St. Norbert College

Honors Program

2013 - 2014

Annual Report Dr. Marcie Paul, Director

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Note from the Director

Vision and Mission Statement of the Honors Program

Program Administration Page 1

Director Duties Page 1

Faculty Honors Committee Page 2

Student Honors Council Page 2

Honors Programming: August 2013 - May 2014 Page 3

Annual Events Page 3

Notable Accomplishments Page 5

Program Development and Campus Collaboration Page 7

Honors Program Statistics Page 8

Honors Courses Offered Page 8

Tutorials Topics and Participation Page 9

Budget Page 9

Assessment Page 9

Honors Program Student Statistics Page 10

Total Numbers by Class Page 10

Bergstrom Hall Page 10

Going Forward Page 11

Program Development Page 11

Program Administration Page 12

Five Year Goals Page 12

Appendix A: Student Council Event Flyers Page 14

Appendix B: Honors J-Term 2014 Trip Itinerary

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Appendix C: 2014 Spring/Summer Newsletter Page 16

Appendix D: 2013-14 Student Manual Page 18

Appendix E: Honors 101 Syllabus Page 33

Appendix F: Tutorial Topics and Instructors Page 40

Appendix G: 2013-2014 Budget Recap Page 44

Appendix H: Program Review and Response Page 45

Appendix I : J-Term 2015 Trip Itinerary Page 49

Appendix J: Maintaining Good Standing in the Honors Program

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Appendix K: Pre-Health Volunteer/Internship Opportunities

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Note from the Director

I am very pleased to share with you the 2013-2014 Annual Report for the St. Norbert College Honors Program. The Program has had a busy and productive year. As the Program continues to mature, to progress toward what the National Collegiate honors Council terms, “A Fully Developed Honors Program,” it has more and more moving parts. We have made enormous strides in tracking students – incoming, current, and alums of the Program – and communication between our office, the Office of Admissions, and the Registrar is smoother than ever. The course sequencing for Honors has been simplified, expectations and requirements have been clarified, and student progress is evaluated every semester. However, the number of students in the Program (there are currently 276 students in the Program), the development and implementation of new Honors courses (Honors 101, tutorials, Honors 301: Preparing for Life after SNC, and the Honors seminar, “What is Time?”), and the creation of the J-Term trip/class, while adding enormous new opportunities (and excitement!) have led to a new level of intensity. As we prepared this report, I reviewed the 2009-2010 Annual Report, my first as Director. In the Preface I wrote, “The accomplishments and plans described in this report reflect the creative vision and hard work of many: the Faculty Honors Committee, the staff of Residential Education and Housing, the Student Honors Council, and all of the administrators and faculty members who gave generously of their time, resources, and moral support.” As I sit here today, I am struck how the list of contributors, advisors, supporters, and helpers has grown exponentially since that first year. During the 2013-2013 academic year, twelve different faculty members taught Honors classes, twenty-three faculty members offered tutorials, and fourteen faculty and staff contributed to Honors 301. Not only was the Honors Heritage Tour supported by the Legacy, Fr. Jay Fostner and Fr. Sal Cuccia climbed on the bus with twenty-one students and traveled across Germany, Austria, and the Czech Republic for the first Honors Heritage Tour. President Kunkel welcomed the first-year students into his home, and when the rains came, he and Deb shuttled all of them back to campus. The Dean’s support extended once again beyond the budgetary to regular attendance and participation at banquets, picnics, and orientation. The Director of Prevention Education and Judicial Affairs sat down with us and helped draft “Maintaining Good Standing in the Honors Program,” and Steve Kaplan built us a bookcase. There’s not enough time or ink to thank everyone who’s cheered us on, answered questions, advised our students, taken part in Life Raft, let us know when we were going in the wrong direction, saved us from disasters large and small, and found us the furniture we needed for the Honors Center (but thanks, Sara!). I do feel that it would be remiss not to personally thank a few special friends of the Honors Program: Tom Kunkel and Jeff Frick, for their support of the Program and their belief in its mission; Fr. Jay Fostner for his vision and generosity; the Faculty Honors Committee – who find their role in the Program more and more vital (and time-consuming); the Honors Student Council – who have met so many new challenges; Steve Kaplan, who builds furniture, chaperones students, and cheers us on; and always and forever – to Stacey Wanta. CVT, Stacey. Marcie

SNC Honors Program Mission Statement

The mission of the St. Norbert College Honors Program is to provide students of outstanding intellectual ability, high motivation, and broad interests with a learning environment which empowers them to achieve their maximum potential as shaped by the essential Norbertine traditions which call us to pursue truth, collaborate with others in order to share knowledge and solve problems, and strive to respond to the needs of our local community.

SNC Honors Program Vision Statement

The St. Norbert College Honors Program will promote and support life-long learning, creative problem solving, critical thinking skills, original research, and ethical leadership.

Learning Outcomes

St. Norbert College honors students will:

Demonstrate excellent critical thinking skills, Produce original scholarship, Engage in leadership activities on and/or off campus, Be able to articulate the substance of the Norbertine ideal of communio.

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I. Program Administration

A. Director’s Duties The Director of the Honors Program has the following duties and responsibilities (revised in 2014): Coordinate, direct, and assess the Honors Program Prepare the agenda for, and chair, the Faculty Honors Committee Administer the program budget Serve as an ex officio member of the Core Curriculum Committee Organize and oversee Honors Classes

o Organize, oversee, and teach the Honors Common Course (HONOR 101) o Organize and oversee Honors Tutorials o Organize, oversee and teach Honors 301: Preparing for Life After SNC o Recruit faculty to teach in the Honors Program

Oversee the recruitment of honors students o Consult and collaborate with the Executive Director of Enrollment Management

and Marketing o Consult and collaborate with the departments of Enrollment and Communication in

the design and use of the Honors application and the Honors brochure o Oversee the process by which students are admitted into the Program

Organize and implement the orientation of Honors Students during summer orientations Oversee the living-learning community of Bergstrom Hall

o Meet regularly with the Director of Residential Education and Judicial Affairs regarding the living-learning component of the Program

o Meet weekly with the Hall Director of Bergstrom and Madeleine Lorraine Halls o Meet weekly with the Associate Hall Director of Bergstrom Hall o Collaborate with REH on the selection of Resident Assistants for Bergstrom Hall

Organize and implement programs aimed at enhancing the living-learning component of the Honors Program

o Mission and Heritage First-year visit to Abbey

o Cultural events o Social events

Annual picnic Life Raft! End of year celebrations

● Organize and implement ½ credit courses aimed at enhancing the Honors students’ academic success while at the College and post-graduation

Organize and implement academic trips/experiences/overseas courses ideally during the J-term time frame

Oversee the progress of the Honors Students o Serve as Honors Advisor to all Honors student o Inform students about requirements and opportunities o Dismiss students from Program when necessary for lack of academic success or

integrity Collaborate with the Student Honors Council Communicate regularly with Registrar regarding status of Honors students

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Communicate regularly with the Director of Advisement regarding the advisement and progress of Honors students.

Communicate with the Dean of the College on the status and future direction of the Program; serve on the Dean’s Council

Serve as a liaison with URCSA, Faculty Development, and Service Learning Attend national conference and institutes in order to keep abreast of best practices Develop and implement an Honors Thesis requirement beginning with the class of 2018

B. Faculty Honors Committee The Faculty Honors Committee has the following duties and responsibilities:

Work with the Director in current restructuring of Program Advise on programming Work with the Director in making Program policy and administering the budget Facilitate the spread of information about programs and activities Help the Director monitor and evaluate the progress of the Program

2013-14 Committee Members:

Marcie Paul, Director of the Honors Program, ex officio and Chair Jamie Lynch, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Elected Representative at Large (term ends

2015) Dr. Kari Cunningham, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Elected Representative at Large

(term ending 2016) Dr. Becky McKean, Assistant Professor of Geology (Appointed ) Dr. Mark Glantz, Assistant Professor of Communications and Media Studies (term ending

2016) Dr. Wendy Scattergood, Assistant Professor of Political Science (term ending 2015)

During the 2013-14 academic year, the FHC met bimonthly. Minutes from all meetings are posted on the J drive: Faculty Archive Folder →Honors Program Committee→2013-2014.

The Hall Director for Madeleine-Lorraine and Bergstrom, Ms. Lexie Huston, will be

attending the committee meetings during the upcoming year if her schedule allows.

C. Student Honors Council This was the fourth year that public elections were held for members of the Student Honors Council. All Honors students were invited to vote at a special meeting where candidates shared their qualifications and their vision for the Program; students voted; the new Student Honors Council was elected. Members of the 2013-14 Student Honors council were as follows:

Honors Council 2013-2014 Positions

Co-presidents: Holly Nickerson and Riley Smith Treasurer: James Wilquet Academic Chair: Maggie Lottes Social Chair: Lindsey Osgood Professional Chair: Lauren Flamang

Senior Rep: Sarah Serdar

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Junior Rep: Jocelyn Russell (Fall), Sean Hallfrisch (Spring) Sophomore Rep: Breanna Scheutt

Freshmen Reps: Haley Nett and Aaron Von Eperen

Honors Council Events The Honors council took a more active role this year in assisting the Honors Director and the Office Coordinator with the organization of program events. The council was tasked with recruiting members of the faculty to compete in the Life Raft! event and the council president and senior class rep played important support roles in the organization of the senior Honors banquet. They continued to organize social events for the upperclassmen and all Honors students, organizing 3 events (1 event during the fall semester, a holiday gathering, and a second annual ice skating outing during the spring semester. (See Appendix A for the event invitations).

II. Honors Programming: August 2013 - May 2014

A. Annual Events

First-year Honors Early Move-in and Orientation Again this year, all incoming first year Honors students were required to move-in one day earlier than the rest of the first year students for Honors orientation. Seventy-six students moved into Bergstrom on Wednesday, August 21nd. Following move-in day, the students attended an Honors orientation morning session where students received program information, met individually with Honors 101 instructors, and attended a question and answer session with current Honors students. During the afternoon, with the assistance of six current Honors student volunteers, they participated in “City as Text” explorations of the De Pere area. All Honors students, along with student volunteers and the Bergstrom staff met for a pizza supper their first evening on campus and following Honors orientation, rejoined Week of Welcome activities for all incoming first year students. Welcome Back Picnic The fifth annual Welcome Back Honors Picnic was held on September 5th, 2013. A large number of honors students attended (continuing as well as incoming), as well as the director, Honors 101 instructors, the office coordinator, the Resident Assistants, the Associate Hall Director (Bergstrom) and Hall Director (Bergstrom and Madeleine/Lorraine).

Team Building Ropes Course All first-year Honors students were required to participate in a team building event hosted by the Team Leadership Center, Inc. on Saturday, September 14th at the SNC ropes course located on campus. Students participated in team building course events designed to teach collaboration and to develop relationships among the class.

All Honors Meetings All Honors Meetings are held once a semester prior to registration and all Honors students are encouraged to attend. These meetings are extremely well attended (attendance is 100+) and typically last an hour. At the meetings, students are informed which courses will be offered for the upcoming semester, registration reminders, program updates, and information on Honors events. All Honors Meetings took place on October 22nd and March 31st.

