Calendar of Events
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Please check our online Calendar of Events for the latest news.
January 1
Honors in Practice Submission Deadline
Sample Syllabus Submission Deadline
January 31
Membership Renewals Due
February 1
Death Valley Institute Registration Deadline
March 1
Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council Submission Deadline
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| Conference Evaluations | Don't forget to visit the NCHC conference site to complete your evaluation of the 2009 Annual Conference. |
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Elections
It's election time at NCHC. November is when NCHC members are called upon
to select representatives to serve on the Board of Directors.
Here is what is on the ballot for this
election:
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Vote for 4 - Three-year term Board
of Directors members-at-large
- Vote for 2 - One-year term
Student Representatives to the Board of Directors
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Vote for 2 - Two-year term Student
Representatives to the Board of Directors
Read the candidate statements
here in the
newsletter or on the website, mark the
ballot you received, and drop it in the mail. It's that
easy. Remember, your vote is your voice. To make your voice
heard, your vote must be
received by the December 5th deadline.
Please note that the Bylaws were
changed last year. Due to that change,
the number of ballots cast for each candidate will be posted on the
Members Only site immediately following certification by the NCHC
secretary.
If you have any questions, or if you have
not received a ballot, contact the NCHC office at nchc@unlserve.unl.edu or (402)
472-9150.
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2010 Membership Renewal
'Tis the season to renew your NCHC Membership for 2010. The NCHC membership year is based on the
calendar year and begins January 1, expiring December 31. By the time you read this, you should
have already received your membership renewal notice. The office has tried to make the renewal
notice and membership form user friendly whether you pay by credit card, check
or purchase order. If your institution requires them, you may print your own
invoice and W-9 directly from the links in your renewal notice or from our
website. If you have any questions,
please call 402-472-9150 or email nchc@unlserve.unl.edu If you have already renewed your membership,
you will not receive a renewal notice.
You have flexibility in selecting your 2010 membership. Institutional and Professional dues may be renewed
at the same time on the 2010 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 complete 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. The office will be
happy to help you if you have any questions.
PLEASE note the January 31,
2010 deadline for all memberships. As
a courtesy to those institutions who are not able to process a membership renewal
during the current year, NCHC grants a grace period for the month of
January. However, 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 Members Only area. If you are a current member and renew after
January 31, you will be issued a new ID and Password before you can access the Members
Only pages.
Affiliate memberships (for
retired honors faculty or former honors students no longer associated with an
institution), Non-Institutional memberships (for honors faculty at institutions
without NCHC Institutional membership) and Student memberships (for current
honors students) are also available on our website and the membership form may
be completed and submitted in one step at anytime. Thank you for renewing your membership. Please
remember your NCHC office is available Monday-Friday, 7:00 am to 5:00 pm CST.
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Las Vegas/Death Valley:
Death and Desire in the American West
March 16-21, 2010
 The
National Collegiate Honors Council's Honors Semesters Committee invites
you to experience the Las Vegas and Death Valley areas in a whole new
way. This faculty institute explores the built and natural
environments of Las Vegas and Death Valley, contrasting the image and
reality of these visually rich yet seemingly empty locations. In these
superb venues for social, cultural, and natural exploration,
participants will experience on-site exploration, readings of natural
history, and analyses of literature and film. These experiences,
combined with reflective and analytical writings and discussions, will
provide a sense of the ecological and social conflicts characteristic
of extreme landscapes.
 The
Institute will begin in Las Vegas, move to Death Valley National Park,
and then return to the city to complete a journey through space and
time. Participants will investigate both locations through walkabouts,
interviews, observations, mapping exercises, and reflections on these
experiences through individual written reports and lively seminar
discussions. The Institute will culminate with a workshop on
adaptations of Place as Text pedagogy for participants' use on their
own campuses and in academic travel programs.
