Beginning in Honors is a workshop designed for new honors directors and deans or those leading or creating new honors programs and colleges.

This workshop starts off in a large group, and then is broken down to small groups, focused upon specific institutional types -- large universities; medium-sized institutions; small public, private, and faith-based colleges; and two-year schools.

Participants who sign up for this excursion will travel to Quincy, Massachusetts to visit the house known as the John Adams Birthplace. The home itself was built by Joseph Penniman in 1681 and inhabited by the Penniman family until John Adams' father bought the house and six acres of property surrounding it in 1720. On October 30,1735, John Adams was born in this humble cottage.

This trip emphasizes the National Park Service's role in preserving historic sites, and highlight a presidential Founding Father who embodied the spirit of Transgression.

This trip is only open to 25 people. Participants will be required to cover train travel costs (operated by MBTA) to and from Boston. The train ride is about an hour long, and participants may be gone for most of the day on Thursday November 8. 

Intensive post-conference seminar for honors faculty with pedagogy expert James Lang, author of the acclaimed book Small Teaching: Everyday Lessons from the Science of Teaching.

This post-conference workshop is limited to 50 participants, and will cost $150 to attend.