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Life Raft The 4th Annual Life Raft event was held on November 14th with approximately 100 students in attendance. The premise for the event is this:

There has been a nuclear war/ worldwide tsunami/ an apocalyptic event. The students/audience are the survivors; they are on a life raft. They will have to rebuild society from the ground up. There is room for ONE MORE PERSON. The academics each want to get on the life raft; they will each argue why they should be the one saved from the point of view of their area of study (e.g. “you will need a biologist because…”). Students/audience listen and judge: who would help them the most? The Devil’s Advocate will argue that they don’t need any of the participants.

Five faculty members argued a case for their discipline and one faculty member (the Devil’s Advocate) refuted all arguments. This is one of the most popular events sponsored by the Honors program. Honors council members began recruiting faculty for the event this year and were very successful with their recruitment; the 2013 faculty panel included Dr. Mark Glantz (Communication and Media Studies), Dr. Jamie O’Brien (Business), Dr. John Frohliger (Math), Dr. Sarah Parks (Music), Dr. Chris Meidl (Teacher Education) and Dr. Luis Navarro-Ayala (Modern Languages and Literatures). The Devil’s Advocate was Dr. Becky McKean (Biology). Dr. Becky McKean won the paddle for a second year in a row. The council will again recruit participants for the fall 2014 event.

Senior Awards Banquet Graduating Honors students and their parents were invited to a banquet to recognize the graduates of the Honors program. The event was attended by eighty guests: students and their family members. Dr. Anindo Choudhury was the keynote speaker for the event. Dr. Marcie Paul welcomed the attendees, graduating senior, introduced the speaker, and student council president, Riley Smith along with Sarah Serdar handed out certificates and medals to the graduates. Also in attendance for the event was Academic Dean, Dr. Jeff Frick, members of the Faculty Honors Committee, and representatives from the Office of Alumni Affairs.

Cook out at Kunkel’s President Kunkel hosted a “cook-out” at his home to celebrate the Honors class of ’17 on April 29th. The event is a great opportunity for first year students to have some “face time” with the president as well as celebrate the end of the school year.

NCHC Participation and Attendance Students and faculty have been eager for increased student involvement in the NCHC at the national level. This conference offers opportunities to present papers/posters, moderate panels, run for office, compete in newsletter and webpage contests, and be awarded scholarships. This year, we again had a large number of student participants from the Honors program attend the annual conference in New Orleans with four students attending; 3 student moderators, 1 student presented a paper and was part of a panel discussion. The topic of the panel discussion was “Elitism: Erase it or Embrace it”. Student council reps again lobbied for a SAFAC award to supplement the cost to send the students, but it continues to be a large portion of our annual budget.

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B. Notable Accomplishments

Academic Accomplishments

Honors 301 Honors 301: Preparing for Life after St. Norbert College, was offered for the first time in Spring, 2014. This two-credit course was designed to help sophomore Honors students successfully apply to graduate/professional school. It also tackles the issues of anxiety, rejection, and vocation. Topics addressed include: crafting the personal statement, financing/debt, letters of recommendation, interviewing, and the GRE/MCAT/LSAT/DAT. Honors 301 course will be revised and offered again in Spring, 2015.

Honors J-Term

1st Annual Honors Trip J-Term, 2014 Dr. Marcie Paul worked with Fr. Jay Fostner, in cooperation with the division of Mission and Heritage, to create the first Honors Heritage Tour. The primary objective of the trip was to educate students on the history of the Norbertine tradition. The trip was also a valuable opportunity for Honors students who cannot study abroad due to scheduling constraints. Twenty-one Honors students, accompanied by Fr. Jay Fostner, Fr. Sal Cuccia, Marcie Paul, and Stacey Wanta, spent eleven days visiting five Norbertine abbeys in Germany, Austria, and the Czech Republic (see Appendix B for itinerary). Students received tutorial credit (½ course credit) for attending pre-departure meetings, journaling during the trip, and attending meetings and events during the stay. Details of the day by events can be found in the director’s blog which is found at: http://blog.snc.edu/honorsheritagetour/

Honors Student Council

Honors Student Council Adviser The Student Honors Council has been advised informally up until Spring, 2014. The President of the Student Honors Council sits on the Faculty Honors Committee, and meets regularly with the Office Coordinator and the Director. In Spring, 2014, Fr. Jim Neilson accepted our invitation to become the 1st Faculty Adviser to the Honors Student Council. The Council members are delighted! He met with council members ending their 2013-14 term and the incoming 2014-15 council members at the end of the semester to brainstorm ideas to further expand the council’s role within the program.

Communication

In an effort to keep the campus community as well informed as possible regarding the Honors Program, we distributed information through a wider variety of media this past year.

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The Honors Bulletin The Honors Bulletin is a newsletter written by Honors students for Honors students. During the 2013-14 academic year, it was published monthly while classes were in session. It will go digital in the 2014-15 academic year. Past issues of the Honors Bulletin are available for viewing on the Honors program website. Social Media The SNC Honors Program has a facebook page which is utilized by Honors alums and Honors incoming students as well as current Honors students. Students post updates on events, life, school; we post reminders about programming, classes, scholarships; incoming students post questions for the current students about everything from classes to loft-construction. The Program is also expanding it’s Twitter presence.

Faculty Newsletter An Honors Newsletter was sent electronically to all St. Norbert faculty in Spring, 2014. Printed copies are being used at recruitment events. (See Appendix C for the 2014 Spring/Summer newsletter).

Student Manual Each semester we hold an “All-Honors” meeting which students are strongly encouraged to attend (“attend or send a friend, a good friend”). At these meetings, students are provided with the most current information regarding upcoming events, Honors classes, requirements, and program governance. There is also, of course, time for questions. This year we composed a “Student Honors Manual.” This manual was given to the students at the early Honors orientation session. The manual contained information regarding program requirements, a calendar of events, contact information for Honors staff members, event details, and campus opportunities outside the Honors program. The manual will be revised for the upcoming year to include information regarding requirements needed to maintain good standing in the Honors program, Honors program probation and reinstatement, and newly developed Honors Thesis information. (See Appendix D for the 2013-14 Student Manual)

Website The Honors Program website has been updated to include useful information for students (incoming and current) and faculty alike: Program requirements, important dates, FAQ, and information on the NCHC. www.snc.edu/honorsprogram. All necessary forms are also linked to the website, as are all of the Program’s annual reports.

Alumni Relations

Honors Alumnus/Alumna of the Year Award The Director of the Honors Program collaborated with the Office of Alumni Relations to create the Honors Alumnus/na of the Year Award. The first annual award was presented to Ashley Ash Cordier, ‘10, at the Senior Honors Banquet in April, 2014. Cordier was the first president of the Student Honors Council, and went on to earn her doctorate in physical therapy from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. The Faculty Honors Committee chose

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Cordier for this honor; in the future, there will be a nomination process, and the honoree will be chosen by a committee made up of three members of the Faculty Honors Committee and the President and Vice President of the Student Honors Council.

Board of Trustees

Dinner Invitation and Tour A group of 73 Honors students were invited to join the Board of Trustees for dinner during the February meeting. Honors students Austin Plier, Riley Smith, and Amanda Mohr gave short presentations on their experiences with the Program. The Board members were then invited to tour Bergstrom Hall on the following day where representatives of the Honors council, Bergstrom RA’s and residents were on hand to answer questions.

Honors Center

Full Time Staffing Beginning in September of 2013, the Honors Center in 227 Todd Wehr Hall was officially staffed on a full time basis. Stacey Wanta, who had been serving as the part-time administrative support to the Program for the past four years had staffed the Honors Center from 1:00-4:00 Monday through Friday for the 2012-2013 academic year. The function of the center is to establish a central location where Honors students can post and access information about classes, scholarships, programming, and upcoming events and opportunities offered by the National Collegiate Honors Council (NCHC). The Center also houses such resources as texts, journals, and media for Honors students and faculty teaching Honors courses.

SAFAC Award

Funding for NCHC Attendance For the third year in a row, the Honors program applied for and was awarded money for students to attend the NCHC conference. The SAFAC award during the 2013-14 academic year was $2,910 and in April 2014, the announcement was made that the SAFAC award for the 2014-15 academic year will be $2,815. The money that is awarded to the program is used to offset a portion of the travel/lodging costs of the student participants who are attending the national conference as presenters and moderators and for printing/poster costs of the presenters for the conference; a portion of the funds has been designated for the Team Building Ropes Course event that occurs every September.

C. Program Development and Campus Collaboration

Honors 101 Updates Honors 101 was taught for the third time in the fall semester, 2013. The instructors were Drs. Jim Neilson (Adjunct professor of Art and member of the Norbertine Order), Terry Jo Leiterman (Math), John Neary (English) and Marcie Paul (Modern Languages and Literatures). The instructors worked over the summer to discuss the strengths and challenges of the class, and to modify the course content and assignments accordingly. The syllabus can be found in Appendix E.

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The course will again be offered in Fall, 2014. The time-slot will remain the same: T 8:00-8:50, W 9:00-9:50, and Th 11:00-12:50.

The instructors once again discussed the strengths and challenges of the class. The result has been several minor modifications: a summer reading has been added; the unit on local businesses will include a farm-option; Fr. Neilson will offer a lecture on images of communities/utopias; and the final project has been revised.

This year we have reached out to more faculty colleagues in order that our students may benefit from their expertise: Fr. Andrew Ciferni lectured on the history of the Norbertine order, Dr. Mark Schaffer lectured on the role of small businesses in the community, and Dr. Kevin Quinn lectured on the economic impact of the Packers on Green Bay and the state.

We also enhanced our collaboration with the De Pere/Green Bay community, a development that supports pedagogy of the course (City as Text, interdisciplinary, experiential) while enhancing the content. We invited officers from the Green Bay Police Department to speak on gangs in the area, and Mr. Michael Lindsley from Ryan Funeral Home to speak about the role of his business in the community. Our students also visited over fifteen small businesses in De Pere and interviewed the owners about their successes and challenges.

REH Collaborations The Director again worked closely with the Division of Mission and Student Affairs, particularly with Residential Education and Housing. She meets weekly with the Associate Hall Director of Bergstrom to discuss hall issues, programming, and planning. The Director also participates each year in the interview process for the Associate Hall Director of Bergstrom.

III. Honors Program Statistics

A. Honors Courses Offered 2013-14 The following is a listing of Honors courses that were offered during the 2013-14 Academic year: Fall 2013

PHIL 120: Foundations of Human Nature, Dr. Joel Mann PHIL 120: Foundations of Human Nature, Dr. Don Abel RELS 117: Theological Foundations, Dr. Karen Park RELS 320: The Christian Tradition, Dr. Reg Kim GENS 408: Social Inequalities, Dr. Bob Osgood PHIL 389: What is Time?, Dr. Joel Mann HNRS 101: Introduction to Honors (4 Sections; Drs. Paul, Neary, Leiterman, and Neilson)

Spring 2014

PHIL 120: Foundations of Human Nature, Dr. Joel Mann (2) RELS 333: Christian Ethics, Dr. Paul Wadell RELS 117: Theological Foundations, Dr. Mara Brecht

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RELS 117: Theological Foundations, Dr. Karen Park RELS 117: Theological Foundations, Dr. Reg Kim SOCI 352: Foundations of Social Theory, Dr. Alexa Trumpy HONR 301: Life After SNC, Dr. Marcie Paul

B. Tutorial Topics and Participation The Honors tutorials continue to be popular and in demand. The flexibility, the small group size,

and the interesting topics make tutorials an extremely attractive option for students.

