, and pictures from events. by their administrative advisor, visualize, organize, and (17) DSU Participation Points implement the program’s annual New Member Retreat. Amber Thoeny, Dickinson State University This event not only gives rise to current leaders, but it also Dickinson State University has many opportunities for inspires future leaders today. Our sense of community students to participate in extracurricular activities, campus motivates members to realize their full potential-to make no events, and sporting events. Imagine a points system that little plans. rewarded students who participated in these activities and (12) Celebrating Cultures: Using Leadership Skills to events, whether by simply being a spectator and showing Revitalizing Engagement support or actually being involved. Greta Diem, Arcadia University This presentation is on using leadership skills to host events in the honors program, and to motivate students to engage. www.nchchonors.org 123 IDEA EXCHANGE
(18) Employment with a Purpose (22) Global Citizenship: Bringing a Worldly View to the Amy Couto, Bridgewater State University Local Inner-City School The Bridgewater State University Honors Program uses an Jeehyun Helen Bae, University of Alabama Birmingham innovative structure for student employment that offers its Global Citizenship is a concept not addressed early predominantly working class or underprivileged student enough in the American school system. We will discuss the staff a professional development experience not unlike a challenges and strategies in the education of America’s paid internship. This presentation will provide an overview inner city students. The Global Citizenship Program raises of this employment strategy, which encourages students to awareness and increases knowledge of cultural diversity apply their studies and interests directly to their work. and the importance of global citizenship. It motivates students to take a closer look at the local or global issues (19) Encouraging Undergraduate Research: The Thesis that they are passionate about and actually take action. and Beyond Diane Facinelli, Purdue University (23) Grand Canyon Semester The thesis is the predominant model of undergraduate George Gumerman, Northern Arizona University research engagement for many honors colleges and Rene Horne, Northern Arizona University programs. Some universities are seeking more opportunities Ted Martinez, Northern Arizona University for students to engage in and acquire research skills. What The Grand Canyon Semester is a life-changing immersion models exist that address these needs and how do they in the greater Grand Canyon region. Students with a interface and impact the honors experience? variety of interests and passions come from across the US to join research faculty to investigate the Grand Canyon. (20) Game On! Honors Visit Day and Team Trivia On backcountry field trips, in classrooms and art galleries, Challenge Activity around campfires, and floating down the river, they Elizabeth Nawrot, Minnesota State University Moorhead confront the challenges of these diverse natural and cultural Samantha Szczesny, Minnesota State University landscapes. Participants are pushed to consider the world Moorhead through different lenses. The honors program created an Honors Visit Day in combination with a Team Trivia Challenge and invited (24) Homeless for the Night students in high school National Honor Society chapters to Rayann Atway, Youngstown State University form teams and challenge students in the honors program Natalie Halavick, Youngstown State University to trivia matches. Students and their families were invited Sara O’Kane, Youngstown State University for a private visit day that included a campus tour, lunch, To raise awareness about and increase action for addressing Idea and trivia. It was a fun and educational way to promote the homelessness in the Mahoning Valley, Youngstown State Exchange honors program in the community and to bring students University honors students are involved in an annual service together. project known as Shantytown. This session will demonstrate how this event is beneficial to those in need, but also the (21) Global Citizens: How Study Abroad Opportunities impact participation has on the honors students. Enhance the Honors Mission Samantha Kessler, Roger Williams University (25) Honors Capstone Experience: Evolution of an This session will address the significance of study abroad Honors Student opportunities for honors students. It will outline the ways in Elizabeth Peter, University of North Florida which honors students have capitalized on opportunities to To culminate their experience in honors and refine their enhance both their study abroad and honors experiences. reflection skills, UNF honors students complete a capstone The Honors Program at RWU places great emphasis on experience in their senior year that fits their aspirations and being local and global citizens. Examples of honors student pushes them to reflect on their collegiate accomplishments. civic engagement abroad in Australia and Jamaica will They select their project while considering how it relates be exhibited and linked to how the goals of this honors to their experience in honors, and they work with honors program are fulfilled. faculty mentors who help them refine their reflection skills.
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(26) Honors College Town Hall (31) How is Science Effectively Incorporated Into a Jeremiah Atkinson, South Dakota State University Liberal Education? The purpose of the South Dakota State University Fishback Emily Illingworth, University of Maine Honors College town hall is to engage students, faculty, The purpose of this idea exchange is to compare and and friends in a meaningful and compelling conversation contrast the study of humanities with science. We will about a specific idea. Past topics of this town hall have discuss experiences from students and teachers involved in included academic rigor in honors, increasing faculty/ an Honors science course and will further investigate if, and student engagement, and managing stress while finding how, a science class can be effectively implemented into a balance in honors. Town hall reflects the college’s values of liberal education. multidisciplinary approaches, faculty/student interaction, campus engagement, and building community. (32) Humor as a Collaborative Method: Enhancing Honors Course Design (27) Honors Congress: The Official Student Organization Terri Bednarz, Loyola University New Orleans of The Burnett Honors College Edwin Unzalu, Loyola University New Orleans Taylor Scimeca, University of Central Florida We discuss a model for promoting collaborative research Annalise Sigona, University of Central Florida and publication in the development of a student textbook The Burnett Honors College would like to share its official regarding humor in the Bible. As part of an honors program, student organization, Honors Congress during the Idea a course was designed by a professor and an honors thesis Exchange. The unique nature of the organization and student to promote peer-to-peer and teacher-to-student leadership can benefit those looking to expand their own research for publication. We discuss the learning and student opportunities within honors programs. The Burnett outcome of this project. We will critique the process of Honors College will be displaying a poster board and engaged learning in such a project and conceptualize the supplemental paper materials to accurately portray the lessons learned. scope of Honors Congress. (33) Increasing Hispanic and other Minority Student (28) Honors In Action: How the BSU Honors Student Participation in Honors Programs Congress is a Service Power-House Joseph Holliday, El Camino College Ashleigh Bell, Bridgewater State University Nadine Bermudez, East Los Angeles College Bethanie Carvin, Bridgewater State University Honors programs in colleges with rapidly growing Exchange Emily Wiegand, Bridgewater State University Latino populations should reach out to and increase the Idea Honors in Action: Learn how Bridgewater State University’s percentage of Latino/minority students in order to reflect Honors Student Congress has been recognized by the the changing nature of the college’s student body. This university as a leading service organization that encourages effort would reduce an internal social stratification of social change through themed service projects. The Service the student body and decrease the elitist reputation of Committee has demonstrated the ability to impact both an honors program. There are various efforts an honors local and international communities. program can make to increase the Latino participation, especially in colleges with rapidly growing Hispanic (29) Honors Journal at University of Colorado-Boulder populations. Ellen Waddle, University of Colorado at Boulder Members of the Honors Journal Editorial Board at (34) Innovative Math and Science Courses in the the University of Colorado-Boulder will be hosting a Interdisciplinary Honors Core conversation about the challenges and strategies in Mike Pinter, Belmont University creating a journal for exemplary undergraduate work across Jonathan Thorndike, Belmont University all disciplines. We hope to learn about new ways to improve The Belmont University Honors Program includes a core thisjournal by exchanging ideas with other student groups. curriculum that integrates mathematics and science “Analytics” courses into the humanities curriculum. Rather (30) Honors Publishes Collection of Essays, Book of Love than introductory courses to be avoided, Belmont’s Jordan Nichols, South Dakota State University “Analytics: Math” and “Analytics: Science” courses combine The Honors Book of Love is a bound collection of students’ the best of innovative pedagogy, active learning, problem essays on love. An honors student was the book’s editor, solving, a lab component, and a “cool” factor that students and another was its graphic designer. This Idea Exchange appreciate. The presentation focuses on integrating math will highlight the book’s contents and describe the steps in and science into the humanities core effectively. its publication, which culminated in a reading and signing celebration. www.nchchonors.org 125 IDEA EXCHANGE
(35) International Classrooms at the Summer and (39) La Salle University Honors Program: Stucture and Winter Schools Community Irena van Nynatten-Janikowska, University of Applied Julie Gutekunst, La Salle University Science Amsterdam James McNamee, La Salle University The European Business Summer School offers honors Jake Parisi, La Salle University students the unique opportunity to study a module in Rachel Piecyk, La Salle University European business skills during a two-week intensive This session will discuss how the structure of our program course. and our living community support each other. Freshman students take yearlong classes in history, literature, and (36) International Education across the Disciplines philosophy (called the Triple) and also live together in Julie Villegas, University of Washington an honors-specific portion of the dorm. Each week the Honors International Education engages students in program takes students to various cultural activities in the community-based research projects within small diverse city of Philadelphia that coincide with the curriculum of the research groups. Triple courses.
(37) Introducing Advocacy Into Honors Public Speaking (40) LIVE. LEARN. INTERN. in Washington, D.C. Jennifer Tiernan, Wichita State University Dana Faught, DC Internships - The Fund for American In the fall of 2014 and spring of 2015, honors public Studies speaking students at Wichita State University incorporated The Fund for American Studies sponsors academic the concept of advocacy into their traditional honors public internship programs Washington, DC each summer and speaking course. Students worked with local non-profits semester. Programs include transferable credit, housing and created speeches based on the missions of these and an internship placement. Program areas of focus groups and the students’ experiences volunteering with include: public policy, economics and international affairs; the organizations. This research explores student responses journalism, communications & PR; business & government to the course and recommendations for further course affairs, nonprofit sector & community service. development. (41) Make No Little Honors Programming Plans: The (38) It’s Not Four Years. It’s Family. Best of our Last 400 Activities! Melanie Books, Longwood University Tracie Burke, Christian Brothers University Ashley Fox, Longwood University RaKesha Gray, Christian Brothers University Alex Jolly, Longwood University Although small, the CBU Honors Program provides an Christie Mertz, Longwood University Idea immense and intense array of extracurricular programming, Emily Spittle, Longwood University
Exchange over 100 activities a year. From a Disney dance to Harry Meghan West, Longwood University Potter World; Deliberate Acts of Kindness to “How to Work What will honors do for me? That is a question every a Room”; award-winning short films to the largest service collegiate honors program hears. The prospective students initiative in our university’s history, we are always making want some sort of recompense or award, something big plans that make a huge difference. In this fast-paced tangible that reflects their accomplishments. But honors presentation, we will share the best activities of our last four is so much more. Honors is a foundation, a source of years and ask you to share yours. support and encouragement among students, and an experience that teaches students how to become citizen leaders through various opportunities and involvements like community service and leadership positions within the Honors Student Association.
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(42) Make No Little Service: September of Service and (46) Mentors Wanted Helping Hands October Adam Andresen, California University of Pennsylvania Tracie Burke, Christian Brothers University Jared Sofranko, California University of Pennsylvania Abigail Lockard, Christian Brothers University The California University of Pennsylvania University Honors Raymond McGinnis, III, Christian Brothers University Program is looking to solicit feedback regarding its newly Angela Selby, California University of Pennsylvania formed coaching committee and how it can improve the Christian Brothers University’s September of Service: service offered. They are also willing to reciprocate the 30 Days of Good Deeds (SOS) and California University feedback to other students who may have questions or of Pennsylvania’s Helping Hands October (H2O) are concerns about their own honors program. two month-long service initiatives, started by honors students, that allow their universities to give back to their (47) Minecraft as an Educational Tool communities in Memphis, Tennessee, and California, Jared McNeil, University of Louisville Pennsylvania. This presentation will focus on the execution Minecraft is a game with millions of players and a large of each initiative, including tips on how to start your own. following among youth at primary and secondary schools. While the game contains aspects often left out of the (43) Making History “Real”: 9-11 Commemorative classroom, the game can be applied as an innovative Programming educational practice used to teach science, the arts, Kristin DeLuca, University of Pittsburgh engineering, and philosophy. This idea is explored through Helen Fallon, Point Park University relationships between in-game devices and content areas, History quickly becomes distant information in a book, and adaptations of in-game attributes to educational magazine, newspaper article, or film when it is not content areas. something students experienced directly. Bringing history alive for students so that they can engage firsthand is (48) More Than Checking a Box: A Quest for Meaningful a needed focus in honors programming. This session Health Service will present the 2014 collaboration between Point Adam Kloha, Central Michigan University Park University’s Honors Program and the University of Louise Sawaya, Central Michigan University Pittsburgh’s Honors College in commemorating the 9-11 Baleigh Schuler, Central Michigan University anniversary. Exploration of ideas for other campuses will be Jessica Sharkey, Central Michigan University included The Honors Health Service Society (HHSS) is a new student Exchange Idea (44) Making Living-Learning Communities a Platform organization at Central Michigan University. HHSS provides for Success meaningful, long-term, health-related service opportunities Reginald Lucien, University of South Florida to Honors students while promoting community health Discussing the value of strategic programming in living- education. The founding executive board will discuss goals learning communities can increase student’s opportunities reached, challenges faced, and future plans--none of them for success. Honors living learning communities are a great small. place to establish innovative practices that help students reach their personal and professional goals. I hope to lead and exciting conversation about ideas to help professional staff and faculty have a greater impact on student engagement within living-learning communities.
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(49) Musical Chairs: Bridgewater State University (53) Planning with Students: Finding Honors Student Honors Student Congress’s Leadership Training Voices through Advisory Boards Program Shirmeen Ahmad, Eastern Illinois University Kasey Andrade, Bridgewater State University Richard England, Eastern Illinois University Edward Bachta, Bridgewater State University Hannah Osborne, Eastern Illinois University Ashleigh Bell, Bridgewater State University An honors college student advisory board was revived, Adam Costa, Bridgewater State University inspired by a campus-wide model of student advisory Danielle Dupuis, Bridgewater State University boards. The bylaws were adapted to ensure that all parts of Jamie Wild, Bridgewater State University the honors student body were represented. We will share Learn how students from the Bridgewater State University ideas about how to create an effective advisory board, how Honors Student Congress established a leadership training to make it work for honors students, and how to cooperate program to survive the graduation of its founding members with other existing honors college governing bodies. and to develop honors students into leaders within the Positives and negatives will be shared to help those who organization and university community. want to include student voices.
(50) No Small Plans in Service (54) Presenting a Proposal to Beautify an On-Campus Shannon Patterson, Dickinson State University Walkway Amber Thoeny, Dickinson State University Ryan Micsky, Gannon University Dickinson State University’s Theodore Roosevelt Honors Struck with an idea, thirteen freshmen of the honors Leadership Program requires service learning. Honors program at Gannon University banded together to propose students can complete their service through any a mural that would beautify the white wall of a parking organization of their choice and must reflect on the garage located on a campus walkway. Students prepared a benefits of their community involvement. In addition presentation and a proposal for the dean, who helped guide to the completion of ninety service hours, students are them in their next steps. Realizing that this is no small feat, required to take a service-learning course that assists them they enlisted the help of faculty and community members in improving their leadership skills and allows them to take and are now on their way to making this project a reality. their service learning worldwide. (55) Redefining the Classroom: Immersion Courses (51) Oral Exit Exam Teach Cultural Diversity Jacci White, Saint Leo University Jessica Dove, Eastern Kentucky University The oral exit exam is a required component in a one credit Simon Mikulcik, Eastern Kentucky University
Idea hour course that is taken after course work is completed Mandie Peterman, Eastern Kentucky University
Exchange but before starting the final research project. This session Each year, the Eastern Kentucky University Honors Program will include the oral exit exam description and assessment immerses students in a cultural region of the US as part rubric, sample questions, course descriptions, sample of an honors diversity or social science course between oral exit exam responses, a core text list, preparation the fall and spring semesters. Representatives will analyze strategies, oral exit exam results, and the struggles of the the effectiveness and practicality of immersion courses in implementation process. honors.
(52) Partners in the Parks: A Transformative Learning (56) Regional Literary Magazines: Creativity and Community Management William Atwill, University of North Carolina Wilmington Austin Murdaugh, University of Alabama Birmingham Kathleen B. King, Hillsborough Community College Samantha Richardson, University of Alabama Using multidisciplinary pedagogy, experiential Birmingham engagement, and personal development to provide Caitlin Carcerano, University of New Mexico pertinent academic and intellectual connections to the Sanctuary, the Southern Regional Honors Council Arts U.S. National Park System, the NCHC Partners in the Parks Journal, and Scribendi, the Western Regional Honors program is an affordable week-long camping experience Council Journal, are dedicated to publishing creative work designed specifically for honors students. This exciting from honors students in the southeastern and western program is offered all over the U.S. regions respectively. This year they will promote their 2015 editions, field questions about their process, and encourage submissions.
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(57) Research Uncorked (62) Slippery Rock Honors Program Great Books: Victoria Bocchicchio, Kent State University Ancient Greek Culture The Idea Exchange will include flyers from several “Research Jaclynn Choma, Slippery Rock University Uncorked” events, and the honors program director will be Alissa Gemmell, Slippery Rock University on hand to talk about this exciting new program. Aaron Onufrak, Slippery Rock University Presenters will highlight the Great Books: Ancient Greek (58) Sanctuary Literary Magazine: Creativity and Culture course offered through Slippery Rock University’s Management Honors Program. This interactive course will be explained in Austin Murdaugh, University of Alabama Birmingham terms of what the students gained by supplementing the Samantha Richardson, University of Alabama class work with an international trip. Details will be provided Birmingham on the literature, structure, and history of the course to Sanctuary, the Southern Regional Honors Council Arts further show how this type of course can be utilized at other Journal, serves as an annual creative outlet for over eighty institutions by not only studying in Greece but also other institutions. The publication accepts a variety of work, countries. including poetry, prose, and visual art. This year, Sanctuary seeks to promote the 2015 edition of the magazine and (63) STOP the Texts, STOP the Wrecks: Texting and increase participation in terms of submissions and editors. Driving Awareness Campaign Takes Off At Dickinson State (59) See the Big Picture: Studying Abroad to Expand Trevor Conrad, Dickinson State University Your Horizons Jalyn Klauzer, Dickinson State University Samantha Anderson, Youngstown State University Margaret Marcusen, Dickinson State University Making the decision to travel to a foreign country to When reflecting on college students, a trait that comes learn about its culture and language is something that to mind is carelessness, whether it be concerning school can become overwhelming and scary to many students. work, a job, cleanliness, or driving. A serious problem with This Idea Exchange will provide details on international far reaching effects that many students fail to consider is programs, alternative fundraisers, ways to cope with texting while driving. Inspired by the death of a former one’s new environment, and the expected benefits of honor student, the Theodore Roosevelt Honors Leadership participating in such a life-altering journey. Program (TRHLP) has taken on the challenge of beginning
a Texting and Driving Awareness Campaign on campus. Exchange (60) Service, Education, and Fun: Spring Break in Honors In only its first year, the TRHLP has partnered with many Idea Kirstyn Fiala, South Dakota State University organizations about raising awareness in Dickinson on This exchange of ideas will focus on how integrating this issue through events and exposure that will hopefully service, education, and fun opportunities into an alternative impact others. Members of the honors program at DSU are spring break trip can benefit honors students, faculty, and divided into three groups that take on different roles of programs by combining new and unique experiences with the initiative, including Implementing Awareness, Building service learning, opportunities for growth, community Relationships, and Funding and Grants. These groups hone building, and civic engagement. their leadership skills by making contact with partners, (61) Shaping an Honors Identity in First-Year Honors organizing events on and off campus, and developing Students messages for our campaign that will influence others to Susan Carrafiello, Wright State University refrain from texting and driving. This movement has led to Christine Reedy, Wright State University extra volunteer opportunities, additional chances to grow, Alex Wenning, Wright State University and eventually saving lives. Wright State University uses a systematic series of events and support services to shape an honors identity in its approximately 330 first-year honors students. This Idea Exchange will explore these multiple strategies, including social media, honors-specific orientation sessions, honors learning communities, special honors advising, peer mentoring, and unique social and academic programs.
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(64) Stirring the Blab for Non-Credit: Coffeehouse and (68) The Compass: The Logistics of an Online Scholarly UAB Honors Journal Eric Mobley, University of Alabama Birmingham Emily Radman, Arcadia University William J. Rushton, University of Alabama Birmingham The Compass, Arcadia University’s student-run online, Brian Steele, University of Alabama Birmingham peer-reviewed, scholarly journal, has recently expanded Amanda Viikinsalo, University of Alabama Birmingham to include a business division in order to find innovative From symposia to salons to book clubs, humans have been solutions specific to logistical issues. This presentation gathering for centuries to engage in discussion spurred by will help other students looking to start their own online diverse views and voices. Our presentation on Coffeehouse journals tackle issues specific to start up logistics and -- the twice-monthly rendezvous of brains and banter increasing online presence. wherein students, faculty, and friends of the UAB University Honors Program converse as equals on topics ranging from (69) The Gardner-Webb Honors Olympics: How Honors affordable healthcare to the role of the humanities -- will Classes Can Affect Campus Life stress the value of such gatherings and encourage fellow Aaron Horner, Gardner-Webb University honors programs to follow suit. Kevin Mills, Gardner-Webb University Marissa Richardson, Gardner-Webb University (65) Structuring a Student Honors Government: The Gardner-Webb University Honors Olympics was Expecting the Unexpected designed to promote physical and social wellness. This Angela Selby, California University of Pennsylvania display explores the organization, planning, and execution John Troutman, California University of Pennsylvania of this campus-wide event sparked by an honors classroom Strong leadership and effective communication are experience. defining qualities of any organization. These are not possible without a strong backbone. California University of (70) The Honors Alumni Network Pennsylvania’s Student Honors Advisory Board has prided Kathryn MacDonald, Monroe College itself on its constitution, which was written in 2010 and This Idea Exchange urges audience members to come recently revised. The successes and advancement of this and discuss strategies to connect with and utilize honors organization are credited to this innate document. alumni. As we all know, honors alumni are some of the best resources for current honors students and illustrate (66) Student-Led Honors Program Service Requirement the benefits of an honors education. Please come and Haley Grassi, Clarkson University hear about our successes and areas for improvement in Kathleen O’Leary, Clarkson University maintaining an honors alumni network.
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Exchange The Clarkson University Honors Program requires its (71) The Hunger Banquet: A Veritable Feast students to complete forty service hours upon graduation. Rebecca Dominguez, Nyack College Haley Grassi and Lauren Smales, the co-chairs of the Anita DosSantos, Nyack College student-led service committee, will bring an interesting Jonathan Gates, Nyack College perspective on what it means to be in honors and Looking for a fresh, innovative approach to engage student perform community service. They will speak on ways the leaders and challenge your college and local community committee is run, difficulties they face when working on the to rethink perennial social problems? We will describe and committee, and methods they use to inspire others in the explain the goals, methods, and outcomes of our annual program to perform service. Hunger Banquet, a student initiative that unites scholarship (67) Studying Abroad for Honors College Students and service. Kristina Kohuth, Florida Atlantic University Studying abroad is an important aspect of honors education. This information session focuses on different types of study abroad programs and how the format of the programs can apply to honors college students.
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(72) The Lamar Community Garden: From Dining Hall (75) The UNCW Wilmington Fellows Mentoring Program Dumpster to Dining Room Table Ashley DeMey, University of North Carolina Wilmington David Devers, Lamar University Tiffany Ernst,University of North Carolina Wilmington Bette Paredez, Lamar University Jennifer Horan, University of North Carolina Wilmington The Lamar Community Garden is an innovative project Mary Jaskowiak, University of North Carolina in sustainably grown food driven by Reaud Honors Wilmington College students. Using only natural fertilizers produced Katherine E. Bruce, University of North Carolina from kitchen scraps and mulched in a special area of the Wilmington garden, we grow fresh produce that is distributed to the The Wilmington Fellows program at UNC Wilmington community through the local food bank, soup kitchens, offers a series of workshops and special mentoring to a and trucks serving food deserts. Our volunteers learn about select group of honors college students who make an early the properties of native plants, insect-plant relationships, commitment to participate in faculty-mentored research growing seasons, birds, and sustainable practices. and creative discovery to prepare for national fellowships and graduate school. At the Idea Exchange, we will describe (73) The NSCS Experience: Scholarship, Leadership and examples of the Fellows’ engagement at UNCW and Service the positive impact they are having on the honors and Christopher Trujillo, National Society of Collegiate university communities. Scholars Terin Bufford, National Society of Collegiate Scholars (76) There’s an App for That Stacia Wompierski, National Society of Collegiate Lindsey Flagg, Purdue University Calumet Scholars Jessi VanKley, Purdue University Calumet The National Society of Collegiate Scholars (NSCS) is a After many trials and errors of finding ways to communicate premiere honor society for high-achieving students on to honors students, the honors college at Purdue University four-year, two-year and online college campuses. Present Calumet has enhanced its technological presence by rolling on more than 300 college campuses nationwide, the “NSCS out an app for smartphone users using an app-creating Experience” has helped to improve student involvement as a platform called Team App. This helps increase overall whole and supports the needs of affiliated honors programs communication and access to students’ lives by housing all through signature programming, benefits, and scholarships important information as well as providing an opportunity Exchange for members. We would like to share the advantages of for students to reach out and contact other students to having an NSCS chapter on your campus. make connections on the go. Idea
(74) The Rich Center for Autism and the Honors College (77) TSD’s: Fostering Community through Food at YSU: Benefits of Volunteerism Elizabeth Banfield,Gardner-Webb University Allan Metz, Youngstown State University Jonathan Goldenberg, Gardner-Webb University This session will describe YSU’s involvement with the Rich Brooke Rampy, Gardner-Webb University Center for Autism through volunteerism around certain Try Something Different events or TSD’s are a monthly holidays. This relationship is loved by students and has event that allows the honors community to grow while created greater autism awareness within the university. This experiencing the food and culture of another country. session will explore the benefits from this relationship to the These events help take students out of their comfort zone students and volunteers and to the Rich Center. by pushing them to try cuisine that they would never be exposed to normally. TSD’s create a bond through shared experiences based around diverse cultures and the unique dining experiences that they offer.
