2010 Site Visitors - Rolland W. Pack
| Email: | rpack@fhu.edu, rolland.pack@gmail.com |
| Institution: | Freed-Hardeman University |
| Address: | 234 Crook Avenue Henderson, TN 38340 |
| Phone: | (731) 225-8993 |
| Institution Type: | 4 year, private, 2100 |
| Program Type: | Honors College, institution-wide |
| Program Enrollment: | 100 per year |
| Present Position: | Professor of Philosophy |
| Past Positions: | Dean of the Honors College (1998-2009) |
| NCHC Member Since: | 1993 |
NCHC Activities Related to Honors Program Assessment
National Collegiate Honors Council, Treasurer and Board of Directors, 2008-2011
Executive Secretary-Treasurer, Southern Regional Honors Council, 2005-2008; Executive Committee SRHC, 2001-2008
Honors College evaluation: University of Texas at Arlington (2007); Two-year college site visit: Greenville Technical Community College
Helped develop standards ("Basic Characteristics") for Honors Programs and for Honors Colleges
Consultant and Site Visitor Consultants' Center Coordinator for SRHC and for NCHC
Other Activities Related to Honors Assessment:
Member Southern Regional Honors Council (SRHC) 1993-2009; Executive Committee SRHC 2000-2004; SRHC Consultant’s Lounge; Presentations at SRHC; Volunteer Coordinator for Tennessee Beta Club Quiz Bowl 1998-present; Member Tennessee Honors Council 1993-2009; President of Tennessee Honors Council 1995-96, 2002-03; Site visitor and consultant for sister honors programs.
Followed a 16 year honors program director; led alumni and student assessment effort which brought transition from honors program to honors college; established honors college endowment and honors annual fund for Freed-Hardeman honors; served two years as Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs; Represented Freed-Hardeman University at annual meetings of Southern Association for Schools and Colleges; participant in Kansas State University Evaluation Workshops. Post-doctoral study at Tennessee State University in Higher Education Leadership including cooperative research with Tennessee Board of Regents and University of Tennessee System (2003).
Self-Identified Areas of Special Interest and Experience
- Small College Honors Programs
- Honors Colleges
- Honors Alumni Relations
- Advancement, Development, and Endowment for Honors
- Assessment and Evaluation
- Faculty Development through Honors
- Honors Theses
- Honors Contracts
On the Role of the Site Visitor as Consultants & Program Reviewers
NCHC Site Visitors can provide advice and resources developed through many years of assessment and evaluation discussions which have enriched our national honors organization. Many of us have broad experience with many types of institutions, and those involved with our training institutes have discovered that honors must be evaluated in the context of local institution’s mission and heritage. I believe honors consultants and site visitors should be focused on helping improve honors programs through careful review of local history, needs, and opportunities. External reviewers can often offer new perspectives and help those on campus gain insight about how their program can serve students, faculty, and other constituents more effectively. Given access to publications, records, participants, alumni, and administrators such visitors can enhance what is already happening in an honors program.