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With the holiday season in full swing, remember that
you can support NCHC while you do your shopping. Simply click the Amazon link at http://www.nchchonors.org
and a percentage of your purchase will go to help support the mission of NCHC,
at absolutely no cost to you!
What can you buy at Amazon.com? Books, movies, music, clothes,
electronics, toys, musical instruments, kitchen sinks, cat and dog food,
espresso machines, text books, jewelry, even groceries. In fact, you can
find just about anything on Amazon.com and help support NCHC at the same time.
Purchases made through Amazon.com are subject to their policies and
procedures. Order fulfillment and customer service are the sole
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Conference
Evaluations
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Don't forget to visit the NCHC Conference website to complete your evaluation.
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Important Dates
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January 1
Deadline for HIP Articles
Deadline for Sample Syllabus Submissions
January 10
Amazon Institute Registration Deadline
January 15
Deadline for Developing in Honors Topic Submissions
January 31
Deadline for Membership Renewals
February 26-March 1
Winter Board of Directors Meeting
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2009 Membership Renewal
 Now is the time...Renew your NCHC Membership for 2009!
As we introduce Members Only pages to the NCHC website in 2009, your Institutional and Professional memberships become even more valuable
to you, other honors faculty and students. The Members Only pages of the website will
include:
- The NCHC Handbook,
updated in real time.
- A Members Only
forum.
- A searchable
Members Only database.
- Access to sample
syllabi from other honors programs.
You have more flexibility in renewing your membership this year.
You may renew your Institutional and Professional dues at the same time
on the 2009 renewal form or you may choose to process each membership separately. Please note that if you are processing
several professional memberships for other faculty you may do each one
separately online and pay by credit card or you may process them on one form,
adding the names and personal information of the Professional members to the
Special Notes area and contacting the office to process your payment. If you have any questions, please call the
NCHC office at 402-472-9150 and we will be happy to help you.
Please note the January 31, 2009
deadline for all memberships. As of
January 31, all institutions who have not renewed their membership will be
removed from the website and will not have access to the new Members Only
website area. Student and all other
membership types are available on our website membership form at any time and
may be completed and submitted in one step.
Thank you for renewing your membership. Your NCHC office is available to assist you
Monday-Friday, 7:00 am to 5:00 pm CST.
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2009 Election Results
Congratulations
and welcome to the new incoming members of NCHC's Board of Directors!
965 ballots were mailed to the NCHC membership.
203
valid ballots were received by the auditor by the deadline of December 10, for
a 21% participation rate. NCHC
members also passed changes to the
constitution and bylaws. We thank everyone who cast a ballot for
participating in this important activity.
Election
results were certified by Becker Meyer Love LLP, certified public
accountants, of Lincoln, Neb.
Bonnie
Irwin of Eastern Illinois University was elected Vice President.
Elected
to three-year terms on the Board of Directors were:
Bernice
Braid
Ellen Buckner
Long Island University University of Alabama-Birmingham
Brooklyn
 
Elizabeth
Callahan
Doug Peterson
Saint
Louis
University
University of South Dakota
 
Elected
to one-year student terms on the Board of Directors were:
Amanda
Bowman
Pratik Talati
Columbia
College
University of Alabama-Birmingham
South
Carolina
 
Elected
to two-year student terms on the Board of Directors were:
Anne Schnitzenbaumer Nathan Torno
Ball
State
University
Texas A & M University
 
Congratulations to our newly elected Board members!
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Congratulations Website Winners!
NCHC
would like to extend congratulations to the 2008 winners of the annual website
competition.
First
Place: Templeton Honors College
Second
Place: Angelo State University
Third
Place: Lasell College
Websites were judged on content, visual appeal, user friendliness,
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Congratulations, US Professors of the Year
 Congratulations to past NCHC president Kate Bruce, recipient
of the prestigious Council for Advancement and Support of Education and the
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching 2008 US Professor of the
Year award for the state of North Carolina.
Administered by the Council for Advancement and Support of
Education and sponsored by The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of
Teaching, these awards recognize professors for their influence on teaching and
their commitment to undergraduate students. The U.S. Professors of the Year program,
created in 1981, is the only national initiative specifically designed to
recognize excellence in undergraduate teaching and mentoring.
The U.S. Professors of the Year award winners were selected
from a pool of nearly 300 nominees. Judges select national and state winners
based on four criteria: impact on and involvement with undergraduate students;
scholarly approach to teaching and learning; contributions to undergraduate
education in the institution, community and profession; and support from
colleagues and current and former undergraduate students.
