General Sessions Friday, November 8, 2013: 11:00 AM-11:50 AM
Sheraton New Orleans Hotel (Borgne)
114-1 Honors in the Major: Learning, Discovery, Engagement
Kelly Astro, University of Central Florida
Honors in the Major (HIM) is designed to encourage students to undertake original and innovative research as principal investigators and research, write, defend and publish an original honors thesis that serves as the capstone product of their undergraduate career. HIM is the oldest and most prestigious research program at UCF.
114-2 The Sabbath Classroom: Using Abraham Joshua Heschel's The Sabbath as a Model for the Honors Classroom
Richard Chess, University of North Carolina-Asheville
The honors classroom can be turned into what Heschel, in his book The Sabbath, calls a "sanctuary in time". In such "a sanctuary in time," honors students, liberated from the pressure to "succeed", may discover new ways of thinking, critically and imaginatively, and expressing themselves in a community of equals.
Sheraton New Orleans Hotel (Grand Chenier)
112-1 Why Honors Students Should Live Among Honors Students
Wayne Elliott, Kent State University;
Aaron Hanlin, Kent State University
This session will highlight differences in honors students' academic achievement in the first semester based on selection of honors or non-honors housing.
112-2 A House Is Not a Home: Using an Honors Residence as a Means to Create an Honors Community
George Mariz, Western Washington University
A panel of honors faculty, residence life professionals,and honors students will describe how an honors residence became the vehicle for creating a sense of community for a program undergoing rapid expansion.
Sheraton New Orleans Hotel (Maurepas)
116 What Makes a Winning Honors Newsletter?
William Rushton, University of Alabama at Birmingham
This panel focuses on what makes a winning newsletter as determined by the 2013 NCHC Newsletter Contest overseen by the NCHC Publications Board. Winners past and present, judges, and audience members will explore all aspects of newsletter production in an open discussion. A variety of sample newsletters will be provided.
Sheraton New Orleans Hotel (Napoleon A2)
108 Branding Small Honors Programs in the USA and The Netherlands to Overcome the Image Gap between Honors and Non-Honors Students and Faculty
Samantha Dameron, Notre Dame University of Maryland;
Colleen Hughes, St. Mary's College of Maryland;
Kristel Klaassen, Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences;
Josephine Lappia, Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences
Small honors programs, no matter the country, are perceived differently by the community of the school, i.e. non-honors students and faculty. Discussion will be generated about the image gap, and how honor programs can approach these issues by enhancing their brand. The importance and implications of our research will be explored.
Sheraton New Orleans Hotel (Napoleon A3)
110 Embracing the Apocalypse: Outcome Based Alternatives to the Honors Senior Thesis
Paul Bender, Roger Williams University;
Margaret Case, Roger Williams University;
Ilene Lieberman, Widener University;
Becky Spritz, Roger Williams University
Honors faculty and administrators from two independent institutions describe their efforts to create a meaningful honors capstone experience using "learning paradigm" approaches. Emphasizing the advantages of an outcome-based approach to honors with respect to curriculum design & implementation, this panel will present preliminary data regarding alternative models.
Sheraton New Orleans Hotel (Napoleon B2)
109 Challenges Facing Two-Year Students
Carolyn Kuykendall, Mt. San Antonio College;
Jean Sorensen, Grayson College
This presentation will be a discussion of the real life problems that two-year students face in gaining an education and a chance to look at some solutions that honors programs might offer to these students.
Sheraton New Orleans Hotel (Napoleon C2)
111-2 Tacking Into the Wind
Don Berkich, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
A fragmented curriculum at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi's fledgling honors program diminished the honors experience and resulted in astonishingly low graduation rates. In response, a team of honors students developed a unified curriculum proposal. The long path from proposal to policy, however, exposed fundamental divisions over honors education.
Sheraton New Orleans Hotel (Napoleon D2)
115-1 Mathematics and the card tricks of Bob Hummer and Norman Gilbreath
Jessica DeNeui, South Dakota State University;
Michael Preheim, South Dakota State University
Many magic tricks rely on sleight of hand or diversion. However, Bob Hummer and Norman Gilbreath were known in the twentieth century for creating magic tricks based on principles of mathematics. We will investigate card tricks inspired by Hummer and Gilbreath and the mathematics which explains them.
Sheraton New Orleans Hotel (Napoleon D3)
226-1 University/Community Partnership
Belle Zembrodt, Northern Kentucky University;
Briana Cresswell, Northern Kentucky University;
Katelyn Gabbard, Northern Kentucky University
Students teamed up with a community partner to do a survey of local police departments and social service agencies to determine the extent of human trafficking in the area. The results were used to design a service project to decrease the vulnerabilities in the community to modern day slavery.
113-2 A professional-market-driven validation process at Saxion University of Applied Science
Trijntje van Dijk, Saxion University of Applied Science
An honors council consisting of representatives from organizations and businesses approves of the honors programs profile and the validation process. The judgment and advice about the programs to the University Board is decisive and keeps the programs complying to market requirements.