Fall 2013

13 Instructors led tutorial sessions 22 Students participated Spring 2014

10 Instructors led tutorial sessions 24 Students participated (See Appendix F for Fall 2013 and Spring 2014 topic selection)

C. Budget

The annual budget of the Honors Program remains at the amount of $9,950.00. During the

2013-14 academic year, actual expenditures totaled $12,586.33, an overage of $2,636.33. The overage continues to result primarily from the costs incurred from the Senior Banquet, Honors 101 transportation costs, and NCHC Conference attendance for four students and the director. (Expense break down can be found in Appendix G)

D. Assessment

Program Review and CEPC Response This spring, Dr. Marcie Paul, in collaboration with the Faculty Honors Committee, completed

the first phase of the Program Review for the Honors program. The initial report was submitted to the Curriculum & Educational Policy Committee (CEPC) for review. The feedback from the committee was encouraging. The membership was complimentary regarding the development and progress of the Program, and agreed with the Program’s stated intention to make assessment the next priority. (See Appendix H for the complete report and CEPC response)

IV. Honors Student Statistics

A. Totals by Class

Class Numbers There were 247 students in the Honors program during the 2013-14 academic year; 76 freshmen, 68 sophomores, 56 juniors, and 47 seniors.

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Freshman class There were 76 incoming first-year students in Bergstrom Hall in the fall of 2013. The average ACT for this cohort was 28.9 and the average GPA was 3.92. During the course of the academic year we had a one transfer student join the Honors program at the semester break.

Graduates of the Honors program There were 41 graduates from the Honors program during the 2013-14 academic year. The following students graduated in good standing, meeting all requirements:

Devin Atteln Shaina Beckers Abigail Bishop Melissa Diederich Amy Diestler Megan Duff Rachel Gintner Emily Goetz Katelyn Hall Taylor Jadin Lisa Jordahl Leah Larson Alex Leitheiser Devan Lenz Jennifer Loderbauer Yekaterina Makeyeva Michelle Mangin Chelsea Marin Samuel Mason Rachel Mueller Lindsey Osgood

Lindsey Pelke Austin Plier Jordan Podoll Michelle Poncelet Russell Pulvermacher Martin Radue Laura Riley JoAnna Ruppa Nicole Schommer Sally Schremp Allison Shackelton Amanda Sigl Riley Smith Ashley Stern Arielle Tremel Carrie Trina Jenne Wiedemeier Ashley Wilson Rakel Zarb Sasha Zwiefelhofer

B. Bergstrom Hall

Bergstrom Staff Members, 2013-2014 Austin Plier, Associate Hall Director Bryce Dunathan, Resident Assistant Breanna Schuett, Resident Assistant Kimberly Jahns, Resident Assistant

V. Going Forward

A. Program Development

2nd Annual Honors Trip J-Term, 2015 Planning is well underway for the 2nd Annual Honors Trip. This trip is a full-credit course, “The Coexistence in Medieval Spain,” which will satisfy the students’ GS X/CC Western Traditions requirement. The participants will spend time in Madrid, Toledo, Granada,

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Ronda, and Córdoba. Students are required to attend pre-departure lectures in the Fall, attend daily classes during the trip, and produce and present a final project (an infographic). Classes in Spain will be taught by professors from the Complutense in Madrid and the Fundación Ortega y Gasset in Toledo, as well as Dr. Paul. The trip has been capped at sixteen students. (See Appendix I for itinerary and trip information).

Honors Thesis Beginning with the class of 2018, Honors student will be required to propose, compose, and present an honors Thesis. Students will declare their thesis/topic their junior year. Throughout their senior year, students will work on their thesis, learning the mechanics of preparing a thesis and how their particular field presents research in the Fall semester; finalizing and presenting the thesis in the Spring semester.

Honors 300 Honors 300: An Introduction to Inquiry and Research is currently in the planning stages; it will be offered for the first time in Fall, 2015. This two-credit course for first-semester sophomores will be designed to instruct students in the development of their own topic/inquiry. It will also address the critical evaluation of academic sources.

Academic and Behavioral Guidelines and Procedures The Director and the Faculty Honors Committee in collaboration with the Director of Prevention Education and Judicial Affairs developed a document entitled “Maintaining Good Standing in the Program.” This document, which will be included in the Student Honors Manual and linked to the Program’s webpage, provides a set of guidelines and protocols for both academic and behavioral probation and dismissal from the Program as well as the detailing the appeal procedure. Until now, the only cause for dismissal from the Program has been academic dishonesty. (See Appendix J for the complete report) Overnight in Bergstrom for invited students (“Bunk at Bergstrom”) The Director and the Faculty Honors Committee are working in collaboration with the Office of Enrollment Management to plan an event for high school seniors who have been invited to apply to the Honors Program. These students would be invited to spend a day shadowing an Honors student and spend the night in Bergstrom Hall. The goal is to convert more applicants.

Notes from the Director The Director will begin a quarterly, informal newsletter, “Notes from the Director,” aimed at Honors alums in August, 2014. The first letter will introduce the class of 2018 to the alums.

Volunteer/Internship Opportunities for Pre-health Honors Students The Director and the Faculty Honors Committee, in collaboration with science faculty and the CIE, are exploring opportunities for pre-health Honors students to spend 1-3 weeks volunteering in clinics in Central America. This type of experience allows students to shadow a health professional, to experience the demands and challenges of a health clinic first-hand, and, in some cases, gain hands-on experience. Some of these programs do not require any Spanish-language background. However, for students who have had any

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Spanish at all, they offer an opportunity to improve their Spanish skills and to learn medical terms in Spanish.

We have identified two possible sites/programs:

International Service Learning (ISL) Child Family Health International

The description and sample itineraries for both programs can be found in Appendix K.

CFHI is B. Program Administration

Faculty Honors Committee Members 2014-2015

Marcie Paul, Director of the Honors Program, ex officio and Chair Jamie Lynch, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Elected Representative at Large (term

ends 2015) Dr. Kari Cunningham, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Elected Representative at

Large (term ending 2016) Dr. Becky McKean, Assistant Professor of Geology (Appointed ) Dr. Mark Glantz, Assistant Professor of Communications and Media Studies (term

ending 2016) Dr. Laurie MacDiarmid, Professor of English (term ends 2016)

Honors Student Council Members

President: Jocelyn Russell ‘15 Vice-President: Maggie Lottes ‘16 Secretary: Brea Schuett ‘16 Treasurer: Alex Parsons ‘17 Social Chair: Lauren Adams ‘17 Senior Representative: Amanda Mohr ‘15 Junior Representative: Alex Staskiewicz ‘16 Sophomore Representative: Davey Holzer ‘17 Freshman Representative: Maggie McConnaha ‘18

D. Five-Year Goals

The Faculty Honors Committee 2013-14 has identified these four goals:

1. Finish the development and implementation of an assessment plan that measures the academic success of the Honors students compared to the student population as a whole. 2. Maintain the current size of the incoming class (76-80) (Bergstrom houses 76, and we can take several additional if they are commuters or have special housing needs). 3. We will develop and implement two new, 2-credit classes:

o A fall semester class, “Introduction to Inquiry and Research,” which will be targeted at second-year honors students.

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o A fall semester class for honors seniors, “The Mechanics of Writing A Thesis.” 4. Honors students will all produce an honors thesis, directed by a faculty member who is appropriately compensated for this responsibility.

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Appendix A Student Council Event Flyers

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Appendix B Honors J-Term 2014 1st Annual Honors Trip Itinerary

Day Starting

Location

Morning

Afternoon

Evening

Mon. Jan. 6 Travel

Tues. Jan 7 Munich Arrive

Free

Lunch on own

Opening Dinner

7:00 PM - Dinner at the Augustiner

Bräustuben

Hotel lodging Europe Hotel Senator

Wed. Jan 8 Munich Breakfast at hotel

Dachau Concentration

Camp

10:00 Tour Reservation

Free

Lunch on own

Free

Supper on own

Hotel lodging

Thurs. Jan 9 Munich Breakfast at hotel

Travel to Roggenburg

Abbey

Tour and lunch at

Roggenburg Abbey

Ulm Tour

Vespers

Dinner at the Abbey

Abbey lodging

Fri. Jan 10 Roggenburg Breakfast at Roggenburg

Abbey

Travel to

Hohenschwangau for

tour

Hohenschwangau Castle,

Neuschwanstein Castle and

the Museum of the Bavarian

Kings

Lunch on own @ tour site

Dinner at the Abbey

Abbey lodging

Sat. Jan 11 Roggenburg Breakfast at Roggenburg

Abbey

Travel to Geras

Lunch on the way

*Check into hotel

Tour of Abbey at Geras

Vespers

Supper at the Abbey

Hotel lodging

Hotel Liebnitzmühle Sun. Jan. 12 Geras Breakfast at hotel

Mass at Geras

Travel to Schlagel

Lunch on the way

Tour of Abbey at Schlagel

Vespers

Supper at Abbey

Abbey lodging

Mon. Jan. 13

Schlagel Breakfast at Schlagel

Abbey

Travel to Strahov

Mass (Lunch at the Abbey

restaurant)

Tour of Strahov Abbey

Free

Supper on own

Hotel lodging Hotel Christie

Tues. Jan 14 Prague Free

Breakfast at

hotel

Free

Lunch on own

Guided Tour of

Prague/Jewish quarter

1:00 Meeting

Free

Supper on own

Hotel lodging

Wed. Jan 15 Prague Breakfast at

hotel

Travel to Doksany

Tour of Abbey in Doksany

Lunch at restaurant/brewery

near Abbey

Cultural Dinner

Hotel lodging

Thurs. Jan 16 Prague Breakfast at hotel

Free

Free

Lunch

Dinner on own

Hotel lodging

Fri. Jan 17 Prague Transportation to airport

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Appendix C Spring/Summer Newsletter

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Appendix D 2013-14 Student Manual

2013-2014 St. Norbert College

Honors Program

Student Manual

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Welcome to the

SNC

Honors Program

Opportunities for Honors

Honors Housing

Bergstrom Hall Honors housing provides you with the opportunity to live in an academic environments that supports the academic and social growth of Honors students. Living in Bergstrom Hall facilitates a stronger sense of community within the program and encourages academic success.

Resident Assistants (RAs) living in Bergstrom are usually Honors students themselves, so they understand the ins and outs of the Honors program. Your RA is a great resource to learn more about Honors events and the program itself.

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Priority Registration As an Honors student, you will register for classes before other SNC students with the same credit standing. Registering ahead of non-honors students with equivalent class standing improves your chances of getting the courses you want. Honors Activities Events Welcome Back Picnic At the beginning of the fall semester, the Honors program hosts a picnic outside of Bergstrom Hall to welcome the incoming class of Honors students and to gather all Honors students together. Food, games, and a short welcome program take place… and cake!

Ropes Course/Team Building Event All first- year Honors students are required to participate in a team building event hosted by the Team Leadership Center, Inc. This year (2013), the event will take place on Saturday,

September 14th at the SNC ropes course located on campus. Students will participate in team and community-building course events from 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p. m. (with lunch provided). Those interested in participating in the high ropes portion of the event can do so from 3:00 – 4:00 p.m.