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(78) Undergraduate Research: Making Your Research (82) ‘The Art of the Humanities Assignment’ Book and Count Website Project Mckenzie Merritt, Florida Atlantic University Timothy Berg, Ball State University This program will begin by discussing how to get into So many of us have great assignments we use in our undergraduate research. While many students may have classes every semester but sharing those assignments found one way into research, there are many different with our colleagues isn’t as easy as it could be. The Art of avenues available at most universities. I will discuss how to the Humanities Assignment project seeks to collect short find locations to do research as well as research topics, and vignettes describing the best humanities-related classroom how to develop this research into an undergraduate thesis. assignment you’ve ever given or received and to create a place where we all can learn from the classroom wisdom of (79) Using Google Forms for Gathering Honors Program our peers. Stop by to share your best assignments or learn Data at Smaller Universities and Colleges more about the project and how you can contribute. Allison Lenhardt, Wingate University Google Forms surveys can help honors program directors (83) NCHC National Center for Honors Education in plan changes that have a positive impact on program Washington, D.C. scheduling and retention. This presentation will discuss Eugene Alpert, NCHC Affiliate using Google Forms to gather data about honors program NCHC has embarked on a new venture to create a National students so that program directors can assess whether Center for Honors Education in Washington, D.C., beginning students are on track to graduate with honors, identify with a minimum of 24-30 beds in summer 2016. Institutions students’ concerns and interests, and predict whether will be able to lease apartments in a secure, professional- specific courses should be offered and when they should be style building located in the core of Washington, D.C., scheduled. close to a Metro Station. The presenters will be available to talk with interested administrators who may want to (80) Visibility: Make No Little Effort either bring or send students to Washington. Dr. Alpert Elizabeth Urig, Youngstown State University will discuss research, seminar, and internship possibilities, Kayla Zitello, Youngstown State University while Mr. Hershey will discuss the housing proposed for Honors programs have much to offer their respective the summer and fall of 2016. Ms. Kennedy will talk about campuses. It is challenging to bring awareness to the the long-term project of a full building dedicated to NCHC campus community about the honors program; however, member institutions. Preliminary information about leasing, visibility facilitates having a far-reaching impact that pricing, and services will be available. All three will be benefits the whole campus. This presentation will shine available throughout the day on Friday in the registration Idea light on ways that the Youngstown State University honors area to begin to collect declarations of interest from honors Exchange students have increased their visibility. directors.
(81) YSUSHI: Engaging Young Scholars (84) An Informal Breakfast Discussion about Honors Kirstie Feorene, Youngstown State University Education and the Work of the ACCU Katina Landgraff,Youngstown State University Join Michael Galligan-Stierle, President of the Association of The future of any program is only as good as its young Catholic Colleges and Universities, for an informal breakfast members. Summer Honors Institute, a weeklong discussion about Honors education and the work of the Youngstown State summer program, aims to draw in ACCU. All welcome! exemplary students. “YSUSHI” exposes high school students to a unique, college-like setting they would not otherwise (85) NCHC Honors Semesters Committee have the chance to experience. Alix Fink, Longwood University Sara Quay, Endicott College Visit our Idea Exchange table to learn about upcoming opportunities for experiential education and faculty training from the NCHC Honors Semesters Committee.
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Best Honors Administrative Practices (BHAP)
Friday, November 13, 2015
9:00 AM - 10:50 AM 12:00 PM - 1:50 PM BEST HONORS ADMINISTRATIVE PRACTICES BEST HONORS ADMINISTRATIVE PRACTICES Columbus A Columbus A Creating, Redesigning, and Using Honors Space(s) Annual Reports: Gathering Your Data, Telling Your Story, Linda Frost, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Selling Your Program This session will focus on how dedicated honors spaces Andrew Cognard-Black, St. Mary’s College of Maryland on campus can support the mission of the honors Rosalie Otero, University of New Mexico program or college. In particular, it will consider ways Hallie Savage, NCHC Executive Director that honors residential, instructional, administrative, Bob Spurrier, Oklahoma State University and student spaces support our creation of community The practice of building an honors program review and the overall honors experience for our students and process is begun with annual reports. Systematic faculty. Different forms of these spaces will be discussed data collection will provide important direction for as well as strategies for designing the space you need programmatic growth and development. With a and finding the resources to acquire and maintain it. database in place,an honors program can adjust its curriculum. These annual reports can be disseminated 9:00 AM - 10:50 AM widely on campus and increase program visibility while BEST HONORS ADMINISTRATIVE PRACTICES acknowledging contributions to the honors program. Columbus B Recruiting and Admitting Honors Students 12:00 PM - 1:50 PM Richard Badenhausen, Westminster College BEST HONORS ADMINISTRATIVE PRACTICES Kathleen B. King, Hillsborough Community College Columbus B There is no single way to recruit and admit students, Developing a Coherent Honors Curriculum but the session’s organizers will share some of their Rick Scott, University of Central Arkansas experiences recruiting and admitting high caliber Patricia Smith, University of Central Arkansas Signature students. Along the way, we will discuss a variety of This session will investigate strategies for bringing Programs topics: What are predictors of success in honors? What honors sections of general education courses, do we mean by “fit”? How is the admissions process honors-specific courses, honors by contract courses, tied to retention and program completion rates? How and other honors experiences together to forge a might current students and other advocates be used in coherent curriculum. This session will provide examples recruiting? from our experiences in developing, mapping, and implementing a coherent curriculum at the University of Central Arkansas and invite participants to bring examples of curriculum mapping and development at their own institutions.
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12:00 PM - 1:50 PM Saturday, November 14, 2015 BEST HONORS ADMINISTRATIVE PRACTICES Columbus B 10:00 AM - 11:50 AM First-Year Experiences and Honors BEST HONORS ADMINISTRATIVE PRACTICES Melissa Johnson, University of Florida Columbus A Jennifer Kosco, DePaul University Honors Advising David Metzger, Old Dominion University Jessica Roark, Oklahoma State University Victoria Williams, Alvernia University Lisa Schwebel, City University of New York-Brooklyn With an increased emphasis on student retention College between the first and second year, what strategies have This session will provide opportunities to collaborate colleges and universities adopted to aid students in and discuss the best practices for addressing some succeeding in the first year in preparation for a lifetime of the common issues, as well as those unique to of learning? Moreover, how have honors programs and each type of program or college, that students face colleges specifically developed First Year Experience acclimating to college life and participating in honors, programs to aid their students? Participants are invited such as developing independence, selecting a major, to bring their own questions, examples, and materials to and completing a thesis. This session will create a best share with attendees. practices tool bag for the most common challenges an honors advisor will face. 2:00 PM - 3:50 PM BEST HONORS ADMINISTRATIVE PRACTICES 10:00 AM - 11:50 AM Columbus A BEST HONORS ADMINISTRATIVE PRACTICES Honors Living/Learning Communities Columbus B Marsha Driscoll, Bemidji State University Developing Faculty to Become Successful Honors Rebecca Oliver, Arkansas State University Teachers Art Spisak, University of Iowa Jack Rhodes, The Citadel Leanne Wood Ph.D., Salisbury University Elaine Torda, Orange County Community College Whether they be small communities based within pre- John Zubizarreta, Columbia College existing housing, new housing constructed for the sole What does it take to be a successful honors teacher? purpose of facilitating a living/learning community, What faculty development strategies help to identify, or multiple facilities that house several separate support, and reward good honors teaching? In this communities, these living and learning options are session, we will provide a framework for developing becoming more popular and more prevalent on college successful honors pedagogy, model effective practices, campuses across the United States. The workshop and invite participants to share their own philosophies facilitators will share their own experiences as they relate and practices as honors instructors and administrators. to living/learning communities. Programs Signature Signature 12:00 PM - 1:50 PM 2:00 PM - 3:50 PM BEST HONORS ADMINISTRATIVE PRACTICES BEST HONORS ADMINISTRATIVE PRACTICES Columbus A Columbus B From Orientation to Capstone: Connecting the Honors Coordinating Honors Programs and Colleges across Experience throughout and across the Years Campuses Brooke Hessler, Oklahoma City University Lucy Laufe, Montgomery College Eric Odum, Oklahoma City University Stacy Rice, Northern Virginia Community College Karen Youmans, Oklahoma City University Julia Fennell, Community College of Allegheny College The presenters will share strategies for creating How does an honors director, coordinator, or dean points of contact between students and across facilitate multi-campus, or multi-program honors courses to encourage retention, community-building, units? What challenges do administrators face with and integrative learning and invite participants to coordinating efforts across campuses and academic units? exchange ideas from their own programs. Topics will The workshop facilitators will share their experiences include: involving upper-division students in first-year managing multi-campus honors and scholars programs experiences, peer mentoring, parallel course structures, and explain how their time at two-year colleges might multi-course service-learning partnerships, student- aid in the administration of any two- or four-year honors leadership councils, and social media. program or college. Participants are invited to share.
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City as TextTM Explorations
When Chicago architect Daniel Burnham said “make no little plans” he captured some fundamental beliefs about our country and the people who live in it. As NCHC celebrates its 50th anniversary, and students and colleagues from honors programs around the world gather to collaboratively learn and share ideas, we recognize the perseverance and creativity involved in Burnham’s statement.
City as Text™, developed by NCHC’s Honors Semesters Committee, invites you to spend Thursday, November 12 exploring Chicago to get a sense of this wonderful city, seeking out streets, neighborhoods,institutions, art and architecture that illustrate the rest of Burnham’s directive to “Make big plans; aim high in hope and work...Think big.”
Be sure your travel plans bring you into Chicago before 11:00 a.m. Thursday, November 12, and be prepared to spend the entire afternoon in this session. During the 11 a.m. CAT Orientation Session, more individualized assignments and maps will be distributed, along with directions to travel on foot or via public transportation. Bring comfortable walking shoes and dress for the Chicago weather which may be cool. Participants will purchase a quick lunch en route to their exploration destination.
1. Architectural Chicago 5. Chinatown Chicago’s architecture is a feast for the eyes, and a Chicago’s first Chinese immigrants arrived in the 1870’s trip through history. Explore everything from an 80- and settled in the South Loop. Only a few blocks foot fountain to the famous Wrigley Building to the square, Chicago’s Chinatown has a dense population Michigan Avenue Bridge, numerous theaters, and the of 10,000. This neighborhood is an exceptional economic heart of the Midwest. microcosm of Asian culture that includes traditional Chinese groceries and other shops. 2. Boystown The first gay community to be officially recognized in 6. Gold Coast the United States, Boystown has been named as the Century-old stone mansions rub shoulders with world’s most “incomparable” gay neighborhood. The contemporary high rises in the Gold Coast community. center of gay, lesbian and transgender life in Chicago, Chicago’s power brokers live here, captains of the area includes the Center on Halsted, a vibrant commerce, the high society set, even the city’s Signature community center, as well as restaurants, clubs, and Roman Catholic archbishop. Highlights include the Programs architecture. architecturally and historically significant Astor Street district and the striking swath of luxury apartments 3. Chicago Cultural Center along Lakeshore Drive. Originally opened in 1897, this beautiful Chicago Landmark building was originally the city’s central 7. Jane Addams Hull House on the UIC Campus library. Located across from Millennium Park, the The University of Illinois at Chicago is an architecturally Chicago Cultural Center serves the community interesting campus that has gone through several through programs in the visual, performing, and periods of intense building. Hull House, on the literary arts each year and is headquarters to the campus, is an historic memorial to Jane Addams, her Chicago Children’s Choir. innovative settlement house programs and associates, and the neighborhood they served. The museum is 4. Chicago History Museum an internationally recognized symbol of multicultural Located in Lincoln Park, the Chicago History Museum understanding, reflecting a tradition of social service examines the past, present and future of the city. and reform, educational innovation, and urban The museum, which was founded in 1856, is home research. to millions of authentic items from Chicago and U.S. history. An exhibit on Chicago Authors opens in Fall 2015. There is a fee associated with entry to the museum (no more than $20). www.nchchonors.org 135 NCHC SIGNATURE PROGRAM SCHEDULES
8. Lakeview/Belmont Ave. 11. Navy Pier Located just north of the city, the Lakeview The most popular destination in Illinois, the Navy Pier’s community is as diverse in its landmarks as it is in past is as interesting as its present. The original campus its population. Adjacent to Wrigley Park, Boystown, of the University of Chicago was here before the Navy Lincoln Park and the lakefront, this vibrant Pier transformed into the recreation and entertainment neighborhood has something for everyone. destination it is today including the Chicago Children’s Lincoln Park & Neighborhood Museum, the Crystal Gardens, the Chicago Shakespeare Chicago’s largest park, Lincoln Park combines Theater, and the Smith Museum of Stained Glass beaches, bird refuges, and walking trails with Windows, and a Ferris Wheel. museums, public art, and the Lincoln Park Zoo. 12. Old Town Explore this green space, the zoo (which is free!) and Originally home to a large German immigrant nearby Armitage, Halsted, and Webster Streets. population, Old Town combines the past and the present in its architecture, shops, and restaurants as well 9. Magnificent Mile as The Second City improv comedy club, the Chicago Known for its shopping, the Magnificent Mile is also History Museum (founded in 1856) and a Buddhist a stretch of Chicago rich in architectural landmarks, Temple. including the Michigan Ave. Bridge, The Wrigley Building, The Tribune Tower, Old Chicago Water Tower 13. Pilsen and Pumping Station, the Museum of Contemporary Originally the port of entry for European immigrants Art, and the John Hancock Center. Street performers from the 1870’s through the 1950’s, Pilsen is at present and musicians also gravitate toward this area. home primarily to one of the largest populations of Mexican and Mexican Americans in the county. Its main 10. Millennium Park streets are a jumble of brightly colored stores, bakeries, Described as a “new kind of town square,” Millennium and restaurants. Also a vibrant art community, the Pilsen Park opened in 2004 and houses 24.5 acres of public Murals can be seen throughout the neighborhood and space including great examples of landscape design, the National Museum of Mexican Art holds one of the public art and architecture as well as Chicago’s largest collections of Mexican art. premiere green space. Home to Lurie Garden, explore the site that best represents Chicago’s motto “Urbs 14. Ravenswood Line in Horto,” or “City in a Garden,” as well as “The Cloud Also known as the Brown Line of the El. Jump on a Gate,” popularly known as “The Bean.” wonderful old car and look through the windows as you pass by elements of the life, culture and history of Chicago. Gain perspective on the Loop, the business and financial center, and a number of neighborhoods from the comfort of the elevated train. Programs Signature Signature 15. Riverwalk An open, pedestrian walkway on the south bank of the Chicago River, the Riverwalk is called the “Second Lakefront,” with green spaces, cafes, and interesting views of the city.
16. South Michigan Avenue/South Loop A vibrant part of the city flanked on one side by the green space and modern art of Millennium Park and the classic buildings of historic Chicago on the other, South Michigan Avenue and the South Loop is sometimes referred to as Known to some as “The Soul of Chicago” and includes numerous local universities, architectural landmarks, the Chicago Cultural Center, Art Institute of Chicago, and Grant Park where President Barack Obama gave his 2008 acceptance speech.
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12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Consultants Center Parlor C Lauren Furry • Recruitment • Retention Friday, November 13, 2015 • Strategic Planning John Korstad • Setting-Up Well-Working Honors Student Councils 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM • Interdisciplinary Courses Parlor C • Collaboration with Other University Honors Programs Gene Alpert • Honors Contracts • Off-campus Programming Standards • Scholarships • Academic Internships Donna Menis Christine Atkins • Small College Honors Programs • Academic Advising • Honors And General Education • Building an Honors Program at a Small Liberal Arts • Alumni Relations College Natasha Cole-Leonard 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM • Student Diversity Parlor C • Recruitment Jeffrey Chamberlain • Two-Year Programs • Living/Learning Centers • Faculty/Tenure in Honors 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM • Recruitment Parlor C • Interdisciplinary Team-Taught Courses Scott Cook Cyndy Hall • Program Stability and Growth • Beginning a New Honors Program • Service Learning George Mariz • Honors Seminars • Budgets Amy Cossentino • Faculty and Student Recruitment • Honors Scholarships • Curriculum Development • Transitioning Honors Programs to Honors Colleges • Collaboration with Other Departments Angela Mick • Fellowships • Mental Health Concerns and Needs of Honor Students Signature Programs 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Parlor C Jani Decena-White • Increasing Visibility and Engagement • Honors Recruitment/Retention • Beginning In Honors • Faculty Professional Development Richard England • Honors College Student Groups • Honors Residence Halls and Social Events • Honors Undergraduate Research and Learning Goals Margaret Franson • Academic Advising • Fundraising • Co-/Extra-Curricular Honors Activity
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Jefford Vahlbusch Saturday, November 14, 2015 • Growing Honors Programs • Diversifying Honors Programs • Holistic Admission in Honors 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM James Ruebel Parlor A • Administration Melissa Johnson • Honors Curriculum • Social Media/Technology • Academic Advising 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM • Honors Student Organizations Parlor A Kathleen B. King Kevin Baxter • Partners In The Parks • Growing Honors Programs To Honors Colleges • Two-Year Programs • Admissions/Recruitment • International Travel • Marketing/Communications Eddie Weller • Advancement/Fundraising • Two-Year Programs • Co-Curricular Programming • Revitalizing Failing Programs Susan Carrafiello • Building Community • Honors Housing • Honors Study Abroad 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM • Honors Curriculum Parlor A Dustin Lemke Marike Lammers • Leadership Classes • Organizing Interdisciplinary Events • International Travel • Organizing Co-creation (Student Participation) in • Faculty Advisors Honors Jessica Roark • Developing Honors Programs • Recruitment and Admissions • Student Competence Profiles • Academic Advising Leslie Sargent Jones • Campus Relations • Growing Honors Programs to Honors Colleges • Increasing Diversity 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM • Improving Student Caliber Parlor A Jeremy Trucker Portia Harris • Two-Year Programs • Engaging Students through Social Media • Recruitment • Advising with Technology • Multiple Campuses • Adjusting as a New Advisor Naomi Yavneh Klos Susan Jacobsen • Building Communities • High Impact Practices in Honors Programs Signature Signature • Honors Theses • Working with Difficult Administrations • Spirituality and Mission in Honors Malin Pereria • Centralized and Distributed Honors Structures 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM • Faculty Governance of Honors Parlor A • Maintaining a Research Agenda While an Administrator Richard Badenhausen Elaine Torda • Administration, Assessment, & Program Review • Beginning a New Honors Program • Admissions & Recruiting • Curriculum Development • Honors Curriculum & Innovative Course Design • Capstones and Assessment Edward Harpham • Faculty Development • Honors Classes
• Competitive Scholarship Advising
• Growing Honors Programs to Honors Colleges
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Developing In Honors Developing in Honors (DIH) is NCHC’s annual nuts-and-bolts workshop for experienced honors administrators, faculty, sponsored by Phi Kappa Phi and professional staff.
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM DEVELOPING IN HONORS 9:15 AM - 10:15 AM Sheraton Ballroom 4 & 7 DEVELOPING IN HONORS DIH 1.1 Opening Session: Reflecting on the Past but Looking Chicago Ballroom 9 Forward: The Future of Honors in a Changing World DIH 2.5: The Disappearing Gen-Ed and the Honors Curriculum Richard Badenhausen, Westminster College Linda Frost, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Trisha Folds-Bennett, College of Charleston Donna Menis, Saint Francis University John Zubizarreta, Columbia College Annmarie Guzy, University of South Alabama Katherine E. Bruce, University of North Carolina Wilmington Kimberly Baldus, University of Missouri-St. Louis Sheila Jones, Broward College 9:15 AM - 10:15 AM DEVELOPING IN HONORS 9:15 AM - 10:15 AM Sheraton Ballroom 1 DEVELOPING IN HONORS DIH 2.1 : Honors to Honors: Partnerships between community Chicago Ballroom 10 colleges and four-year programs DIH 2.6: Honors Advisory Boards and Fundraising Phil Frana, James Madison University Audrey Ward, Bennett College Katie Patton, Eastern Kentucky University Patricia MacCorquodale, University of Arizona Stacy Rice, Northern Virginia Community College Margaret Franson, Valparaiso University Nnachi Umennachi, Scott Community College George Mariz, Western Washington University Alvin Wang, University of Central Florida 9:15 AM - 10:15 AM DEVELOPING IN HONORS 9:15 AM - 10:15 AM Sheraton Ballroom 2 DEVELOPING IN HONORS DIH 2.2: Beyond Recruitment: Creating honors students Ontario Jefford Vahlbusch,University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire DIH 2.7: Celebrating Honors: Events, rituals, and traditions Douglass Sullivan-Gonzalez, University of Mississippi Rachelle Goldsmith, Kingsborough Community College James Ford, Rogers State University Jeffrey Chamberlain,Grand Valley State University Teresa King, Bridgewater State University Deborah Whitt, Wayne State College Signature Barbara Pemberton, Ouachita Baptist University Programs 9:15 AM - 10:15 AM Doug Berry, Paradise Valley Community College DEVELOPING IN HONORS Sheraton Ballroom 3 9:15 AM - 10:15 AM DIH 2.3: Honors for a Changing Population: Online and hybrid DEVELOPING IN HONORS classes Erie John Korstad, Oral Roberts University DIH 2.8: BIH Track Session 1 Jason Lantzer, Butler University Aron Reppmann, Trinity Christian College Melissa Johnson, University of Florida Katherine E. Bruce, University of North Carolina Wilmington Susan Carrafiello, Wright State University Beth Yelverton, Texas Woman’s University 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM DEVELOPING IN HONORS 9:15 AM - 10:15 AM Sheraton Ballroom 1 DEVELOPING IN HONORS DIH 3.1: STEM Education in Honors Chicago Ballroom 8 Richard England, Eastern Illinois University DIH 2.4: Creating Meaningful Capstone Experiences Keith Garbutt, Oklahoma State University Mark Clark, Oregon Institute of Technology Edward Harpham, University of Texas at Dallas J.D. Bowers, University of Missouri Christina Relyea, Flathead Valley Community College M. G. Aune, California University of Pennsylvania Jennifer Wilson, Texas Woman’s University Salvatore Musumeci, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga www.nchchonors.org 139 NCHC SIGNATURE PROGRAM SCHEDULES
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM DEVELOPING IN HONORS DEVELOPING IN HONORS Sheraton Ballroom 2 Ontario DIH 3.2: Doing More with Less: Budgeting for success on a DIH 3.7: Articulation of Department/School-Based Honors and shoestring University-Wide Honors Heather Galloway, Texas State University Ellen Buckner, University of South Alabama Leslie Heaphy, Kent State University at Stark Mike Sloane, University of Alabama Birmingham Laurie Smith-Law, Iowa State University Tom Spencer, Eastern Illinois University Paul Streufert, University of Texas at Tyler Alex Wenning, Wright State University Joshua Stockley, University of Louisiana at Monroe Bradley Newcomer, James Madison University
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM DEVELOPING IN HONORS DEVELOPING IN HONORS Sheraton Ballroom 3 Erie DIH 3.3: Incorporating Service-Learning into the Honors DIH 3.8: BIH Track Session 2 Experience Aron Reppmann, Trinity Christian College Eugene Alpert, NCHC Affiliate Katherine E. Bruce, University of North Carolina Wilmington Martin Dupuis, University of Central Florida Leslie Kaplan, University of North Florida 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM Malin Pereira, University of North Carolina Charlotte DEVELOPING IN HONORS Ken Mulliken, Southern Oregon University Sheraton Ballroom 1 DIH 4.1 Sustainability 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM John Dilyard, Saint Francis College DEVELOPING IN HONORS John Korstad, Oral Roberts University Chicago Ballroom 8 DIH 3.4: Building Community through Creative Co-Curricular 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM Programming DEVELOPING IN HONORS Nancy Grossman, DePaul University Sheraton Ballroom 2 Kirsten Bartels, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign DIH 4.2 Spirituality in Honors Aaron Stoller, North Carolina State University Naomi Yavneh Klos, Loyola University New Orleans Eddie Weller, San Jacinto College Rebecca Oliver, Arkansas State University 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM DEVELOPING IN HONORS 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Sheraton Ballroom 3 DEVELOPING IN HONORS DIH 4.3 Major Scholarships Chicago Ballroom 9 Lucy Laufe, Montgomery College Programs Signature Signature DIH 3.5: Sending the Right Message to the Right Student: Christina McIntyre, Virginia Tech Strategic Recruitment Cyndy Hall, Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM Rick Sayers, Neumann University DEVELOPING IN HONORS Art Spisak, University of Iowa Chicago Ballroom 8 Michael Tkacik, Stephen F. Austin State University DIH 4.4 Two-Year Colleges Elaine Torda, Orange County Community College 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM DEVELOPING IN HONORS Chicago Ballroom 10 DIH 3.6: Staffing Honors: Models for a successful team Kevin Baxter, East Carolina University Susan Dinan, William Paterson University Marc Klingshirn, University of Illinois Springfield Ruth Ost, Temple University Kathleen B. King, Hillsborough Community College
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Student Interdisciplinary Research Panels
Friday, November 13, 2015 11:30 AM - 12:45 PM SIRP 2: JUSTICE IN THE LEGAL SYSTEM, LITERATURE, AND 10:00 AM - 11:15 AM WAR: MIRANDA RIGHTS, SHERLOCK HOLMES, AND SIRP 1: WRITERS AND THEIR INTENTIONS: WRITING DRONES PEDAGOGY AND POLITICAL THEORY Michigan B Michigan B Moderator: Katherine E. Bruce, University of North Carolina Moderator: Mary Kay Mulvaney, Elmhurst College Wilmington The Pen-Pal Project: Assessing the Effects of Pen-Pal Juveniles with Disabilities: Miranda Rights and Correspondence on the Writing Development of Reasonable Accommodations Elementary School Students Marieka Cober, American University Megan Evans, Youngstown State University Rain Freeman, American University This study of interscholastic correspondence shows This paper combines both social science and legal how more advanced writers can provide a model reasoning to establish a requirement to consider a for younger, less experienced writers. This project juvenile’s disability in Miranda due process analysis. follows the writing progress of a group of fourth- and The goal is not only to shed light on issues regarding fifth-grade students as they engage in an ongoing juveniles with disabilities in the criminal justice yearlong pen-pal correspondence program with system but also to propose reasonable and realistic university honors students. This study was conducted accommodations to combat the overrepresentation with the following research question in mind: Do of these individuals within the system. pen-pal journals impact the writing development of elementary school student? The Private and the Public: A New Perspective on Holmes and Moriarty The Religious Perspective of Thomas Hobbes Alexis Ulrich, Purdue University Calumet Lee Borocz-Johnson, Elmhurst College Through analysis of Arthur Conan Doyle’s work, I This project on Thomas Hobbes’s religious perspective have found that the usual portrayal of Moriarty as the demonstrates the value of reading texts in light of arch-nemesis of Sherlock Holmes is too simplistic. I historical knowledge. A fundamental assumption will argue that both characters stand for the same throughout this project has been that effective value: their individual concepts of justice, which, in and responsible reading of any text must involve both cases, can come through crime. The difference Signature sensitivity to historical context. The idea is that if lies in the spheres in which they operate: Holmes in Programs Hobbes still has anything relevant to say to the the private, Moriarty in the public. This, rather than twenty-firstt century, it will be best heard by paying criminality and crime-fighting, is what causes the careful attention to how his work responds to his life conflict between them. and times. The Unjust Nature of the United States’ Drone War Rachael Sharp, Emory & Henry College This study is an analysis of the United States’ use of armed UAVs through the lenses of non-maleficence, human rights norms, and Just War Theory to illustrate multiple ways in which drone tactics currently used in the US War on Terror are unjust.
