General Sessions Saturday, November 9, 2013: 10:30 AM-11:20 AM
Sheraton New Orleans Hotel (Bayside B)
196-1 Pre-College Programs: The power of recruiting through summer academic camps
Kristina Davis, Abilene Christian University
In 2011, ACU decided to start a summer academic camp for gifted and talented high school students. The last two years of the program have been amazing; what started as an on campus program has expanded to multiple on campus programs and an international program.
196-2 Cultivating Honors Education in High School Students
Annal Frenz, Boise State University;
Christopher Hyer, Boise State University
Connecting high school students to honors education at the university level can be tricky. Boise State created two programs this past year to engage high ability students with honors experiences.
Sheraton New Orleans Hotel (Bayside C)
195-1 Reading Other Voices: The Role of the Outsider in the Honor's Curriculum
Ciaran Coyle, University of Maine;
Marcel Marki, University of Maine;
Haley Poston, University of Maine
Reading Other Voices seeks to interrogate the way texts are prioritized and presented in the honors curriculum. Is there room for other people in a canon which reflects the dominant position of male, white Anglo-Saxon views?
195-2 An Honors Experience: Ball State and Oklahoma City University
Ashley Bellet, Oklahoma City University;
Timothy Berg, Ball State University;
Paul Gebb, Oklahoma City University;
Jason Powell, Ball State University
The Humanities Experience: Teaching interdisciplinary humanities courses often means covering subjects and epochs that are well outside our specialized disciplines. Humanities education creates some unique challenges.
A Liberal Arts Seminar Experience: Introducing students to their default interaction and learning responses can improve discussion-based pedagogy within freshmen LAS courses.
Sheraton New Orleans Hotel (Borgne)
197 Life Changing: The Grand Canyon Semester as Text
Jessica Beutler, Portland State University;
George Gumerman, Northern Arizona University;
Deana Hughes, Southern Arkansas University;
Katie Marascio, University of Arizona;
Clara Nibbelink, University of Georgia;
Jesse Peters, University of North Carolina at Pembroke;
Sara Quay, Endicott College;
Ariel Weiner, Northern Arizona University
The 2012 Grand Canyon Semester offered a life-changing immersion in the high mountains of Northern Arizona and the deep canyon country of the Colorado Plateau. Faculty, students, and NCHC Honors Semesters Committee members discuss how participants were pushed to consider the world through different lenses and therefore transformed their own learning.
Sheraton New Orleans Hotel (Grand Chenier)
193-1 High School Counselors: Key Players in Honors Recruitment
Sara Dorer, University of Arizona
High school counselors are frequently overlooked and underutilized in the recruitment process. Creating a connection between counselors and in-state honors programs offers many benefits for students, college staff, and high schools. In 2011, the University of Arizona Honors College created a counselor liaison board. Come learn about its development, challenges, and successes.
193-2 Building a Thriving Dual-Enrollment Honors Program
Patricia Davis, Kennesaw State University;
Katherine Kinnick, Kennesaw State University
Our joint-enrollment program initially attracted fewer than 50 students annually but has metamorphosed into a thriving dual-enrollment honors program drawing 300 high-school juniors and seniors to campus each year, retaining 30% as undergraduates. The DEHP and undergraduate honors directors will describe the joint strategies that led to the DEHP's success.
Sheraton New Orleans Hotel (Grand Couteau)
191-2 Attitude toward honors education
Judith Volker, Hanze University of Applied Sciences, the Netherlands
The Dutch government and business stated the ambition that in 2014, ten percent of all higher education students have to participate in a program that promotes excellence. A culture of challenge, performance and capacity has to be established by 2025.
But what do students think of excellence and exceeding? This study investigates the differences between honors and non-honors students according to the reasons whether or not to participate in an honors program at the Hanze University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands.
191-1 Choking on Cake: Hard-to-Swallow Realities of Honors Assessment
Michael Lane, University of Maryland - Eastern Shore
Small, discussion-based and innovative classes populated by multitalented overachievers and taught by award-winning faculty are among the ingredients in recipes for honors success. One might presume that assessment of the honors experience is simple – a piece of cake – but what can one do when assessment dishes you some unsavory morsels beneath the sweet icing?
Sheraton New Orleans Hotel (Maurepas)
194-2 Using Film as a Way to Integrate and Empower the Honors Community
Noah Griffin, Northeast Texas Community College;
Stephen Milburn, Northeast Texas Community College;
Alisha Richardson, Northeast Texas Community College;
Ricky Huitema, Northeast Texas Community College;
Matthew Jordan, Northeast Texas Community College
NTCC Honors researched and produced an action film featuring extremes in conflict and transformation. "Modern Icarus: the Story of Morris Sheppard," is about the father of prohibition. We will show excerpts, and discuss the film as community-building. It also increased our understanding of how Morris Sheppard made a transformative difference.
