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Leadership In Scholarship Program, Matthew Smith, Jason Vallee
Leadership In Scholarship Program, Matthew Smith, Jason Vallee
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The Leadership in Scholarship program is an enhancement to the Johnson & Wales University Honors Program that has been piloted at our Denver Campus for the last three years. It upgrades a cross-disciplinary student honors experience by adding an orientation program, tailored on-campus services, and a living and learning community to the system-wide honors program. It is housed in the Community Leadership Institute, a co-curricular department that adds value to a student’s experience by providing leadership and community service opportunities for every student on campus via leadership studies courses, service learning, a visiting faculty program and a selective leadership development …
Great Questions That Have Changed The World* (Hon 183), Dave Pruett
Great Questions That Have Changed The World* (Hon 183), Dave Pruett
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“Which [do we] love more, the small island of [our] so-called knowledge or the sea of infinite mystery?” (Karl Rahner). “Great Questions” are those that radically alter our perceptions of physical reality, of self, and/or of our place in the universe. For example, Jacob Bronowski observed of Einstein that he was “a man who could ask immensely simple questions” from whose answers he could “hear God thinking.” Einstein’s theories of special and general relativity each originated from simple questions and Gedanken (thought) experiments that can be readily grasped by ordinary persons. It is the answers that are extraordinary. The course …
“You’Re Not Typical Professors, Are You?”: Reflections On The Nchc Faculty Institute In Miami And The Everglades, Joy Ochs
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At the close of the NCHC Faculty Institute in Miami and the Everglades, our group went out for a celebratory dinner at a Cuban restaurant in Miami. Between the main course and the dessert, one of our group struck up a conversation with the young man selling flowers on the sidewalk outside. As we left the restaurant a short while later, knots of participants still locked in animated conversation, the flower vendor remarked, “You’re not typical professors, are you?”
Honors In Practice, Volume 2 (Complete Issue)
Honors In Practice, Volume 2 (Complete Issue)
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Editorial Policy
Submission Guidelines
Dedication to Ted Estess
Editor’s Introduction-- Ada Long
HONORS DESIGNS
Honors in Chile: New Engagements in the Higher Education System-- Juan Carlos Skewes, Carlos Alberto Cioce Sampaio, and Frederick J. Conway
Dominican University of California’s Honors Program and its Relation to University Heritage and Mission-- Jayati Ghosh, M. Patricia Dougherty, and Kenneth Porada
HONORS INITIATIVES
Community Beyond Honors: Butler University’s Community Fellows Program Margaret Brabant and Anne M. Wilson
Leadership in Scholarship Program Matthew L. Smith and Jason C. Vallee
How to Develop and Promote an Undergraduate Research Day Michael K. Cundall Jr …
Writing And American Rhetoric (English 204 H1), Bebe Nickolai
Writing And American Rhetoric (English 204 H1), Bebe Nickolai
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This seminar develops students’ skills in writing argumentative essays and speeches. Students examine the American rhetorical tradition in texts ranging from sermons of the Great Awakening to recent Presidential addresses. These texts serve as models as students write arguments demonstrating their knowledge of rhetorical strategies. Through a variety of written assignments, students discover their own most effective voices as writers. When students finish the class, they should be able to write effective argumentative essays based on research. Students will participate in small group work, peer editing, conferences with the instructor, and presentations.
An Honors Pilot Course: Cross-Cultural Service And Inquiry-Based Learning In Mérida, Mexico, Theresa Minick, Victoria Bocchicchio
An Honors Pilot Course: Cross-Cultural Service And Inquiry-Based Learning In Mérida, Mexico, Theresa Minick, Victoria Bocchicchio
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The guiding document for Kent State University’s Honors College, “The Nature of an Honors Course,” describes some of the unique aspects that set Honors courses apart from non-Honors courses. We expect an Honors course to be an experience and a process; we encourage students to take initiatives in determining the directions of the courses. One of our driving goals is to find ways to help students extract more intellectual value out of their university experiences, and the cross-cultural pilot course in Mérida, México described here was designed with that goal in mind.