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The memoir is, as a result, littered with figurative Saturday, November 14, 2015 partitions, images like Min’s “mosquito net,” “draperies,” and “curtain[s],” that exist as boundaries between the normative, Mao-centered China and smaller, more 10:00 AM - 11:15 AM private spaces where Min’s characters may subvert SIRP 3: GENDER AND RACIAL STUDIES IN LITERATURE Maoist ideologies, particularly as they relate to issues AND ART: RUSHDIE’S SHAME, CREOLE ART, AND of gender expression and sexual preference. By virtue CHINESE MEMOIR of their meticulous type of self-portrayal—a self- Michigan B portrayal that shifts greatly in certain contexts—Min’s Moderator: Richard Badenhausen, Westminster College characters’ expressions shirk identity politics and take Race as a Creole Construct: The Creation and Extension on roles more aligned with Judith Butler’s notions of of the Creole-Instituted Racial Hierarchy performativity. Haley Schroer, Texas Christian University Latin American social stratification during the colonial period represented a unique system of racial 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM socioeconomic castes. Domination by the Spanish SIRP 4: CULTURAL STUDIES: THE JAPANESE GANGURO Crown in colonial political affairs and peninsular AND DOMESTICITY IN ITALIAN AMERICAN CULTURE prejudice against American-born Spaniards ultimately Michigan B influenced the implementation of the caste system Moderator: Johnny MacLean, Southern Utah University as creole elite sought to assert their own social Escaping Domesticity: The Puttana in Italian American domination. Despite strict regulation, movement Culture between lower castes occurred, suggesting several Natalya Romanyak, Long Island University Brooklyn loopholes for social mobility. Traditional Italian women are expected to be la serietà, the ideal homemaker, or risk being labeled a Mother, Truth-Teller, Emasculator, and Beast: The puttana, a whore. I examine two novels about Italian Feminist Voice in Salman Rushdie’s Shame American women who struggle against their parents’ Eileen Long, Purdue University Calumet patriarchal culture by embracing the American In the novel Shame, Salman Rushdie explores the ideal of independence. The protagonists set out to boundaries between countries, political systems, challenge their oppressive family expectations only to and gender roles. Rushdie presents women’s encounter the same limited traditional gender roles feminist voices against the patriarchal nationalism in all of society. Escaping the ideal of a domesticated of Pakistan by creating a coalition between mothers woman is still a work in progress. and daughters. Rushdie represents the ways in which these women live and die within a patriarchal society. Ganguro and Cultural Appropriation in Modern Day Japan Partitions: Escapism and Calculated Sexual Performance Sydnie Byrd, Notre Dame of Maryland University Programs Signature Signature in Anchee Min’s Red Azalea In order to examine the ganguro subculture, one Sam McCracken, University of West Georgia must understand Japan’s history of racialism. This Anchee Min’s 1992 memoir Red Azalea recounts session will explore Japan’s search for identity that the author’s life under Chairman Mao Zedong and consequently led to the establishment of racialism the Communist Party of China, from childhood to within the culture. By applying John Russell’s concept her escape as a young adult. Although egalitarian of the black culture as the other, I will attest that the on paper, the communist society of Mao’s China as existence of the ganguro subculture furthers the presented by Min’s memoir betrays a complex social divide between the Japanese culture and the black network of surveillance, a system that maintains—by culture. threat of “neighborhood activist[s]”—the behavior of citizens as Mao sees fit. This system, in combination with the nation’s widespread adoration for Mao, results in the extreme relegation of acts, expressions, sexual inclinations, and identities that differ from the hegemony pushed by Maoist cultural practices.
142 50th Annual Conference of the National Collegiate Honors Council STUDENT MODERATORS
Student Moderators
Stella Athanasopoulos, Suffolk University Rhina Lara, University of Florida Helen Bae, University of Alabama at Birmingham Juliana Lawrence, California State University, Los Angeles Sonia Baron, Broward College Savitri Marajh, Broward College Dalton Beard, Motlow College Jessica Maya, University of Alabama at Birmingham Rachel Belcher, Ferrum College Rebecca McDonough, California University of Pennsylvania Hriday Bhambhvani, University of Alabama at Birmingham Natasha Mehra, University of Alabama at Birmingham Natalie Bond, Clarion University of Pennsylvania Kabir Mitra, New Jersey Institute of Technology Piyush Borse, University of Alabama at Birmingham Eric Mobley, University of Alabama at Birmingham Heather Buchanan, Southern Oregon University Maleka Momand, University of Central Arkansas Merideth Byl, Gardner-Webb University Nykema Mpama, Norfolk State University Kevin Byrne, Broward College Austin Murdaugh, University of Alabama at Birmingham Lauren Cabaniss, University of Alabama at Birmingham Mackenzie Murphy, Southern Oregon University Amelia Cash, Motlow College Lindsy Padin, Broward College Marieka Cober, American University Josiah Parke, Gardner-Webb University Alea Coble, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Jeanna Pattillo, Motlow College Matthew Cohen, Broward College Garvin Payne, Hillsborough Community College Ryan Cooper, Motlow College Kennya Pesantez, LaGuardia Community College Lily Deng, University at Alabama at Birmingham Kayla Pinson, Virginia State University Nardin Derias, University of Florida Rebekah Potts, Motlow College Emily DeVries, Gardner-Webb University Billie Quesenberry, Ferrum College Atharva Dhole, New Jersey Institute of Technology Kayden Reilly, Columbia College - South Carolina Emily Dickey, California University of Pennsylvania Renae Reints, Suffolk University Rebecca Dominguez, Nyack College Samantha Richardson, University of Alabama at Birmingham Anita Dos Santos, Nyack College Samantha Ringel, California University of Pennsylvania Ramsha Farrukh, University at Alabama at Birmingham Michael Rivas, LaGuardia Community College Ashley Friedl, Motlow College Nicholas Saint-Reid, Broward College Jamitra Fulleord, University of Louisville Micaela Saling, Southern Oregon University Adrianna Grow, Hillsborough Community College Leyah Schwartz, University of Alabama at Birmingham Shelbi Hales, Hillsborough Community College Daniel Scottow, Southern Oregon University Bethany Hansen, University of Indianapolis Kathryn Setty, Southern Oregon University Karina Herr, Alvin Community College Annlisa Simon, Broward College
Caleb Hilyer, University of Alabama at Birmingham Amanda Smyle, Gardner-Webb University APPENDICES Victoria Hirsch, University of Alabama at Birmingham Jessica Spiars, University of Indianapolis Logan Hodges, Ferrum College Jasmine Stanley, Columbia College - South Carolina Logan Hodges, Ferrum College Nicole Stephens, California University of Pennsylvania Angela Hollowell, University at Alabama at Birmingham Amy Stewart, University at Alabama at Birmingham Imran Huhn, LaGuardia Community College Samantha Szczesny, Minnesota State University Moorhead Stacie Hurley, Albertus Magnus College Caitlin Tripp, Motlow College Elizabeth Hurley, Suffolk University Jose Antonio Vega, Broward College Jose Antonio Intriago Suarez, Wichita State University Amanda Viikinsalo, University of Alabama at Birmingham Ludesta Jammer, Alvin Community College Mary Waechter, Hillsborough Community College Karan Jani, University of Alabama at Birmingham Clinton Warren, Motlow College Aleksandra Kasman, University of Alabama at Birmingham Darius Wilson, Hillsborough Community College Jamal Keyes, Jackson State University Caitlin Wirth, Columbia College - South Carolina Anna Kullmar, Gardner-Webb University Hiroshi Yanagida, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Emil Kurian, University of Alabama at Birmingham Shahriar Zamani, Hillsborough Community College Audeline Kurniawan, University of Alabama at Birmingham www.nchchonors.org 143 COMMITTEE AND REGIONAL MEETINGS
Committee and Regional Meetings
Wednesday, November 11, 2015 Board of Directors Fall Meeting 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM Mayfair Assessment & Evaluation Committee Meeting 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Parlor C Honors Semesters Committee Meeting 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Tennessee Thursday, November 12, 2015 Research Committee Meeting 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Arkansas Honors Advising Committee Meeting 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Arkansas SRHC Exec Meeting 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM Colorado Awards & Grants Committee Meeting 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM Missouri Constitution & Bylaws Committee Meeting 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Colorado Major Scholarship Commitee Meeting 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Mississippi Small College Committee Meeting 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Missouri Teaching and Learning Committee Meeting 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Ohio Partners in the Park Committee Meeting 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM Colorado Student Moderator Training 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM Ohio Publications Board Meeting 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM Arkansas Student Fishbowl Training 9:00 PM - 10:00 PM Erie Friday, November 13, 2015 Student Moderator Training 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM Huron Finance Committee Meeting 8:30 AM - 10:30 AM Parlor E Science & Mathematics Committee Meeting 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Parlor F Large University Special Interest Group (SIG) 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Parlor E Diversity Issues Committee Meeting 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Parlor F International Education Committee Meeting 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Michigan B Two-Year College Committee Meeting 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Ontario Education of the Gifted Special Interest Group Meeting (SIG) 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Parlor E Professional Development Committee Meeting 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Parlor F Meeting of the Upper Midwest Regional 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Sheraton Ballroom 1 Meeting of the Northeast Regional Honors Council 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Chicago Ballroom 10 Meeting of the Mid-East Honors Association 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Sheraton Ballroom 2 Meeting of the Western Regional 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Sheraton Ballroom 3 APPENDICES Meeting of the Great Plains Honors Council 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Chicago Ballroom 8 Meeting of the Southern Regional 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Chicago Ballroom 9 Saturday, November 14, 2015 NCHC Student Toolkit 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM Chicago Ballroom 8 Portz Fellowship Committee Meeting 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM Michigan B Sunday, November 15, 2015 2016 Conference Planning Meeting 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Huron
144 50th Annual Conference of the National Collegiate Honors Council 2015 CONFERENCE PLANNING
Committee and Regional Meetings 2015 NCHC Conference Planning Chairs
Wednesday, November 11, 2015 Committee Chair Board of Directors Fall Meeting 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM Mayfair Best Honors Administrative Practices John Zubizarreta, Columbia College - South Carolina Assessment & Evaluation Committee Meeting 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Parlor C Beginning in Honors Ted Estess, University of Houston Honors Semesters Committee Meeting 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Tennessee City as TextTM Bernice Braid, Long Island University Thursday, November 12, 2015 Elizabeth Beck, University of Iowa (ret) Alix Fink, Longwood University Research Committee Meeting 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Arkansas Sara Quay, Endicott College Honors Advising Committee Meeting 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Arkansas Conference Chair Jerry Herron, Wayne State University SRHC Exec Meeting 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM Colorado Conference Planner Julie Holm, Meetings Atelier Awards & Grants Committee Meeting 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM Missouri Consultants Center Lauren Furry, Hillsborough Community College Constitution & Bylaws Committee Meeting 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Colorado Member at Large Elaine Torda, Orange County Community College Major Scholarship Commitee Meeting 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Mississippi Developing in Honors Tricia Folds Bennett, College of Charleston Small College Committee Meeting 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Missouri Jessica Roark, Oklahoma State University Teaching and Learning Committee Meeting 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Ohio Diversity Lisa Coleman, Southeastern Oklahoma State University Partners in the Park Committee Meeting 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM Colorado Faculty Posters Phil Frana, James Madison University Student Moderator Training 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM Ohio Idea Exchange Becky Spritz, Roger Williams University Publications Board Meeting 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM Arkansas International Education Kim Klein, Shippensburg University Student Fishbowl Training 9:00 PM - 10:00 PM Erie Kevin Dean, West Chester University of Pennsylvania Friday, November 13, 2015 Master Classes Donzell Lee, Alcorn State University Student Moderator Training 7:30 AM - 8:30 AM Huron P. Brent Register, Clarion University of Pennsylvania Finance Committee Meeting 8:30 AM - 10:30 AM Parlor E Program Editor Jeff Portnoy, Georgia Perimeter College Science & Mathematics Committee Meeting 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Parlor F Student Affairs Tiffany Ernst, University of North Carolina Wilmington Large University Special Interest Group (SIG) 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Parlor E Student Interdisciplinary Research Panels Richard Badenhausen, Westminster College Diversity Issues Committee Meeting 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Parlor F Student Moderators Jack Rhodes, The Citadel International Education Committee Meeting 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Michigan B Student Posters Mike Sloane, University of Alabama at Birmingham Two-Year College Committee Meeting 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Ontario Teaching and Learning Jim Ford, Rogers State University Two-Year College Elaine Torda, Orange County Community College Education of the Gifted Special Interest Group Meeting (SIG) 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Parlor E Executive Director Hallie Savage, NCHC Professional Development Committee Meeting 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Parlor F
President Barry Falk, Virginia Commonwealth University APPENDICES Meeting of the Upper Midwest Regional 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Sheraton Ballroom 1 Past President Jim Ruebel, Ball State University Meeting of the Northeast Regional Honors Council 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Chicago Ballroom 10 Secretary Kyoko Amano, University of Indianapolis Meeting of the Mid-East Honors Association 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Sheraton Ballroom 2 Treasurer Steven Engel, Georgia Southern University Meeting of the Western Regional 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Sheraton Ballroom 3 Meeting of the Great Plains Honors Council 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Chicago Ballroom 8 Meeting of the Southern Regional 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Chicago Ballroom 9 Saturday, November 14, 2015 NCHC Student Toolkit 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM Chicago Ballroom 8 Portz Fellowship Committee Meeting 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM Michigan B Sunday, November 15, 2015 2016 Conference Planning Meeting 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Huron
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2016 Nominees for Vice President 2016 Nominees for Secretary
Mary Kay Mulvaney Naomi Yavneh Klos Kyoko Amano Elmhurst College Loyola University University of Indianapolis New Orleans
2016 Nominees for Board of Directors
John Emert James Ford Coreen Jackson Melissa Johnson David Jones Ball State University Rogers State University Tennessee State University of Florida University of Wisconsin University Eau Claire
Leslie Sargent Jones John Korstad Rae Rosenthal Christopher Snyder Eddie Weller Appalachian Oral Roberts University Community College of Mississippi State San Jacinto College State University Baltimore County, Essex University
2016 Nominees for Board of Directors
APPENDICES 1-Year Term 2-Year Term
James Jesmer Rhina Lara Sean Finn Anthony Noll Valerie Weingart Fairmont State University University of Florida University of Iowa University of West Florida Ball State University
146 50th Annual Conference of the National Collegiate Honors Council NCHC FELLOWS
2015 Fellows of the National Collegiate Honors Council
The NCHC Board of Directors and the Awards and Grants Committee are pleased to announce the fifth annual NCHC Fellows Recognition. Among the factors considered by the committee were · NCHC, regional, and/or state honors organization leadership; · Scholarly activities relating to honors education; · NCHC, regional, and/or state honors special events and institutes; · Recognition for outstanding honors teaching on the home campus; · Assistance provided to other honors programs/colleges (site visits, consulting, etc.); · Content of the nomination letters; · Demonstrated record of sustained commitment to honors education.
Patrice Berger Earl B. Brown Margaret Brown Annmarie Guzy
Kathleen B. King Mary Kay Mulvaney James Ruebel Len Zane
Previously Recognized NCHC Fellows
Larry R. Andrews Ted Estess John Portz APPENDICES C. Grey Austin John Grady Alison Primoza Richard Badenhausen Bonnie Irwin Ann R. Raia Elizabeth C. Beck Jocelyn Jackson P. Brent Register Gary Bell G. Hewett Joiner Jack Rhodes Irmgard Bocchino Carolyn Kuykendall Jessica Roark Bernice Braid Jennifer Lane Hallie Savage Ron Brandolini Greg Lanier Samuel Schuman Kate Bruce Donzell Lee Rick Scott Catherine Cater Ada Long Charlie Slavin Ira Cohen George Mariz Ricki Shine Lisa L. Coleman Virginia McCombs Robert Spurrier Richard J. Cummings Dail Mullins Elaine Torda Lydia R. Daniel Rosalie Otero Marca Wolfensberger Freddye T. Davy Anne Ponder Norm Weiner Joan H. Digby Jeffrey Portnoy John Zubizarreta
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Past NCHC Presidents
2014 James Ruebel, Ball State University 1990 Ted Humphrey, Arizona State University 2013 Richard I. Scott, University of Central Arkansas 1989 Anne Ponder, Kenyon College 2012 Greg Lanier, University of West Florida 1988 John L. Howarth, University of Maryland 2011 Bonnie D. Irwin, Eastern Illinois University 1987 Richard J. Cummings, University of Utah 2010 John Zubizarreta, Columbia College-South Carolina 1986 Jocelyn W. Jackson, Morehouse College 2009 Lydia Daniel, Hillsborough Community College 1985 Samuel I. Clark, Western Michigan University 2008 Hallie E. Savage, Clarion University of Pennsylvania 1984 Wallace Kay, Southern Mississippi University 2007 Kate Bruce, University of North Carolina Wilmington 1983 William Daniel, Winthrop College 2006 Jon Schlenker, University of Maine, Augusta 1982 C. Grey Austin, Ohio State University 2005 Virginia McCombs, Oklahoma City University 1981 William P. Mech, Boise State University 2004 Norman Weiner, State University of New York-Oswego 1980 C. H. Ruedisili, University of Wisconsin 2003 Donzell Lee, Alcorn State University 1979 Bernice Braid, Long Island University-Brooklyn 2002 Rosalie Otero, University of New Mexico 1978 Andrew C. De Rocco, University of Maryland 2001 G. Hewitt Joiner, Georgia Southern University 1977 Robert O. Evans, University of Kentucky 2000 Joan H. Digby, Long Island University-C.W. Post 1976 Lothar L. Tresp, University of Georgia 1999 Bob Spurrier, Oklahoma State University 1975 Catherine Cater, North Dakota State University 1998 Herbert Lasky, Eastern Illinois University 1974 Carlyle Beyer, College of William & Mary 1997 Susanna Finnell, Texas A & M University 1973 Myron Lunine, Kent State University 1996 Len Zane, University of Nevada-Las Vegas 1972 John Portz, University of Maryland 1995 Ada Long, University of Alabama at Birmingham 1971 Joseph Cohen, Tulane University 1994 Julia Bondanella, Indiana University 1970 John S. Eells, Jr., Winthrop College 1993 Ronald Link, Miami-Dade Community College 1969 Dudley Wynn, University of New Mexico 1992 Samuel Schuman, University of North Carolina-Asheville 1968 V. N. Bhatia, Washington State University 1991 Ira Cohen, Illinois State University 1967 James Robertson, University of Michigan
Honorary / Lifetime Members of NCHC
Larry R. Andrews Cynthia Hill C. Grey Austin Jocelyn W. Jackson Elizabeth C. Beck G. Hewett Joiner Bernice Braid Herb Lasky Earl B. Brown Ada Long Margaret C. Brown Virginia L. McCombs
APPENDICES Catherine Cater William P. Mech Ira Cohen Rosalie C. Otero Richard J. Cummings Samuel Schuman William W. Daniel Bob Spurrier Lydia Daniel Lothar L. Tresp Ted L. Estess Norman L. Weiner
148 50th Annual Conference of the National Collegiate Honors Council PAST/FUTURE NCHC CONFERENCES
Future NCHC Conference Dates and Sites 2016 Seattle, WA, Sheraton Seattle, October 12-16, 2016 2017 Atlanta, GA, Westin Atlanta, November 8-12, 2017 2018 Boston, MA, Sheraton Boston Hotel, November 7-11, 2018
Past NCHC Conference Dates and Sites 2014 Denver, CO—The Thrill of the Climb 2013 New Orleans, LA—Conflict - Transformation - Creolization 2012 Boston, MA—Challenging Structures 2011 Phoenix, AZ—Stewards of our Colliding Worlds: Rights, Wrongs, and Responsibilities 2010 Kansas City, MO—Rhythms and Currents 2009 Washington D.C.—Honors in the Global City 2008 San Antonio, TX—Crossing Frontiers 2007 Denver, CO—Challenging Environments, Creative Tensions 2006 Philadelphia, PA—Liberty: Foundation for Inquiry, Innovation, and Invention 2005 St Louis, MO—Gateway to Exploration and Discovery 2004 New Orleans, LA—Bridging Currents and Cultures 2003 Chicago, IL—Finding Common Ground 2002 Salt Lake City, UT—Peaks and Valleys in the Honors Experience 2001 Chicago, IL—Fields of Imagination 2000 Washington, D.C.—Capital Ideas 1999 Orlando, FL—Worlds of Imagination 1998 Chicago, IL—Honors in the Loop 1997 Atlanta, GA—Traditions 1996 San Francisco, CA—Honors on the Edge 1995 Pittsburgh, PA—Honors as Neighborhood 1994 San Antonio, TX—Crossing Borders 1993 St. Louis, MO—Privilege, Responsibility, and Community 1992 Los Angeles, CA—Discovery 1991 Chicago, IL—No Theme 1990 Baltimore, MD—Changing the Boundaries: World, Nation, and Community 1989 New Orleans, LA—Lagniappe: The Honors Experience 1988 Las Vegas, NV—Take a Chance 1987 Dallas, TX—No Theme 1986 Miami, FL—Honors Education and Cultural Pluralism 1985 Salt Lake City, UT—Honors at the Frontier: The Honors Challenge 1984 Memphis, TN—Education at the Crossroads: The Honors Challenge 1983 Philadelphia, PA—Honors Education: Preserving Tradition, Fostering Change APPENDICES 1982 Albuquerque, NM—Knowledge, the Disciplines, and Interdisciplinary Study 1981 Omaha, NE—Teaching and Learning: The Uniqueness of Honors 1980 Fort Worth, TX—Expectation of Honors: Values and Standards 1979 Atlanta, GA—In Anticipation of the 80s: Agenda for Action 1978 Kent, OH—Honors as Process: Ends and Means 1977 Washington, D.C.—Doing as Learning: Honors in an Experiential Set 1976 Fayetteville, AR—The Second Decade: Responsibilities in a Changed 1975 Pullman, WA—The Many Faces of Honors 1974 St. Louis, MO—Liberal Education Today and the Role of Honors 1973 Williamsburg, VA—The Nature of Excellence 1972 San Francisco, CA—Honors: Condition and Directions 1971 Ann Arbor, MI—Honors at Work 1970 Boulder, CO—No Theme 1969 New Orleans, LA—No Theme 1968 Seattle, WA—No Theme 1967 Washington, D.C.—No Theme 1966 Lawrence, KS—No Theme
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Future NCHC Educational Opportunities Faculty Institutes (Honors Semesters Commitee)
Rotterdam: A Modern Phoenix July 11-17, 2016 • Rotterdam, the Netherlands Facilitators: Sara Quay, Endicott College, Ron Weerheijm; Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences; Bernice Braid, Long Island University, Brooklyn Until May 14th 1940, the city of Rotterdam was like any other Dutch city, containing an old medieval center, functional waterways, and vast living areas for the working class. In May, 1940, a World War II bombing destroyed the heart of the city. What remained seemed to be a city without a heart, but also a city filled with potential that has been realized via streets which function as communities, small villages that have persisted over time, and a harbor that has expanded across oceans. Using City-as-Text pedagogy, the Institute will explore how creativity in this urban environment has marked Rotterdam as a vibrant, progressive city even as it struggles to meet the challenges of educating and serving the people from approximately 170 nationalities that live in its borders.
Civil Rights, Civil Society: Selma and Montgomery March 2-6, 2016 • Selma & Montgomery, Alabama Facilitators: Donald Nobles, Auburn College; Elizabeth Woodward, Auburn College, Ada Long, University of Alabama, Birmingham Participants will learn about City as Text pedagogy to explore historical and contemporary sites of Civil Rights in central Alabama. Faculty will visit locations such as The Southern Poverty Law Center, The Rosa Parks Museum, the 16th Street Baptist Church and the Edmund Pettus bridge, site of the 1965 march. The Institute will culminate in a walk across the Pettus bridge on the anniversary of that event.