This Institute is
designed for honors and other faculty and administrators who wish to
incorporate interdisciplinary and field-based elements into their
courses and programs. Participants from previous Institutes have used
City as Text™ pedagogy in courses ranging from literature to biology.
The hands-on methodology, combined with reflective practices and
writing assignments, have been adapted for use in student orientations,
campus assessments, and professional development workshops. Identifying
and transferring principles of experiential learning are important
goals of this Institute.
Complete details about this institute and the registration form are available on the NCHC website.
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President's Column
How
is it possible that almost two weeks have already passed since our sensational
national conference in Washington, D.C.? I am just now finally sifting through
the stacks of notes I recorded after many exciting conversations with
colleagues and students while on the run as conference chair. But I am also
just tentatively beginning to organize the numerous photos I have from
stimulating panel presentations, roundtable discussions, poster displays,
Global Engagement Fair and Idea Exchange tables, plenary events, and more. It
seems I cannot dig out from under mountains of delayed work to reflect on the
success of our conference, but I am getting close, and each step helps me
appreciate the positive impact of our annual meeting and the warmth of new
and reaffirmed friendships in honors. Our community is truly amazing.
The
call to write this piece gives me a moment to thank all of you for helping to
make our 2009 convention an almost record-setting gathering of honors
professionals and students from not just the United States but also from around
the world. How fitting that our conference, with its thematic focus on global
perspectives, included representatives from a variety of Asian, Central
American, and European countries, including an impressive thirty-two members
from The Netherlands. And the plenaries, too, extended the message of the
global significance of our mission of excellence in teaching and learning
through the inspiring address of Dr. Freeman Hrabowski, the provocative
screening of The Linguists,
and the stirring panel discussion on the Israeli-Palestinian-U.S.
conundrum--all of them touching in some way the global dimensions of what lies
ahead for all of us as learned world citizens. Indeed, honors--because of its
dedication to intellectual inquiry of the highest caliber, its passion for
active learning, its commitment to access and diversity, and its premium on
risk and challenges--offers a model for higher education that promotes
outstanding academic and personal values of integrity, creativity,
perseverence, service to others, leadership, open mindedness, and acceptance of
new ideas and other human beings. Undoubtedly, honors has gone global, and
we should be proud.
Now,
the time has come to turn our attention to early planning for our next conference
in Kansas City. I hope you will take a moment to complete our 2009 conference
evaluation online at
https://nchchonors.wufoo.com/forms/nchc-2009-conference-evaluation/
in order to provide our 2010 planners with valuable feedback to make next
year's conference even better. Certainly, many of our signature programs will
continue to draw rave reviews: Beginning in Honors, Developing in Honors,
Students in Honors, City as Text, Student Interdisciplinary Research Panels,
Master Classes, Idea Exchange, Posters, Consultants Center, Diversity and
International Education Forums, Celebration of Teaching and Learning, Teaching
and Learning Fishbowl, and others. These programs will be complemented by
ongoing effective use of student moderators, by another productive Silent
Auction after the successful leadership in D.C. of St. Mary's College of
Maryland students, by repeating the hugely popular new sessions in the Best
Honors Administrative Practice strand, and by expanding Roundtable
Discussions to include more participants in the conference agenda. Help
conference chair Bonnie Irwin by completing an evaluation of our D.C.
conference, and you can count on another terrific meeting next year.
Again,
thank you all for making our Washington, D.C., conference a winner. In
financially unstable times, I am heartened that so many turned out for our
meeting, a demonstration of the vitality of our organization and the deep
value-added benefits of our organization and annual conventions. I may be
buried under work after returning from D.C., but I have not lost my enthusiasm
for honors and my commitment to you as your new president. I am all yours.
I
hope you have a bountiful Thanksgiving. Cheers.