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All-Honors Meetings All-Honors Meetings are held once a semester prior to registration for classes; all Honor students are encouraged to attend. At these one-hour meetings, students are informed about important Honors course offerings for the upcoming semester, registration updates/ tips/ reminders, program updates, and information on upcoming Honors events. Rankin Lodge The Rankin Lodge is a retreat center/study outpost/resort for St. Norbert College. It serves college organizations, classes, and faculty and staff families. The lodge sleeps approximately 30 people and includes showers. It is located on Otter Lake in Wabeno, WI.

two bedrooms with an upstairs loft, fully furnished kitchen and two bathrooms with . Cook Out at President Kunkel’s During the month of April, President Kunkel invites the first year Honors students to his home for a cookout to celebrate the end of the year. It is a great opportunity for first year students to have some “face time” with the president as well as celebrate the end of the school year.

An overnight event for the first year Honors students is typically scheduled at the Rankin Lodge in mid to late February Senior Honors Banquet All graduating seniors from the Honors program and their parents are invited to a banquet sponsored by the Honors program to celebrate their accomplishments. Those students who have completed research projects and those who have completed senior projects are asked to display their work at the banquet. The banquet typically takes place in the Hendrickson Dining Room at the Bemis International Center during the month of April. Honors medallions and certificates are awarded at that time.

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Life Raft! The 3rd annual Life Raft! event will take place this year on November 14th in the Fort Howard Theater. The premise for the event is this: There has been an apocalyptic event. The students in the audience are the survivors; floating on a life raft. When they reach land, they will have to rebuild society from the ground up. There is room for ONE MORE PERSON on the life raft.. Five professors sit before the students: each want to get on the life raft, each will argue why he or she should be the one saved – basing their plea on their area of expertise (e.g. “you will need a biologist because…”). Students listen and judge: who would help them the most? One last faculty member takes the role of the Devil’s Advocate and argues that the students don’t need the help of any of the other professors… after all, what shape was the world in before the event? The students vote, the paddle is awarded, and…there is cake! This is one of the most popular events sponsored by the Honors program. Honors council members (and Honors students) recruit favorite faculty members to participate in the event, and a bronze plaque with the winner’s name is added to the traveling “oar,” which will be proudly displayed in the winning professor’s office until the following year’s competition.

Dr. Becky McKean Geology Life Raft! Winner 2012

Dr. David Hunnicutt Biology Life Raft! Winner 2011

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Honors Student

Organizations

Honors Student Council The Honors Student Council is your organization. The council is made up of elected Honors students who work closely with Honors staff and members of the Faculty Honors Committee to support the program, facilitate communication between different constituencies, and develop both academic and social programming. The president of the council and the academic chair both sit on the Faculty Honors Committee. The council members for 2013-14 are as follows:

Council Representatives

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Co-Presidents: Riley Smith, ‘14 (all year), Holly Nickerson, ‘15 (Fall) Treasurer: James Wilquet, ‘15 Academic Chair: Maggie Lottes, ‘16 Social Chair: Lindsey Osgood, ‘14 Professional Chair: Lauren Flamang Senior Representative: Sarah Serdar Junior Representative: Jocelyn Russell (Fall), Sean Hallfrisch (Spring) Sophomore Representative: Breanna Schuett Freshman Representative: TBD with incoming class

The Honors council meets once to twice a month and all Honors students are welcome (and

encouraged) to attend those meetings. Becoming involved with the student council in an elected

position, or as a meeting attendee, is an excellent way to meet upperclassmen Honors students, to

get a better understanding of the “behind the scenes” planning of events, and to have a voice in

shaping programs and activities within the Honors program. The Honors council will be working to

expand their role on campus during the upcoming year; their goals include: becoming a recognized

campus group, increasing the focus on community service, and planning social and academic events

that will attract all Honors students. If you have any questions about the positions listed or the role

of the Honors Council, please contact any of the listed members; they would be happy to help with

any question that you may have.

Graduation Requirements In order to graduate from the St. Norbert College Honors Program, students must complete the following requirements: Successfully complete 6 honors classes (including Honors 101) or 5 honors classes + study

abroad/Washington semester/Student teaching abroad (courses may be Honors-designated Core Curriculum classes, Honors tutorials, or Honors seminars).

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All incoming Honors students must register for the Honors common course: HONR 101. ● Complete a major-based senior project ● Have a 3.5 GPA at the end of their senior year in order to become a graduate of the Honors

program *Honors students are required to attend Honors events as specified. Events may include the annual Welcome Back Picnic, the Ropes Course/Team Building Event, Life Raft!, and All-Honors Meetings.

At a Glance

Honors Program Paradigm Basic Requirements

1. Honors 101 (HONR 101) 2. Six (6) honors classes (including HONR 101) or 5 honors classes + Study abroad/Washington

semester/student teaching abroad 3. Tutorials are pass/fail, earn students ½ course credit (2 credits), and replace one Honors course

*Not taken by first-year students 4. Students may take two semesters of tutorials during their four years at SNC 5. Senior project, usually done in conjunction with major capstone/recital/exhibit/research

FIRST YEAR

Fall Semester Spring Semester

HONR 101 (required) Schedule: All sections meet during the C sequence

Honors Section of RELS OR Honors section of PHIL

SECOND YEAR

Fall Semester Spring Semester

Honors section of RELS OR Honors section of PHIL If education major, try to put off sophomore block until spring semester

Honors section of a Core Curriculum course OR Honors Tutorial (if in sophomore block or if schedule necessitates)

THIRD YEAR

Fall Semester Spring Semester

Study Abroad/Washington semester OR Honors section of a Core Curriculum course OR Honors Tutorial

Study Abroad/Washington semester OR Honors section of a Core Curriculum course OR Honors Seminar OR Honors Tutorial

FOURTH YEAR

Fall Semester Spring Semester

Honors course/Tutorial if needed Declare Senior Project

Senior Project

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Honors Tutorials What are they? Honors tutorials afford Honors Program students the opportunity to participate in scholarly discussions in a small group setting with a faculty member. They are conducted as three separate 3-week sessions over the semester, each led by a different faculty member and representing a wide variety of disciplines. Honors students occasionally face scheduling difficulties and tutorials allow students a flexible alternative to enrolling in a regularly scheduled, 4-credit honors course. A semester of tutorials count as 1-Honors credit and ½ course credit. Honors students can take 2 semesters of tutorials during their college career. Tutorials are Pass/Fail - all 3 sessions must be a “Pass” in order to get credit for the tutorials.

What are some examples of tutorial topics offered in the past? Each semester, the instructors and topics change. The tutorials are not only popular with the students, but also with the faculty. See the box to the right for a few examples of the topics that have been offered in the past.

Who is eligible to sign up for tutorials? Tutorials are open to sophomore-senior Honors students the permission of the Director. Priority is given to upperclassmen students whose schedules conflict with other offerings.

How to register for Tutorials Students interested in registering for tutorials must first email Dr. Paul to receive permission to enroll in a tutorial; their names are then added to a list. Students should discuss the tutorial option with their personal advisor to make sure that it will work with their individual schedule and not create a credit overload. When the list of students who would like to take a tutorial is complete, Dr. Paul will perform an override in Knightline to allow each person on the list to enroll in tutorials. She will then email the students on the list to let them know that they can register in Knightline for the tutorial. Register for HONR 289 in the drop-down menu. Following the sign up and registration process, students will then receive a listing of the tutorial topics that will be offered. After reviewing the offerings, students will select their top 5 choices. Dr. Paul and Stacey will then place students in specific tutorial groups based on those selections. In the past, students are usually able to be matched into 3 of their 5 selections.

“Twelve Diseases That Changed Our World” about the effect of plagues on human history, by Irwin W. Sherman

So, You Want to be a Doctor? Using the book, "A Not Entirely Benign Procedure: Four Years as a Medical Student" by Perri Klass as a text, we will discuss the challenges of living a balanced life while preparing for a career in medicine.

The Science and Art of Fly Tying In this tutorial students will learn the basics of aquatic entomology by examining specimens collected from streams and by viewing short film clips. Then we will learn how to imitate these insects at various stages in their life cycle by fly tying. We will also focus on additional stream organisms that trout feed on such as crustaceans and minnows. By the end of the tutorial, you will have learned the basics of fly tying, tied a few flies, and hopefully have developed a strong desire to learn how to fly fish.

“Who is in our prisons and why?”

Dr. Steve Kaplan is an area psychologist in private practice who is currently working with Legal Aid on a project aimed at evaluating the mental health of prisoners in the Wisconsin prison system called the Disabled Offender's Economic Security (DOES) project. He, along with Shari Stevens, an attorney from Legal Aid of Wisconsin, will be discussing the results of his interviews and evaluations of prisoners, and his further research into who, exactly, is in our prison system, how they got there, and the obstacles and difficulties that face them (and us!) when they are paroled.

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How to Remain Active in the Honors

Program

One of the perks of being in the Honors program is priority registration. In order to be eligible, you must be an ACTIVE participant in the Honors program. What does that mean?

Each semester, Honors students must register in Knightline for one of the following depending on your individual schedule:

Visit the Honors Center frequently! Questions about classes taken? Honors credit? NCHC? Visit the Honors Center and find the answers. There is almost always

something interesting going on in the program and it is the fastest and easiest way for you to get information quickly. Honors Center The Honors Center, 227 Todd Wehr Hall, provides a place where Honors students can find answers to all questions related to the Honors program. Stacey Wanta, Administrative Support for the Honors program, is available to assist students and answer questions Monday - Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The Center is also the spot where students can post and access information about classes, scholarships, programming, and upcoming NCHC events and opportunities. The Center also houses resources such as texts, journals, and media for Honors students and faculty teaching Honors courses. Stop in, visit, learn! Visit the Honors website: http://honorsprogram@snc Read the monthly Honors Bulletin A monthly Honors bulletin is distributed each month to Honors student mailboxes and on the Honors program website. Electronic versions are sent to students studying abroad and upon request at the college. Sophomore Honors student, Andrew Baert, is the editor of the bulletin and he includes important program information, updates, and events - as well as pictures of events and noteworthy dates to remember. Read it! And please contact Andrew if you are interested in contributing to the bulletin or becoming part of the Honors bulletin team. Honors GPA Requirement In order to graduate from the SNC Honors Program – an achievement which appears on a student’s official transcript and which is formally recognized at commencement – students must have a 3.5 GPA at the time of graduation.

Honors Course Study Abroad/Washington Semester Inactive Semester Honors Tutorials

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The Director reviews the GPA of all Honors students after each academic semester. If a student’s GPA is below a 3.5, she will contact the student via email. This mailing doesn’t impose any sort of probation; it is simply a reminder that a 3.5 GPA is required for graduation from the Program. It is also an invitation to discuss any issues or concerns the student may have. If, at the end of the junior year, a student’s GPA is well under 3.5, the Director will request a personal meeting with the student. Expectations of Conduct The mission of the SNC Honors Program draws directly from the College’s mission: “St. Norbert College, a Catholic liberal arts college embracing the Norbertine ideal of communio, provides an educational environment that fosters intellectual, spiritual and personal development.” The three core traditions of the College’s mission include: (1) The Catholic intellectual tradition, which calls us to:

Seek truth through an ongoing dialogue between faith and reason. Recognize the sacred dignity of all persons. Utilize knowledge in working toward a Gospel vision of justice. Affirm the goodness encountered in creation and culture. Scrutinize reality in an effort to add to the treasury of human wisdom.