City as Text Master Class: Uncovering Seattle October 9 – 11, 2016 • Seattle, Washington Facilitators: Sandy Farrier, Endicott College & Susan Cannata, UNC, Pembroke An opportunity for faculty with prior City-as-Text experience (Faculty Institute or at the National Conference) to engage in an intensive exploration of Seattle prior to the 2016 National Conference. The only city named for a Native American, Seattle has a rich history that contrasts distinctly with the contemporary culture. Participants will engage in the principles of site-based experiential learning with the intent of taking home a deeper understanding of City-as-Text principles to bring back to their home campuses.
Participants: Up to 10
Visit the Honors Semesters Committee table at Idea Exchange! APPENDICES
150 50th Annual Conference of the National Collegiate Honors Council NCHC EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
Partners in the Parks
Partners in the Parks is an outdoor experiential learning program sponsored by the National Collegiate Honors Council. Partners in the Parks projects at national parks across the country offer unique opportunities for collegiate honors students and faculty to visit areas of the American landscape noted for their beauty, significance and lasting value. Seminars led by university faculty and park personnel will include historical, scientific, cultural, and other important areas unique to a given park. Projects will also take advantage of exciting recreational opportunities in the parks to broaden participant’s understanding of the overall value of national parks to our country and its citizens.
2016 Excursions
Cedar Breaks National Monument January 16-19, 2016
Volcano National Park ...... May 15-21, 2016
Appalachian Trail: Harpers Ferry ...... May 21-28, 2016
Zion National Park June 1-6, 2016
Mammoth Cave National Park ...... June 1-7, 2016
Gateway to America: NYC ...... June 18-25, 2016
Missouri National River June 18-25, 2016
Acadia National Park: Director/Faculty Retreat ...... July 17-23, 2016
Glacier National Park ...... July 25-30, 2016
Olympic National Park ...... July 25-30, 2016
Boston ...... August 7-13, 2016
Virgin Islands ...... January 4-10, 2017 APPENDICES
For more details on individual trips, please visit http://nchchonors.org/partners-in-the-parks/
Visit the Partners in the Parks Committee table at Idea Exchange!
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Directory of Institutional Members of NCHC
Abilene Christian University Binghamton University State University Central Washington University Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College of New York Century College Aims Community College Birmingham-Southern College Cerritos College Albany College of Pharmacy and Bloomfield College Chaffey College Health Sciences Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania Chandler-Gilbert Community College Albany State University Boise State University Chapman University Albertus Magnus College Bowie State University Charleston Southern University Albion College Bowling Green State University Chattanooga State Community College Alcorn State University Bradley University Chesapeake College Alfred University Brazosport College Chestnut Hill College Allegany College of Maryland Bridgewater College Cheyney University of Pennsylvania Alvernia University Bridgewater State University Christian Brothers University Alvin Community College Brigham Young University City University of New York-Baruch American University Brigham Young University-Hawaii College Anderson University Bristol Community College City University of New York-Brooklyn Anderson University-South Carolina Brookdale Community College College Andrews University Broward College City University of New York-City Angelo State University Bryan College College Anna Maria College Bryant University City University of New York-College of Anne Arundel Community College Bunker Hill Community College Staten Island American Honors Butler University City University of New York-Queens Appalachian State University Cabrini College College Arcadia University Cairn University Claflin University Arizona State University Caldwell University Clarion University of Pennsylvania Arizona Western College California Polytechnic State University, Clarke University Arkansas State University San Luis Obispo Clarkson University Arkansas Tech University California State Polytechnic University, Clayton State University Armstrong Atlantic State University Pomona Clemson University Ashland University California State University Bakersfield Cleveland State Community College Association of College Honor Societies California State University Fresno Cleveland State University Auburn University at Montgomery California State University Fullerton Coastal Carolina University Augsburg College California State University Long Beach Cochise College Augustana College California State University Los Angeles Coker College Austin Community College- Texas California State University, Northridge Colby-Sawyer College Austin Peay State University California University of Pennsylvania Colgate University Averett University Calvin College College of Charleston Azusa Pacific University Cameron University College of Coastal Georgia Baldwin Wallace University Canada College College of DuPage Ball State University Cape Cod Community College College of Lake County Barton College Capital University College of Mount Saint Vincent APPENDICES Baylor University Carroll University College of Saint Elizabeth Bellarmine University Carson-Newman University College of San Mateo Belmont University Carthage College College of Southern Idaho Bemidji State University Catawba College College of the Ouachitas Benedictine College Cazenovia College Collin College Benedictine University Cedar Valley College Colorado Mesa University Bennett College for Women Cedarville University Colorado School of Mines Bentley University Central Arizona College Colorado State University Berkeley College Central Lakes College Columbia College - Missouri Berkshire Community College Central Methodist University Columbia College - South Carolina Berry College Central Michigan University Columbia College Chicago
152 50th Annual Conference of the National Collegiate Honors Council INSTITUTIONAL MEMBERS
Columbus State Community College Elizabeth City State University Georgian Court University Columbus State University Elizabethtown College Glendale Community College-Arizona Commonwealth Honors College UMass Elmhurst College Golden Key International Honour Amherst Elmira College Society Community College of Allegheny Elon University Gonzaga University County Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Governors State University Community College of Rhode Island Emerson College Graceland University Community Colleges of Spokane Emory & Henry College Grand Rapids Community College Concordia University Chicago Emporia State University Grand Valley State University Concordia University-Portland Endicott College Grayson College Converse College Erie Community College/City Green Mountain College Crafton Hills College Estrella Mountain Community College Greensboro College Creighton University Eureka College Greenville Technical College Crown College Everett Community College Guilford College Curry College Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Gulf Coast State College Cuyahoga Community College Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metro Gwynedd-Mercy College Cypress College Fairmont State University Hamline University Daemen College Fashion Institute of Technology Hampden-Sydney College Dallas Baptist University Felician College Hampton University Davidson Management Honors Ferris State University HAN hogeschool van arnhem en Program Ferrum College nijmegen DC Internships/The Fund for American Fitchburg State College Hanbury Evans Wright Vlattas + Studies Flathead Valley Community College Company Defiance College Florida Agricultural & Mechanical Hanzehogeschool Groningen Delft University of Technology University University of Applied Sciences Delgado Community College Florida Atlantic University-Boca Raton Harding University Delta College Florida Atlantic University-Jupiter Harper College DePaul University Florida Gulf Coast University Harrisburg Area Community College Des Moines Area Community College Florida International University Hartwick College DeVry University Florida SouthWestern State College Hawaii Pacific University Dixie State University Fordham University Hawaii Pacific University Doane College Fort Hays State University Heartland Community College Dominican University Fort Valley State University Heidelberg University Dominican University of California Framingham State University Henderson Community College Dordt College Francis Marion University Henderson State University Drexel University Franklin Pierce University Heritage University Duquesne University Frederick Community College High Point University Dutchess Community College Freed-Hardeman University Highland Community College APPENDICES East Carolina University Frostburg State University Hilbert College East Central University Fullerton College Hillsborough Community College East Tennessee State University Gallaudet University Hinds Community College East Texas Baptist University Gannon University Hofstra University Eastern Connecticut State University Gardner-Webb University Hogeschool van Amsterdam University Eastern Florida State College Gateway Community College of Applied Sciences Eastern Illinois University George Fox University Holyoke Community College Eastern Kentucky University George Mason University HonorSociety.org Eastern Michigan University George Washington University Hood College Eastern Oklahoma State College Georgia College & State University Houston Community College Eastfield College Georgia Gwinnett College Howard Community College Edgewood College Georgia Institute of Technology Howard University Edinboro University of Pennsylvania Georgia Perimeter College Hudson County Community College EF College Study Tours Georgia Regents University Augusta Hutchinson Community College & Area El Camino Community College Georgia Southern University Vocational School Elgin Community College Georgia State University Illinois State University
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Illinois Valley Community College LeTourneau University Miami University Regional Campuses Indian River State College Lewis University MidAmerica Nazarene University Indiana State University Liberty University Middle Georgia State College Indiana University of Pennsylvania Lincoln Memorial University Middle Tennessee State University Indiana University Southeast Lindsey Wilson College Midwestern State University Indiana University-Purdue University Lipscomb University Miles College Fort Wayne Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania Millersville University of Pennsylvania Indiana Wesleyan University Lone Star College System Millikin University Inter American Univ. of Puerto Rico- Long Beach City College Mineral Area College Ponce Long Island University/LIU Post Minnesota State University Moorhead International Studies Abroad Long Island University-Brooklyn Minnesota State University, Mankato Iona College Longwood University Minot State University Iowa State University Loras College MiraCosta College Irvine Valley College Louisiana State University at Alexandria Mission College Ithaca College Loyola Marymount University Mississippi State University Ivy Tech Community College - Central Loyola University Maryland Mississippi University for Women Indiana Loyola University New Orleans Missouri Baptist University J Sargeant Reynolds Community Lubbock Christian University Missouri Southern State University College Lynchburg College Missouri State University Jackson State University Macaulay Honors College at CUNY Missouri Valley College Jacksonville State University Madison College Missouri Western State University James Madison University Malcolm X College Mohawk Valley Community College Jarvis Christian College Malone University Molloy College Jefferson College Manhattanville College Monmouth University John Brown University Mansfield University of Pennsylvania Monroe College John Carroll University Marian University- Indiana Monroe Community College Johnson & Wales University, Denver Maricopa Community College District Montana State University-Billings Johnson & Wales University-Rhode Marist College Montana State University-Bozeman Island Mars Hill University Montana Tech of The University of Johnson County Community College Marshall University Montana Joliet Junior College Marymount Manhattan College Montclair State University Judson University Marymount University Virginia Montgomery College Kean University Maryville University Montgomery County Community Keene State College Marywood University College Kennesaw State University Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts Moraine Valley Community College Kent State University Massasoit Community College- Morehead State University Kent State University- Stark Brockton Morehouse College Kentucky State University McDaniel College Morgan State University Kingsborough Community College- McHenry County College Motlow State Community College CUNY McLennan Community College Mount Aloysius College La Salle University McMurry University Mount Mercy University La Sierra University McNeese State University Mount Saint Mary’s University Lackawanna College Mercer County Community College Mount St. Joseph University APPENDICES LaGuardia Community College-CUNY Mercer University Mount Vernon Nazarene University Lake Land College Mercy College Mount Wachusett Community College Lakeland Community College Mercyhurst University Mt. San Antonio College Lamar University Meredith College Mt. San Jacinto College District Lane Community College Meridian Community College Nashua Community College Laredo Community College Merrimack College Nassau Community College Lasell College Mesa Community College Nazareth College of Rochester Lawson State Community College- Metropolitan State University of Neosho County Community College Birmingham Campus Denver Neumann University Lee College - Texas Miami Dade College New Jersey City University Leiden University Miami University Oxford New Jersey Institute of Technology
154 50th Annual Conference of the National Collegiate Honors Council INSTITUTIONAL MEMBERS
New Mexico State University Paradise Valley Community College Salisbury University NHL University of Applied Sciences Park University Sam Houston State University Niagara University Parkland College Samford University Nicholls State University Pearl River Community College San Diego State University Norfolk State University Phi Theta Kappa San Jacinto College District-Central North Carolina A & T State University Phoenix College Campus North Carolina State University Piedmont Technical College Santa Clara University North Central College Pittsburg State University Santa Fe College North Central Texas College Plymouth State University Sauk Valley Community College North Dakota State University Point Park University Honors Saxion University of Applied Sciences North Hennepin Community College Polk State College Scholarship & Christianity in Oxford Northampton County Area Comm. Col. Portland Community College Schoolcraft College Northeast State Community College Portland State University Schreiner University Northeast Texas Community College Post University Scott Community College Northeastern State University Prince George’s Community College Scottsdale Community College Northeastern University Purdue University Seminole State College Northern Arizona University Purdue University- Calumet Seton Hill University Northern Essex Community College Qatar University Shawnee State University Northern Illinois University Quinnipiac University Shenandoah University Northern Kentucky University Quinsigamond Community College Shepherd University Northern Michigan University Radford University Shippensburg University of Northern State University Ramapo College of New Jersey Pennsylvania Northern Virginia Community College Randolph-Macon College Siena College Northwest Nazarene University Raritan Valley Community College Simmons College Northwood University Reading Area Community College Sinclair Community College Norwich University Regis University Skyline College Notre Dame of Maryland University Richard Bland College of the College of Slippery Rock University of Nova Southeastern University William and Mary Pennsylvania Nyack College Richland College Snow College Oakland University Rio Salado College South Dakota State University Ohio Northern University Riverside Community College South Florida State College Ohio University Roanoke College South Mountain Community College Oklahoma Baptist University Robert Morris University Southeast Kentucky Community and Oklahoma Christian University Rochester Institute of Technology Technical College Oklahoma City Community College Rockhurst University Southeast Missouri State University Oklahoma City University Roger Williams University Southeastern Oklahoma State Oklahoma State University Rogers State University University Old Dominion University Roosevelt University Southeastern University APPENDICES Olivet Nazarene University Rose State College Southern Adventist University Onondaga Community College-SUNY Rotterdam University of Applied Southern Arkansas University Oral Roberts University Sciences Southern Arkansas University Tech Orange Coast College Rowan University Southern Connecticut State University Orange County Community College Russell Sage College Southern Illinois University Carbondale Oregon Institute of Technology Rutgers University, New Brunswick Southern Illinois University Oregon State University Sacred Heart University Edwardsville Otterbein University Saddleback College Southern Methodist University Ouachita Baptist University Saint Anselm College Southern Nazarene University Our Lady of the Lake University Saint Francis University Southern New Hampshire University Oxford Study Abroad Programme Saint Leo University Southern Oregon University Ozarks Technical Community College Saint Louis University Southern Utah University Pace University Saint Mary’s College of California Southwest Baptist University Paine College Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota Southwest Minnesota State University Palm Beach Atlantic University Saint Peter’s University Southwest Tennessee Community Palm Beach State College Salem State University College
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Southwestern Michigan College Texas A & M University Kingsville University of Arkansas Community Southwestern Oklahoma State Texas A & M University-Commerce College Morrilton University Texas A & M University-Corpus Christi University of Arkansas-Fort Smith Spelman College Texas A&M University-Texarkana University of Arkansas-Little Rock Springfield Technical Community Texas Christian University University of Baltimore College Texas Lutheran University University of California Davis St. Ambrose University Texas Southern University University of California-Irvine St. Andrews University Texas State University-San Marcos University of California-Los Angeles St. Catherine University Texas Tech University University of California-Riverside St. Cloud State University Texas Woman’s University University of Central Arkansas St. Edward’s University The American College of Greece-Deree University of Central Florida St. Francis College College University of Central Missouri St. John Fisher College The Citadel University of Cincinnati St. Joseph’s College-New York The College of New Jersey University of Colorado at Colorado St. Louis Community College at Forest The College of New Rochelle Springs Park The College of St. Scholastica University of Colorado-Boulder St. Mary’s College of Maryland The Community College of Baltimore University of Colorado-Denver St. Mary’s University County University of Connecticut St. Norbert College The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi University of Dayton St. Petersburg College The National Society of Collegiate University of Delaware State University of New York at Scholars University of Denver Fredonia The Ohio State University Newark University of Evansville State University of New York-Brockport The University of Mississippi University of Florida State University of New York-Canton The University of New Mexico University of Georgia State University of New York-Cortland The University of Scranton University of Groningen State University of New York-New Paltz The University of South Dakota University of Hartford State University of New York-Oswego The University of Tennessee at University of Hawaii at Manoa State University of New York- Chattanooga University of Houston Plattsburgh The University of Tennessee-Knoxville University of Houston-Downtown State University of New York-Potsdam The University of Tulsa University of Idaho State University of New York-Stony Thiel College University of Illinois at Chicago Brook Towson University University of Illinois at Urbana- State University of New York-The Tri-County Technical College Champaign College at Old Westbury Trine University University of Illinois- Springfield Stephen F. Austin State University Trinity Christian College University of Indianapolis Stockton University Trinity International University University of Iowa Stonehill College Trinity Valley Community College University of Kansas Strayer University Tulsa Community College University of Kentucky Suffolk Community College Tyler Junior College University of La Verne Suffolk University U.S. Air Force Academy University of Louisiana at Lafayette Susquehanna University Union College-Nebraska University of Louisiana at Monroe Sweet Briar College Union University University of Louisville Tallahassee Community College Unity College University of Maine APPENDICES Tarleton State University University of Akron University of Maine at Augusta Tarrant County Community College University of Alabama at Birmingham University of Mary Hardin-Baylor District University of Alabama-Huntsville University of Maryland, Baltimore Tecnologico de Monterrey, Monterrey University of Alaska Anchorage County Campus University of Alaska Fairbanks University of Maryland-Eastern Shore Temple University University of Alaska Southeast - Juneau University of Massachusetts-Boston Tennessee State University Campus University of Massachusetts- Tennessee Technological University University of Amsterdam, The Dartmouth Texas A & M at Galveston Netherlands University of Massachusetts-Lowell Texas A & M International University University of Arizona University of Memphis Texas A & M University University of Miami
156 50th Annual Conference of the National Collegiate Honors Council INSTITUTIONAL MEMBERS
University of Minnesota, Morris University of Southern Indiana Washington State University University of Missouri-Columbia University of Southern Maine Wayne State College University of Missouri-Kansas City University of Southern Mississippi Wayne State University University of Missouri-St. Louis University of St. Francis Weber State University University of Montana-Missoula University of St. Thomas Wesleyan College University of Montevallo University of St. Thomas-Texas West Chester University of University of Mount Olive University of Tampa Pennsylvania University of Mount Union University of Texas at Arlington West Texas A & M University University of Nebraska-Kearney University of Texas at Dallas West Virginia State University University of Nebraska-Lincoln University of Texas at El Paso West Virginia University University of Nebraska-Omaha University of Texas at San Antonio West Virginia Wesleyan College University of Nevada-Las Vegas University of Texas at Tyler Western Carolina University University of Nevada-Reno University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley Western Connecticut State University University of New Hampshire University of the Incarnate Word Western Illinois University University of New Haven University of the Pacific Western Kentucky University University of North Alabama University of the Sciences in Western Michigan University University of North Carolina at Philadelphia Western State Colorado University Asheville University of Toledo Western Washington University University of North Carolina at Chapel University of Vermont Westfield State University Hill University of Virginia-Main Campus Westminster College University of North Carolina at University of Washington Westminster College (PA) Charlotte University of Washington Tacoma Whitworth University University of North Carolina at University of West Florida Wichita State University Greensboro University of West Georgia Widener University University of North Carolina at University of Wisconsin Oshkosh Wilkes University Pembroke University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire William Paterson University University of North Carolina University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Wilmington College Wilmington University of Wisconsin-Stout Windesheim University of North Dakota University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Wingate University University of North Florida University of Wyoming Winston-Salem State University University of North Georgia Upper Iowa University Winthrop University University of North Texas Urbana University Wisconsin Lutheran College University of Northern Colorado Utah State University Wittenberg University University of Northern Iowa Utah Valley University Worcester State University University of Oklahoma Utrecht University Wor-Wic Community College University of Oregon Utrecht University of Applied Sciences Wright State University University of Pennsylvania/PLE HU Yeshiva University University of Pittsburgh Valdosta State University Young Harris College APPENDICES University of Portland Valencia College Youngstown State University University of Puerto Rico-Recinto De Valparaiso University Zane State College Rio Piedras Villanova University University of Rhode Island Vincennes University University of Rio Grande/Rio Grand Virginia Commonwealth University Community College Virginia Commonwealth University University of Saint Joseph School of the Arts in Qatar University of Saint Mary (VCUQatar) University of San Diego Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University of San Francisco - School of University Management Virginia State University University of South Alabama Wagner College University of South Carolina Walla Walla University University of South Carolina-Aiken Walsh University University of South Carolina-Upstate Wartburg College University of South Florida Washburn University