John Zubizarreta
President,
National Collegiate Honors Council
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2009 Award Winners
Congratulations to our 2009 award winners:
Portz Scholars
Lindsay Kerns, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
"the life and surprising adventures of mary ann talbot:
Autobiographical Biography as a Mysterious Act of Translation"
Joseph
Kundukulam, University of South Alabama
"Polymer-Supported Suflenylations"
Allie
McNutt, University of North Carolina Wilmington
"Lessons
: A collection of historical fictional poetry"
Newsletters
Student
Published:
First Place
Central
Michigan University Honors Program
Honor Bound
Student editor: Kimberly Pikaart
Second Place
Westminster College Honors Program
Honorable Mention
Student editors: Paula Porter, Brooke Gecsey, and Cassidy Jones
Third Place
Western Kentucky University Honors College
Areté
Student editor: Sam Micallef
Faculty/Administrator/Student
Published:
First Place
University of Maine Honors College
Minerva
Emily Cain, Coordinator of Advancement and editor
Second Place
American University University Honors
Program
Honorable Mentions
Paula McCabe, Associate Director and editor
Third Place
Honors College of Valparaiso University
The Spillikin
Margaret Franson, Associate Dean of Christ College and editor
Student of the
Year
Homa Hassan, Columbia College
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2009 Student of the Year
The
NCHC Student of the Year Award is presented to one Honors student who has made
an impact on his or her Honors program, and who has participated in Honors at
the regional and/or national level. The Student of the Year Award is the only
NCHC award designed, judged, and presented by Honors students.
The
NCHC Student Concerns Committee congratulates the following outstanding
students who were nominated for the 2009 NCHC Student of the Year Award:
Jeremy Seibold,
Cape
Cod Community College
Silvia Vigier,
Dickinson
State University
Kaci Pruser,
Angelo
State University
Nishel Baswell,
Cal
Poly Pomona
Danielle Ricciardi,
Pace
University
Homa Hassan,
Columbia College
Jimmie Braley,
Metropolitan
State College of Denver
Candie Solis,
Lee
College
At the 2009 NCHC Conference in Washington D.C., the
Student Concerns Committee awarded the 2009 NCHC Student of the Year to Homa
Hassan. Homa is a senior with double majors in Public Affairs and Political
Science and double minors in Communication and Art History. In addition to her numerous
academic honors and achievements, Homa has shown leadership both on and off
campus.
Caroline Whitson, Columbia
College President & Homa Hassan,
NCHC 2009 Student of the Year
Homa is the chair of the college's Honors Student
Association and president of the Student Government Association. On campus, Homa
has planned and participated in numerous service projects including Global
Issues Awareness Day, Green Week, Project HomeWorks, Project Hair Care, and "Get
Smart" Prison Talks. Off campus, she co-hosts a nationally syndicated radio
broadcast, "Teen Forum". Homa has
presented at several regional and national conferences, and she has earned a
reputation for excellent work. In the words of her Honors Director Dr. John Zubizarreta,
Homa "is thoughtful, intelligent, and compassionate, and she typifies the
highest values of academic integrity".
For her exceptional accomplishments, Homa received a $500 award and a commemorative medallion.
The NCHC Student Concerns Committee wishes all of
the nominees the best of luck in their future endeavors.
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Student Auction
Thanks to the donors of items to the silent
auction and the student raffle, to the bidders and the raffle ticket
purchasers, and to the students who organized and ran the 2009 auction and
raffle. NCHC will donate all auction & raffle proceeds to this year's beneficiary: the Youth Leadership Foundation,
which provides academic mentoring and character development programs to
disadvantaged minority middle-schoolers in Washington, D.C.
The rationale for the annual NCHC auction and
raffle is to leave behind some tangible improvement in the site of our annual
conference-something that lasts after our suitcases have all been emptied and
stowed away. (Stowed away for Kansas City, this time!)
Those of the Paul Nitze Scholars Program of
St. Mary's College of Maryland took the lead
this year (especially Assistant Director Pam Mertz and students
Bertrand
Adanve, Marjorie Foley, and Jennifer Kunze).