(2) The liberal arts tradition, which calls us to:

Cultivate a love of lifelong learning through excellence in teaching. Understand diverse cultures, perspectives and beliefs. Collaborate with others to gain knowledge, solve problems and seek truth. Communicate to seek mutual understanding. Share our intellect and abilities to create a compassionate world community.

The Norbertine tradition, which calls us to:

Fulfill our vocation by embodying Christ’s example of loving service. Seek peace and reconciliation in the spirit of St. Norbert. Pray and reflect communally and individually, welcoming all to participate. Practice hospitality in the spirit of the Gospel and the Rule of St. Augustine. Respond to the needs of our local community.

Honors students are expected to be familiar with this mission, and to strive to live out its core values. In particular, you are expected to model these aspects of the mission:

1. Seek truth, scrutinize reality, 2. Recognize the dignity of all persons, 3. Strive to understand diverse cultures, perspectives and beliefs, 4. Collaborate with others to gain knowledge, solve problems, and seek truth, 5. Understand the meaning of “hospitality,” and strive to practice it,

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6. Regardless of your personal beliefs, creed, or religion, you are expected to understand and respect the Catholic, Norbertine values on which this College was founded.

7. Finally, as an Honors student you are called upon to model academic integrity. Any student who is found guilty of academic dishonesty will be immediately dismissed from the Program.

Remember** If you aren’t registered as an Active Honors student, you will not be eligible for priority registration the following semester. Keep your records up to date

Beyond the Classroom

The SNC Honors program approaches education from a multifaceted perspective, striving to develop well-rounded individuals capable of succeeding in a complex, global society. Honors students are encourage to participate in learning experiences outside the classroom. At SNC, the opportunities are for participation are nearly endless!

NCHC What is it? The NCHC (National Collegiate Honors Council) is the professional association of undergraduate Honors programs and colleges; Honors directors and deans; and Honors faculty, staff, and students. NCHC provides support for institutions and individuals developing, implementing, and expanding Honors education through curriculum development, program assessment, teaching innovation, national and international study opportunities, internships, service and leadership development, and mentored research. St. Norbert College is an institutional member of the NCHC. Other NCHC opportunities for SNC Honors students include:

NCHC Journals Get published! The NCHC journals actively seek student contributions. The Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council (JNCHC) is our journal of ideas and Honors in Practice (HIP) is our journal of practices. For further information about these journals and how to submit articles to them, please visit http://nchchonors.org/nchc-students/publication-opportunities-for-undergraduates/ or visit the Honors Center.

Take a hike! Partners in the Parks is an outdoor experiential learning program open to collegiate honors students and faculty. Each year, several week-long academic adventures are held at national parks across the country. These projects/seminars are led by the university faculty and park personnel and include recreational opportunities to broaden participants’ understanding of the

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overall value of national parks to our country and its citizens. For more information go to http://www.partnersintheparks.org.

Portz scholars Be recognized! Four students a year are named NCHC Portz Scholars based on papers they have written. They are featured at a plenary session at the National Collegiate Honors Conference and the NCHC pays their conference registration plus a $250.00 stipend. More information available at http://nchchonors.org/forms/nchcportz-scholar-nomination-form/.

NCHC Annual Conference While the National Collegiate Honors Council is active throughout the year, it is at our annual national conference, held in the fall, that members from across the Unites States gather to share ideas and take part in panels, workshops, and lectures about all different aspects of honors programs. There are numerous opportunities for Honors students to participate in the NCHC conference as presenters, panel participants, moderators, and more. Each year for the past two years, the SNC Honors program has worked with students interested in participating in the program. Three Honors students attended the NCHC conference last fall in Boston - one student presented a poster, another a research paper, and a third as a campus representative. Please visit the NCHC website at http://nchchonors.org for more information about the conference and the numerous opportunities for Honors students to become involved and participate at a national level.

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Study Abroad Honors students are encouraged to study abroad and Honors requirements are flexible enough to make that happen. A semester abroad studying, student teaching, or participation in the Washington DC semester count towards the 6 Honors courses that are needed to become a graduate of the Honors program. Contact Rosemary Sands in the Study Abroad Office at #403- 4068. Students that are studying abroad are asked to contact Dr. Paul or Stacey Wanta in the Honors Center to update their student records with that information.

Celebrating Student/Staff Collaboration Event Co-sponsored by the Offices of Faculty Development, The Collaborative: The Center for Undergraduate Research, Scholarship and Creative Activities, the Office of the Dean of the College, and the Office of Advancement, this event focuses on the valued tradition at St. Norbert College of student and faculty/staff collaborations taking place in labs, studios, and other scholarly or creative settings, resulting in a rich array of scholarly research and creative works. This celebration features collaborative projects that evolved out of independent studies, class assignments, and casual interactions, as well as those formal collaborations supported through the Office of Faculty Development, the Collaborative, or the Research Fellows Program. Students share their projects through an oral presentation, a poster display, work of art, or other appropriate means.

The 9th annual celebration in Spring 2013 featured 46 projects with 44 faculty/staff and 72 students. Honors students have represented the program very well in the past.

Honors Event Calendar

Date Event Who? Where? August 22 First year

Orientation First year Honors

Michels Ballroom 9am-3:30pm

Sept 5 Welcome Back Picnic

All Honors Bergstrom Lawn 5pm-?

September 14 Team Building Ropes Course

First year Honors

SNC Ropes Course 10am-3pm

October 1 Application deadline for

Spring 2014 Study Abroad Semester

Sophomore Junior Honors

Study Abroad

Office

October 22 All Honors Meeting

All Honors Bemis 114AB 5-6pm

November 6-10 NCHC Conference Presenters New Orleans, LA

November 14 LIFE RAFT!!! All Honors Fort Howard Theatre 7-8pm

January 6 J-term Trip to Europe Trip participants

Various locations in Austria, Germany,

and Czechoslovakia

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Mid February TBD

Rankin Lodge Overnight

First year Honors Rankin Lodge

Mid March TBD - Watch for emails!!

Proposals due for the 2014 NCHC conference in

Chicago, IL

All Honors

Mid to late March TBD

ALL HONORS MEETING

All Honors

April TBD

End of the Year Barbeque

First year Honors President Kunkel’s Home

April TBD

Senior Honors Banquet

Senior Honors Hendrickson Dining Room

People to Know Honors Committee Members The Faculty Honors Committee has the following duties and responsibilities:

Work with the Director in current restructuring of Program Advise on programming Work with the Director in making Program policy and administering the budget Facilitate the spread of information about programs and activities Help the Director monitor and evaluate the progress of the Program

The 2013-14 Committee Members:

Dr. Nelson Ham, Geology Dr. Jamie Lynch, Sociology, Dr. Wendy Scattergood, Political Science Dr. Mark Glantz, Communication and Media Studies Dr. Kari Cunningham, Chemistry

Friends of the Honors Program and other Professionals Take the time to make connections with various faculty/staff members and reach out to other professionals in your major department. If there is a particular professor whose research area interests you, get to know him or her. You should consider yourself part of the intellectual community of SNC! Do not underestimate the importance and benefits of maintaining a good relationship with your professors and other faculty that you meet. All of the faculty committee members listed are great resources for questions that you may have. There are also numerous faculty members that have taught in and are supporters of the Honors program. A few (but not all) of those professors are:

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Dr. Joel Mann, Philosophy Dr. Laurie MacDiarmid, English Dr. Amy Lewis, Humanities and Liberal Arts Dr. John Holder, Philosophy Dr. John Neary, English Dr. Howard Ebert, Religious Studies Dr. Nelson Hamm, Dr. David Hunnicutt Dr. Terry Jo Leiterman Dr. Ed Risden Dr. Jamie Lynch Dr. Jamie O’Brien

Whowe Are

Dr. Marcie Paul, Director of the Honors Program Dr. Paul has been the Director of the Honors Program for 4 years. She is also a Professor of Spanish in the discipline of Modern Languages and Literatures. She is currently on an 11-month contract – which means she’s on campus in the summer - and teaches three classes a year: Honors 101 and two others.

Stacey Wanta, Honors Program Secretary Stacey has been with the Honors program for 4 years. During that time, she was both Administrative Assistant for the Honors Program and the Office Manager of Boyle Hall. Beginning this fall, she will be full time Honors – staffing the Honors Center Monday through Friday from 7:30-4:00. Stacey is also on campus in the summer.

Dr. Marcie Paul Director

Boyle Hall 322 Phone: x3222 marcie.Paul@snc.edu

Stacey Wanta Honors Secretary

Honors Center Todd Wehr 227 Phone: x3967 stacey.wanta@snc.edu

At St. Norbert College, the majority of our communication and information is sent via email,

facebook, twitter, and SNoodle during Honors 101. Reminders, class information, and important updates are passed on to the program participants as soon as possible. So, stay

connected – join the Honors Program at St. Norbert group on Facebook, like the official Honors Program at St. Norbert College facebook page, and follow the Honors Program at St. Norbert College on Twitter. Don’t forget to read the emails that are sent from Dr. Paul and Stacey Wanta ~ we don’t bombard you with information, all emails are sent for a reason…

to inform! Make sure to open and read those emails.

Stay Connected!

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Appendix E Honors 101 Syllabus

Honors 101 Syllabus Fall 2013

8:00-8:50 T, 9:00-9:50 W, 11:00-12:50 TR

Instructors Dr. Terry Jo Leiterman, Math Classroom 201 Cofrin* Office and Phone: Cofrin 327, X 2952 e-mail: terryjo.leiterman@snc.edu Dr. Marcie Paul, Modern Languages and Literatures Classroom 106 Boyle* Office and Phone: 322 Boyle Hall, X 3222 e-mail: marcie.paul@snc.edu

Dr. John Neary, English Classroom 204 Boyle, Bergstrom Lounge* Office and Phone: 355 Boyle Hall, X 3372 e-mail: john.neary@snc.edu Johnjohs.ary@snc.edu Fr. Jim Neilson, Art Classroom 103 Boyle* Office and Phone: 321 Bemis, X 3465 e-mail: james.neilson@snc.edu *All four sections will meet together at intervals during the course of the semester. We will announce the classroom for these meetings beforehand.

Texts All readings, web sites, and links to videos may be accessed through Moodle.

Goals and Objectives Learning Goals Honors 101 focuses on the understanding of community and communities, in particular as this understanding relates to local communities. The content and design of the course draw from the National Collegiate Honors Council’s City as Text™, a model that emphasizes active learning and includes small-team explorations of contested areas and issues in urban environments, or competing forces in natural ones.