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Shawn Alfrey, University of Denver Sharon Burton, Henderson Community College James Allan, Wittenberg University Aaron Bushong, University of California-Riverside Kyoko Amano, University of Indianapolis James J. Buss, Salisbury University Mark C. Andersen, University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley Sarah Butler, Loyola University New Orleans Thomas P. Anderson, Mississippi State University Miranda Cagle, Cleveland State Community College Nancy Aries, City University of New York-Baruch College Kevin A. Caliendo, Rose State College Susan Aronstein, University of Wyoming Alton Campbell, University of Idaho Wandra Arrington, Alcorn State University Peter Campbell, Ramapo College of New Jersey William D. Atwill, University of North Carolina Wilmington Scott Carnicom, Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania M. G. Aune, California University of Pennsylvania Charles W. Carrigan, Olivet Nazarene University D. Brian Austin, Carson-Newman University Thatcher Carter, Riverside Community College Mindy Ayers, Neosho County Community College Katie Caruso, Lone Star College System Tricia Baar, College of the Ouachitas Lisa Cavallaro, Merrimack College Patrick Bahls, University of North Carolina at Asheville Rafael A. Cervantes, St. Catherine University Jim Baird, Oklahoma Christian University Jeff Chamberlain, Grand Valley State University J. Robert Baker, Fairmont State University Emmanuel Chekwa, Miles College Thomas Baker, State University of New York-Potsdam Lois Chipepo, New Jersey Institute of Technology Susan M. Bane, Barton College Niels Christensen, Radford University Angela T. Barefoot, North Central University Tim Clancy, Gonzaga University Linda Barnes, Austin Peay State University Natasha Cole-Leonard, The Community College of Baltimore Leda Barnett, Our Lady of the Lake University County Jessica Barr, Eureka College Lisa L. Coleman, Southeastern Oklahoma State University Jayci Bash, Southern Utah University Doug Collar, Heidelberg University Peter Beck, Charleston Southern University Virginia H. Cope, The Ohio State University Newark Gary M. Bell, Texas Tech University Christopher Corley, Minnesota State University, Mankato James Bell, Texas State University-San Marcos Amy Cossentino, Youngstown State University Kim Bell, Sam Houston State University Nancy Cowden, Lynchburg College Joan Benek Rivera, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania David Craig, Montana State University-Billings Kristin A. Bennighoff, University of Delaware Leah Creque, Morehouse College Thor K. Benson, Crown College Daniel Cress, Western State Colorado University Megan G. Bernard, Roosevelt University Patrick Croskery, Ohio Northern University Suketu Bhavsar, California State Polytechnic University, Loree Crow, University of Northern Colorado Pomona Norman Crumpacker, University of Mount Olive Sasha Billbe, Arizona State University Michael Cundall, North Carolina A & T State University J. Delores Bird, Cape Cod Community College Gabriel Cwilich, Yeshiva University Colby Birdsell, Texas Christian University Jani Decena-White, Hudson County Community College Deborah Blackwell, Texas A & M International University Patricia Decker, Johnson County Community College Natalia Blank, Norwich University Anthony DeLuca, State University of New York-The College at Shannon Blanton, University of Alabama at Birmingham Old Westbury Hillary Boaz, Auburn University at Montgomery Mary Dengler, Dordt College APPENDICES Ann Bomberger, Gannon University John Dethloff, Lone Star College System Kerrie Bondi, Rochester Institute of Technology Janine DeWitt, Marymount University Virginia Jennifer Borgo, Coker College Sarah Diel-Hunt, Heartland Community College M. B. Borst, Ivy Tech Community College - Central Indiana Carol E. Dietrich, DeVry University Jennifer Boulanger, Mohawk Valley Community College John Dilyard, St. Francis College M. Virginia Brackett, Park University Brian Dobbs, College of Southern Idaho Peter Bradley, Ferris State University Maria Donaire-Cirsovius, San Jacinto College District-Central Holly Brown, Walsh University Campus Elizabeth Brown-Guillory, Texas Southern University Douglas Dow, University of Texas at Dallas Kate Bruce, University of North Carolina Wilmington Melissa M. Driskell, University of North Alabama Ellen B. Buckner, University of South Alabama Linda Dulin, McLennan Community College
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Krystyl N. Dumas, Ivy Tech Community College J. David Holcomb, University of Mary Hardin-Baylor Denise Dutton, The University of Tulsa Maria Holmes, Sam Houston State University Clark Elliston, Schreiner University Bobby Hom, Santa Fe College Judy Elsley, Weber State University Paul Homan, North Dakota State University Debbie Engelen-Eigles, Century College Michael Howarth, Missouri Southern State University Richard K. England, Eastern Illinois University Michelle Howell, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Barry Falk, Virginia Commonwealth University Cherie Hufford, Principia College Dana Faught, DC Internships/The Fund for American Studies Donovan Hufnagle, Tarrant County Community College Laura Feitzinger Brown, Converse College District Gregg Fiegel, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Thomas L. Humphries, Saint Leo University Obispo Terry Hunt, University of Oregon Jessica Forbes, University of West Florida Elizabeth Hynes-Musnisky, Nassau Community College James Ford, Rogers State University Aaron Jackson, Bentley University Craig Fox, California University of Pennsylvania Mary C. James, Heritage University Phil Frana, James Madison University Michael L. James, Harding University Julia Frederick, University of Louisiana at Lafayette Jenny S. Johnson, Freed-Hardeman University Tim Fredstrom, Illinois State University Lisa Johnson, Mineral Area College Linda Frost, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Melissa L. Johnson, University of Florida Patricia Gallo, Brookdale Community College Donald Jones, University of Hartford Francisco N. Gamez, University of San Francisco - School of Jean Jones, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania Management Leslie S. Jones, Appalachian State University Bryan Ganaway, College of Charleston Beata M. Jones, Texas Christian University Becky Gardner, Mississippi State University David W. Jones, Dixie State University Daniel Gerth, University of Missouri-St. Louis Robin Jones, University of West Florida Katie Geschwendt, University of New Hampshire Matthew C. Jordan, Auburn University at Montgomery Robert Gillespie, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Timothy Juntilla, Cerritos College Wayne Leslie Kaplan, University of North Florida Vernadette V. Gonzalez, University of Hawaii at Manoa Jessica Kaven, Canada College Jonathan D. Goss, Clarkson University Lisa Kay, Eastern Kentucky University Raymond Green, Texas A & M University-Commerce Jacquelyn A. Kegley, California State University Bakersfield Barbara Greenwell, Seminole State College Maureen Kelleher, Northeastern University Rochelle D. Gregory, North Central Texas College Eve Keller, Fordham University Monika Gross, Bowie State University David Kennedy, Lone Star College System Robert Groven, Augsburg College Mimi Killinger, University of Maine Abbie Grubb, San Jacinto College District-Central Campus Joseph S. King, Radford University Dolores Guerrero, Texas A & M University Kingsville Kathleen King, Hillsborough Community College George Gumerman, Northern Arizona University Jessica Klare, State University of New York-Stony Brook Annmarie Guzy, University of South Alabama Linda L. Kobylarz, Post University APPENDICES Chris Gwaltney, Vincennes University Jaclyn Kopel, Pace University- NYC Darrell Hairston, North Carolina A & T State University Kyle C. Kopko, Elizabethtown College Monica Halka, Georgia Institute of Technology Carla Koretsky, Western Michigan University Jacqueline R. Hall, Auburn University at Montgomery Robert Kostick, Keene State College Jennifer Hamilton, Gulf Coast State College Jonathan Kotinek, Texas A & M University Aaron Hanlin 1, Kent State University Phillip Krummrich, Morehead State University Byron K. Hargrove, Berkeley College Carolyn Kuykendall, Mt. San Antonio College Graeme Harper, Oakland University Brian Kyser, Lone Star College System Jeffrey Hause, Creighton University Michelle Lagrimas, Mount Saint Mary’s University Kelsey Hayes, Auburn University at Montgomery Holly LaHann, University of Idaho Mark Hayse, MidAmerica Nazarene University Joseph Lane, Emory & Henry College Brett Heintz, Delgado Community College Michael E. Lane, University of Maryland-Eastern Shore Matthew Heller, Trinity International University Gregory W. Lanier, University of West Florida Jerry Herron, Wayne State University Jason LaPres, Lone Star College System Jennifer Heth, Tarrant County Community College District Kim Larkin, Suffolk University Megan Hodge, Virginia Commonwealth University Stephen J. Laumakis, University of St. Thomas
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Page Laws, Norfolk State University Adam Oldaker, Illinois Valley Community College Lisa LeBlanc, Anna Maria College Matt Osborn, Green Mountain College Chad Leverette, University of South Carolina-Aiken Lori Owens, Jacksonville State University Sara Levine, Fitchburg State College Aaron Palmer, Wisconsin Lutheran College Patrick Lewis, Sam Houston State University Donald F. Palmer, Kent State University Charles W. Lindsay, Elmira College April Patrick, Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Nicki LoCascio, Marshall University Katie Patton, Eastern Kentucky University Jennifer Lutes, Metropolitan State University of Denver Stacy Patty, Lubbock Christian University Kathy A. Lyon, Winthrop University Marcie Paul, St. Norbert College Pamela Maack, San Jacinto College District-Central Campus Barbara Pemberton, Ouachita Baptist University Kathryn MacDonald, Monroe College Mary Perkins, Elgin Community College Thomas S. Mach, Cedarville University Jessica Perolio, Saint Louis University Liliana Manrique Cadena, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Darryl L. Peterkin, Morgan State University Monterrey Campus Jesse Peters, University of North Carolina at Pembroke Michael L. Manson, American University Thomas J. Pfaff, Ithaca College Liz Marini, Arizona State University Jeffrey Phillips, Northwood University Brandon Marsh, Bridgewater College Philip Phillips, Middle Tennessee State University Susan J. Martelli, Massasoit Community College-Brockton Ron Pitcock, Texas Christian University Cathlena Martin, University of Montevallo L. M. Pittman, Andrews University Andrew Martino, Southern New Hampshire University Avery Plaw, University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth Jonathan Master, Cairn University Jeffrey A. Portnoy, Georgia Perimeter College Ryna May, Howard Community College Trisha Posey, John Brown University Susan McCourt, Bristol Community College Lynn Preston, Tarrant County Community College District Michael J. McGuire, Washburn University Paul Prill, Lipscomb University Elizabeth McLane, Alvin Community College Leonard Primiano, Cabrini College Dana G. Mead, Elizabethtown College Carrie Pritchett, Brazosport College Steven Medema, University of Colorado-Denver Sally Pyle, University of North Dakota Jonathan Mercantini, Kean University Kathryn Quesenbury, Tarrant County Community College David Metzger, Old Dominion University District Beth Meyer-Bernstein, College of Charleston Brian Railsback, Western Carolina University Honors Transfer Project Mission College, Mission College Laura Ramirez Cruz, Laredo Community College Stephen Moelter, University of the Sciences in Philadelphia Ramsey E. Ramsey, Arizona State University Myriam Mompoint, Florida SouthWestern State College Melissa Reddish, Wor-Wic Community College Marcella Montesinos, Palm Beach State College David Rhea, Governors State University Opal Moore, Spelman College Stephanie Ricardo, American University Michael Moradian, HonorSociety.org Jessica Roark, Oklahoma State University Simon Morgan-Russell, Bowling Green State University Sarah Robbins, Texas Christian University Benjamin T. Moritz, American Honors Daniel M. Roberts, Virginia State University Clay Morton, Middle Georgia State College Esther M. Robinson, Lone Star College System Leah Moyer, Clemson University Alannah Rosenberg, Saddleback College Mary Kay Mulvaney, Elmhurst College Don Rosenblum, Nova Southeastern University Elizabeth S. Nawrot, Minnesota State University Moorhead Rae Rosenthal, The Community College of Baltimore County Ryan Neal, Anderson University-South Carolina Mary C. Roslonowski, Eastern Florida State College APPENDICES Bradley R. Newcomer, James Madison University Lisa Rosner, Stockton University Minh Nguyen, Eastern Kentucky University Hank Rothgerber, Bellarmine University Kristen Nielsen-Hermann, Arizona State University John Rowan, Purdue University- Calumet Barbra Nightingale, Broward College Francie Rowe, Edgewood College Lauren E. Nixon, Texas Christian University Christian A. Rubio, Bentley University Donald Nobles, Auburn University at Montgomery James S. Ruebel, Ball State University James Norton, Marian University- Indiana Michaela J. Ruppert-Smith1, College of Charleston James Nutter, Liberty University Erin A. Sadlack, Marywood University Amy Oberts, Illinois State University Michael Schavey, Grand Rapids Community College Alan Y. Oda, Azusa Pacific University Donna Schonerstedt, Texas Christian University William Offutt, Pace University- NYC Jim Schrantz, Tarrant County Community College District
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Richard I. Scott, University of Central Arkansas Michael Thomas, Concordia University-Portland Jessica R. Scott, University of Arkansas-Little Rock Michael P. Timko, University of Virginia-Main Campus Nicole Seemungal, University of California Davis Elisabet Timmering, Hogeschool van Amsterdam University David Settje, Concordia University Chicago of Applied Sciences Lisa Shaffer, Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Maryann Tolano-Leveque, Mt. San Antonio College Stephen Shaw, Northwest Nazarene University Greg Tomso, University of West Florida Melvin Shelton, Albany State University Alicea Toso, Moraine Valley Community College Janet Shepherd, Upper Iowa University Mary Jane Treacy, Simmons College Ursula L. Shepherd, The University of New Mexico Jeremy Trucker, The Community College of Baltimore County Ricki Shine, Clemson University Peter Tschirhart, Colgate University Mohsen Shiri-Garakani, Pace University- NYC Diane C. Tucker, University of Alabama at Birmingham Michael Sloane, University of Alabama at Birmingham Paul Ulrich, Carthage College Larry D. Smith, Missouri Baptist University Clarissa M. Uttley, Plymouth State University Laurie Smith-Law, Iowa State University Jefford Vahlbusch, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Michael T. Snarr, Wilmington College Tamara Valentine, University of Nevada-Reno Joanie Sompayrac, The University of Tennessee at Jennifer Vallin, University of West Florida Chattanooga Anton Vander Zee, College of Charleston Diara Spain, Dominican University of California Maria Vandergriff-Avery, Catawba College Sheri Spaine Long, University of North Carolina at Charlotte Monica VanDieren, Robert Morris University Thomas Spencer, Eastern Illinois University John R. Vile, Middle Tennessee State University Art L. Spisak, University of Iowa Joy E. Wachs, East Tennessee State University Robert (Bob) Spurrier, Oklahoma State University Ute Wachsmann-Linnan, Columbia College - South Carolina Crystal J. Starkey, Delta College Carole Wentz, Santa Clara University Josh Stockley, University of Louisiana at Monroe William Wians, Merrimack College Paul Strom, University of Colorado-Boulder Beth Wightman, California State University, Northridge Mary Ann Studer, Defiance College W B. Wiley, Mount Vernon Nazarene University Jessica G. Sultaire, Bryant University James Williams, University of Indianapolis April Summitt, La Sierra University Jane Williams, Arizona Western College Mickey Sweeney, Dominican University Jodi C. Williams, University of Maine at Augusta Christopher J. Syrnyk, Oregon Institute of Technology
Directory of Lifetime Professional Members of NCHC
Andrew J. Cognard-Black John Emert Bonnie D. Irwin APPENDICES Jaskiran Mathur Hallie E. Savage
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Directory of Affiliate Members of NCHC
Eugene J. Alpert John A. Loughney C. Earl Ramsey Amber Brand Karen V. Lyons Mary Beth Rathe Kirk Hash Jr. Margaret K. Messer Maren Robinson Alexandria Holloway Dail Mullins JoAnn M. Roth Melissa Lindell Elaine Powell Trish Souliere
Directory of Student Members of NCHC
Sonia A. Addo, Missouri Valley College Tyler J. Latshaw, Elizabethtown College Helene Alt, Hillsborough Community College Tricia May-Woods, Columbus State Community College Aaron Argall, Central Michigan University Elisabeth A. Moore, Gardner-Webb University Hassan K. Barzani, University of Texas at San Antonio Carlos Ofosu, Richland College Rachel Belcher, Ferrum College Jude Okanya, Paine College Phillip Belder, Elizabethtown College Jessica Polaski, Bridgewater State University Ash Bindra, Montana State University-Bozeman Kristina Pouliot, DePaul University Dylan Bogard, Eastern Kentucky University Amber Rolland, University of Central Arkansas Natalie Bond, Clarion University of Pennsylvania Karla G. Sanabria Véaz, University of Puerto Rico-Recinto De Heather Buchanan, Southern Oregon University Rio Piedras Rene Buendia, Missouri Valley College Dawn Sarno, Bridgewater State University Adam Costa, Bridgewater State University Louise Sawaya, Central Michigan University Kevin Costa, Bridgewater State University Baleigh Schuler, Central Michigan University Jessica Crabtree, Missouri Valley College Jessica Sharkey, Central Michigan University Christine M. Craib, University of North Carolina Wilmington Alyssa Shepard, Central Michigan University Zhicheng Deng, El Centro College Andrew Skubisz, Clarion University of Pennsylvania Erin Dunn, Molloy College Amanda M. Slater, University of Nebraska at Kearney Heather Dupont, Bridgewater State University Erica E. Spalti, Concordia University-Portland Tiffany R. Ernst, University of North Carolina Wilmington Mara Steven, Loyola University New Orleans Christine Hamilton, Iowa State University Emileigh Stoll, Central Michigan University Alex Hoffmann, University of Southern Indiana Nguyet T. Ta, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Lisa A. Iadanza, Mercyhurst University Gemma R. Topaz, Roxbury Community College Robin Keel, Motlow State Community College Caitlin Tripp, Motlow State Community College Adam Kloha, Central Michigan University APPENDICES
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NCHC Publications Order Form Purchases may be made by calling (402) 472-9150, emailing [email protected], visiting our website (www.nchchonors.org), or mailing a check or money order payable to: NCHC • University of Nebraska–Lincoln • 1100 Neihardt Residence Center • 540 N. 16th Street • Lincoln, NE 68588-0627. FEIN 52–1188042 Member Non-Member No. of Copies Amount This Item Monographs: Assessing and Evaluating Honors Programs and Honors Colleges: A $25.00 $45.00 Practical Handbook* Beginning in Honors: A Handbook (4th Ed.) $25.00 $45.00 Fundrai$ing for Honor$: A Handbook* $25.00 $45.00 A Handbook for Honors Administrators $25.00 $45.00 A Handbook for Honors Programs at Two-Year Colleges* $25.00 $45.00 The Honors College Phenomenon* $25.00 $45.00 Honors Composition: Historical Perspectives and Contemporary $25.00 $45.00 Practices Honors Programs at Smaller Colleges (3rd Ed.)* $25.00 $45.00 The Honors Thesis: A Handbook for Honors Directors, Deans, and $25.00 $45.00 Faculty Advisors Housing Honors $25.00 $45.00 If Honors Students Were People: Holistic Honors Higher Education $25.00 $45.00 Inspiring Exemplary Teaching and Learning: Perspectives on Teaching $25.00 $45.00 Academically Talented College Students* The Other Culture: Science and Mathematics Education in Honors $25.00 $45.00 Partners in the Parks: Field Guide to an Experiential Program in the $25.00 $45.00 National Parks Place as Text: Approaches to Active Learning (2nd Ed.) $25.00 $45.00 Preparing Tomorrow’s Global Leaders: Honors International Education $25.00 $45.00 Setting the Table for Diversity $25.00 $45.00 Shatter the Glassy Stare: Implementing Experiential Learning in $25.00 $45.00 Higher Education Teaching and Learning in Honors* $25.00 $45.00
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NCHC Monographs and Journals Monographs Honors Composition: Historical Perspectives and Contemporary Practices Assessing and Evaluating Honors Programs and Honors Colleges: A by Annmarie Guzy (2003, 182pp) Practical Handbook Parallel historical developments in honors and composition studies; by Rosalie Otero and Robert Spurrier (2005, 98pp) contemporary honors writing projects ranging from admission essays This monograph includes an overview of assessment and evaluation to theses as reported by over 300 NCHC members. practices and strategies. It explores the process for conducting self- studies and discusses the differences between using consultants Honors Programs at Smaller Colleges and external reviewers. It provides a guide to conducting external by Samuel Schuman (Third Edition, 2011, 80pp) reviews along with information about how to become an NCHC- Practical and comprehensive advice on creating and managing Recommended Site Visitor. A dozen appendices provide examples of honors programs with particular emphasis on colleges with fewer “best practices.” than 4000 students.
Beginning in Honors: A Handbook The Honors Thesis: A Handbook for Honors Directors, Deans, and by Samuel Schuman (Fourth Edition, 2006, 80pp) Faculty Advisors Advice on starting a new honors program. Covers budgets, recruiting by Mark Anderson, Karen Lyons, and Norman Weiner (2014, 176pp) students and faculty, physical plant, administrative concerns, To all those who design, administer, and implement an honors curriculum design, and descriptions of some model programs. thesis program, this handbook offers a range of options, models, best practices, and philosophies that illustrate how to evaluate an Fundrai$ing for Honor$: A Handbook honors thesis program, solve pressing problems, select effective by Larry R. Andrews (2009, 160pp) requirements and procedures, or introduce a new honors thesis Offers information and advice on raising money for honors, beginning program. with easy first steps and progressing to more sophisticated and ambitious fundraising activities. Housing Honors edited by Linda Frost, Lisa W. Kay and Rachael Poe (2015, 352pp). A Handbook for Honors Administrators This collection of essays addresses the issues of where honors lives by Ada Long (1995, 117pp) and how honors space influences educators and students. This Everything an honors administrator needs to know, including a volume includes the results of a survey of over 400 institutions; essays description of some models of honors administration. on the acquisition, construction, renovation, development, and even A Handbook for Honors Programs at Two-Year Colleges the loss of honors space; a forum offering a range of perspectives on by Theresa James (2006, 136pp) residential space for honors students; and a section featuring student A useful handbook for two-year schools contemplating beginning perspectives. or redesigning their honors program and for four-year schools doing If Honors Students Were People: Holistic Honors Higher Education likewise or wanting to increase awareness about two-year programs by Samuel Schuman (2013, at press) and articulation agreements. Contains extensive appendices about What if Honors students were people? What if they were not honors contracts and a comprehensive bibliography on honors disembodied intellects but whole persons with physical bodies and education. questing spirits? Of course . . . they are. This monograph examines the The Honors College Phenomenon spiritual yearnings of college students and the relationship between exercise and learning.
APPENDICES edited by Peter C. Sederberg (2008, 172pp) This monograph examines the growth of honors colleges since 1990: Inspiring Exemplary Teaching and Learning: Perspectives on historical and descriptive characterizations of the trend, alternative Teaching Academically Talented College Students models that include determining whether becoming a college is edited by Larry Clark and John Zubizarreta (2008, 216pp) appropriate, and stories of creation and recreation. Leaders whose This rich collection of essays offers valuable insights into innovative institutions are contemplating or taking this step as well as those teaching and significant learning in the context of academically directing established colleges should find these essays valuable. challenging classrooms and programs. The volume provides theoretical, descriptive, and practical resources, including models of effective instructional practices, examples of successful courses designed for enhanced learning, and a list of online links to teaching and learning centers and educational databases worldwide.
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The Other Culture: Science and Mathematics Education Shatter the Glassy Stare: Implementing Experiential Learning in in Honors Higher Education edited by Ellen Buckner and Keith Garbutt (2012, 296pp) edited by Peter A. Machonis (2008, 160pp) A collection of essays about teaching science and math in an honors A companion piece to Place as Text, focusing on recent, innovative context: topics include science in society, strategies for science applications of City as TextTM teaching strategies. Chapters on campus and non-science majors, the threat of pseudoscience, chemistry, as text, local neighborhoods, study abroad, science courses, writing interdisciplinary science, scientific literacy, philosophy of science, exercises, and philosophical considerations, with practical materials thesis development, calculus, and statistics. for instituting this pedagogy.
Partners in the Parks: Field Guide to an Experiential Program in the Teaching and Learning in Honors National Parks edited by Cheryl L. Fuiks and Larry Clark (2000, 128pp) by Joan Digby with reflective essays on theory and practice Presents a variety of perspectives on teaching and learning useful to by student and faculty participants and National Park Service anyone developing new or renovating established honors curricula. personnel (2010, 272pp) This monograph explores an experiential-learning program that Writing on Your Feet: Reflective Practices in City as TextTM fosters immersion in and stewardship of the national parks. The topics edited by Ada Long (2014, 160pp) include program designs, group dynamics, philosophical and political A sequel to the NCHC monographs Place as Text: Approaches to issues, photography, wilderness exploration, and assessment. Active Learning and Shatter the Glassy Stare: Implementing Experiential Learning in Higher Education, this volume explores the role of reflective Place as Text: Approaches to Active Learning writing in the process of active learning while also paying homage to edited by Bernice Braid and Ada Long the City as TextTM approach to experiential education that has been (Second Edition, 2010, 128pp) pioneered by Bernice Braid and sponsored by NCHC during the past Updated theory, information, and advice on experiential pedagogies four decades. developed within NCHC during the past 35 years, including Honors Semesters and City as TextTM, along with suggested adaptations to Journals multiple educational contexts. Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council (JNCHC) Preparing Tomorrow’s Global Leaders: Honors International JNCHC is a semi-annual periodical featuring scholarly articles on Education honors education. Articles may include analyses of trends in teaching edited by Mary Kay Mulvaney and Kim Klein methodology, articles on interdisciplinary efforts, discussions of (2013, 400pp) problems common to honors programs, items on the national higher A valuable resource for initiating or expanding honors study abroad education agenda, and presentations of emergent issues relevant to programs, these essays examine theoretical issues, curricular honors education. and faculty development, assessment, funding, and security. The Honors in Practice (HIP) monograph also provides models of successful programs that HIP is an annual journal that accommodates the need and desire APPENDICES incorporate high-impact educational practices, including City as Text™ for articles about nuts-and-bolts practices by featuring practical pedagogy, service learning, and undergraduate research. and descriptive essays on topics such as successful honors courses, Setting the Table for Diversity suggestions for out-of-class experiences, administrative issues, and edited by Lisa L. Coleman and Jonathan D. Kotinek other topics of interest to honors administrators, faculty, and students. (2010, 288pp) This collection of essays provides definitions of diversity in honors, explores the challenges and opportunities diversity brings to honors education, and depicts the transformative nature of diversity when coupled with equity and inclusion. These essays discuss African American, Latina/o, international, and first-generation students as well as students with disabilities. Other issues include experiential and service learning, the politics of diversity, and the psychological resistance to it. Appendices relating to NCHC member institutions contain diversity statements and a structural diversity survey.