Honors faculty are no strangers to this award. Previous NCHC honors faculty award recipients
include:
Craig Nelson, Indiana University Honors Professor of
Biology, Carnegie Professor of the Year, Doctor & Research University, 2000
John Korstad, Oral Roberts University Honors
Director, Oklahoma
Carnegie Professor of the Year, 1996
John Zubizarreta, Columbia College Honors Director, South Carolina Carnegie Professor
of the Year, 1994
Tony Lisska, Denison University Honors Director, Carnegie Professor of
the Year Baccalaureate Colleges, 1993
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President's Column
Dear
Friends in Honors:
As
we come to the close of our fall semester, we wish everyone a grand holiday
break.
Yours
in Honors,
Lydia Lyons
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Call for Developing In Honors Topics
Dear NCHC Colleagues,
Thanks, one more time, to all of the NCHC members who shared their expertise
during the 2008 "Developing in Honors" (DIH) Workshop--and to Lydia
Lyons and everyone else involved with putting together an outstanding
conference in San Antonio.
Believe it or not, the time has come to solicit topic ideas for the next
edition of DIH that will be part of our 2009 national conference in Washington,
D.C.
On behalf of Bob Spurrier, Jessica Roark, and myself (2009 DIH
co-chairs), I
would like to invite you to send your DIH topic suggestions to me at
rshine@clemson.edu, to Bob at robert.spurrier@okstate.edu, or
to Jessica at jessica.roark@okstate.edu.
This is your workshop, and we look forward to receiving your
suggestions.
If you have participated in DIH and have any general thoughts or
suggestions about the workshop, please feel free to pass them along as well.
Please reply by January 15, 2009, and include all of the following information
in your e-mail:
Your Name:
Your Institution:
Your e-mail address:
DIH Topic Idea #1:
DIH Topic Idea #2:
DIH Topic Idea #3:
Thanks in advance for helping us structure "Developing in Honors" for
2009 in Washington. (Once we have the lineup of panels sorted out, we'll
be back to solicit volunteers.)
We hope to hear from you soon!
Ricki Shine
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Call for Syllabus Submissions
You are invited to share the best of your program and gain
insight into the best of other honors programs by submitting a sample honors
syllabi for publication on the NCHC website. http://www.nchchonors.org/archiveofhonorscoursesyllabi.shtml
Early in each calendar year, the list of syllabi is
updated. All NCHC members are invited to submit sample syllabi for
possible inclusion on the website. Submissions are carefully screened
according to the criteria outlined below. A description of the required
format and a sample syllabus are attached to this message. The
deadline for submission is January 1, 2009.
Guidelines
for Online Publication of Syllabi:
Syllabus submissions are carefully reviewed before selection
for publication on the website, and they must follow a standard format.
The general criteria for inclusion are:
- originality and interest
of topic;
- clarity of presentation;
- adherence to required
format; and
- usefulness to a
significant portion of HIP readers.
The editors hope that submissions will include:
- interdisciplinary,
team-taught courses;
- course in the arts and
humanities;
- courses in the social
and behavioral sciences;
- courses in science
and/or mathematics; and
- courses in professional
fields (engineering, business, education, nursing, etc.).
All submissions and inquiries should be directed to Ada Long or, if necessary, 850.927.3776.
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Call for a Web-based Newsletter Panel
The
annual NCHC Publications Board Newsletter contest is set to
proceed for the 2009 conference but instead of the usual "How to Put
Together a
Winning Newsletter" panel in D.C., Linda Frost is looking
to try something different. 2009 will include a workshop for
students,
staff, faculty, and administrators interested in developing web-based
newsletters for their programs. While print is and will be for many
reasons
preferable for many programs' publications, the reality of the
cost-savings as
well as expediency of putting one's newsletter online makes doing so an
attractive option for many honors programs.
If anyone out there currently publishes a web-based newsletter (along the lines
of NCHC's own new e-newsletter rather than a print edition translated into pdf
format), and would like to assist in such a workshop or panel, PLEASE send an
email to Linda Frost.
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Amazon Faculty Institute
Changing Identities on a
Rainforest Frontier
Iquitos, Peru & Amazon Rainforest
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: JANUARY 10, 2009
Space still remains for the 2009
Amazon Faculty Institute, Changing Identities on a Rainforest Frontier but the
registration deadline is fast approaching.
This is a rare opportunity to experience first-hand the historic and
current tensions related to the conservation and exploitation of natural and
human resources in the Amazon.
This unique institute contrasts City
as Text TM , including an in-depth study of the major market of the
region, and Jungle as Text, including an overnight visit to a local tribe whose
language is endangered. You will
participate in seminars, walkabouts, field explorations, discussions of prior
readings and written observations you have produced onsite to explore questions
such as:
- Who,
if anyone, owns the Amazon?