Sheraton New Orleans Hotel (Napoleon A2)
187-2 Developing Leadership in Honors Through Service
Taylor Dantes, Eastern Kentucky University;
Kelly McGowan, Eastern Kentucky University;
Minh Nguyen, Eastern Kentucky University;
Patrick Puckett, Eastern Kentucky University;
Katherine Redmond, Eastern Kentucky University;
Rachel Thorley, Eastern Kentucky University
Honors students are often leaders who give back through service to the campus, community, and nation. Data shows that honors students develop their leadership by participating in service through a variety of outlets such as honors student advisory councils, student-life-sponsored service trips, first-year program activities, and various student organizations.
Sheraton New Orleans Hotel (Napoleon A3)
189-1 Voices of Our Students
Janell Lindsey, Metropolitan State University of Denver;
Benjamin Moritz, American Honors
A qualitative research study utilizing interviews, journal entries and photography was conducted with our unique vibrant community of current honors program students from MSU Denver. We will be presenting the results and identifying best practices for engaging a diverse student body within an honors program context.
189-2 Programming for Students By Students
Ashley Link, University of Arizona
Want your honors students to develop successful FUN events for your honors?!? Come learn how to create programs for honors students.
Sheraton New Orleans Hotel (Napoleon B2)
192-1 Harry Potter and the Quest for Enlightenment: Undergraduate Research
Sophie Amado, University of Iowa;
Donna Parsons, University of Iowa
This session will highlight the ways in which rare books, manuscripts, and ephemera are interwoven into class discussions and research projects in an honors seminar which culminated with the creation of a Harry Potter special collections exhibition. You will hear the perspectives of a faculty member and an honors student.
192-2 Literature to Life
Amanda Vane, West Virginia University
Transforming the written word into physical life is a unique and engaging approach to programming. In this session, current programming through the West Virginia University Honors College will be presented, followed by an open discussion and exchange of ideas for moving forward and improving literature-based and academic programs.
Sheraton New Orleans Hotel (Napoleon C2)
186 Beyond the Traditional Honors Program: The Benefits of Discipline- and Area-Specific Honors Programs
Dorothy L.R. Jones, Norfolk State University;
Karen Kornweibel, East Tennessee State University;
Page Laws, Norfolk State University;
Scott Contreras-Koterbay, East Tennessee State University
Discipline- and area-specific honors programs allow an honors college to effectively recruit and engage a wider variety of talented students based on varied criteria, admit students into honors at several stages in their academic careers, expand co-curricular offerings, and transform the way we think about the honors curriculum.
Sheraton New Orleans Hotel (Napoleon D2)
188-1 Promoting Undergraduate Research in the Basic and Behavioral Sciences: Faculty and Student Perspectives
Vanesa Adame, University of New Mexico;
Ursula Shepherd, University of New Mexico
This session will provide overarching didactic ideas, themes for research programs, along with basic approaches for faculty and students. We look forward to having an open forum for discussion and idea exchange at the end of the program.
188-2 Honors and Undergraduate Research: Innovative Strategies and Surprising Results
Kimberly Bell, Sam Houston State University;
Heather Coats, Sam Houston State University
This presentation details how to create and host an undergraduate research symposium. It focuses on ways to create a rewarding and academically challenging experience for undergraduates through innovative techniques and strategies, and concludes with a discussion of the long-term benefits for students, faculty, and honors programs involved in research symposia.
Sheraton New Orleans Hotel (Napoleon D3)
190-1 Yowza, we aren't in Texas or Kansas anymore!!!
Craig Fuchs, Pittsburg State University;
Guy Litton, Texas Woman's University
The two presenters and two students will discuss the philosophy, benefits, and best practices for short term, faculty-led study abroad experiences for students from more rural areas in the country. Many times these students have limited, if any, travel experience and these types of programs are extremely helpful to simply get students thinking in a more global way. In many instances, these programs serve as a "starter set" for future international experiences which may include summer programs, full semester exchanges, and in some cases Fulbright ETA applications.
190-2 Bringing Together Cultures: Honors Study Abroad Blogs
Nathan Tehrani, West Virginia University
At West Virginia University, honors students who study abroad can write a blog about their experiences to gain credit for a senior writing requirement. The program is very popular, and the result is a wealth of information about the sights, sounds, and flavors of many exotic locales.
