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This summer institute supports honors faculty in incorporating inclusive practices unique to honors education. Created by honors faculty, it focuses on best practices in admissions, recruitment, curriculum development, and inclusive programming, emphasizing antiracist approaches. The workshop aims to seamlessly integrate diversity, equity, and inclusion into honors education for the benefit of all participants.
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7/15/2024 to 7/16/2024
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When:
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July 15, 2024 to July 16, 2024
10:00 am - 3:00 pm CDT
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Where:
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Online Sessions (via Zoom)
United States
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Contact:
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NCHC Office
hello@nchchonors.orrg
(402) 472-9150
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Online registration is closed.
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| Institute Size | 10-25 Participants | | NCHC Member Price | $450 | | NCHC Nonmember Price | $900 | | Deadline to Register | July 1st, 2024 |
Institute Focus The purpose of this summer institute is to support honors faculty and staff with incorporating and developing inclusive and accessible practices in their programs and colleges. This summer institute is distinctive from other professional development experiences because it is centered on developing supportive and inclusive processes. Designed by honors faculty and staff, this institute will focus on best and high impact practices related to admissions and recruitment, curriculum revision and development, developing inclusive programming and faculty and staff development in relationship to belonging
The collaborative setting of this two-day intensive workshop will include the incorporation and development strategies to admissions and recruiting practices, curriculum development, and faculty and staff development. This workshop will welcome conversation and strategizing for integrating these practices into honors education to ensure that the benefits of an honors education are experienced by all participants.
Audience This session is designed for honors faculty, staff, and administrators. (Unsure if this session is for you? Contact a facilitator for more information.)
Learning Objectives
Participants will:
Create or enhance an initiative focused on promoting belonging and inclusion within the participants' honors program or college. Cultivate a community of honors faculty and staff committed to adopting accessible practices in the honors program. Devise strategies for admissions, program development, and curriculum enhancement that prioritize belonging and inclusion. Facilitate opportunities for participants to share their findings and recommendations, including presenting at conferences like NCHC or contributing to forums like the NCHC Diversity and Inclusion Roundtable.
Tentative Schedule Day 1 - Identifying Your Needs (10:00-3:00 CT)
10:00-11:00 Review- Where are you? What do you need?
11:00-11:20 SWOT Analysis
11:20-11:40 Break
11:40-12:30 Institutional Realities - Breakout rooms-
12:30-12:50 Break
12:50-1:40 Identifying Strengths & Weaknesses
1:40-2:00 Break
2:00-3:00 Identifying Opportunities- Share out
Day 2 - Developing a Roadmap (10:00-3:00 CT)
10:00-11:00 Review- Where are you? What do you need?
11:00-11:20 Deconstructing Practices
11:20-11:40 Break
11:40-12:30 Strategies for implementing at your institution.
12:30-12:50 Break
12:50-1:40 Approaches to
1:40-2:00 Break
2:00-3:00 Feedback and Next Steps
Facilitators Sherese Williams, University of Tennessee at Chatanooga - A native of Savannah, GA, Sherese Williams is a proud graduate of the Clark Atlanta University where she earned her bachelor's degree in Mass Media Arts and her master's degree in History. While earning her master's degree, Ms. Williams worked in the Honors Program as the Program Manager. She then took her talents to the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga where she currently serves as the Director of Operations and Admissions of the UTC Honors College.
An advocate for underserved and underrepresented students, Sherese has focused her energy on cultivating spaces and programs for students of color on the campus of UTC. Most recently launching "Sweet Tea with Sherese" a topic-based series that focuses on issues that impact and affect minority women. Topics have included the black community and mental health, mentorship, and managing stress and anxiety.
Fawn-Amber Montoya, James Madison University
Fawn-Amber Montoya is the Associate Dean for Diversity, Inclusion and External Engagement for the James Madison University Honors College. Dr. Montoya is Professor of History and an affiliate faculty member in Latin American, Latinx, and Caribbean Studies, and Africana, African-American and Diaspora Studies. Dr. Montoya teaches race, ethnicity, and gender courses focusing on Latinx history. Dr. Montoya consults on museum exhibits for History Colorado: The Colorado Historical Society. Exhibits included Borderlands of Southern Colorado, Salt Creek Memory, El Movimiento in Colorado and Pueblo, and The Children of Ludlow. She serves as the Co-Chair of the NCHC Diversity Committee, NCHC Board Member, Chair of the Board of Directors for the Scholars Latino Initiative, a non-profit organization that supports Latino/a/x high school students with college access through rigorous academic challenge, leadership development, scholarships, and supportive mentorships. Dr. Montoya is the co-author of Practicing Oral History to Connect University to Community and editor of Making An American Workforce: The Colorado Fuel and Iron Company's Construction of a Workforce during the Rockefeller Years, and co-Editor of Communities of Ludlow: Collaborative Stewardship and the Ludlow Centennial Commemoration Commission.
Questions? Contact the NCHC office at (402) 472-9150 or hello@nchchonors.org
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