They had been well trained last year in San Antonio,
where the students from Westminster College (Utah)
had run the auction and raffle. In D.C.,
the St. Mary's students were ably assisted by Dan Martin, the Honors
Director
of Rockhurst University (K.C.), and four of his students (Kaela Severa,
Kayla Miller, Jacqueline Titus, and Sarah Titus). The Rockhurst
honors students will be running
the auction and raffle in 2010, so keep in the back of your mind
throughout the
year the eventual need for us to come through with interesting items
for the
auction and raffle in K.C.
Michael
Taber, Director
Paul
Nitze Scholars Program
St. Mary's College of
Maryland
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Technology in Honors
2009 NCHC Workshop
Among the newcomers to the 2009 Annual Conference this year
was a post-conference technology workshop presented by UCA Honors College. The workshop was only open to the fifty-five
honors administrators and faculty members who had pre-registered and was
designed to assist honors administrators and faculty in finding ways of
effectively using technology in both the classroom and the office. The workshop covered a wide range of hot
topics in higher ed: technology and collaborative projects; classroom
technological enhancements; information literacy and social networking;
self-generated content; data collection, assessment, and extramural evaluation;
access to and preservation of institutional workflow; translating print
publications for the digital world; and dynamic web presence.
Facilitators from the UCA Honors College included faculty
members Rick Scott, Donna Bowman, and Philip Frana, and Honors College junior
Chris Carter, an economics major. Participants
in the workshop learned how to integrate technology into the strategic vision
of their own institutions in order to enhance existing objectives or pursue new
ones. Examples shared at the conference included the use of distributed information
systems in education, teaching critical writing with extramural evaluation
using blogs, and managing team-taught courses or collaborative projects with podcasts
and wikis. The facilitators demonstrated
the Honors College Online community (http://honors.uca.edu)
developed for UCA as a senior thesis project by Mike Allen, a 2005 Honors
College graduate, majoring in applied mathematics.
The workshop was highly successful and follows on the heels
of an NCHC Summer Institute on Technology in Education hosted on the UCA campus
in July 2007 and a special Online Communities Strand at the 2008 national
meeting. The UCA facilitators anticipate inviting larger groups of participants
to continue and extend the conversation at upcoming conferences.
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2010 Student Logo
Please join us in congratulating Emily Byrtus from Clarion
University on her winning entry in the Student Logo Contest.
Emily is a senior pursuing a
Bachelors of Fine Arts in Graphic Arts and Drawing with minors in History, Art
History, and Honors. Her favorite parts of graphic design are logo design and
interface development, so it is not surprising that Emily decided to enter the
NCHC Student Logo contest after hearing about it from her honors director,
Hallie Savage.
Emily's design is intended to reflect
the smooth nature of jazz in the way the musical staff flows out of the bell of
the saxophone as well as to pay homage to the Kansas and Missouri rivers
through the allusion to currents of water.
The jagged line quality throughout the image is intended to invigorate
the design with a strong sense of energy and livelihood.
After graduating from Clarion
University, Emily plans to pursue a Masters degree in the field of Interactive
Media and Digital Imaging.
Emily's logo will be used for
the 2010 Annual NCHC Conference in Kansas City, Rhythms and Currents. Emily will also receive complimentary
registration to the conference and recognition in the program.
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Portz Grant Awards
Twice each year, the Awards and Grants committee reviews
grant proposals for innovative programming in honors. This fall, the
committee granted awards to two of the four proposals received.
$1000 award was given to Robert Morris University in Moon
Township, Pennsylvania, for the project: "Intersections: A Multi-university Undergraduate Research
Conference".
Robert Morris University is a small institution of about
5,000 students. The honors program has
over 110 undergraduate students, and features a curriculum balanced between
core classes, an upper-division seminar, and an honors thesis requirement. Their project seeks innovative ways to foster
student collaborations without resorting to high-cost travel. Following trends in corporate America, the
project will utilize technology to run a hybrid conference, connecting panel
sessions held across the US by streaming video and other video conferencing
technologies with a Southwestern PA Undergraduate Research Conference organized
by honors programs at Robert Morris University (RMU) and California University
of Pennsylvania (CUP).