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Speaker Index
A Bagwell, Amelia 95 Bomberger, Ann 101 Bailey, Richard 73 Bond, Natalie 61 Abaza, Suhaib 60 Baker, J. Robert 41 Boodhoo, Shivon 50 Abboud-Chalhoub, Alice H. 93 Baldus, Kimberly 25, 103 Books, Melanie 126 Abraham, Kristy 108 Bambina, Antonina 45 Booster, Iris 52 Adams, Lori 71 Banfield, Elizabeth 131 Boraas, Miranda 120 Adelman, Deborah 69 Barber, Zachary 117 Borocz-Johnson, Lee 39 Adkins, Catherine 51 Barkhauer, Michele 109 Borse, Piyush 27 Aguila, Besty 73 Barnes, Ben 123 Bosco, Alaryss 87 Aguila, Rachelle del 118 Barnes, Rita 34, 52 Bouges, Jamilah-Renay 60, 82 Ahmad, Shirmeen 128 Barnett, Elizabeth 96 Bowers, J.D. 25, 53 Ailts, Jacob 71, 96 Bartels, Kirsten 26, 72, 78, 101 Bowlin, Shianne 45 Aiman, Edwin 66, 122 Bashada, Haley 97 Bowman, Donna 27 Ajgaonkar, Shamili 69 Bash, Jayci 26, 67 Boyd, Da’Von 90 Alexander, Graham 59 Bastola, Arjun 93 Brackett, Mary Virginia 54 Alfano, Heather 89 Basu, Lopa 60 Bradley, Ben 116 Allahyar, Arrash 53 Bauer, Morgan 42 Braid, Bernice 145 Allen, David Scott 67 Baxter, Kevin 27, 69, 79 Brannon, Elizabeth 34 Alpert, Eugene 26, 35, 132, 137 Beatty, Abby 105 Brewster, Glen 123 Alvarez, Lizette 72 Bechtol, Madison 102 Briscoe, Briana 44 Amano, Kyoko 40, 145, 146 Beck, Elizabeth 55, 145 Brooks, Laken 117 Amar, François 28, 49 Becker, Mercedes 116 Brown, Abigail 113 Andel, Jill 25, 72 Beck, Taylor 100 Brown, Earl B. 147 Anderson, Samantha 129 Bedetti, Gaby 68 Brown, Margaret 147 Andrade, Kasey 128 Bednarz, Terri 125 Bruce, Katherine E. 16, 22, 25, 27, 28, Andreozzi-Fontaine, Lynne 37 Behnken, Kyla Larsen 76 43, 75, 131 Andresen, Adam 109, 127 Belder, Phillip 53 Bruce, Lauren 67 Andrews, Michael 81 Bell, Ashleigh 125, 128 Bryant, Lauren 111 Argall, Aaron 65 Bell, Chris 81, 123 Bryant, Rachel 115 Arnold, Robert 60 Bellefleur, Abby 47, 77 Buckner, Ellen 27, 45, 165 Asalone, Kathryn 47, 77 Bender, Paul 74 Bufford, Terin 131 Asher, Justin 103 Bennett, Alan 49, 88 Bundy, Myra Beth 103 Athanasopoulos, Stella 113 Berger, Patrice 18, 82, 147 Burke, Tracie 126, 127 Atkins, Christine 35, 137 Berg, Timothy 132 Burkholder, Chelsea 116 Atkinson, Jeremiah 106, 125 Bermudez, Nadine 125 Burnette, Krista 79 Atlas, Gordon 40 Berry, Doug 25 Burrafato, Michael 119 Atway, Rayann 124 Best, Olivia 115 Burris, Isaac Earl 80, 117 Atwill, William 29, 128 Bevel, Ian 33 Busse, Emily 67 Aune, M. G. 25, 60, 68, 120 Bevilacqua, Nicholas 89 Buss, James 54, 61 Austin, Kimberly 99 Bhambhvani, Hriday 111 Buysse, Analisa Kay 119 Avery, Brianna 63 Bhatt, Amy 117 Byler, Dorvan 16, 75 Awwad, Haya 74 Bidmead, Julye 64 Byrd, Sydnie 74 Aziz, Amir 16, 75 Birdsell, Colby 59 C B Bishop, Katie 41 Bishop, Kifaya 25, 72 Cabaniss, Lauren 99 Speaker Index Index Speaker Baar, Tricia 24 Blades, Rachel 94 Camarena, Phame 36, 65 Bachta, Edward 128 Blanton, Shannon 33 Cantrell, Kelly 58 Badenhausen, Richard 24, 29, 35, 40, Blaska, Laura 39, 47 Capps, Morgan 80, 118 49, 61, 74, 133 Bleil, Robert 41 Carcerano, Caitlin 81, 128 Bae, Jeehyun Helen 100, 124 Blew, Bo 123 Carey, Christian 101 Baert, Andrew 104 Bocchicchio, Victoria 129 Carignan, Megan 51 Baggett, Paul 81 Boehm, Skyler 109 Carrafiello, Susan 25, 79, 129
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Carrasquillo, Angel Luis Acosta 96 Cruickshank, Amy 66 E Carroll, Larry 35 Culverhouse, Kate 127 Carter-Sackey, Shera 61 Cutrer, William 58 Easton, Emily 80 Carter-Stanley, Ryan 118 Easton, Nathaniel 60 Carvin, Bethanie 125 D Ebert, Austin 27 Eck, Haley 123 Case, Meg 74 Dahlman, Anne 36, 78 Castillo, Alejandra 87 Eisenberg, Ann R. 16, 28, 75 Dailey, Rocky 121 Elbow, Gary 41 Cavallaro, Lisa 51 Damuth, Laura 71 Cecilione, Kristen 110 Elliott, James 106 Daniel, Lydia 138 Elwood, Edie 47 Cellucci, Nicholas 88 Daoudi, Asma 97 Chamberlain, Jeffrey 25, 50, 137 Emert, John 146 Dassow, Colin 107 Emond, Rachel 33 Champagne, Josie 43 Dawson, Hannah 98 Chavez, Jessica 107 Engel, Steven 28, 32, 52, 54, 145 Dean, Kevin 24, 33, 43, 51, 80 England, Richard 26, 43, 50, 128, 137 Chenjeri, Prakash 65 Decena-White, Jani 43, 137 Childers, Rachel 63 Ernst, Tiffany 26, 55, 68, 71, 109, 131 Deka, Abhilasha 113 Esposito, Nick 17, 75 Choma, Jaclynn 129 DeLaurentis, Jenna 122 Christine Atkins 137 Estess, Ted 145 DeLuca, Kristin 103, 127 Evans, Megan 39 Clancy, Tim 45 Demaree, Katherine 105 Clark, Austin 104 DeMey, Ashley 131 F Clark, Mark 25 Deng, Lily 76, 91 Clark, Shayna 100 Derias, Nardin 81, 123 Falk, Barry 42, 58, 145 Cleary, Emma 44 Deveaux, Alexis 79 Fallon, Ann 54, 63 Clem, Alex 121 Devers, David 131 Fallon, Helen 54, 127 Clifford, Brendan 47 Dhole, Atharva 93 Farnen, Chelbee 110 Cobane, Craig 67 Dial, Courtney 107 Farrukh, Ramsha 27, 104 Cober, Marieka 43 Diana, Vanessa 123 Faught, Dana 73, 126 Cochran, Morgan 114 Dickey, Emily 96 Fawley, Rachael 68 Cofer, Marshala 93 Dicks, Darby 61 Fay, Hannah 109 Coggins, Bret 107 Diehl, Ryan 48, 67 Feibusch, Philip 51 Cognard-Black, Andrew 46, 52, 64, 79, Diem, Greta 95, 123 Feldman, Noah 60 133 Diener, Jared 34 Fennell, Julia 37, 80, 134 Cohler, Adam 116 Dietrich, Carol 119, 120 Feorene, Kirstie 132 Cole-Leonard, Natasha 35, 137 Digby, Joan 26 Fernandez, Michelle 107 Coleman, David 52, 68 Dilyard, John 28, 62 Fiala, Kirstyn 129 Coleman, Lisa 24, 32, 36, 47, 58, 63 Dinan, Susan 27, 37 Fielding, Heather 24 Comeaux, Rachel 36 Dionisio, John 49 Fields, Andi 94 Condrasky, Lauren 100 Dominguez, Rebecca 130 Fink, Alix 22, 27, 28, 145 Conrad, Trevor 129 Donaire-Cirsovius, Maria 66, 122 Finn, Sean 146 Cooke, Kathy 76 Donovan, Leslie 34 Fisher, Joe 127 Cook, Scott 39, 137 Dooley, Kevin 73 Fitzgerald, Paul 60 Cooper, Erica 40 DosSantos, Anita 130 Flagg, Lindsey 131 Corbett, Emma 43 Dotter, Anne 37 Flesch, Katie 109 Corbitt, Doug 123 Dove, Jessica 128 Fogarasi, Dominic 51 Speaker Index Corley, Chris 54 Dragseth, Debora 60 Folds-Bennett, Trisha 24, 33, 81 Corporán, Cristal Matos 93 Drake, Laure 52 Folk, Christy 100 Cossentino, Amy 39, 137 Driscoll, Margaret 119 Forbes, Tehquin 73, 123 Coss, Liliana Gómez de 46 Driscoll, Marsha 79, 134 Forcey, Anna 95 Costa, Adam 55, 68, 71, 128 Driskell, Melissa 52 Ford, James 22, 25, 29, 33, 146 Costa, Russell 42, 119 Dufour, Rachel 73 Ford, Russ 35 Cottrell, Terry 119 Dunaway, Wendy 88 Forman, Michele 27 Couto, Amy 124 Dunn, Kaitlin 80 Fox, Ashley 126 Cox, Gloria 27 Dupuis, Danielle 128 Fraley, Todd 49, 65 Crane, Susan 76 Dupuis, Martin 26, 42 Frana, Phil 25, 52, 54 Crowley, Christina 70 Durbeej, Jerry 119 Franson, Margaret 25, 43, 67, 137 Crowther, Rebecca 99 Durso-Finley, Gianna 40 Freeman, Rain 43
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Frey, Kaitlyn 114 H I Friedline, Gerianne 102 Frost, Christopher J. 137 Hachey, Danielle 38 Illingworth, Emily 112, 125 Frost, Greta 122 Haddox, Susan 24 Irick, Amber 40 Haggerty, Mark 49 Frost, Linda 25, 29, 35, 52, 54, 64, 133 J Fuchs, Craig 36, 65 Halavick, Natalie 124 Fuentes, Angelica 80 Hales, Shelbi 46 Jabczynski, Christopher 19 Fulton, Joshua 33 Hall, Cyndy 26, 50, 137 Jackson, Aaron 69 Furry, Lauren 46, 52, 82, 137, 145 Hanlin, Aaron 55, 122 Jackson, Coreen 146 Hardy, Laura Chavez 80 Jadue, AnnaMaria 123 G Hardy, Zach 95 Janes, Lisa M. 108 Harlan-Haughey, Sarah 52 Galligan-Stierle, Michael 45 Jani, Karan 27 Harmon, Garrett 65 Jaskowiak, Mary 131 Galloway, Heather 26 Harpham, Edward 26, 74 Garbutt, Keith 26, 35 Jerinic, Maria 59 Harris, Portia 82 Jesmer, James 146 Gaspar, Richard F. 68 Hartleroad, Gayle 44, 63 Gasper, Lindsey 60 Johnson, Melissa 25, 61, 70, 82, 134, Haseleu, Julia 48 137, 146 Gates, Jonathan 130 Hastings, Tyler 24 Geiser, Nicholas 51 Johnson, Nicole 24 Hause, Jeffrey 49 Jolly, Alex 126 Gemmell, Alissa 129 Hawley, Michelle 46 George, Jamie 90 Jones, Beata 77, 137 Haydett, Katelyn 120 Jones, Bryce 88 Gerbis, Ivy 45, 48 Hayes, Sylvia 53, 97 Gerth, Dan 119 Jones, David 146 Heaphy, Leslie 16, 26 Jones, Hannah 87 Gilbert, Alicia 38 Hedrick, Lisa 119 Gilliam, Daniel 109 Jones, Leslie Sargent 45, 66, 73 Heer, Sunita 66 Jones, Patricia 37 Gillis, Mary 77 Heinze, Caira 114 Goergen, Chris 69 Jones, Rebecca 59 Helms, Allyson 115 Jones, Sheila 25, 37 Goldberg, Lenore 48 Herron, Jerry 29, 52, 78, 83, 145 Goldenberg, Jonathan 131 Hessler, Brooke 41, 70, 134 K Goldsborough, Heather 111 Hill, Jessica 44, 63 Goldsmith, Rachelle 25 Hilyer, Caleb 107 Kamran, Beenish 63 Goldsworthy, Lauren 112 Hinton, Zoe 49, 65 Kaplan, Leslie 26, 66 Gomoll, Lucian 46 Hintz, Mara 34 Kardas, Edward 101 Gonzales, Julie 123 Hirsch, Victoria 105 Karper, Elizabeth 122 Goss, Jon 45, 48 Hirvela, Carly 69 Kasman, Aleksandra 27 Grassi, Haley 130 Hoffmann, Alexander 26, 55, 68, 71 Katherine E. Bruce 22, 24, 25, 27, 28, Gray, RaKesha 126 Holbrook, Amber 38 43, 75, 131, 139, 140, 141 Grayson, Keann 90 Holliday, Joseph 125 Kaven, Jessica 42 Greenburg, Jordan 90 Hollowell, Angela 89 Kelleher, Maureen 78 Gregory, Rochelle 74 Holm, Julie 145 Keller, Michael 81 Gremillion, Sara 41 Holm, Megan 115 Keller, Tyler 46 Griffiths, William 82 Homer, Meghan 64 Kelley, Claire 96 Grondin, Nicholas 108 Homer, Sarah 44 Kelley, Johnna 114 Grossman, Nancy 26, 44 Honner, Elizabeth 88 Kemp, Dan 103 Grote, Katie 116 Horan, Jennifer 131 Kenney, Melvin 106 Groven, Robert 67, 76, 121 Horner, Aaron 130 Kessler, Samantha 124 Grubb, Abbie 69 Horne, Rene 124 Ketcham, Amaris 34, 81 Gruhlke, Holly 60 Hounihan, John 77 Khaimova, Rebecca 95 Gubbrud, Jacob 102 Khaleel, Aamina 46
Speaker Index Index Speaker Houston, University of 76 Gulati, Jeff 69 Howell, John 80 Kidwell, John 116 Gumerman, George 71, 124 Huberts, Chrystal 59, 98 Kiesel, Brianna 98 Gump, Jim 119 Hundl, Joshua 77 Kilway, Courtney 113 Gutekunst, Julie 126 Hurlbut, Brenda 88 Kime, David 66 Gutsch, Jason 91 Hurley, Elizabeth 47 Kim, Shanelle 90 Guzy, Annmarie 25, 36, 49, 147 Hutton, Emily 94 King, Kathleen 111
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King, Kathleen B. 27, 29, 35, 61, 64, 69, Lea, Cynthia 103, 123 May, Kelsey 34 128, 133, 137, 147 Lease-Butts, Jennifer 18 Mazumder, Samia 105 King, Teresa 25, 119 Lee, Bao 25, 72 McCabe, Diann 24 Kirby, Robert 79 Lee, Donzell 27 McClelland, Lindsey 115 Klauzer, Jalyn 129 Lee, Michael 80, 92 McClintock-Walsh, Cara 41 Klein, Helene 123 Leichliter-Krause, Marie 33 McCormack, Kara 47 Kleinjan, Barbara 24, 121 Lemak, Bethany 118 McCracken, Sam 62 Kleinjan, Valerie 24, 76, 121 Lemke, Dustin 34, 69, 79 McDaniel, Amber 88 Klein, Kim 24, 43, 51 Lenhardt, Allison 132 McDaniel, Julia 24 Klersy, Ethan 68 Leslie Donovan 34 McDaniel, Kyle 112 Klima, Camille 121 Lewinski, Christine 48 McDonough, Rebecca 94 Klima, Terra 71 Lewis, Cornelia D. 105 McElroy, Kelly 38 Klingshirn, Marc 27 Lewis, Patrick 120 McElveen, Michaela 40, 46 Kloha, Adam 65, 127 Lieberman, Ilene 74 McGinnis, Raymond 127 Klos, Naomi Yavneh 28, 36, 45, 49, 58, Litton, Alfred 36 McIntyre, Christina 28, 29, 48, 67 66, 146 Livesay, Dennis 70 McMichen, Sarah 27 Kmetz, Brian 98 Lockard, Abigail 127 McNamee, James 126 Knausenberger, Mia 113 Loebenberg, Abby 72 McNeil, Jared 127 Knuppel, Elizabeth 76 Long, Ada 49 Meeker, Maude 77 Knurr, Gretchen 65 Long, Eileen 61 Mehra, Natasha 76 Koh, Karlyn 45, 48, 54 Lucht, Allyson 121 Mehta, Sara 78 Kohuth, Kristina 130 Lucien, Reginald 122, 127 Mejias, Arnaldo 122 Kopko, Kyle 53 Luczak, Timothy 104 Mendenhall, Margaret 38, 40 Korstad, John 18, 25, 28, 46, 137 Luke, Gary 64 Menis, Donna 25, 29, 40, 46, 137 Kortz, Karen 37 Luter, Gary 102 Mericsko, Athena 66 Kosco, Jennifer 70, 134 Lyke, Larry 49 Merrell, Emily 87 Koskinen, Michael 50 Lynch, Jacquelyn Scott 72 Merritt, Mckenzie 132 Kostick, Robert 37, 41 Mertz, Christie 126 Kotinek, Jonathan 24, 36, 38, 54, 60, M Messinger, Abigail 99 71 Maack, Pamela 61 Metz, Allan 131 Kotschevar, Christopher 101, 120 Macari, Daniel 72 Metzger, David 70, 134 Kovlakas, Alexa 110 MacCorquodale, Patricia 19, 25 Metzinger, Rachael 122 Krey, Zoe 118 MacDonald, Kathryn 36, 122, 130 Meyer-Bernstein, Elizabeth 46 Kruslin, Anja 93 MacLean, Johnny 32, 74 Meyers, Adrienne 17, 75 Kumar, Tushar 63, 97 Madan, Raghav 98 Mey, Gabrielle 98 Kurian, Emil 104 Magnani, Jessica 103 Mick, Angela 39, 137 Kurniawan, Audeline 79 Maharjan, Sujil 94 Micsky, Ryan 128 Kuschel, Lauren 99 Malinowski, Molly 127 Mikulcik, Simon 128 Miller, Bryan 89 L Mallon, Anne-Marie 41 Mann, Jacqueline 108 Miller, Kari 44 Ladenheim, Melissa 49 Mansour, Isaiah 97 Miller, Keith 17 Laderman, David 42 Marcusen, Margaret 129 Miller, Leilani 45, 48 Miller, Tammy 66 Lahiri, Minakshi 67 Mariz, George 25, 29, 50, 54, 137 Speaker Index Lai, Adriene Michelle 99 Marshall, Lindsay 71, 79 Mills, Kevin 130 Lammers, Marike 34, 66 Marshall, Michael 59 Mills, Michael 45, 48 Landgraff, Katina 132 Martell, Corinna 90 Milone, Abigail 91 Lane, Joseph 73 Martin, Erin 38 Mings, Victoria 94 Lang, Erin 112 Martínez, Juliana Cruz 90 Mitchell, Kimberly 81 Lanier, Greg 22, 42 Martinez, Ted 71, 124 Mitra, Kabir 104 Lantzer, Jason 25 Martin, Jake 63 Mobley, Eric 27, 33, 130 Lappia, Josephine 64 Martin, Melanie 73 Monroe, William 17 Lara, Rhina 73, 123, 146 Martino, Andrew 44, 54 Moore, Elisabeth 116 Latshaw, Tyler 53 Mathis, Kaitlyn 108 Moore, Opal 44 Laufe, Lucy 28, 29, 45, 48, 80, 134 Mathur, Jaskiran 62 Morehead, Lauren 89 Lawrence, Megan 122 Maya, Jessica 104 Morgan, Andrew 94
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Morgan, Bri 123 Otero, Rosalie 35, 46, 133 Provenzano, Frank 39 Morris, Jason 102 O’Toole, Meghan 91 Pyle, Sally 77 Morrison, Lucy 50, 54 Owen, Jody 51 Moser, Andrew 77 Owens, Laura 68 Q Mougouris, Tina 61 P Quay, Sara 22, 27, 28, 145, 150 Mubarik, Khadija 87 Quiros, Nora 54, 63 Mukherjee, Sohini 89 Paiella, Giorgina 18 Qureshi, Nausheen 90 Mulliken, Ken 26, 65 Paige, Tessa 120, 122 Mulvaney, Mary Kay 35, 39, 43, 80, Palmer, Montanna 68 R 146, 147 Palm, Hayden 46 Radman, Emily 130 Murdaugh, Austin 128, 129 Pandey, Vivek 91 Musick, Samantha 91 Raehsler, Rod 61, 72 Pape, Christine 120 Raepple, Eva Maria 69 Musumeci, Salvatore 25, 32 Paredez, Bette 131 Myers, Shirley Shultz 37 Ramirez, Nancy 117 Parisi, Jake 126 Ramos-Garcia, Maria 120 N Parks, Eli 44, 63 Rampy, Brooke 131 Parry, Joe 45 Ranaweera, Sudheera 118 Nanney, Stefanie 113 Partridge, Lindsey 104 Rashid, Kevin 67 Navejar, Ryan 66, 122 Pascoe, Samantha 32 Ratliff, Seth 107 Nawrot, Elizabeth 124 Pashkevich, Michael 49 Reams, Mary 36 Newcomer, Bradley 27, 36 Patterson, Shannon 60, 128 Rech, Jeromy 107, 108 Ng, Chloe 76 Patton, Katie 25, 51 Reedy, Christine 129 Ngoka, Ijeoma 113 Pauly, Rebekah 36 Reeher, Carson 89 Nguyen, Anh 106 Pawlowski, Rachel 63 Reese, Brandon 92 Nguyen, Minh 68 Peevy, Elizabeth 32 Register, P. Brent 55, 70 Nichols, Jordan 125 Pemberton, Barbara 25, 64 Reichert, Ashley 105 Nicholson-Preuss, Mari 45 Penedo, Jeff 74 Reilly, Kayden 73 Nichols, Timothy 72, 102, 121 Pereira, Malin 26, 60, 70, 82 Reinke, Colton 90, 123 Nickerson, Matt 67 Perolio, Jessica 58 Relyea, Christina 26 Nielson, Samantha 97 Peter, Elizabeth 124 Rendell, Dawn 79 Nikoloutsos, Nicolas 112 Peterman, Mandie 128 Reppmann, Aron 22, 25, 27, 40, 139, Nixon, Lauren 59 Peterson, Jessica 65 140 Noel, Samantha 77 Peters, Rachael 87 Reynolds, Dahliani 74 Nolan, Kathleen 62 Petzel, Makenzie 78 Reynolds, Palmer 38 Noll, Anthony 146 Pham, Trinh 46 Rhea, David 39 Nucete, Andrea 92 Phillips, Phillip 27 Rhoden, Brenda 49, 77 Nunez, Ryan 102 Phillips, Rhonda 124 Rhodes, Jack 29, 32, 62, 134 Nynatten-Janikowska, Irena van 126 Pickard, Dee Dee 50 Riccio, Kia Taylor 113 Piecyk, Rachel 126 O Rice, Stacy 25, 60, 80, 134 Pierce, Adrienne 24, 41 Richard Badenhausen 40 O’Connor, Angeli 115 Pilot, Albert 59, 64 Richardson, Jessica 110 Oda, Alan 24, 36, 47, 52 Pinter, Mike 125 Richardson, Marissa 130 O’Dea, Gregory 33 Piotrowski, Kevin 77 Richardson, Samantha 87, 128, 129 Odum, Eric 70, 134 Pitcock, Ron 77 Riley, Alyssa 93 O’Flaherty, Katherine 72 Pitner, Ann 38, 78 Ringel, Samantha 94 O’Kane, Sara 124 Platt, Danielle 32 Rivera, Irismarie Medina 92 Okanya, Chika 55, 68, 71 Poffenberger, Abbey 46 Roark, Jessica 28, 35, 45, 62, 79, 134 O’Leary, Kathleen 80, 130 Pogue, Cody 66 Robe, James 77 Ponnazhagan, Ranjani 79, 106
Speaker Index Index Speaker O’Leary, Stephanie 48 Roberts, Benjamin 41 Oliver, Rebecca 26, 68, 79, 134 Portnoy, Jeffrey A. 29, 49 Roberts, Daniel 102 Olson, Austin 111 Pouliot, Kristina 116 Roberts, Jonathan 54 O’Neal, Kayla 95 Preston, Lynn 51 Rodriguez, Jose 58 O’Neal, Susan 73 Price, Douglas 73 Rodriguez, Nicole 63, 97 Onufrak, Aaron 129 Prichard, Faye 64 Roelofs, Pepijn 59 Osborne, Hannah 128 Prichard, Katherine 37 Rogenski, Elizabeth 117 Ost, Ruth 27, 54 Pritchett, Carrie 50, 59 Roiland, Josh 34
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Rolland, Amber 27, 28, 53, 55, 68, 71, Sharma, Birendra 112 Streufert, Paul 26 123 Sharp, Rachael 43 Stromberg, Joseph 61 Romanyak, Natalya 74 Sheehan, Elaine 40 Strube, Benjamin 93 Rorabaugh, Pete 60 Shepard, Alyssa 65 Stuart, Mae 95 Rose, Cassia 80 Sherlock, Frances 61 Studer, Mary Ann 120 Rosenberg, Alannah 41, 64 Shermak, Jeremy 33, 63 Stynchula, Andee 98 Rosenberg, Stan 45 Sherman, Julianna 18 Sullivan-Gonzalez, Douglass 16, 25 Rosenow, Ce 58 Shine, Ricki 48 Sullivan, Sarah 51 Rowell, Mary 73 Sigona, Annalise 125 Sunnenberg, Lenise 94 Rubio, Christian 61, 69 Sikes, Nicole 112 Supinski, Meredith 109 Ruebel, James 42, 61, 62, 137, 145, Simon, Rhiana 107 Sutphin, Cody 68 147 Sivaainkaran, Anjali 27 Svenson, Eri 95 Ruiz, Christina 78 Sivak, Mark F. 108 Swarner, Jill 50 Runyan, Timothy 121 Skoglund, Elizabeth 61 Sweeney, Mickey 52 Rushton, William J. 50, 102, 130 Skubisz, Andrew 61 Szczesny, Samantha 124 Rust, Catherine 81 Slabaugh, Kalynn 101 Slater, Larry 45 T S Sloane, Mike 27, 52, 76, 102 Ta, Amy 55, 68, 71 Salamey, Ali 63 Slothtower, Kenzie 41 Talis, Emma 111 Salholz, Miriam 53 Smales, Lauren 130 Taxonomy 109 Salinas, Omar 46 Smith, Amy 102 Taylor, David 33 Samuels, Kashima 72 Smith, Conner 110 Taylor, Jessica 106, 111 Sandlund, Jessica 115 Smith-Law, Laurie 26, 51, 62 Taylor, Rachel 38 Sands, Peter 39 Smith, Madison R. 79 Thadani, Vandana 49 Saravanan, Monisa 38 Smith, Patricia 37, 47, 53, 64, 133 Theophil, Hannah 123 Savage, Hallie 35, 42, 46, 133 Smith-Sutton, Dylan 110 Thien, Deborah 72 Sawaya, Louise 127 Sobolewski, Kelly 93 Thoeny, Amber 123, 128 Sayers, Rick 26 Sofranko, Jared 127 Thomas, Matthew 97 Schafer, Danielle 99 Sompayrac, Joanie 32, 53, 67 Thompson, Bruce 78 Schafer, Rachel 27 Sonne, Kathryn 82 Thompson, Erica 50 Schattner, Nathaniel 92, 114 Sorensen, Janni 60 Thornburg, Kelly 71 Scheible, Ellen 119 Spalding, Rose 50 Thorndike, Jonathan 125 Schmidt, Randi 91 Spano, Samantha 115 Ticknor, Cindy 48, 121 Schneider, Chris 114 Spartz, Emerson 11 Tiernan, Jennifer 126 Schroer, Haley 61 Spencer, Tom 27 Timmons, Sarah 41 Schuler, Baleigh 127 Spisak, Art 26, 54, 70, 79, 85, 134 Tkacik, Michael 26, 44 Schumacher, Dana 71 Spittle, Emily 126 Tomso, Greg 28, 54 Schwartz, Leyah A. 106 Spritz, Becky 74 Torda, Elaine 28, 29, 33, 47, 51, 62, 79, Schwebel, Lisa 28, 45, 62, 134 Spurrier, Bob 35, 46, 133 82, 134, 145 Scimeca, Michael 42, 89 Squires, Suzanne 70 Torrusio, Ann 119 Scimeca, Taylor 42, 125 Stamos, Sarah 100 Toso, Alicea 33 Scott, Rick 37, 42, 47, 133 Staples, Joshua 92 Treble, Christina 77 Steele, Brian 120, 130 Scott, Stephen 33 Treloggen, Jennifer 41 Speaker Index Seader, Leah 60, 108 Stephens, Nicole 98 Troutman, John 130 See, Zachary 120 Steur, James 42 Trucker, Jay 82 Seitz, Colleen 76 Stewart, Amy 76, 111 Trucker, Jeremy 66 Selby, Angela 120, 127, 130 Stewart, Hannah 123 Truijen, Karin 34 Serfling, Nathan 101 Stockley, Joshua 26, 61 Trujillo, Christopher 131 Settle, Zoe 41 Stockton, Madeline 119 Tucker, Diane 120 Setty, Katie 123 Stoll, Emileigh 65 Turk, Mladen 35 Sexton-Radek, Kathy 35 Stoller, Aaron 26 Turner, Marcus 61 Shambo, Elizabeth 117 Story, Amy 38 Sharkey, Jessica 127 Strang, Hilary 80 Street, Daejon 117
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U Ward, Joshua 106 Wintrol, Kate 59 Warner, Brianna 94 Wirth, Caitlin 38, 40 Ulloa, John 42 Warner, Jennifer 70 Wisnewski, Alexander 115 Ulrich, Alexis 43 Watchorn, Patrick 121 Woell, John 38 Umennachi, Nnachi 25 Watkins, Morgan 118 Wolfensberger, Marca 27, 52 Underwood, Gloria 114 Watts, John 59 Wolfe, William 61 Unzalu, Edwin 125 Weerheijm, Ron 71 Wolk, Gabriela 42 Urig, Elizabeth 132 Weingart, Valerie 146 Wompierski, Stacia 131 Uteuova, Aliya 77 Weir, Sumiko 110 Wong, Aliza 41 V Weller, Eddie 26, 61, 69, 73, 146 Wood, Gregory 45 Wenning, Alex 27, 129 Wood, Leanne 61, 79, 134 Vahlbusch, Jefford 25, 74 West, Meghan 126 Wood, Morgan 95, 96 VanBrunt, Hannah 113 Wezer, Jimmursia 52, 96 VanKley, Jessi 131 Whatley, Andrew 24 Y VanLaningham, Erin 81 Wheeler, Ross 54 Yager, Susan 52 Vaselaney, Hannah 123 Whitebread, Aaron 91 Yarrison, Betsy 38, 42, 54 Véaz, Karla Sanabria 96 Whitebread, Geoffrey 40, 101 Yelverton, Beth 25, 74 Veenstra, Peter 42 White, Brian 32, 54 Yevstigneyeva, Nadia 78, 121 Velazquez, Jessica 80, 114 White, Jacci 128 Yoder, Holly 38, 50 Velek, Thomas 58 Whitling, Jackie 60 Yonkey-Clayton, Marcy Jo 24 Viikinsalo, Amanda 130 Whitt, Deborah 25 Youmans, Karen 53, 70, 134 Vile, John 50 Wiegand, Emily 125 Yox, Andrew 80 Villegas, Julie 126 Wiencek, Richard A. 108 Yund, Seth 32 Viswanath, Neha 101 Wild, Jamie 128 Wilk, Grace 60 Z W Willborg, Rachel 88 Williams, Bailey 115 Zagata, Melissa 66 Waddle, Ellen 125 Williams, Dan 59, 69, 77 Zane, Len 147 Wagner, Mary 94 Williams, Hannah 42, 50 Zaragoza, Socorro 46 Wagoner, Jessica 38 Williams, Keira 41 Zecher, Jonathan 49 Walczak, Danielle 49 Williamson, Kacey 59 Zee, Anton Vander 81 Waldroup, Heather 78 Williamson, Laurel 73 Zembrodt, Belle 46 Waldschmidt, Nathalie 89 Williams, Tara 52 Zikeli, Shelby 105 Walsh-Dilley, Marygold 34 Williams, Tracy Rundstrom 77 Zisel, Matthew 64 Walsh, Gwen 34 Williams, Victoria 70, 134 Zitello, Kayla 132 Walter, Ashley 66, 117 Wilson, Bethany 45 Zivanov, Catherine 107 Wang, Alvin 25 Wilson, Jennifer 25, 45 Zubizarreta, John 29, 52, 62, 78, 134, Ward, Audrey 25 Wilt, Aaron 33 145 Ward, Brian 78 Speaker Index Index Speaker
172 50th Annual Conference of the National Collegiate Honors Council SESSION INDEX BY KEYWORD Session Index by Keyword
ADMINISTRATION AND HBCU Honors Program Models: Sharing Challenges and Achievements PROGRAM REVIEW 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM...... Colorado Integrating Honors Requirement Tracking into the University Friday, November 13, 2015 IT Infrastructure: A Tale of Three Systems 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM...... Superior A Been There, Done That - Actual Experience with the Proposed NCHC Program Review Rubric Beyond Replacing Gen Ed: The Future of Honors Curricula 9:00 AM - 9:50 AM...... Superior B 4:00 PM - 4:50 PM...... Mississippi Protecting the Honors College: Strategies Used to Protect our Making Big Plans: Transitioning Honors Programs Seamlessly Program in a “State” of Educational Destruction, Despair, and and Efficiently Devastation 4:00 PM - 4:50 PM...... Ohio 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM...... Superior B Saturday, November 14, 2015 Climbing Up the Coconut Tree’: Honors Course Offerings in the Era of AP, IB, Dual Credit and the ‘Incredibly Shrinking Approaches to Assessment at Two-Year Colleges Core Curriculum’ 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM...... Arkansas 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM...... Arkansas Resetting an Honors Program: The University of Louisiana at Utilizing an NCHC Consultant to Improve Your Program or Monroe (ULM) Case College 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM...... Superior B 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM...... Missouri Implementing the Vision of UNC Charlotte Honors College to Friend or Foe? The public-private partnership in Honors Engage Students in Local Social Justice Work education 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM...... Ontario 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM...... Chicago Ballroom 8 New Answers to an Old Question; Fresh Perspective on Hon- Honors Programs in an Age of Performance-Based Funding ors Retention 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM...... Missouri 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM...... Chicago Ballroom 9 Raising the Internal Profile of an Honors Program Implementing a Transfer Policy: The Struggle of Designing a 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM...... Colorado Policy that is Fair to All Students Developing and Maintaining Productive Relationships be- 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM...... Missouri tween Two- and Four-Year Honors Programs Appreciative Advising with Honors Students 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM...... Chicago Ballroom 9 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM...... Chicago Ballroom 9 Honors Student Associations: Tips, Lessons, Models for Suc- Lessons Learned from a Different Director’s Chair cessful Leadership 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM...... Sheraton Ballroom 3 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM...... Superior B What Honors Students Want from their Honors Program/Col- Making Big Plans -- Starting with the Thesis: The Four-Year lege: A Research-Based Study Architecture of an Honors Curriculum that Leads to a High 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM...... Superior A Rate of Thesis Completion 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM...... Superior A Go Big! The Impact of Staging High-Profile Honors Admis- Session Index Session sions Events on Recruiting Yield Rates Keyword by Career and Professional Development Programming for 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM...... Chicago Ballroom 9 Honors Students 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM...... Colorado Making Big Plans: Growing Honors through Disciplinarily Diverse Capstone Experiences You Want Us To Do What? Adding an Activity-Points Require- 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM...... Superior B ment to an Established Honors Program 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM...... Mississippi Assessing the Institutional Impact of Honors 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM...... Parlor C
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Great Plans: Working with Top College Administrators to Challenges and Solutions in Honors Advising Advance Honors Education 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM...... Michigan A 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM...... Sheraton Ballroom 2 Big Plans/Big Scholarships 1: Finding the Match Little Plans Do Not Get Realized: A History of Honors at Texas 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM...... Erie A&M Making Big Plans -- Starting with the Thesis: The Four-Year 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM...... Chicago Ballroom 9 Architecture of an Honors Curriculum that Leads to a High The Best-Laid Plans: Responding to Students of Concern Rate of Thesis Completion 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM...... Sheraton Ballroom 3 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM...... Superior A Reimagining Honors Requirements: Beyond General Educa- Career and Professional Development Programming for tion Honors Students 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM...... Mississippi 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM...... Colorado Honors Selection Predictors: Statistical Analysis and Case Building a Safety Net with a FAN: The Faculty Advisor Net- Study of a Small College Honors Program Recruiting and work Retention Results 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM...... Mississippi 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM...... Chicago Ballroom 9 Big Plans/Big Scholarships 2: Preparing Major Scholarship Choose Your Own Adventure: Finding Flexibility within Applications Honors 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM...... Erie 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM...... Ontario Enhancing Honors Students’ Career Development with Aca- Student Involvement in Honors Program Admissions demic Advising 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM...... Colorado 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM...... Colorado Open Call Scholarships: Helping Honors Students Plan their Application Process ADVISING AND MENTORING 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM...... Chicago Ballroom 8 Honors Contracts or Options: Problems and Solutions Friday, November 13, 2015 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM...... Colorado Integrating Honors Requirement Tracking into the University A Foundation of Success in the Honors College for Students IT Infrastructure: A Tale of Three Systems from Underrepresented Groups 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM...... Superior A 9:00 AM - 9:50 AM...... Chicago Ballroom 9 Needy Students, Demanding Parents, Challenging Curricula: Honors Building Leadership through Honors Student Associ- The Constant Balancing Act for Honors Faculty and Advisors ations 4:00 PM - 4:50 PM...... Sheraton Ballroom 3 9:00 AM - 9:50 AM...... Colorado Honors Advising: Making it Work Honors Advising in Professional Programs: The Power of 4:00 PM - 4:50 PM...... Arkansas Presence 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM...... Sheraton Ballroom 3 Beyond Replacing Gen Ed: The Future of Honors Curricula 4:00 PM - 4:50 PM...... Mississippi Advising for the Bigger Picture: Challenging Honors Student to Think Holistically No Little Plans with No Little Players: How Support Staff 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM...... Sheraton Ballroom 1 Enhance Honors Programming 4:00 PM - 4:50 PM...... Chicago Ballroom 8 Planning for the Unpredictable: Making Room for the Gifted in Honors Programs Saturday, November 14, 2015 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM...... Ohio Enhancing the Experience: Partnerships for Supporting High Retaining Honors Students Achievers 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM...... Colorado 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM...... Colorado