Cultural Enrichment: Finding Where You Fit, Exploring Individuality And Community, Leslie Hahn, Jim Rogers
Cultural Enrichment: Finding Where You Fit, Exploring Individuality And Community, Leslie Hahn, Jim Rogers
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This one-credit-hour living, learning community course is designed for first-year students who live in the Honors & Scholars residence hall (Tappan Hall). This course will help you prepare to make the most of your college experience and create a sense of community with your peers. Within the context of community and individuality, we will explore the three tenets of the Miami Honors & Scholars Program: Scholarship, Leadership, and Service.
Fun And Games Of Teaching: Simulations In A Social Problems Course, Lisa New Freeland
Fun And Games Of Teaching: Simulations In A Social Problems Course, Lisa New Freeland
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In attempts to move my honors social problems course from a passive environment to a more active and student-centered one, I drew on my experience and the experience of others using simulations to produce a course model committed to “games” and student-initiated learning. I stepped back and reevaluated what I wanted my students to gain while in my class and what impact I wanted the course to have on their future in society. Simulation games provide an opportunity for students to discover knowledge and drive their own education rather than passively taking in information. These “games” are simulations of real …
Dominican University Of California’S Honors Program And Its Relation To University Heritage And Mission, Jayati Ghosh, M. Patricia Dougherty, Kenneth Porada
Dominican University Of California’S Honors Program And Its Relation To University Heritage And Mission, Jayati Ghosh, M. Patricia Dougherty, Kenneth Porada
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In this paper, we discuss how we came to restructure the honors program at Dominican University of California and fit it more closely to the institutional mission and Dominican values. The mission statement of Dominican University of California reads: “We are an independent, learner-centered, international university which interweaves Dominican values, the liberal arts and sciences and the skills and knowledge necessary to live and work in an independent world.” The four Dominican values are study, service, community, and reflection. Our primary interest is the way adaptation of an honors program to its unique campus mission and values can strengthen the …
Community Beyond Honors: Butler University’S Community Fellows Program, Margaret Brabant, Anne Wilson
Community Beyond Honors: Butler University’S Community Fellows Program, Margaret Brabant, Anne Wilson
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Campus collaboration between academic areas is often encouraged but can be difficult to implement in practice. Opportunities for instructional collaboration where the goals of each program must be met are even more challenging. Despite such challenges, a collaboration known as the Community Fellows Program was initiated between the Honors Program and the Center for Citizenship and Community at Butler University. The Community Fellows Program has not only brought together academic and programmatic areas at Butler but also introduced Indianapolis community leaders to honors students, faculty, and staff. While our students have appreciated the community leaders’ “real world” experiences, the community …
Overview Of The Nchc Faculty Institute In Miami And The Everglades, Peter Machonis
Overview Of The Nchc Faculty Institute In Miami And The Everglades, Peter Machonis
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The Honors College at Florida International University recently hosted a Faculty Institute for fifteen honors program and honors college professors entitled “Miami and the Everglades: Built and Endangered Environments.” Participants came from Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Ohio, Kentucky, New York, Pennsylvania, Iowa and Arizona. The Institute was organized by the Honors Semesters Committee of NCHC.
Participants used FIU’s Wolfsonian Museum on South Beach as a base for exploring the various communities of Miami Beach, using the City as Text© methodology—an approach to active learning that integrates direct experience, inquiry and knowledge. They also took part in a one-day field exploration …
The Legacy Of Ancient Technology (Uhon 222–009), Troy Lovata
The Legacy Of Ancient Technology (Uhon 222–009), Troy Lovata
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This course is based in the actual construction, use, and hands-on study of ancient technologies. The everyday, the mundane and the ubiquitous are keys to understanding the past. At the same time, ancient technologies set the stage for modern tools and artifacts, and they provide comparisons to how and why we use technology today. Students will construct and experiment with fire, stone tools, spears and atlatls, weaving and basketry, and adobe architecture. This course will also expose students to both historical and modern issues of resource use and preservation, consumerism and fashion, and the relationship between the natural and built …
East Meets West: Honors 101, Eliza Glaze, Philip Whalen
East Meets West: Honors 101, Eliza Glaze, Philip Whalen
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Honors 101 is a humanities-based interdisciplinary course designed to explore itineraries pertinent to a life of public engagement and ethical responsibility. The theme for the current academic year is “East Meets West.” We examine key primary sources (textual, graphic and musical) and scholarly analyses that discuss various encounters—between the West and East around the globe, past and present. By the end of term, students will have a sounder understanding of the historical roots of contemporary opportunities, challenges, obstacles, and future departures engendered by East-West encounters.