The second was a $1000 award granted to Muhlenberg College
in Allentown, Pennsylvania, for the project "Arts for Kids Healing".
The RJ
Fellows Honors Program at Muhlenberg College is seeking to support a new collaboration
between the RJ Fellows and Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Network to create "Arts
for Kids Healing", an arts program for pediatric patients in Bethlehem,
Pennsylvania. There is a growing body of research demonstrating the impact of
art in the healing environment on patients, their families and hospital staff,
as well as the beneficial effects of art in relation to the physiological and
psychological well-being of patients, young and old. Through this project, they hope to establish
a meaningful experiential learning opportunity for RJ Fellows and to enhance
the healing environment for young patients in a local pediatric rehabilitation
hospital. RJ Fellows will participate in the research, design and construction
of a sustainable, accessible and inclusive arts environment that promotes the
healing and well-being of children in Good Shepherd's new pediatric hospital.
Both
projects are very innovative and offer students a chance to deepen their honors
education.
Please watch for the spring call for Portz Grant Proposals.
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A & E Institute
 The Assessment and
Evaluation committee would like to extend an invitation to NCHC members to
attend a Faculty Institute in Atlanta, Georgia, July 7 - 10. The institute will include a Site Visitor Training
and Program Review Workshop as well as an Assessment Workshop.
Participants are encouraged to register for
either or both of the workshops.
Who Should Attend?
Site Visitor Training and Program Review Workshop
- NCHC members
interested in being designated as NCHC-recommended site visitors. This workshop
is required for candidates submitting an application to be a recommended site
visitor.
- Honors educators
preparing for an external program review.
- Honors educators
interested in initiating or developing an honors best practice for the on-going
review of honors programs or honors colleges.
Assessment Workshop
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Faculty and
administrators interested in the assessment and evaluation of honors program.
- Deans, directors, and
coordinators interested in examining various honors program and curriculum models.
- Honors educators
interested in learning how to develop assessment plans that can be applied to
their home honors program or college.
Both Workshop Sessions
Attendance at both
sessions is optimal for participants interested in understanding current issues
in assessment, evaluation, and program review in the context of higher
education and applying this knowledge to honors education.
Registration fees are as
follows:
- Both sessions: $800
- Site Visit only: $450
- Assessment only: $450
Complete details and
registration forms are available on the NCHC website.
Please remember that the
early deadline for registration is May 1; the final deadline for late registration
is June 1, 2010.
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Call for Syllabus Submissions
NCHC publishes sample honors syllabi 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, 2010.
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.
We have a special need for syllabi in the social and
behavioral sciences at all levels and for science and math syllabi at the
freshman and sophomore levels.
The general categories for which we invite submissions at
the freshman, sophomore, and junior/senior levels are:
- 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.).
Syllabus Format Guide
Sample Syllabus
All submissions and inquiries should be directed to Ada
Long at adalong@uab.edu or, if necessary,
850.927.3776.
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Call for Papers
Honors in Practice
Honors in Practice is accepting submissions for the 2010 volume. The
deadline is January 1, 2010.
Below, you will find the editorial policy and publication guidelines for
paper submissions.
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 the 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 at adalong@uab.edu
or, if necessary, 850.927.3776.
Deadline
HIP is published annually. The next deadline for
submissions is January 1, 2010.
Journal of the National
Collegiate Honors Council is accepting
submissions for the spring volume. The deadline is March 1, 2010. This
issue of JNCHC invites research essays on any topic of interest to the
honors community.
The issue will also include a Forum focused on the theme
"Honors and Athletics." We invite essays of roughly a thousand
words that consider this theme in the context of your campus and/or a national
context.
