Park University Degree with Honors Program Retreat

The Meetin’ House – Saturday, August 27, 2011

 

Morning Session - Mandatory for Freshmen – Others Welcome  

10:00   Welcome and discussion

10:15   Model United Nations  - Brady Hanssen

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

10:30   Service Learning – Sarah Dietz, Frances Venable, Angelica Hodgdon

            Semester Break Service Trips – David Cable

11:15    Study Abroad and Scholarships – Angela Peterson

            Office of International Education and Study Abroad - http://www.park.edu/intled/

11:45   Welcome Session: Introductions

            All Program Students Arrive

Lunch

12:00   Introductions of Guests
           

            Lunch Presentations

Summer Experience – Miki Katuwal (Biology)

Research – Rachel Dryden (Geology/Meteorology) – Taylor Whipple (Psych/Art)

Internship – Frances Venable (Chemistry/Mathematics)

 

Afternoon Session – Mandatory for All Except Freshmen

1:15 - Global Future: Rachel Dryden (Geology/Meteorology)

1:30 - Honors Courses: Faculty Mentors, Syllabi for HN303, HN304 & HN400

            Updates (Nov 12, 2:00 – 5:30 – McCoy Meetin’ House)

HN400 oral practice session (Nov 5, 2:00 – 4:30PM – Copley 300)

1:40 - Research Project

            Examples: visit www.park.edu/honors

Cody Croan (English); Caleb Roye (English/phil); Breonna Thomas (Biology);

Jasey Huber (English/global studies)

2:00 -   Undergraduate Research and Creative Arts Symposium

 www.park.edu/symposium 

            Institutional Review Board (IRB)

2:15 - Conference attendance and presentation

Great Plains Honor Council (GPHC) conference

            GPHC conference, 2012

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

2:30 -   Graduate School & Scholarships: Truman Scholarship (service)

            http://www.truman.gov/

            Frances Venable and Brady Hanssen

            Concluding remarks and q & a