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In Honors 101 we will pay particular attention to what the community offers the individual, and what the individual, in turn, owes the community. We will examine the concepts of stewardship, sustainability, and economic pressures as we study various local communities (the family, the Norbertines, digital communities, and local businesses). Over the course of the semester, students will learn how to identify a relevant issue, craft a good question, apply different academic perspectives (humanities, social science, natural science) to that question, construct a clear and compelling argument, and apply this process to a variety of topics and problems. Upon completion of this course, students will have a knowledge base that includes:

1. An understanding of the College’s Mission in relation to how it informs the life of the College and the “community”

2. An understanding of different ways of knowing 3. An ability to read and analyze a text critically 4. The ability to develop an understanding of how communities are interpreted (how

they are defined, how they evolve/change, their inter-workings and complexities, what it means to live in a community)

5. An awareness of and an appreciation of the ways in which different disciplines study or research community

6. An ability to apply an integrative approach to an issue

Critical thinking skills and inquiry methods will be used to help identify a topic of interest, identify a problem, create a question, and study an issue. The development of inquiry skills is central to Honors 101 because these skills provide the means by which students will make sense of the course content. Skills:

1. Identify/create a research question or problem 2. Describe and evaluate several different methods of inquiry as it relates to their

problem 3. Understand the distinctions between deductive and inductive reasoning 4. Apply an appropriate method of inquiry to a specific question/problem 5. Use writing, reading, and presentation for learning, thinking, and to communicate

and/disseminate the results of their inquiry 6. Understand a writing assignment as a series of tasks, including finding, evaluating,

analyzing, and synthesizing appropriate information.

Requirements

Writing Exercises Writing exercises may include short in-class or out-of-class summaries, quizzes, journal entries,

or reflections.

Projects/papers All students will complete 4 papers/projects over the course of the semester. Detailed instructions will be available at the beginning of each unit.

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Preparation and Discussion Noted on a daily basis.

0 absent 1 arrives late; clearly unprepared for class; unable to fully participate accurately

in discussions due to lack of preparation 2 partially prepared for class; makes an effort to participate but lack of preparation

limits contribution 3 clearly prepared for class; attentive, focused, and engaged in class activities;

contributes voluntarily to class discussions and activities; contributes in a positive way to the learning process

Final Project Each student will complete a final project and present their findings to the class in a formal presentation.

EVALUATION Writing exercises 10% Projects (4) 60% Final project 20% Preparation and Discussion 10%

GRADING SCALE94-100 A 89-93 AB 84-88 B 79-83 BC

74-78 C 69-73 CD 60-68 D 0-59 F

Student and Faculty Responsibility and Civility Our responsibility to you is to be professionals: to know our material, to treat you with respect, and to demand quality work from you. Specifically, we are responsible for selecting appropriate material, setting specific, reasonable goals for the class, designing a course that provides the student with the means by which to reach those goals, and evaluating the students’ mastery of the material fairly and objectively You also have responsibilities. These range from the moral (respect for the material, for instructors, and for your peers) to the mundane (arriving on time to class, proof-reading your writing). Being committed to the course and conducting yourselves according to that commitment will enable you to be successful in the class and will make the class more comfortable, exciting, and satisfying for all of us. Specifically, I encourage you to familiarize yourself with this syllabus and with Moodle, arrive at all classes on time, prepared, and having made every effort to read the material thoroughly, hand in all assignments on the due date, and ask specific and timely questions about material or methods you find confusing or problematic. A successful class is a team effort!

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Honor Code

We will abide by the St. Norbert College honor code this semester. Please keep in mind that any assigned homework, as well as papers and exams, is subject to the honor code. You are required to sign all pieces of work before turning them in as assurance that you have followed the honor code. Unsigned work will not be accepted. We expect Honors students to model academic integrity. If an Honors student is found guilty of violating the honor code, he/she will be dismissed from the Honors Program.

Academic Support

In keeping with the St. Norbert College mission to help students develop their full potential, and in

compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, the College provides supportive services to students

with disabilities. For enquiries and further details, please visit the Academic Support Services Office

located in Todd Wehr Hall Room 211or contact Karen Goode-Bartholomew, Coordinator of Services to

Students with Disabilities Phone: 403-1326, or visit the

website.www.snc.edu/academicsupport/disabilities.html

Honors 101 Calendar

I. Our Personal Communities

Tuesday 8/27

Group meeting: What is Honors 101?

Wednesday 8/28

Who Are We? Read:

• Parker Palmer, “Community, Conflict, and Ways of Knowing”

Thursday 8/29 What Are Our Communities? Read:

• David Mitchell, “January Man,” Black Swan Green, pp. 3-23 • David Mitchell, “Relatives,” Black Swan Green, pp. 43-66

Tuesday 9/3

Identity and Community Read:

• Michael Perry, “Jabowski’s Corner,” Population: 485, pp. 1-17 • Michael Perry, “Tricky,” Population: 485, pp. 37-51 • Michael Perry, “Penultimate,” Population: 485, pp. 197-210

Wednesday 9/4 Identity and Community Read:

• Michael Perry, “Sarah,” Population: 485, pp. 211-234 • David Mitchell, “Rocks,” Black Swan Green, pp. 97-118

Thursday 9/5

Identity and Community in a Digital Age Read:

• “Is there Community in Cyberspace?” Suzanne Keller, Community: Pursuing the Dream, Living the Reality

• Clive Thompson, “Brave New World of Digital Intimacy,” The NewYork Times

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• Sherry Turkle, “The Flight from Conversation,” The New York Times

Tuesday 9/10

Identity and Community in a Digital Age Read:

• Stephen Marche, “Is Facebook Making Us Lonely?” The Atlantic, April 2, 2012.

• William Powers, “Walking to Heaven,” Hamlet’s Blackberry, pp. 83-100

Wednesday 9/11 Identity and Community in a Digital Age Read:

• Relationships/dating/ Facebook (Ilana Gershon’s book: The Breakup 2.0: Disconnecting Over New Media, Cornell University Press, 2010.

• Rob Walker, “Cyberspace when you’re dead,” The New York Times, 2011.

• Joy Van Eck Peluchette, Katherine Karl, Jason Fertig, “A Facebook ‘friend’ request from the boss: Too close for comfort?” Business Horizons, 2013.

• Geoffrey A. Fowler, “When the Most Personal Secrets get Outed on Facebook,” The Wall Street Journal, 2012.

• Jan Hoffman, “Trying to Find a Cry of Desperation Amid the Facebook Drama,” New York Times, 2012.

• Lori Aratani, “When Mom or Dad Asks to be a Facebook ‘Friend,’ The Washington Post, 2008.

• Thomas Lin, “Cracking Open the Scientific Process,” New York Times, 2012.

• Stefan Nicola, “Facebook for Scientists: An Internet Hit,” UPI.com, 2011

Thursday

9/12 Identity and Community in a Digital Age: Summing-up Intentional Communities: Introduction Read: Intentional Communities 1. Assign: Group presentations on different intentional communities

• The Midden http://themidden.wordpress.com • Nature’s Pace Sanctuary

http://directory.ic.org/2853/Natures_Pace_Sanctuary • La Cite Ecologique http://citeecologiquenh.org • The Farm http://www.thefarmcommunity.com • The Twelve Tribes http://twelvetribes.org • The Benedictine community: Kathleen Norris, “The Rule and Me,” “A

Glorious Robe,” “Women and the Habit,” The Difference,” “The Only City in America,” all from The Cloister Walk

II. The Intentional Community

Tuesday 9/17 Intentional Communities

First presentations on intentional communities Due: Writing Assignment #1

Wednesday 9/18 Visiting speaker: Lt. Allen from the GBPD on Gangs & Community Read: “Understanding Gang Life”

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“Agression and Violent Behavior” “The Draw of Dead Town”. *Meet in JMS 002*

Thursday 9/19

Visiting speakers: GBPD Gang Task Force *Meet in Fort Howard Theater*

Tuesday 9/24 Group presentations on different intentional communities Read for Wednesday: Introduction and background information on Father Ciferni “Communio from the Big Bang to Packerland”

Wednesday 9/25

The Norbertines: History and Heritage, lecture by Fr. Andrew Ciferni Meet in the Fort Howard Theater

Thursday 9/26

Visit to Abbey; Jim is tour guide Meet outside the Bemis Center on 3rd Street @ 10:50 (bus leaves @ 11)

III. Space, Place and Community

Tuesday 10/1 Discussion of the Abbey Visit Due: Writing Assignment #2

Wednesday 10/2

The Creation of Our Physical Communities Read:

• Andres Duany, Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, Jeff Speck, “The Physical Creation of Society,” Suburban Nation, pp. 59-83.

Thursday 10/3

No classes – long weekend

Tuesday 10/8

The Creation of Our Physical Communities Read:

• Roberta Brandes Gratz, “Streets Have Value,” The Living City pp. 293-303 (Moodle)

• Jane Jacobs, “The Uses of Sidewalks: Contact,” The Death and Life of Great American Cities, pp. 55-73.

Wednesday 10/9

Read: • Bob Shaw, “Fewer Students Walk to School” • Martin DiCaro, “Why so Few Walk or Bike to School”

Thursday 10/10 Guest Lecture by Michael Lindsley (Ryan Funeral Home), “The Community of the Dead” *Meet in the Fort Howard Theater*

IV. Small Business

Tuesday 10/15 Introduction to Small Business

Wednesday 10/16 Guest Lecturer: Dr. Marc Schaffer (Assistant Professor of Economics) “What is Small Business?” Explorations/meeting with local business owners with those unable to participate on 10/17) Seroogy’s Azure

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Thursday 10/17 Explorations/meeting with local business owners Luna Café Performa Klika Shoes Zegers Clothiers Puddle Duck Nicolet National Bank De Pere Floral & Greenhouse

*See local business info sheet for additional details

Tuesday 10/22 Discussion of Business Interviews

Wednesday 10/23 Discussion of Business Interviews Small groups meet – **See group breakdown and group meeting locations

Thursday 10/24 Group Presentations: Business Interviews

IV.The Green Bay Packers, Lambeau, and the Community

Tuesday 10/29 Fr. Jim Neilsen lecture: “Evolution of Color and the Green Bay Packers”

Wednesday 10/30 No Class – Advisement Day

Thursday 10/31 Essay Workshopping

Tuesday 11/5 No Class - Advisement Day

Wednesday 11/6 Guest Lecture: by Dr. Mara Brecht (Assistant Professor of Religious Studies) Due: Writing Assignment #3

Tuesday 11/7 Small Group Discussion

Tuesday 11/12 Guest Lecturer: Dr. Kevin Quinn (Associate Academic Dean and Professor of Economics) “Economics and Football”

Wednesday 11/13 Large Group Discussion

Thursday 11/14 Lambeau Area Explorations

Tuesday 11/19 Small Group Discussion

Wednesday 11/20 Large Group Meeting

Thursday 11/21 Large Group Meeting

Tuesday 11/26 Small Group Discussion

Wednesday 11/27

No Class – Thanksgiving Break

Thursday 11/28 No Class – Thanksgiving Break

Tuesday 12/3

Small group meetings in designated classrooms

Wednesday 12/4

Small group meetings in designated classrooms

Thursday 12/5 Final Project Presentation

Presentations will continue during the Honors 101 Final Exam Time Slot: Thursday, December 12th @ 9:15 – 11:15

Ryan’s Funeral Home Nicolet Restaurant Great Harvest Bread Company The Toy Box Trulley Irish Gifts Seroogy’s Chocolates De Pere Family Dentistry

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Appendix F Tutorial Topics ~ Fall 2013

Instructor TUTORIAL TOPIC

Dr. Nick Humphrey

This tutorial will focus on Michel de Montaigne(1533-1592). We will read his famous Essais text as small seminar in close critical reading. The nexus of the

approach would be the interface between the three main influences on his thought: Epicureanism, Stoicism, and Pyrrhonian Skepticism.