Questions to consider might include: Is mens sano
in corpore sano a concept relevant to honors? Are intercollegiate athletics
an asset or disruption to the honors community? In what way have
intramural sports added to or subtracted from the honors community? Is
the analogy between honors and athletics a useful tool for gaining special
privileges for honors students such as priority registration? Is this
analogy apt, and are these privileges ethical? Are the honors director
and sports coach natural enemies or allies? Does the special attention
given to athletes help justify special attention for honors students?
Does the brouhaha that surrounds high-profile athletics help or interfere with
recruiting and fund-raising for honors? Are scholar-athletes an important
benefit to honors?
Forum essays should focus on ideas, concepts, and/or
opinions related to "Honors and Athletics." Examples from one's own
campus can be and usually are relevant, but the essays should not simply be
descriptions of "what we do at our institution." See Sam Schuman's essay as an example.
Please send all submissions to
Ada Long at adalong@uab.edu.
Monograph Series
The Publications Board is also 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.
Submission Guidelines
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Candidates for Board of Directors
Professional Nominees for Board of Directors - 3 year term
(Vote for four)
 Kyoko Amano
University of Indianapolis
I would be thrilled to serve on the NCHC Board of
Directors. I have served on the University of Indianapolis's Honors College Faculty
Committee since 2004, taught two Honors freshman English courses, and directed two
Honors projects. I have attended the NCHC
annual conferences every year since 2006.
In my capacity as an Honors faculty, I brought UIndy's Honors students
to NCHC conferences and enjoyed the student-centered culture of NCHC. (more)
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 Jerry Herron
Irvin D. Reid Honors College
Wayne State University
I am honored to be considered for a position on the National
Collegiate Honors Council Board of Directors. As a faculty member,
administrator and scholar for nearly 30 years, I have never been as proud or
excited to hold a position as the one I hold now: Dean of the Irvin D. Reid
Honors College at Wayne State University in Detroit. I learned the value of the
NCHC at the beginning of my tenure as Honors Director - starting in 2002 - when
I first consulted a new NCHC friend who provided valuable programmatic and
development advice necessary to secure enhanced funding from university
leadership, the funding that would make it possible for our program to grow and
develop. (more)
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 Joe King
Radford University
I have been a faculty member in the Department of Psychology
at Radford University since 1981. My background is in Neuroscience (undergrad
in Biology and Grad
School in Psychology) and
for many years I maintained a collaborative research laboratory in which
students were responsible for all the research projects conducted in the lab
and served as co-authors on publications and presentations that came out of our
research. (more)
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 Kim Klein
Shippensburg University
I am
seeking a term on the NCHC Board of Directors because I have seen first-hand
the profound impact that Honors education can have on students, faculty,
institutions, and the community. I
believe that NCHC has a unique opportunity and role to play as a leading advocate
for innovation in higher education to meet the global challenges our students,
faculty, and institutions face in the 21st century. (more)
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 Steve Kramer
Southwest Minnesota State University
I currently serve as president of the
Upper Midwest Honors Council. I am also
the director of the Honors Program at Southwest Minnesota State University, a
position I have held for seven years. In addition, I will be entering my fourth
year as chair of the Department of Foreign Languages, Humanities and Philosophy
at SMSU. SMSU is a small, public liberal
arts university and a long-time affiliate of the NCHC. I believe that this combination of experience
has prepared me well for addressing the kind of budgetary, planning and
programmatic questions that the Board of Directors faces. (more) |
 Elizabeth Latosi-Sawin
Missouri Western State University
I have now been the Director of the Honors Program at Missouri Western
State University for four years. I wrote proposals for our faculty (two
of which were delivered at the national convention that took place in
St. Louis a few years ago). I participated most recently in the NCHC
Faculty Institute in Lincoln, Nebraska in 2007 and have just edited a
booklet of faculty participants' writings and photos for the group and
the Board. |
 Larry Levinson
Governors State University
Serving both as a faculty member and as an honors
administrator, I passionately believe that honors programs are a means of
creating an enriched integrative learning community that extends the "great
conversation" of the academy (R.M. Hutchinson) beyond the classroom.