by Keyword Student Perspectives on Portfolio Development and Honors Session Index Ignatian Tools for Critical Reflection Learning 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM...... Chicago Ballroom 10 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM...... Missouri Appreciative Advising with Honors Students 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM...... Chicago Ballroom 9
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Promoting Challenge by Choice: An Experiential Project Rein- ARTS AND HUMANITIES forcing Honors Values in the First Year Seminar 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM...... Ontario Friday, November 13, 2015 Urban Honors: Making Diversity part of the BIG plan 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM...... Chicago Ballroom 10 A Trivial Pursuit: Exploring Creative Alternatives to the Pa- Professional Scholars: Honors Seminars Bridging Academia per-Writing Process and Career 9:00 AM - 9:50 AM...... Sheraton Ballroom 3 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM...... Arkansas Developing Curiosity in Your Curriculum Encouraging Intentional Reflection in Honors Student Study 9:00 AM - 9:50 AM...... Missouri Abroad Verbatim Theatre as Integrative Learning 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM...... Erie 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM...... Missouri Honors Peer Mentoring: What Does it Look Like? Why Honors Programs Need Medieval Studies 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM...... Colorado 4:00 PM - 4:50 PM...... Chicago Ballroom 9 Supporting First-Generation Students in Honors Honors at the Upper Division 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM...... Ontario 4:00 PM - 4:50 PM...... Superior A Success in Honors: Searching for Predictors 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM...... Chicago Ballroom 10 Saturday, November 14, 2015
Models of Learning Portfolios in Honors for Student and Honors Journal at University of Colorado-Boulder Program Development 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM...... Colorado 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM...... Ontario Walt Disney Made No Little Plans: The Large Potential of First-Year Student Success: From Honors Retreat to the Hon- Disney Studies in Honors Programs ors Mentor Program 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM...... Mississippi 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM...... Arkansas Page to Stage: Promoting Creativity through Curricular The Changing MCAT: Take 2 Diversity 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM...... Michigan B 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM...... Ohio UCI’s Sophomore Success Program: Preparing Students for Live Demo for Chinese Brush Painting: An Allegorical Process the Real World 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM...... Arkansas 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM...... Huron A World of Undergraduate Research Summer Research: A High-Impact Practice for Undergraduate 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM...... Chicago Ballroom 10 Honors Students 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM...... Sheraton Ballroom 2 Big Plans, Small Groups: Service Learning, Digital Storytelling, and Honors Composition Exploring the Phenomenon of Honors Advising 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM...... Michigan A 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM...... Superior B Ethics of Using Non-Human Primates in Neuroscience Re- Advising Honors Students through Honors: Filling a Critical search Void in Student Development 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM...... Colorado 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM...... Erie “Acting” with Honor: Using Interpretive Literature within a Demystifying Graduate and Professional School Applications Multi-Discipline Curriculum 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM...... Colorado 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM...... Chicago Ballroom 8 Session Index Session Planning to Keep Graduates Involved: Creating Groups for Subjective Experience and the Engaged Honors Community Keyword by Alumni at Community Colleges 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM...... Chicago Ballroom 10 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM...... Superior A Fake It ‘Til You Make It: The Trials and Tribulations of Stu- dent-Run Theatre 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM...... Colorado Reinvigorating Intellectual Culture in Honors 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM...... Missouri
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Filming a Regional Legend and Building an Honors Commu- Integrating Honors Requirement Tracking into the University nity IT Infrastructure: A Tale of Three Systems 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM...... Arkansas 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM...... Superior A Saturday, November 14, 2015
ASSESSMENT AND Implementing a Transfer Policy: The Struggle of Designing a PROGRAM EVALUATION Policy that is Fair to All Students 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM...... Missouri Friday, November 13, 2015 Approaches to Assessment at Two-Year Colleges 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM...... Arkansas Reimagining Honors: Engaging Students in Creating an Honors Innovation Labs in Practice and Theory in the Nether- Honors College lands and in the US 9:00 AM - 9:50 AM...... Mississippi 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM...... Michigan A Been There, Done That - Actual Experience with the Proposed New Answers to an Old Question; Fresh Perspective on Hon- NCHC Program Review Rubric ors Retention 9:00 AM - 9:50 AM...... Superior B 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM...... Chicago Ballroom 9 Utilizing an NCHC Consultant to Improve Your Program or Small Start, Big Finish College 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM...... Sheraton Ballroom 1 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM...... Missouri Building Engagement through the First-Year Experience Honors Advising in Professional Programs: The Power of Course in Two-Year College Honors Programs Presence 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM...... Colorado 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM...... Sheraton Ballroom 3 ELOs, Evaluation and Rigor: Integrating Honors Contracts Student Perspectives on Portfolio Development and Honors into University Assessment Learning 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM...... Erie 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM...... Missouri What Honors Students Want from their Honors Program/Col- Honors by Contract: the Good, the Bad, and the Measurable lege: A Research-Based Study 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM...... Chicago Ballroom 9 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM...... Superior A Protecting the Honors College: Strategies Used to Protect our Program in a “State” of Educational Destruction, Despair, and Assessing the Institutional Impact of Honors Devastation 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM...... Parlor C 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM...... Superior B Civic Awareness for Honors Student Leaders: Promoting Criti- How Does Global Engagement Engage the Student/Citizen cal Social Change in Long Beach, CA after the Trip Is Over? 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM...... Huron 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM...... Mississippi The Definition of Honors, Modes of Learning and Core Com- petencies: A Roundtable Discussion Certification of Honorsprogrammes 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM...... Missouri 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM...... Ohio Going Abroad or Learning Abroad: Pedagogical Tools for Honors Programs in an Age of Performance-Based Funding Gaining Intercultural Competencies in Programs Abroad 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM...... Missouri 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM...... Michigan A Friend or Foe? The public-private partnership in Honors Models of Learning Portfolios in Honors for Student and education Program Development 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM...... Chicago Ballroom 8 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM...... Ontario Verbatim Theatre as Integrative Learning Diversifying the Honors College from the Freshman Class up: 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM...... Missouri President’s Award Program - Honors at UIC
by Keyword A Spoonful of Sugar: Strategies for Blending Nursing and 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM...... Parlor C Session Index Honors 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM...... Missouri
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Friday, November 13, 2015 Friday, November 13, 2015
Brainstorming ideas for the proposed Honors Undergraduate Career and Professional Development Programming for Journal: An NCHC Online Journal of Research and Creative Honors Students Activity 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM...... Colorado 9:00 AM - 9:50 AM...... Arkansas Honors Student Associations: Tips, Lessons, Models for Suc- New Directions for Undergraduate Research at Small Institu- cessful Leadership tions: No Little Plans 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM...... Superior B 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM...... Chicago Ballroom 9 Moving in Honors Making Big Plans -- Starting with the Thesis: The Four-Year 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM...... Superior B Architecture of an Honors Curriculum that Leads to a High Rate of Thesis Completion Saturday, November 14, 2015 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM...... Superior A Appreciative Advising with Honors Students Failing Better: Handling Rejection in the Age of Success 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM...... Chicago Ballroom 9 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM...... Arkansas Standing Out in Today’s Competitive Job Market A Spoonful of Sugar: Strategies for Blending Nursing and 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM...... Sheraton Ballroom 1 Honors 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM...... Missouri Students Energizing Alumni Engagement 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM...... Huron Stop and Celebrate: The Best Approaches to Sharing and Celebrating Honors Research 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM...... Missouri COMMUNITY BUILDING AND Enhancing Honors Students’ Career Development with Aca- demic Advising CIVIC ENGAGEMENT 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM...... Colorado Fostering a Culture of Big Plans for Honors Theses: Creativity, Friday, November 13, 2015 Collaboration, and Completion 4:00 PM - 4:50 PM...... Michigan A Ima College Student, Too 9:00 AM - 9:50 AM...... Missouri Innovation Lab: Developing a Game to Enhance Use of Lan- Honors Building Leadership through Honors Student Associ- guage and Vocabulary with Children in Primary School 4:00 PM - 4:50 PM...... Huron ations 9:00 AM - 9:50 AM...... Colorado Saturday, November 14, 2015 Building Pathways to Engaged Scholarship: Nuts and Bolts of It’s Not Just A “Senior” Capstone Project: The Senior Honors a Student Success program 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM...... Chicago Ballroom 8 Project from Prospective Student to Graduation 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM...... Sheraton Ballroom 1 Open Access: Honors Students and the Question of Privilege Making Big Plans: Growing Honors through Disciplinarily 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM...... Mississippi Diverse Capstone Experiences Verbatim Theatre as Integrative Learning 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM...... Superior B
11:00 AM - 11:50 AM...... Missouri Index Session by Keyword by Honors Capstone and Research Projects at a Business Institu- You Want Us To Do What? Adding an Activity-Points Require- tion ment to an Established Honors Program 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM...... Parlor C 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM...... Mississippi Summer Research: A High-Impact Practice for Undergraduate Requiring and Rewarding Student Engagement Honors Students 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM...... Chicago Ballroom 10 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM...... Sheraton Ballroom 2 Developing and Maintaining Productive Relationships be- tween Two- and Four-Year Honors Programs 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM...... Chicago Ballroom 9 www.nchchonors.org 177 SESSION INDEX BY KEYWORD
Setting the World on Fire Is No Small Plan: Celebrating the Defining Honors: Evoking Intellectual, Spiritual, and Physical 10th Anniversary of the AJCU Honors Consortium Excellence through a Holistic Program 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM...... Missouri 9:00 AM - 9:50 AM...... Arkansas Branding an Honors Program through Intentional Marketing Reimagining Honors: Engaging Students in Creating an 4:00 PM - 4:50 PM...... Arkansas Honors College 9:00 AM - 9:50 AM...... Mississippi Honors in the City 4:00 PM - 4:50 PM...... Superior B Honors Student Council Roles in the Transition to an Honors College Saturday, November 14, 2015 9:00 AM - 9:50 AM...... Michigan A Implementing the Vision of UNC Charlotte Honors College to Teaching and Learning Student Fishbowl Engage Students in Local Social Justice Work 9:00 AM - 9:50 AM...... Erie 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM...... Ontario The Architecture of a Peer-Led Tutoring Program Honors in the Welding Lab: Workforce Education and Two- 9:00 AM - 9:50 AM...... Michigan B Year College Honors Programs Socioeconomics and its Impact on the Landscape of Students 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM...... Colorado in Honors Bigger and Better: The Red Paperclip Experiment 9:00 AM - 9:50 AM...... Ohio 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM...... Parlor C Student Perspectives on Portfolio Development and Honors Engaging Honors Students in Cross-Cultural Democratic Learning Leadership 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM...... Missouri 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM...... Parlor C Internationalizing Honors on Campus Does Service Learning Really Matter? Helping the iGeneration 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM...... Sheraton Ballroom 2 Decenter New Directions for Undergraduate Research at Small Institu- 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM...... Superior A tions: No Little Plans Building Community in a Commuter Honors Program: Re- 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM...... Chicago Ballroom 9 treats, Events, Classes, Lounges Building Bridges: Emerging Trends in Transfer Agreements 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM...... Sheraton Ballroom 2 between Two- and Four-Year Colleges Filming a Regional Legend and Building an Honors Commu- 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM...... Erie nity Honors Student Associations: Tips, Lessons, Models for Suc- 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM...... Arkansas cessful Leadership Inside Out: Moving an Honors Program from the Classroom 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM...... Superior B to the Community Challenges and Solutions in Honors Advising 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM...... Mississippi 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM...... Michigan A Students Energizing Alumni Engagement Stop and Celebrate: The Best Approaches to Sharing and 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM...... Huron Celebrating Honors Research 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM...... Missouri CREATING UNIQUE Making Big Plans: Building a Sustainable Food Systems Collaborative through Courses, Research, and Community OPPORTUNITIES Engagement 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM...... Michigan B Friday, November 13, 2015 Small Change and Big Shifts: Agency, Group Dynamics, and Organization Development in the Honors Classroom Brainstorming ideas for the proposed Honors Undergraduate 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM...... Arkansas Journal: An NCHC Online Journal of Research and Creative Activity by Keyword Data, Reflection, Action: An honors case study in online Session Index 9:00 AM - 9:50 AM...... Arkansas professional writing Academic Engagement Beyond the Traditional Classroom 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM...... Michigan A 9:00 AM - 9:50 AM...... Superior A
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Using Hybrid Classes to Enhance Honors Course Offerings in Page to Stage: Promoting Creativity through Curricular the Disciplines. Diversity 4:00 PM - 4:50 PM...... Missouri 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM...... Ohio Globalizing Honors: A Comprehensive Approach Honors Collaborates to Meet the Grand Challenges 4:00 PM - 4:50 PM...... Missouri 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM...... Mississippi Fostering a Culture of Big Plans for Honors Theses: Creativity, Strengthening the Scholar through Self-Discovery: Consid- Collaboration, and Completion ering the Role of Scholar Development Courses in Honors 4:00 PM - 4:50 PM...... Michigan A Education 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM...... Colorado Saturday, November 14, 2015 Grand Canyon Semester Reception An Analysis of the Effect of a Summer High School Learning 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM...... Arkansas Program on Student Recruitment in an Honors Program Encouraging Intentional Reflection in Honors Student Study 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM...... Sheraton Ballroom 3 Abroad Honors in the Welding Lab: Workforce Education and Two- 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM...... Erie Year College Honors Programs I’ll Link to That! Making Big Plans at Small College Honors 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM...... Colorado Programs Implementing the Vision of UNC Charlotte Honors College to 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM...... Superior A Engage Students in Local Social Justice Work Supporting First-Generation Students in Honors 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM...... Ontario 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM...... Ontario Students as Publishers: a TCU Honors Experiential-Learning Fake It ‘Til You Make It: The Trials and Tribulations of Stu- Project dent-Run Theatre 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM...... Erie 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM...... Colorado Honors Innovation Labs in the US and the Netherlands: Expe- Reimagining Honors Requirements: Beyond General Educa- rience an Innovation Lab: theory tion 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM...... Michigan A 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM...... Mississippi There and Back Again: Bringing Partners in the Parks Home Models of Learning Portfolios in Honors for Student and 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM...... Sheraton Ballroom 3 Program Development Promoting Challenge by Choice: An Experiential Project Rein- 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM...... Ontario forcing Honors Values in the First Year Seminar The Lions Exchange: Dutch-Singaporean Honours Exchange 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM...... Ontario Programme Engaging Honors Students in Cross-Cultural Democratic 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM...... Ohio Leadership Choose Your Own Adventure: Finding Flexibility within 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM...... Parlor C Honors Letting Students Lead: Valuing the Honors Student Voice 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM...... Ontario 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM...... Missouri Creative Interdisciplinary Seminars that Engage Students DIVERSITY and Inspire Faculty 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM...... Missouri Friday, November 13, 2015 From Tourist to Traveler: Big Plans for Study Abroad Session Index Session 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM...... Colorado Socioeconomics and its Impact on the Landscape of Students Keyword by in Honors Honors Capstone and Research Projects at a Business Institu- 9:00 AM - 9:50 AM...... Ohio tion 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM...... Parlor C Ima College Student, Too 9:00 AM - 9:50 AM...... Missouri Making Unusual Connections: Interdisciplinary Seminars in the Two-Year College Honors Program A Foundation of Success in the Honors College for Students 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM...... Ontario from Underrepresented Groups 9:00 AM - 9:50 AM...... Chicago Ballroom 9
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The Gender in Your Genes: Biological Misrepresentations in Honors Journal at University of Colorado-Boulder the Gender Binary Model 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM...... Colorado 9:00 AM - 9:50 AM...... Chicago Ballroom 8 Who Gets Invited and How Do We Decide? New Results from Open Access: Honors Students and the Question of Privilege the NCHC 2014 Admissions, Retention, and Completion 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM...... Mississippi Survey 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM...... Mayfair I too am an Honors Student: Engaging a Multi-Diverse Uni- versity Population in an Honors Program Civic Awareness for Honors Student Leaders: Promoting Criti- 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM...... Superior A cal Social Change in Long Beach, CA 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM...... Huron Crossing Borders with Hope and “Big Plans”: Language Education and Young Latino Migrant Laborers’ Struggle to Supporting First-Generation Students in Honors Integrate 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM...... Ontario 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM...... Sheraton Ballroom 2 An Analysis of the Academic Achievement Gap in Honors Planning for the Unpredictable: Making Room for the Gifted Colleges and Programs in Honors Programs 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM...... Michigan A 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM...... Ohio Creating Global Learning Opportunity for Honors with Facul- Retaining Honors Students ty-Led Study Abroad 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM...... Colorado 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM...... Superior B Planning for All Ages: Needs, Perceptions, and Values of Encouraging Intentional Reflection in Honors Student Study Non-Traditional Honors Students Abroad 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM...... Sheraton Ballroom 1 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM...... Erie Reconciling Honors and Diversity at the Community College Diversifying the Honors College from the Freshman Class up: 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM...... Superior A President’s Award Program - Honors at UIC 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM...... Parlor C Teaching First-Year Students the Vocabulary of Multiplicity and Multiculturalism 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM...... Colorado EXPERIENTIAL AND Interdisciplinary Initiative on Economic Inequality SERVICE LEARNING 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM...... Ohio HBCU Honors Program Models: Sharing Challenges and Friday, November 13, 2015 Achievements 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM...... Colorado Teaching and Learning Student Fishbowl 9:00 AM - 9:50 AM...... Erie “Make No Little Plans” in the Honors Program: The Recruit- ment and Retention of Minority Students Brainstorming ideas for the proposed Honors Undergraduate 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM...... Sheraton Ballroom 2 Journal: An NCHC Online Journal of Research and Creative Activity Access to Success: An Oxymoron? 9:00 AM - 9:50 AM...... Arkansas 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM...... Chicago Ballroom 10 Across the World and across the Street: City-as-Text™ in Hon- Diversifying the Honors Student Body ors Study-Travel 4:00 PM - 4:50 PM...... Chicago Ballroom 10 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM...... Arkansas Ethnicity and Generations: Family Issues of Diversity and The Role of Activities in Honors Education 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM...... Chicago Ballroom 8 4:00 PM - 4:50 PM...... Erie Examining the Impact of Undergraduate Research Best Practices in Teaching Diversity 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM...... Sheraton Ballroom 3 4:00 PM - 4:50 PM...... Sheraton Ballroom 1 A Spoonful of Sugar: Strategies for Blending Nursing and by Keyword
Session Index Saturday, November 14, 2015 Honors 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM...... Missouri Urban Honors: Making Diversity part of the BIG plan 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM...... Chicago Ballroom 10 Interdisciplinary Initiative on Economic Inequality 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM...... Ohio
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Enhancing Honors Students’ Career Development with Aca- FACULTY RECRUITMENT demic Advising 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM...... Colorado AND DEVELOPMENT Innovation Lab: Developing a Game to Enhance Use of Lan- guage and Vocabulary with Children in Primary School Friday, November 13, 2015 4:00 PM - 4:50 PM...... Huron Honors Faculty Development: Journaling across Disciplines Saturday, November 14, 2015 9:00 AM - 9:50 AM...... Colorado Students as Publishers: a TCU Honors Experiential-Learning Faculty Fishbowl Project 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM...... Ohio 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM...... Erie Why Honors Programs Need Medieval Studies Ignatian Tools for Critical Reflection 4:00 PM - 4:50 PM...... Chicago Ballroom 9 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM...... Chicago Ballroom 10 Saturday, November 14, 2015 Distance learning at the Kandahar Institute for Modern Studies Teaching in Honors: Making it REAL 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM...... Mississippi 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM...... Superior A Bigger and Better: The Red Paperclip Experiment Big Plans? It Takes a Village 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM...... Parlor C 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM...... Superior B There and Back Again: Bringing Partners in the Parks Home Office Assistants: Challanges and Opportunities of Students 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM...... Sheraton Ballroom 3 Employed by their Honors Program 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM...... Sheraton Ballroom 3 Big Plans, Small Groups: Service Learning, Digital Storytelling, and Honors Composition Honors Cut-Out Sections: A Useful Middle Ground 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM...... Michigan A 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM...... Missouri Project HAWK (Helping Achieve Wisdom and Knowledge) 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM...... Mississippi FIRST-YEAR EXPERIENCE/ Page to Stage: Promoting Creativity through Curricular FRESHMAN ORIENTATION Diversity 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM...... Ohio Friday, November 13, 2015 Honors Capstone and Research Projects at a Business Institu- tion Honors Advising in Professional Programs: The Power of 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM...... Parlor C Presence Creating Global Learning Opportunity for Honors with Facul- 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM...... Sheraton Ballroom 3 ty-Led Study Abroad Conversation as a Pedagogical Tool and Assessment Instru- 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM...... Superior B ment in the Honors Classroom Honors Collaborates to Meet the Grand Challenges 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM...... Chicago Ballroom 10 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM...... Mississippi Building a Safety Net with a FAN: The Faculty Advisor Net- work Grand Canyon Semester Reception 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM...... Mississippi 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM...... Arkansas Saturday, November 14, 2015 Standing Out in Today’s Competitive Job Market Index Session by Keyword by 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM...... Sheraton Ballroom 1 A New Peer Mentoring Program for a New Honors College Subjective Experience and the Engaged Honors Community 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM...... Missouri 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM...... Chicago Ballroom 10 Promoting Challenge by Choice: An Experiential Project Rein- Inside Out: Moving an Honors Program from the Classroom forcing Honors Values in the First Year Seminar to the Community 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM...... Ontario 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM...... Mississippi Building Engagement through the First-Year Experience Course in Two-Year College Honors Programs 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM...... Colorado www.nchchonors.org 181 SESSION INDEX BY KEYWORD
Does Service Learning Really Matter? Helping the iGeneration Friday, November 13, 2015 Decenter 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM...... Superior A Honors Student Council Roles in the Transition to an Honors College Peer Leaders as Teachers 9:00 AM - 9:50 AM...... Michigan A 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM...... Missouri Reimagining Honors: Engaging Students in Creating an Strengthening the Scholar through Self-Discovery: Consid- ering the Role of Scholar Development Courses in Honors Honors College Education 9:00 AM - 9:50 AM...... Mississippi 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM...... Colorado Internationalizing Honors on Campus I’ll Link to That! Making Big Plans at Small College Honors 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM...... Sheraton Ballroom 2 Programs Reconciling Honors and Diversity at the Community College 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM...... Superior A 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM...... Superior A First-Year Student Success: From Honors Retreat to the Hon- Urban Honors Experiences: How to Make Sure Your Program ors Mentor Program Does Not Get Blown Away in the Windy City 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM...... Arkansas 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM...... Arkansas A National Survey of the Honors First-Year Seminar Mental Illness and Substance Abuse in Honors Students 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM...... Michigan A 4:00 PM - 4:50 PM...... Sheraton Ballroom 2 Honors in the City FUNDRAISING AND DEVELOPMENT 4:00 PM - 4:50 PM...... Superior B Making Big Plans: Transitioning Honors Programs Seamlessly Friday, November 13, 2015 and Efficiently 4:00 PM - 4:50 PM...... Ohio Marketing Your Honors Program Successfully 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM...... Arkansas Saturday, November 14, 2015
What Makes a Winning Honors Newsletter? Honors Innovation Labs in Practice and Theory in the Nether- 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM...... Sheraton Ballroom 3 lands and in the US Saturday, November 14, 2015 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM...... Michigan A Big Plans? It Takes a Village Resetting an Honors Program: The University of Louisiana at 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM...... Superior B Monroe (ULM) Case 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM...... Superior B Office Assistants: Challanges and Opportunities of Students Employed by their Honors Program The Four Pillars of Honors Fundraising 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM...... Sheraton Ballroom 3 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM...... Colorado Honors Peer Mentoring: What Does it Look Like? Assessing the Institutional Impact of Honors 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM...... Colorado 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM...... Parlor C The Best-Laid Plans: Responding to Students of Concern Students Energizing Alumni Engagement 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM...... Sheraton Ballroom 3 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM...... Huron Fake It ‘Til You Make It: The Trials and Tribulations of Stu- Planning to Keep Graduates Involved: Creating Groups for dent-Run Theatre Alumni at Community Colleges 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM...... Colorado 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM...... Superior A Developing Community in Community College Honors Programs HONORS COMMUNITY/ LIVING- 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM...... Missouri Choose Your Own Adventure: Finding Flexibility within by Keyword LEARNING COMMUNITIES Session Index Honors 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM...... Ontario Filming a Regional Legend and Building an Honors Commu- nity 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM...... Arkans
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LEADERSHIP PROGRAMS Saturday, November 14, 2015 Honors Journal at University of Colorado-Boulder Friday, November 13, 2015 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM...... Colorado
Honors Building Leadership through Honors Student Associ- A World of Undergraduate Research ations 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM...... Chicago Ballroom 10 9:00 AM - 9:50 AM...... Colorado The Changing MCAT: Take 2 The Architecture of a Peer-Led Tutoring Program 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM...... Michigan B 9:00 AM - 9:50 AM...... Michigan B Ethics of Using Non-Human Primates in Neuroscience Re- Honors Student Council Roles in the Transition to an Honors search College 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM...... Colorado 9:00 AM - 9:50 AM...... Michigan A Open Access: Honors Students and the Question of Privilege MULTI-CAMPUS 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM...... Mississippi Requiring and Rewarding Student Engagement Saturday, November 14, 2015 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM...... Chicago Ballroom 10 Saturday, November 14, 2015 Small Start, Big Finish 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM...... Sheraton Ballroom 1 Letting Students Lead: Valuing the Honors Student Voice Leveraging Limited Resources at Two-Year College Honors 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM...... Missouri Programs: Results from the NCHC 2014 Survey of Two-Year Engaging Honors Students in Cross-Cultural Democratic Institutions Leadership 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM...... Superior B 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM...... Parlor C Exploring the Phenomenon of Honors Advising Civic Awareness for Honors Student Leaders: Promoting Criti- 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM...... Superior B cal Social Change in Long Beach, CA 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM...... Huron Creating Global Learning Opportunity for Honors with Facul- PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ty-Led Study Abroad 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM...... Superior B Friday, November 13, 2015 Fostering Community and Communication: Honors Student Advisory Board Teaching and Learning Student Fishbowl 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM...... Michigan B 9:00 AM - 9:50 AM...... Erie Raising the Internal Profile of an Honors Program 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM...... Colorado MATHEMATICS AND Moving in Honors NATURAL SCIENCES 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM...... Superior B No Little Plans with No Little Players: How Support Staff Friday, November 13, 2015 Enhance Honors Programming 4:00 PM - 4:50 PM...... Chicago Ballroom 8 Session Index Session
Is Honors the Key for Nurses Who Are Seeking to “Make No Keyword by Small Plans?” Saturday, November 14, 2015 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM...... Arkansas Urban Honors: Making Diversity part of the BIG plan Honors at the Upper Division 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM...... Chicago Ballroom 10 4:00 PM - 4:50 PM...... Superior A Professional Scholars: Honors Seminars Bridging Academia Using Hybrid Classes to Enhance Honors Course Offerings in and Career the Disciplines. 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM...... Arkansas 4:00 PM - 4:50 PM...... Missouri Standing Out in Today’s Competitive Job Market 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM...... Sheraton Ballroom 1 www.nchchonors.org 183 SESSION INDEX BY KEYWORD
Demystifying Graduate and Professional School Applications Resetting an Honors Program: The University of Louisiana at 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM...... Colorado Monroe (ULM) Case 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM...... Superior B Implementing a Transfer Policy: The Struggle of Designing a RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION Policy that is Fair to All Students 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM...... Missouri Friday, November 13, 2015 A New Peer Mentoring Program for a New Honors College 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM...... Missouri Planning for the Unpredictable: Making Room for the Gifted in Honors Programs Enhancing the Experience: Partnerships for Supporting High 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM...... Ohio Achievers 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM...... Colorado Retaining Honors Students 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM...... Colorado Who Gets Invited and How Do We Decide? New Results from the NCHC 2014 Admissions, Retention, and Completion Protecting the Honors College: Strategies Used to Protect our Survey Program in a “State” of Educational Destruction, Despair, and 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM...... Mayfair Devastation 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM...... Superior B Honorable Mentions: Using Social Media to Promote, and Define a College Honors Program Building Bridges: Emerging Trends in Transfer Agreements 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM...... Chicago Ballroom 8 between Two- and Four-Year Colleges 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM...... Erie Letting Students Lead: Valuing the Honors Student Voice 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM...... Missouri Planning for All Ages: Needs, Perceptions, and Values of Non-Traditional Honors Students Creative Interdisciplinary Seminars that Engage Students 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM...... Sheraton Ballroom 1 and Inspire Faculty 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM...... Missouri Honors Programs in an Age of Performance-Based Funding 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM...... Missouri Go Big! The Impact of Staging High-Profile Honors Admis- sions Events on Recruiting Yield Rates Challenges and Solutions in Honors Advising 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM...... Chicago Ballroom 9 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM...... Michigan A Lessons Learned from a Different Director’s Chair Access to Success: An Oxymoron? 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM...... Sheraton Ballroom 3 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM...... Chicago Ballroom 10 An Analysis of the Academic Achievement Gap in Honors Building a Safety Net with a FAN: The Faculty Advisor Net- Colleges and Programs work 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM...... Michigan A 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM...... Mississippi Success in Honors: Searching for Predictors Diversifying the Honors Student Body 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM...... Chicago Ballroom 10 4:00 PM - 4:50 PM...... Chicago Ballroom 10 Honors Selection Predictors: Statistical Analysis and Case Beyond Replacing Gen Ed: The Future of Honors Curricula Study of a Small College Honors Program Recruiting and 4:00 PM - 4:50 PM...... Mississippi Retention Results 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM...... Chicago Ballroom 9 Saturday, November 14, 2015 Hosting Prospective Students: Building an Event to Showcase New Answers to an Old Question; Fresh Perspective on Hon- Honors and Excellence ors Retention 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM...... Erie 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM...... Chicago Ballroom 9 Diversifying the Honors College from the Freshman Class up: An Analysis of the Effect of a Summer High School Learning President’s Award Program - Honors at UIC Program on Student Recruitment in an Honors Program 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM...... Parlor C
by Keyword 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM...... Sheraton Ballroom 3 First-Year Student Success: From Honors Retreat to the Hon- Session Index Leveraging Student Newsletter/Magazine: Recruitment, ors Mentor Program Alumni Relations, and Student Success 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM...... Arkansas 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM...... Sheraton Ballroom 2
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Retaining and Encouraging Honors Students from High-Attri- Are Honors Students Grittier? Understanding Personality and tion Majors Motivation in Honors College Students 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM...... Parlor C 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM...... Chicago Ballroom 8 Student Involvement in Honors Program Admissions Honors Innovation Labs in Practice and Theory in the Nether- 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM...... Colorado lands and in the US Advising Honors Students through Honors: Filling a Critical 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM...... Michigan A Void in Student Development Does Service Learning Really Matter? Helping the iGeneration 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM...... Erie Decenter 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM...... Superior A RESEARCH ABOUT HONORS Has the Sophomore Slump become the Freshman Flop? 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM...... Erie Who Gets Invited and How Do We Decide? New Results from Friday, November 13, 2015 the NCHC 2014 Admissions, Retention, and Completion Survey A Model for Successful Honors Programs 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM...... Mayfair 9:00 AM - 9:50 AM...... Sheraton Ballroom 2 What Honors Students Want from their Honors Program/Col- Comparing and Contrasting NCHC Member Schools with lege: A Research-Based Study Non-Member Schools 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM...... Superior A 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM...... Chicago Ballroom 10 ELOs, Evaluation and Rigor: Integrating Honors Contracts How Does Global Engagement Engage the Student/Citizen into University Assessment after the Trip Is Over? 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM...... Erie 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM...... Mississippi Go Big! The Impact of Staging High-Profile Honors Admis- Engaging with Vulnerability: Reorienting Honors Students’ sions Events on Recruiting Yield Rates Conception of Failure 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM...... Chicago Ballroom 9 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM...... Sheraton Ballroom 3 Success in Honors: Searching for Predictors Planning for All Ages: Needs, Perceptions, and Values of 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM...... Chicago Ballroom 10 Non-Traditional Honors Students 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM...... Sheraton Ballroom 1 The Definition of Honors, Modes of Learning and Core Com- petencies: A Roundtable Discussion You Want Us To Do What? Adding an Activity-Points Require- 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM...... Missouri ment to an Established Honors Program 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM...... Mississippi Little Plans Do Not Get Realized: A History of Honors at Texas A&M HBCU Honors Program Models: Sharing Challenges and 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM...... Chicago Ballroom 9 Achievements 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM...... Colorado An Analysis of the Academic Achievement Gap in Honors Colleges and Programs Publishing in Honors 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM...... Michigan A 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM...... Sheraton Ballroom 1 Honors Selection Predictors: Statistical Analysis and Case Stop and Celebrate: The Best Approaches to Sharing and Study of a Small College Honors Program Recruiting and Celebrating Honors Research Retention Results 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM...... Missouri 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM...... Chicago Ballroom 9
Honors at the Upper Division Leveraging Limited Resources at Two-Year College Honors Index Session by Keyword by 4:00 PM - 4:50 PM...... Superior A Programs: Results from the NCHC 2014 Survey of Two-Year Research on Honors: Current Status and Future Directions Institutions 4:00 PM - 4:50 PM...... Colorado 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM...... Superior B Saturday, November 14, 2015 Going Abroad or Learning Abroad: Pedagogical Tools for Gaining Intercultural Competencies in Programs Abroad Planning Partnerships: Building Collaborations Between 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM...... Michigan A Honors Faculty and Academic Librarians Exploring the Phenomenon of Honors Advising 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM...... Mayfair 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM...... Superior B www.nchchonors.org 185 SESSION INDEX BY KEYWORD
A National Survey of the Honors First-Year Seminar Distance learning at the Kandahar Institute for Modern 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM...... Michigan A Studies Retaining and Encouraging Honors Students from High-Attri- 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM...... Mississippi tion Majors A World of Undergraduate Research 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM...... Parlor C 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM...... Chicago Ballroom 10 Swipe Right For Yes SCHOLARSHIPS 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM...... Sheraton Ballroom 1 TEACHING AND LEARNING Friday, November 13, 2015
Big Plans/Big Scholarships 1: Finding the Match Friday, November 13, 2015 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM...... Erie Developing Curiosity in Your Curriculum Open Call Scholarships: Helping Honors Students Plan their 9:00 AM - 9:50 AM...... Missouri Application Process 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM...... Chicago Ballroom 8 Academic Engagement Beyond the Traditional Classroom 9:00 AM - 9:50 AM...... Superior A Big Plans/Big Scholarships 2: Preparing Major Scholarship Applications The Architecture of a Peer-Led Tutoring Program 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM...... Erie 9:00 AM - 9:50 AM...... Michigan B Saturday, November 14, 2015 Engaging with Vulnerability: Reorienting Honors Students’ Conception of Failure Enhancing the Experience: Partnerships for Supporting High 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM...... Sheraton Ballroom 3 Achievers Conversation as a Pedagogical Tool and Assessment Instru- 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM...... Colorado ment in the Honors Classroom Fifty Years in the Making: Understanding Major Scholarships 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM...... Chicago Ballroom 10 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM...... Chicago Ballroom 8 Honors in the Age of Wiki Advising Honors Students through Honors: Filling a Critical 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM...... Arkansas Void in Student Development Interdisciplinary Initiative on Economic Inequality 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM...... Erie 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM...... Ohio Honors Contracts or Options: Problems and Solutions SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM...... Colorado SCIENCES Data, Reflection, Action: An honors case study in online professional writing 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM...... Michigan A Friday, November 13, 2015 Honors in the City Ima College Student, Too 4:00 PM - 4:50 PM...... Superior B 9:00 AM - 9:50 AM...... Missouri Using Hybrid Classes to Enhance Honors Course Offerings in Engaging with Vulnerability: Reorienting Honors Students’ the Disciplines. Conception of Failure 4:00 PM - 4:50 PM...... Missouri 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM...... Sheraton Ballroom 3 Saturday, November 14, 2015 Ethnicity and Generations: Family Issues of Diversity and Education Ignatian Tools for Critical Reflection 4:00 PM - 4:50 PM...... Erie 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM...... Chicago Ballroom 10 by Keyword Session Index Saturday, November 14, 2015 Teaching in Honors: Making it REAL 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM...... Superior A Are Honors Students Grittier? Understanding Personality and Distance learning at the Kandahar Institute for Modern Motivation in Honors College Students Studies 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM...... Chicago Ballroom 8 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM...... Mississippi
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Students as Publishers: a TCU Honors Experiential-Learning Models for Showcasing Honors Contract Work Project 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM...... Missouri 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM...... Erie Reinvigorating Intellectual Culture in Honors Planning Partnerships: Building Collaborations Between 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM...... Missouri Honors Faculty and Academic Librarians A National Survey of the Honors First-Year Seminar 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM...... Mayfair 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM...... Michigan A Professional Scholars: Honors Seminars Bridging Academia and Career 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM...... Arkansas THEME: MAKE NO LITTLE PLANS Creative Interdisciplinary Seminars that Engage Students and Inspire Faculty Friday, November 13, 2015 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM...... Missouri Honors Innovation Labs in the US and the Netherlands: Expe- Honors Adrift rience an Innovation Lab: theory 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM...... Colorado 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM...... Michigan A Honors: Past, Present, Future Honorable Mentions: Using Social Media to Promote, and 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM...... Superior B Define a College Honors Program Friend or Foe? The public-private partnership in Honors 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM...... Chicago Ballroom 8 education Has the Sophomore Slump become the Freshman Flop? 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM...... Chicago Ballroom 8 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM...... Erie New Directions for Undergraduate Research at Small Institu- Walt Disney Made No Little Plans: The Large Potential of tions: No Little Plans Disney Studies in Honors Programs 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM...... Chicago Ballroom 9 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM...... Mississippi Honors in Faith-Based Institutions: Issues and Strategies Implementing e-Portfolio within an Honors Curriculum as a 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM...... Missouri Reflective Learning Tool and an Assessment Tool Data, Reflection, Action: An honors case study in online 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM...... Huron professional writing How ePortfolios Enhance an Honors Degree 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM...... Michigan A 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM...... Sheraton Ballroom 1 Setting the World on Fire Is No Small Plan: Celebrating the The Definition of Honors, Modes of Learning and Core Com- 10th Anniversary of the AJCU Honors Consortium petencies: A Roundtable Discussion 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM...... Missouri 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM...... Missouri Moving in Honors I’ll Link to That! Making Big Plans at Small College Honors 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM...... Superior B Programs Making Big Plans: Transitioning Honors Programs Seamlessly 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM...... Superior A and Efficiently Peer Leaders as Teachers 4:00 PM - 4:50 PM...... Ohio 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM...... Missouri Globalizing Honors: A Comprehensive Approach Honors Collaborates to Meet the Grand Challenges 4:00 PM - 4:50 PM...... Missouri 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM...... Mississippi Fostering a Culture of Big Plans for Honors Theses: Creativity, “Acting” with Honor: Using Interpretive Literature within a
Collaboration, and Completion Index Session Multi-Discipline Curriculum 4:00 PM - 4:50 PM...... Michigan A Keyword by 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM...... Chicago Ballroom 8 Innovation Lab: Developing a Game to Enhance Use of Lan- Going Abroad or Learning Abroad: Pedagogical Tools for guage and Vocabulary with Children in Primary School Gaining Intercultural Competencies in Programs Abroad 4:00 PM - 4:50 PM...... Huron 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM...... Michigan A Saturday, November 14, 2015 Honors Cut-Out Sections: A Useful Middle Ground 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM...... Missouri Bigger and Better: The Red Paperclip Experiment 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM...... Parlor C www.nchchonors.org 187 SESSION INDEX BY KEYWORD
Planning Partnerships: Building Collaborations Between Honors by Contract: the Good, the Bad, and the Measurable Honors Faculty and Academic Librarians 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM...... Chicago Ballroom 9 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM...... Mayfair I too am an Honors Student: Engaging a Multi-Diverse Uni- Walt Disney Made No Little Plans: The Large Potential of versity Population in an Honors Program Disney Studies in Honors Programs 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM...... Superior A 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM...... Mississippi Building Bridges: Emerging Trends in Transfer Agreements Live Demo for Chinese Brush Painting: An Allegorical Process between Two- and Four-Year Colleges 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM...... Arkansas 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM...... Erie Making Big Plans: Growing Honors through Disciplinarily Reconciling Honors and Diversity at the Community College Diverse Capstone Experiences 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM...... Superior A 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM...... Superior B Two-Year College Issues From Tourist to Traveler: Big Plans for Study Abroad 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM...... Ontario 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM...... Colorado Quantifying the Phi Theta Kappa Variable in Two-Year Hon- Big Plans, Small Groups: Service Learning, Digital Storytelling, ors and Honors Composition 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM...... Sheraton Ballroom 2 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM...... Michigan A Saturday, November 14, 2015 Fifty Years in the Making: Understanding Major Scholarships 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM...... Chicago Ballroom 8 Honors in the Welding Lab: Workforce Education and Two- Little Plans Do Not Get Realized: A History of Honors at Texas Year College Honors Programs 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM...... Colorado A&M 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM...... Chicago Ballroom 9 Small Start, Big Finish 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM...... Sheraton Ballroom 1 Strengthening the Scholar through Self-Discovery: Consid- ering the Role of Scholar Development Courses in Honors Teaching in Honors: Making it REAL Education 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM...... Superior A 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM...... Colorado Approaches to Assessment at Two-Year Colleges Subjective Experience and the Engaged Honors Community 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM...... Arkansas 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM...... Chicago Ballroom 10 Building Engagement through the First-Year Experience Reimagining Honors Requirements: Beyond General Educa- Course in Two-Year College Honors Programs tion 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM...... Colorado 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM...... Mississippi Creating an Honors Program Environment within a Commu- Retaining and Encouraging Honors Students from High-Attri- nity College Setting tion Majors 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM...... Sheraton Ballroom 2 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM...... Parlor C Big Plans? It Takes a Village Inside Out: Moving an Honors Program from the Classroom 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM...... Superior B to the Community Building Community in a Commuter Honors Program: Re- 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM...... Mississippi treats, Events, Classes, Lounges Developing Community in Community College Honors 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM...... Sheraton Ballroom 2 Programs Making Unusual Connections: Interdisciplinary Seminars in 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM...... Missouri the Two-Year College Honors Program 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM...... Ontario TWO-YEAR INSTITUTIONS Great Plans: Working with Top College Administrators to Advance Honors Education 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM...... Sheraton Ballroom 2 by Keyword
Session Index Friday, November 13, 2015 Leveraging Limited Resources at Two-Year College Honors Socioeconomics and its Impact on the Landscape of Students Programs: Results from the NCHC 2014 Survey of Two-Year in Honors Institutions 9:00 AM - 9:50 AM...... Ohio 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM...... Superior B
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Models for Showcasing Honors Contract Work Developing Community in Community College Honors 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM...... Missouri Programs Planning to Keep Graduates Involved: Creating Groups for 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM...... Missouri Alumni at Community Colleges 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM...... Superior A
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