- Can
historical perspectives guide our interactions with the Amazon and its
people in the 21st century?
- What
strategies and actions are appropriate to protect and preserve environment
and culture?
- What
are the obligations of rich and developing countries?
 Your explorations may include a stroll through the old rubber barons' mansion
district, including the Casa de Fierro
or Iron House, designed by Gustave Eiffel as an attraction at the Paris
Exhibition of 1889 (the same Gustave Eiffel who designed the Eiffel Tower).
The Iron House he created was sent unassembled to Iquitos, where it was built
on its present-day site.
The mansion district co-exists with the village of Belen, a place of
contrasts that includes the section known as the "Venice of the Amazon" where the houses are built on balsa rafts and
float up and down as the water level rises and falls.
 You will visit the Belen "Super" Market, the Opposite of a
Tourist Trap - where everything that can
be bought and sold in Iqutios can be found; tropical jungle fruits, heart of
palm, ayahuasca, mapacho, coca leaves, parrots, chicken eggs, fish eggs, turtle
eggs, snail eggs, giant catfish, peacock bass, vampire fish, prehistoric fish
with lungs, cows udder, tongue, stomach, intestine, eyeballs, feet, horns,
hooves, (no source of protein is wasted), natural medicines to cure arthritis,
diabetes, baldness, and even cancer.
 Be sure to watch for the pink river dolphins. Of the five freshwater species of dolphins in
the world, the pink Amazon River dolphins are considered to be the most
intelligent and are now struggling for survival. These friendly,
sensitive, mammals have a brain capacity 40% larger than that of humans and
have lived in harmony with the people of the Amazon and its tributaries for
centuries.
As you experience the contrasts of
the Amazon, you will work with other honors professionals to identify means of
adapting these learning techniques to your own classroom. Identifying and transferring the principles
of experiential learning to other contexts are important goals of this
institute.
The institute fee of $1,265.00 includes double occupancy hotel
rooms (breakfasts included) in Iquitos, two additional meals in
Iquitos, river transportation, accommodations and all meals at Madre
Selva, and institute reading materials. Not included are airfare,
airport taxes, transport to/from airports, personal items, tips, travel
documents, or souvenirs. Institute fees (less $200.00) are refundable
up to 1 February 2009. After that date, no refunds can be given.
Participants should obtain their own travel and international health
insurance.
Complete details are available in the brochure and registration is available online. Questions should be directed to Bernice Braid.
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Featured Committee
Portz Fellowship
The Portz Fellowship Committee, appointed to implement the
recommendations of its predecessor the Portz Fellowship Task Force, has been
deliberating for half a year. The name
of John Portz should be familiar to all members of NCHC. One of the founders of this organization, he
served as its President, Executive Secretary Treasurer, Editor of its
Newsletter, and member several times of its Executive Committee. As active in his region, the Northeast, as in
the National, he was an outstanding faculty member at the University of
Maryland College Park: its first Honors Program Director, winner of a
prestigious award for excellence in teaching, he was remarkable for the range
and depth of his creative abilities.
Particularly original in conceiving innovative curriculum, he was
profoundly devoted to students, and a gifted shaper of community interaction.
In partnership with his wife Edythe, he left a generous estate to be divided
between his University and NCHC to be used as financial support for
student enterprises.
Many awards and scholarships now bear his name at his
University, and in grants for honors students throughout his state. Several awards have been hosted by NCHC
already. Now we are taking steps to
create a new nationally competitive research grant, which will be called the
John and Edythe Portz Fellowship. It
will embrace the characteristics of creativity and interdisciplinarity
articulated in the Estate, and be a fresh venue through which talented students
can secure support for their work.
Details of this Award, eligibility guidelines, and
application process are being finalized this academic year. The Fellowship Committee has completed two
stages of its deliberations, and expects to have all completed by the annual
conference in Washington, D.C. Look for
announcements in October, 2009.
Meanwhile, check the dedication to this wonderful couple in
the Spring/Summer 2003 issue of JNCHC to learn more about them, and about
John's exceptional work with Honors.
~Bernice Braid, Chair, Portz Fellowship Committee
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NCHC Summer Camp
for New Directors
The
Professional Development Committee will be hosting a Summer Camp for
new honors directors and deans at Iowa State University, July 9-11,
2009. Participants will take part in two full days of nuts-and-bolts
sessions where they will be immersed in an honors experience that will
prepare them for success in their new positions as honors
administrators.