Editorial, Volume 2 - 2006, Ada Long, Dail Mullins
Editorial, Volume 2 - 2006, Ada Long, Dail Mullins
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Table of Contents:
Editorial Policy
Submission Guidelines
Dedication to Ted Estess
Editor’s Introduction by Ada Long
Honors in Chile: New Engagements in the Higher Education System by Juan Carlos Skewes, Carlos Alberto Cioce Sampaio, and Frederick J. Conway
Dominican University of California’s Honors Program and its Relation to University Heritage and Mission by Jayati Ghosh, M. Patricia Dougherty, and Kenneth Porada
Community Beyond Honors: Butler University’s Community Fellows Program by Margaret Brabant and Anne M. Wilson
Leadership in Scholarship Program by Matthew L. Smith and Jason C. Vallee
How to Develop and Promote an Undergraduate Research Day by Michael K. …
Honors College, Honors 298: Special Topics, 3 Credits, John Charpie, Michael Shea
Honors College, Honors 298: Special Topics, 3 Credits, John Charpie, Michael Shea
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Students explore the logic of science by examining the language and writing about science, using various thinking-writing exercises to stimulate their research. While hearing lectures about fundamental scientific principles and analyzing knowledge structures of scientific discourse, students write cause-and- effect explanations of a variety of phenomena by building them up from first principles; science essays are developed using standard rhetorical devices of scientific discourse. Small-group exercises include “work shopping” each student’s writing regarding tone, clarity, fluidity, and accuracy. Twenty-three students enroll in this course.
How To Develop And Promote An Undergraduate Research Day, Michael Cundall
How To Develop And Promote An Undergraduate Research Day, Michael Cundall
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Undergraduate research is becoming an ever larger focus for universities and colleges. Many institutions already sponsor undergraduate research forums, and there is a national council, the Council on Undergraduate Research (www.cur.org), for the promotion of undergraduate research. As universities of all types become more intent on having their instructors and professors develop their own research, undergraduate students are being sought after to aid professors’ established research projects where the work done in these areas can lead to later independent research. In some cases students are encouraged to develop their own research projects with the aid of a faculty member. Some …
They Filched Our Program! How To Turn That Into A Good Thing, Anne Wilson, Melissa Ludwa
They Filched Our Program! How To Turn That Into A Good Thing, Anne Wilson, Melissa Ludwa
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The Butler University Honors Program, like many other honors programs and colleges, is often the generator of “good ideas” on campus. We are considered an experimental classroom environment for piloting new courses, programming ideas, and/or introducing potential new areas of study. Both faculty and students recognize this characteristic of the program, and we are pleased to serve as a sort of laboratory for other campus initiatives. However, several key pieces of our Honors Program were recently folded into other aspects of our own university. While we know that imitation is the highest form of flattery, maintaining a distinct honors program …
Using Peer Review In Honors Courses, Jeffrey Stowell
Using Peer Review In Honors Courses, Jeffrey Stowell
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Instructors of writing courses have used peer review in their classes for many years, but there is clear application in other disciplines, especially in honors courses in which instructors expect students to be actively engaged in the learning process and students are more likely to possess greater critical thinking skills. Indeed, because most honors courses are writing intensive, potentially all honors faculty are writing teachers.
Honors In Chile: New Engagements In The Higher Education System, Juan Carlos Skewes, Carlos Alberto Cioce Sampaio, Frederick J. Conway
Honors In Chile: New Engagements In The Higher Education System, Juan Carlos Skewes, Carlos Alberto Cioce Sampaio, Frederick J. Conway
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Honors programs are rare in Latin America, and in Chile they were unknown before 2003. At the Universidad Austral de Chile, an interdisciplinary group of scholars linked to environmental studies put forward a pilot project for implementing a new experience in higher education. Challenged by an educational environment where (i) apathy and mediocrity have taken over the classrooms, (ii) monodisciplinary training rules the university campus, and (iii) authoritarian teaching persists, this has been an experiment in new ways of approaching the classroom. Stimulated by experiences in the USA, a project proposal was written, finding support in the Chilean Ministry of …