Dr. Jamie O’Brien

"An Unsung Hero - Tom Crean - Antarctic Survivor"

We will read the book and discuss. A description of the book is as follows:

Tom Crean's name is not commonly recognized today, but he was an integral member of three of the most important Antarctic expeditions of the twentieth century, and

both a glacier and a mountain in Antarctica bear his name. Crean was clearly the sort wanted in a dangerous, uncertain venture: a loyal man of selfless courage, whose

warmth and humor kept despair at bay in the life-and-death situations that arose in extreme environment of the Antarctic. Although facing unimaginable peril, he sang throughout the seventeen-day crossing of the Southern Ocean in a twenty-two-foot

whaleboat with Shackleton. In what is arguably the greatest feat of individual heroism in the history of polar exploration, Crean trekked across thirty-five miles of snow and ice to reach rescue for his comrade, Teddy Evans, who was incapacitated by scurvy.

Dr. April Beiswenger

History of Puppetry A study of the cultural significance of the puppet and how it has evolved. The tutorial would also be making a puppet and participating in April’s SNC Day

workshop on puppetry.

Dr. Amy Lewis

In our tutorial, we'll read historian Nell Irvin Painter's book, The History of White

People, in which she traces how what it means to be "white" has changed over time. Painter starts in ancient Greece and moves through time to the 20th century in the United States, analyzing how science, immigration, economics, etc. all had an

impact on what we assume to be an obvious cultural and racial group.

Dr. Tom Bolin

Power of Parable: How Fiction by Jesus Became Fiction about Jesus by John Dominic Crossan

This tutorial will explore the role of parables in the four canonical Gospels. We will study some of the distinguishing characteristics of parables, and the use of parables both by Jesus of Nazareth and the early Christian community.

Dr. Luis Navarro-Ayala

"The Transnational Body: Gender, Ethnicity and Culture"

This tutorial will explore the formation of transnational, cultural and sexual identities as subjects move from Latin America to the US. Pairing such cultural

theorists as Bhabha, Chauncey, Foucault, D’Emilio, Lionnet, Muñoz, Pérez, Sandoval, and Shih with Latin American and immigrant literature and film, we will

study the transcultural identities forged by characters and artists traveling between these worlds.

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Dr. Mark Glantz

Rhetoric of Sport

Students will study the symbolic processes by which sport reflects, perpetuates, and occasionally eschews our society's dominant values. Students will carefully

examine the language and imagery that dominate the rituals and controversies of contemporary sport. Basic tenets of rhetorical theory and criticism will be used to

analyze the relationship between sport and American culture.

Dr. Marc Schaffer "Understanding the Financial Crisis of 2007-2008: A Look at the Causes, the

Consequences, and its Ethical Implications".

Prof. Juan Carlos Martinez Belda

Implications of learning a Foreign Language

Dr. Mara Brecht Topic To Be Determined

Dr. Brecht is a member of the Religious Studies faculty

Dr. Ed Risden Topic To Be Determined

Dr. Risden is a member of the English faculty

Dr. Julie Harder

"The First Christmas: What the Gospels Really Teach About Jesus' Birth,"

by Marcus J. Borg & John Dominic Crossan Although both Matthew and Luke narrate stories about Jesus' conception, birth and childhood in their gospels, the scholarly consensus is that much of this narrative is not historically factual. Rather, these gospels make faith claims about Jesus through

the use of story and extended metaphor. Much of this meaning is lost, however, since the modern reader does not understand the symbolism the authors

employed. By explaining background information about the cultures, beliefs, and histories of the Jewish and Roman peoples of Jesus' time, Borg and Crossan reveal

the underlying messages that Matthew and Luke were attempting to send.

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Spring 2014

Tutorial Instructor Tutorial Topic

Dr. John Holder

Food as Culture and Philosophy Food is literally fuel for thought. Food is also a preeminent aspect of many cultures—what would our conceptions of Italian, French, Thai,

Indian or Japanese cultures be without considering the unique cuisine of these cultures? Philosophers have a long history of

analyzing (and eating) food. This tutorial will consider the “philosophy of food” both ethically and culturally (the latter, by exploring the philosophical and religious foundations of several

different international cuisines). We will also learn the techniques for preparing several of the ethnic dishes we study (and eat the fruits

of our labors).

Dr. John Frohliger

Infinity and Beyond We will discuss how to "count" the number of elements in an infinite

collection of objects. We will see how some infinite sets can be "bigger" than other infinite sets and how some sets that "should" be

"bigger" really aren't. We'll discuss fascinating problems such as how an "infinite" hotel with no vacancies can always make room for

one more. Interested students need not worry about having a sufficient background in math; other than knowing how to count, no

special mathematical knowledge is required. Note: I would not recommend this tutorial for students who have taken MATH 250 because that course includes a more in-depth discussion of the

material.

Dr. Jim Neilson

Race, Sex, and Gender in Contemporary Art (Offering 2 Sessions)

A survey of artwork addressing essential human identity within the past 20 years.

Dr. Jim Neilson

Christian Art and Architecture An art and architectural survey of sacred sites and locations.

(**must provide own transportation to local churches, shrines, and cemeteries**)

Attorney Shari Vannieuwenhoven

Shari Vannieuwenhoven, an attorney formerly of Legal Aid of

Wisconsin, worked on a project aimed at evaluating the mental health of prisoners in the

Wisconsin prison system called the Disabled Offender's Economic Security

(DOES) project. She will be discussing interviews and evalutations of prisoners; who, exactly, is in our prison system, how they got there,

and the obstacles and difficulties that face them (and us!) when they are paroled.

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Dr. Marice Paul

"What is Time"

This tutorial will examine different ideations and representations of time throughout history and through the framework of different

cultures with special attention to the collision of these ideations in the work of Latin American fiction writers. Students will study and

discuss representations of time in literature, art, and film.

Molly Sampson

Graffiti Art: Then and Now

Juan Carlos Martinez Belda Implications for Second Language Acquisition

This tutorial will discuss the process by which learning of a second language happens.

Drs. Jamie O'Brien and Marc Schaffer

Brewing & Business: An In-depth Look at the Rise of Microbreweries

Over the past several years, the beer industry has experienced a boom in the microbrewery sector, causing many of the large-scale breweries to take note of their market impact. The focus of this class will be two-fold: First,

we will seek to gain a better understanding of both the beer-making process as well as the different types of beers and their distinctions (with an emphasis on craft beer for examples). Second, we will explore the rise

of the microbrewery sector from both an economic and business perspective, concluding with a final case study project. The structure of the

course will consist of a trip to a local brewery for an educational and scientific approach to the creation of beer, reading a book pertaining to the rise of a prominent microbrewery, engaging in a business/industry analysis,

beer tastings, and a class attempt at beer creation. (**Students must be 21 in order to take this tutorial)

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Appendix G 2013-14 Budget

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Appendix H St. Norbert College Honors Program Program Review April 2013

I. Honors Program Mission Statement Guided by St. Norbert College’s mission to educate students spiritually, intellectually, and personally, the Honors Program provides gifted students with an intellectually stimulating, diverse, inspiring, and supportive community, as well as an enriched curriculum. The Program emphasizes experiential, collaborative, and service-based learning, and provides students with a foundation for personal and professional growth and success in today’s dynamic world.

II. Honors Program Vision Statement The St. Norbert College Honors Program will be mission-driven and student-centered. The curriculum and components of the Program will correspond to the National Collegiate Honors Council’s description of a fully developed honors program1 and will be the product of thoughtful collaboration between Academic Affairs and Student Life. The Program will be carefully and continually assessed, and this assessment will inform the development of the Program. The St. Norbert College Honors Program will be recognized throughout the Midwest as an exciting and rigorous program that offers gifted students an education that challenges them academically and also calls them to engage in communio: a deep sense of community that is lived through “open dialogue, communication, consultation, and collaboration.” III. Five-Year Goals

1. We will maintain the current size of the incoming class to 76-80 (Bergstrom houses 76; we can take several additional if they are commuters or have special housing needs)

2. We will maintain an average ACT score of 30 3. We will begin to shape the honors class in order to achieve a more diverse honors

population (majors/minors, outside interests, students of color, international/domestic)

4. Honors students will all produce an honors thesis, directed by a faculty member who is appropriately compensated for this responsibility

5. We will successfully track our graduates IV. Learning Goals for Honors Program Graduates

1. Critical thinking skills/writing/communication 2. Civility

V. Program Meets Critical needs

1 See Attached description of these goals

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1. For St. Norbert: a. Attract academically gifted students b. Retain academically gifted students c. Pedagogy d. These students provide leadership, model, etc. e. Represent SNC

2. For the Community and Beyond

a. Draws these students to Wisconsin b. Helps retain them in Wisconsin c. Professional contributions to the state

“For this analysis, the primary focus should be on questions like, Based on the data, to what extent is our program achieving our vision? What steps need to be taken to achieve our vision in the next 5 years? | Student Learning Assessment Data

Class Incoming Number

Average ACT

Average GPA

Current Number

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25 Graduates

Class of 2012 42 16 Graduates

Class of 2013 72 40 graduating seniors

Class of 2014 67 28.7 3.85 61

Class of 2015 80 28.7 3.91 72

Class of 2016 77 28.9 3.92 78

Class of 2017 Current # of applications:

97 Solid 30

Current total of active honors students: 251

Year Number of Student

Attendees NCHC Number of student presenters

Number of Student Moderators

2009 0 0 0

2010 2 0 0

2011 2 0 0

2012 3 2 0

2013 4 2 4

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Curriculum and Educational Policy Committee

Response to Year 1 Program Review – Honors Program

December 4, 2013

The Honors Program is a signature program of St. Norbert College and is important to the

character and image of SNC’s curriculum. The depth and detail of the Curriculum and

Educational Policy Committee’s discussion about the program’s Year 1 report was significant,

and reflects the Committee’s respect for the importance of the Honors Program on our campus.

The Committee recognizes and is supportive of the fact that the Honors Program revamp under

Dr. Paul’s leadership has been a major entrepreneurial effort. The members applaud the good

work and accomplishment of Dr. Paul and the Honors Committee in redesigning and relaunching

the program at SNC, and the positive effects that they have had on our Honors Program students.

Our recommendations to the leadership of the Honors Program fall into three areas:

1. Now that the structure of the program has been determined, it is appropriate to crystalize,

specify and communicate the overarching rationale and the discrete learning outcomes for the

Program as a whole as well as for its various elements. How does this structure specifically

operationalize and localize the list of best practices from National Collegiate Honors Council

indicated in the Program Review? (Please note that the Committee is not attacking these

programmatic elements or suggesting that specific rationales and/or learning outcomes do not

exist). Specifically, the Committee recommends that the Honors Committee develop and

institutionalize mechanisms by which the programmatic and procedural matterscan be

regularly communicated to faculty, students and parents (e.g., a newsletter), with special

attention to the following:

What are the differences between the goals and objectives of the SNC Core

Curriculum, which apply to all SNC students, and those that are unique to the

Honors Program? How do they distinguish themselves from the goals and

objectives of the Core Curriculum required of every SNC student?

What is the specific rationale for separate and smaller sections for Gen Ed and

Core courses for Honors students?

What is the specific academic rationale for separate housing for first-year Honors

students?

How are faculty recruited to teach Honors 101, Honors sections of General

Education/Core Curriculum courses, and Tutorials? What are the specific

expectations of them and what is the training that is provided to them?

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2. The Committee encourages the Program to form its assessment plan and reports around the

Honors Program’s specific student learning outcomes (both overall and for each

programmatic component), and to make liberal reference to the outcomes in the various

materials and websites provided for Admissions, current students, and parents

3. The Committee encourages a deeper embedding of the Honors Program practices with the

broader institutional practices of the College. For example, we recommend that Honors

tutorials are fully transcripted, and that the Honors Program leadership work with the

Registrar’s Office to get tutorial titles and instructors made a matter of official record; in

addition, the Committee also recommends that the Director of Advisement be provided with

an Honors paradigm that could be posted with other paradigms on the Advisement website.

The CEPC encourages the Honors Program to address these questions as part of the program’s

Year 2 report and strategic plan.

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HONORS J-TRIP 2015 Draft/Itinerary

Christians, Muslims, and Jews: The Peaceful Coexistence Day Starting

Location

Breakfast

Lodging Morning Lunch Afternoon Dinner/ Evening

Class/Assignment

Meals: until we get the final breakdown of prices (hotels, transport, group dinners, etc.) we cannot specify exactly how many meals will be covered or the exact amount of the daily stipend allotted to each student for meals. Sun 1/4 Leave from O’Hare late afternoon; overnight flight Mon 1/5

Madrid Arrive @ 7:40 a.m.

Exe Coloso Leganitos 13 Madrid

Airport express to Atocha; Check into hotel

OYO = on your own

Free until group meeting/ class @ 3:30

Cabalgata begins at 6:30 Tapas as a group after the Cabalgata

Class topic(s): Review of final

project assign (remind them to work on their journal/photos as we go)

Preview of the Cabalgata

Tue 1/6

Madrid Breakfast: OYO * Breakfast buffets are available at most hotels but are expensive; Cafés are plentiful and inexpensive. We will try to negotiate a few breakfasts – but for now, plan on OYO.

Exe Coloso Leganitos 13 Madrid

Guided walking tour/ Madrid (Professor from the Fundación de Ortega y Gasset)

Group

Guided tour of the Prado (Professor from the Fundación de Ortega y Gasset)

Opening Dinner (included)

Class topic(s): Reflection on the

day Review history of

Toledo and Alfonso el Sabio (focus on 11th - 13th century) and the peaceful coexistence of the three cultures

Wed 1/7

Madrid

OYO San Juan de la Penitencia (Fundación Ortega y Gasset) (students only)

Train to Toledo in the a.m.

OYO

Guided walking tour of Toledo (professor from the Fundación Ortega y Gasset)

Meet for tapas

Class topic(s): The three cultures

in Toledo o Neighborhoods

(streets and space)

o The synagogues

Thurs 1/8

Toledo OYO San Juan de la Penitencia x (students only)

Explore Toledo/ collect information for project

OYO El Greco Museum and El Greco House; Bisagra

Meet for tapas @ Ludena

Class topic(s): The three cultures

in Toledo o Art and

architecture

Fri 1/9

Toledo

OYO Juan Miguel

Travel to Madrid,

OYO

Walking tour of the city

OYO

Class topic(s): Granada: The final

Appendix I J-term 2015 Itinerary

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Acera del Darro 24 Granada

travel on train to Granada

Muslim kingdom Review history

o Muslim culture/the Renaissance o The reconquest/

1492 o Preview the

Alhambra Sat 1/ 10

Granada OYO Juan Miguel Acera del Darro 24 Granada

Free OYO

Tour of Alhambra/ Generalife

Group dinner (included) Bodega de Antonio 8:00 pm

Class topic(s): The Alhambra The conquest of

Granada The expulsion of

the Jews The treatment of

the Muslims Sun 1/11 Granada OYO Hotel Don

Miguel Plaza de España

Travel to Ronda

OYO Explore/ visit Bullring/ Bullfighting museum

Dinner @ La Carreta Abrasador

Class topic(s): The explusion of

the Muslims The Inquisition The Culture and

Art of Bullfighting

Mon 1/12

Ronda OYO Hostal Los Ángeles, Consolación 9 Córdoba

Train to Cordoba 10:09

Lunch @ Rincón de las Beatillas

Walking tour of city/ Mosque

Attend Flamenco show (included)

Class topic(s): Córdoba/history o Preview the

Great Mosque o Christian

re-conquest o Recent

archeological discoveries

Tues 1/13

Cordoba OYO Hostal Los Ángeles, Consolación 9 Córdoba

Tour of Medina Azahara

OYO Free OYO

Class topic(s): Medina Azahara Review return to

Madrid (what they now want to see/see again)

Wed 1/14

Córdoba OYO Exe Suites Leganitos 33 Madrid

Fast Train to Madrid

OYO Free

Tapas in the Plaza Mayor

Class Reflection Discussion of

project

Thurs 1/15

Madrid OYO Exe Suites Leganitos 33 Madrid

Optional: Day trip to Segovia

Lunch on own

Segovia/ free

Closing Dinner

Final Project due first week of class

Fri 1/16

Madrid Depart for O’Hare

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Course Catalog Description: This course focuses on the anomalous “coexistencia” of Muslims, Christians and Jews in Medieval Spain. Muslim troops invaded Hispania in 711, and quickly took control of nearly the entire Iberian Peninsula. The extraordinary civilization they brought to the land that they called al-Andalus reached its zenith in the period between the 11th and 13th centuries, the so-called “Golden Age.” It was during these years, and under Muslim rule, that Muslims, Jews and Christians lived in relative harmony in Spain. Students will explore the social conditions and religious beliefs that fostered this tolerance, they will consider the economic and cultural benefits that resulted from the coexistencia, and they will identify Islamic contributions to the arts and sciences. Finally, they will investigate the degree to which the intellectual collaboration between Jewish, Muslim and Christian scholars during these centuries fueled the European Renaissance. The course is designed as a J-Term course: students will attend four 90-minutes seminars during the Fall semester, followed by two weeks of instruction and travel in Spain in January. All classes/instruction will be in English. Sites visited will include Madrid, Granada (the Alhambra), Córdoba (the Great Mosque) and Toledo (the home of the School of Translators

Reason for new course or modification: This course is designed as an upper-level honors seminar that will be offered over J-Term. The topic of the course – the peaceful coexistence of the Muslims, Christians, and Jews – is particularly appropriate for academic discussion, examination, and analysis in the early 21st century. This course will provide non-Spanish speaking honors students an opportunity to explore this topic – through pre-departure seminars and two weeks on the ground, visiting and studying the most important sites of Muslim Spain. They will reflect on the social and religious values that permitted the coexistence, appreciate the fragile nature of this negotiated peace, and come to a fuller understanding of the enormous contributions of the Muslim culture to the Western world. The assignments will include the development of a claim/inquiry, writing assignments, presentations, and the development of an inquiry which they will present via an infographic.

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Appendix J Maintaining Good Standing in the Honors Program

St. Norbert College Honors Program Good Standing Policy

Honors students in good standing are those making steady progress in fulfilling Honors course

requirements and College requirements. There are various ways to fulfill the Honors Program course

requirement, but in general, a student will have completed Honors 101, Honors Philosophy of Human

Nature (PHIL 120-HP), and Honors Theological Foundations (RELS 117-HP) during their first three

semesters at the College, and will have completed six honors courses by their senior year.

http://www.snc.edu/honorsprogram/program/requirements.html Beginning with the Class of 2018, Honors students in good standing will also be actively engaged in the appropriate stage of their honors thesis requirement (see below).

GPA

In order to graduate from the St. Norbert College Honors Program, a student needs to have earned a

cumulative GPA of 3.5. In order to meet this requirement, we encourage students to meet or exceed these

minimum cumulative GPA standards:

i. Freshmen year: 3.0

ii. Sophomore year: 3.25

iii. Junior year: 3.4

iv. Senior year: 3.5

Each semester, we will assess each student’s progress. If he/she not making satisfactory progress, either

because of the rate at which he/she is fulfilling requirements or because his/her grade-point average is

low, the student will be informed.

A first-year student will not be penalized for earning a GPA under 3.00. However, if a student’s GPA

falls beneath a 3.00 at any point after the first year, he/she will be put on Honors Program academic

probation.

Credit/Course Progress If a student has not completed the equivalent of at least THREE Honors courses by the end of their fifth

semester at the College, or if he/she has been placed on College credit probation, he/she will be placed on

Honors Program Academic Probation.

Honors Thesis Beginning with the Class of 2018, a student will have to successfully submit an Honors Thesis to the Faculty Honors Committee. In order to meet this requirement, we encourage students to adhere to the

following schedule:

i. By the end of the sophomore year: Topic submitted and approved;

ii. By the end of the junior year: Proposal submitted and approved;

iii. By the fall of senior year: enroll in 2-credit thesis course; schedule defense/performance/exhibit;

iv. By the spring of senior year: Present thesis.

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If a student has not chosen a topic by the last day of advising for Fall semester (the second

semester of their sophomore year), he/she will be placed on Honors Program Academic

Probation.

Honors Program Academic Probation A student on academic probation will be given one semester to raise his/her GPA to a 3.0 or make

significant progress towards fulfilling their course requirements. This student is still eligible for Honors

benefits, but preference will be given to those students who are in good standing.

If a student successfully completes the semester academic probation, he/she will be placed back into good

standing the following semester.

If a student finishes his/her semester of academic probation, is unable to make it back into good standing,

but is making significant progress towards the Honors Program requirements, the student may petition the

Faculty Honors Committee to grant him/her a second semester of academic probation to regain good

standing in the Program. No more than two semesters of academic probation will be granted. (see

Petition for Reinstatement form)

If you have any questions about your standing in the Program, please contact Stacey Wanta.

Dismissal from the Honors Program

GPA and Course/Credit Progress A student will be dismissed from the Program if any of the following criteria are met:

i. The student was already on academic probation and the next semester GPA falls

below 3.000;

ii. The student was on academic probation, was unable to regain good standing the

subsequent semester, and did not request continued probation as specified in

the “Honors Program Academic Probation” section, following petition guidelines;

iii. The student was on academic probation, was unable to regain good standing the

subsequent semester, requested continued probation, and was denied the request;

iv. It is mathematically impossible for the student to regain a cumulative GPA of

3.500 by graduation.

Academic Integrity Honors students are expected to model academic integrity as well as excellence. If an Honors student is

found guilty of academic dishonesty, the Director will be notified immediately, and the student will be

automatically removed from the Honors Program.

Ethical Behavior The mission of the St. Norbert College Honors Program is deeply grounded in Norbertine values and

traditions, one of which is the Norbertine ideal of communio:

As an academic institution, our community is rooted in the Norbertine ideal of communio, which is

characterized by mutual esteem, trust, sincerity, faith and responsibility. Communio is lived through

open dialogue, communication, consultation and collaboration.

Honors students should strive to embody this ideal. