Park University Degree with Honors Program Retreat

The Meetin’ House – Saturday, August 22, 2009

TENTATIVE AGENDA

Morning Session  - Freshmen

10:30       Welcome and discussion

11:00       Study Abroad and Scholarships - Guest: Angela Markley Peterson

                Tami Russo (English)

11:20       Model United Nations and People to People International

Amiran Gelashvili (Bus Admin/Inter Bus)

http://captain.park.edu/globaleducation/MUNValue.htm

11:30       Welcome Session: Introductions

                All Program Students Arrive

 

Afternoon Session

12:00       Introductions

                Guests

Dr. Michael Droge – President

Dr. Molly Droge

Dr. Thimios Zaharapoulos – Interim Provost

Clarinda Creighton – Vice President of Student Services

– Associate Vice President of Academic Affairs

Dr. Jane Wood – Dean, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Dr. Jo Agnew-Talley – Director of Graduate Programs for School for Education

Dr. Alphonso Ogbuehi – Dean of Business Administration

Dr. Diana McElroy - Dean of Student Life

                Dr. Lolly Ockerstrom – English - Honors and Scholarship Committee Member

 

Lunch Presentations

Summer Internship Experience: Aiden Galarza (Biology); Ray Laughlin (Biology); Chrystal Coltharp (Theater Design)

Semester Study Abroad in Greece: Valerie Eckart (Bus Admin/Inter Bus)

Summer Opportunities: People to People - Amiran Gelashvili (Bus Admin/Inter Bus)

 

Afternoon Session

1:15 - Global Future: Amiran Gelashvili (Bus Admin/Inter Bus); Kate Davies (Spanish);

Charif Hamidi (Bus Admin/Inter Bus); Jasey Huber (English)

1:30 - Honors Courses: Faculty Mentors, Syllabi for HN302 & HN400

                Updates (Nov 20, 1:30 – 4:30 – McCoy Meetin’ House)

HN400 oral practice session (Nov 20, 4:50 – 6:50PM – McCoy Meetin’ House)

1:40 - Research Project

                Examples: visit www.park.edu/honors

Honors Program: Tami Russo (English); Cheryl Gerhards (Early Chldhd Ed); Andrea Plunkett (Bus Admin/Mngmt); Ray Laughlin (Biology)

1:50 -   Undergraduate Research and Creative Arts Symposium –April 1, 2009

www.park.edu/symposium 

                Institutional Review Board (IRB)

2:00 - Conference attendance and presentation

Great Plains Honor Council (GPHC) conference, 2009: Tami Russo (English);

Amiran Gelashvili (Bus Admin/Inter Bus)

                GPHC conference, 2010 –Tulsa Community College, March 26-28, 2010

                http://www.acu.edu/sponsored/gphc.html     

2:15 -   Graduate School & Scholarships – Ray Laughlin (Biology)

                Truman Scholarship

                Jack Kent Cooke Scholarship

2:30  – Concluding remarks and q & a