At Governors State University I first served for four years
as the Honors Director of the College of Arts and Sciences. In 1998, I oversaw
the development of a university-wide honors program that stresses interdisciplinary
learning and civic engagement. Ever since then, I have served as the University
Honors Director and Chair of the Faculty Honors Council. Our Honors program has grown to include honors
seminars (whose yearly theme is taken from the NCHC conference), an annual
honors retreat, student participation in regional honors conferences, and a
service learning project. I have served
two terms as the president of the HCIR (Honors Council of the Illinois Region)
where I worked toward expanding its membership and organized three student
research conferences. (more)
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 John Loughney
Westfield State College
Beginning with my attendance at the Albuquerque site visitors workshop,
I pursued NCHC Site Visitor accreditation, which was awarded in 2008.
As listed in my footnote, I have also had other roles associated with
honors accreditation.
My interest in being selected for the NCHC Board arises from a sense that I could bring at least six dimensions to such service:
- significant,
decades-long honors teaching, program development, and program
oversight at a public, four-year, comprehensive college
- experience of honors program coordination within the very large,
multi-level (university; four-year; community-college), multi-campus
(27 institutions) state system in Massachusetts
- practical experience from attending and consulting at recent NCHC national conferences
- site-visiting experience, along with various roles involving accreditation on my own campus over the past thirty years
- a history in recent years of involvement with others who either taught or were enrolled at the NCHC Albuquerque workshop
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a career-long academic specialization in "organizations," pursued
through the humanities, arts, and social sciences, and
interdisciplinary programs (Women's Studies; American Studies; Latin
American Studies, Film Studies, and Ethnic & Multicultural
Studies). (more)
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 Jaskiran Mathur
St. Francis College
My name is Jaskiran Mathur, I am the Director of the
Honors Program and Associate Professor of Sociology at St. Francis College in
Brooklyn, New York.
Lydia Lyons was kind enough to appoint me to the
NCHC committees for 'Small Colleges' and 'International Education' last year. Much to my
disappointment, a fractured knee from an accident earlier in October 2008
prevented me from attending the Annual Meeting in San Antonio and deprived me
of an excellent opportunity to meet with numerous NCHC members and office
holders. I am really excited about the October 2009 meeting especially as we
have two proposals accepted, and the venue is close enough to afford a larger
contingent of students and faculty! (more)
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Student Nominees for Board of Directors - 2-year term
(vote for two)
 Jamie Beko
University of Indianapolis
Hello,
my name is Jamie Beko and I am a junior at the University of
Indianapolis in Indiana. My chosen major is social work with a
concentration in community organizing. One reason I chose to
follow the path of being an honors student is that the honors college
at UIndy has allowed me to take the school's motto of 'Education for
Service' to a much higher degree. I have been able to participate
in many different community service projects. I am also a
Presidential Assistant, Campus Ambassador, and a member of the Social
Work Association; all while volunteering at several Indianapolis
non-profit organizations (i.e Damar Services, Indianapolis Animal Care
and Control, and Second Helpings) and working part-time at a small
non-profit organization that helps the elderly. I am pursuing a
degree in social work because I have a strong passion to continue this
service for my entire life. (more)
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 Alex Cler
Eastern Illinois University
Hello everyone! My name is Alex Cler, and I'm a finance major at
Eastern Illinois University. Currently, I am very actively involved in
the honors program at EIU. I am a member of the local Association of
Honors Students and a Presidential Scholar. The latter is geared
towards integrative learning and enriching a student's experience in
honors, college, and life. My integrated learning project is an
internship with SCORE, a small business consulting organization run by
the federal government. (more)
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 David Tatem
University of West Florida
Greetings! My name is David Tatem and I'm pursuing a History and
Political Science degree at the University of West Florida. The Honors
program at UWF holds a very special place in my heart and I have
thoroughly enjoyed my experiences. I am a member of the Honors Council,
which represents the Honors program body as a whole. In this way,
members like myself create social events, raise funds, provide service
to the community, and guide the path of the program. (more)
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Student Nominees for Board of Directors - 1-year term
(vote for two)
 Grace Benton
University of Alabama at Birmingham
My name is Grace Benton and I am seeking a one-year student position on
the NCHC Board of Directors. I am a junior majoring in International
Studies with a concentration on the Middle East and minoring in Spanish
and Arabic at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). I am in my
third year as an active member of the University Honors Program, which
has been central to the development of my appreciation for
interdisciplinary education and expansion beyond the beaten path of
traditional modes of learning. Completion of the honors track of study
at UAB consists of two nine-credit-hour interdisciplinary fall courses
and five seminars, three of which must be outside the discipline of
one's chosen major. (more)
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 Katie Colton
Bryant University
Hello, my name is Katie Colton, and I am a sophomore Communication
major at Bryant University in Smithfield, Rhode Island. Being accepted
into the Honors Program was one of the main reasons I came to Bryant.
I wanted to challenge myself academically and get involved in a way
that I could interact with other Honors students to enhance my college
experience. In the second semester of my first year, I was chosen to
be a Service Chair on our Student Honors Council. This position
sparked my interest in expanding our program and engaging our members. (more)
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 Tyler Dunphy
University of Louisiana Lafayette
My name is Tyler Dunphy, and I am a junior majoring in Political
Science with a double minor in General Business and Interpersonal and
Organizational Communication at the University of Louisiana at
Lafayette. I am heavily involved on campus as I serve as our Student
Government Association's President for the College of Liberal Arts, am
the Vice President of the University Program Council, the Entertainment
Director for Up 'til Dawn which raises funds for St. Jude Children's
Research Hospital, and most importantly, I play a vital role within our
University's Honors Program. (more)
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 Rhonda Martinez
Texas State University-San Marcos
When
I sit back to think of when I was a freshman at
Texas State University, I never would of thought that I would be
immersed in so many opportunities where I am now with the Honors
Program. Over the past years I have been privileged to take on several
responsibilities at my university's honors program. (more)
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 Anna Mullen
Iowa State University
Anna Mullen is a Junior at Iowa State University pursuing a B.A. in
Anthropology and a B.A. in History. She is involved in a diversity of
roles in the University Honors Program at Iowa State. Anna is a three
year member of the Honors Student Board executive board, works as a
Honors Ambassador, and has been a Freshman Honors Program Seminar
Leader. She completed a variety of projects for the 2009 NCHC
Conference which included a poster presentation, general session
presentation, and student moderating. (more)
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 Candie L. Solis
Lee College
I graduated high school more than twenty years ago. Returning to school
was an intimidating journey; but, the honors program at Lee College
held the map that guided my course. My name is Candie L. Solis and I
am a non-traditional student majoring in Business Administration and
Management, with a focus on Accounting and Economics. My original plan
was to sit quietly at the back of the class and get my degree.
However, I soon found myself participating in a variety of volunteer
activities both on and off campus, including assisting our honors
department with compilation of text materials, serving as Student
Editor of Touchstone (a publication by TSHA), offering campus
tours to incoming and prospective students and faculty, and attending
community events throughout the area to promote the Lee College Honors
Program.
(more)
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2009 Board of Directors
President
John Zubizarreta, Columbia College-South Carolina
President-Elect
Bonnie Irwin, Eastern Illinois University
Immediate Past President
Lydia Lyons, Hillsborough Community College
Vice President
Greg Lanier, University of West Florida
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 South Alabama
Elizabeth Callahan, Saint Louis University
*Sarah Fann, University of North Carolina-Wilmington
Annmarie Guzy, University of South Alabama
Kathy 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
Jim Ruebel, Ball State University
*Anne Schnitzenbaumer, Ball State University
Rick 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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