Participants will also learn strategies for developing annual
budgets and curricula and address staffing and administrative issues
unique to their individual programs. The schedule will include
opportunities to engage in one-on-one sessions with experienced honors
administrators and to work in small groups to develop short and
long-term strategies and goals. Participants will begin the process of
identifying key resources and allies on their own campus and learn the
'tricks of the trade' about how to recruit honors faculty and students.
The registration fee for this institute is $500 and the deadline to register is June 1, 2009.
Participants may register
and pay by credit card online or submit their registration by mail to
the national office. Full details are available in the
online brochure.
Questions? Contact Laurie Fiegel at 515-294-4292.
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Call for Papers
Honors in Practice
Honors in Practice is accepting submissions for the 2009 volume.
The
deadline is January 1, 2009.
You will find the editorial policy and publication guidelines for paper
submissions below.
Editorial Policy for Honors in Practice
Honors in Practice (HIP) accommodates the need and desire for articles
about nuts-and-bolts issues, innovative practices in individual honors
programs, and other honors topics of concern to the membership. HIP
complements the semi-annual scholarly journal of NCHC, Journal of the
National Collegiate Honors Council (JNCHC). Both journals
employ a double-blind review system. JNCHC publishes scholarly
essays that stress research in and on honors education. HIP
publishes practical and descriptive essays: descriptions of successful honors
courses, suggestions for out-of-class experiences, administrative issues, and
other matters of use and/or interest to honors faculty, administrators, and
students. Submissions and inquiries should be directed to Ada Long or, if
necessary, 850-927-3776.
Deadline
HIP is published annually. The deadline for
submissions is January 1, 2009.
Submission Guidelines
We will accept material by e-mail
attachment (preferred) or disk. We will not accept material by fax or
hard copy.
If documentation is used, the
documentation style can be whatever is appropriate to the authorʼs primary
discipline or approach (MLA, APA,
etc.), but please avoid footnotes. Internal citation to a list of
references (bibliography) is preferred; endnotes are acceptable.
There are no minimum or maximum
length requirements; the length should be dictated by the topic and its most effective
presentation.
Accepted essays will be edited for
grammatical and typographical errors and for infelicities of style or
presentation. Authors will have ample opportunity to review and approve
edited manuscripts before publication.
~Ada Long
Monograph Series Submission Guidelines
The Publications Board is interested in receiving manuscripts on diverse topics
in honors education and urges people with expertise interested in writing such
a monograph to submit a prospectus.
Prospective authors should submit a proposal discussing the purpose or scope of
the manuscript, a prospectus that includes a chapter by chapter summary, and a
curriculum vitae.
Direct all inquiries, proposals, and manuscripts to the General Editor of the
Monograph Series:
Dr. Jeff Portnoy
General Editor, Monograph Series
Honors Program
Georgia Perimeter College
555 N. Indian Creek Drive
Clarkston, GA 30021
678-891-3620
All monograph proposals will be reviewed by the NCHC Publications Board. A
committee of the Publications Board will review all completed manuscripts and
forward recommendations concerning the publication to the Publications
Board.
~Jeff Portnoy
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2009 Board of Directors
President
Lydia Lyons, Hillsborough Community College
President-Elect
John Zubizarreta, Columbia College-South Carolina
Immediate Past President
Hallie Savage, Clarion University of Pennsylvania
Vice President
Bonnie Irwin, Eastern Illinois University
Secretary
Bob Spurrier, Oklahoma State University
Treasurer
Rolland W. Pack, Freed-Hardeman University
Ginny Atkinson, Central Arizona College
*Amanda Bowman, Columbia College-South Carolina
Bernice Braid, Long Island University-Brooklyn
Ellen Buckner, University of Alabama-Birmingham
Elizabeth Callahan, Saint Louis University
*Sarah Fann, University of North Carolina-Wilmington
Annmarie Guzy, University of South Alabama
Greg Lanier, University of West Florida
Kathy A. Lyon, Winthrop University
Jay Mandt, Wichita State University
*Roxanne Moralez, Texas State University-San Marcos
Rosalie Otero, University of New Mexico
Doug Peterson, University of South Dakota
James Ruebel, Ball State University
*Anne Schnitzenbaumer, Ball State University
Richard I. Scott, University of Central Arkansas
*Pratik Talati, University of Alabama-Birmingham
*Nathan Torno, Texas A & M University
*Student Member
NCHC Staff
Cynthia M. Hill, Executive Director 402-472-9155
Carolee Martin Brink 402-472-9150
Judy Smith 402-472-9150
Trish Souliere 402-472-9172
Betty Talley 402-472-9151
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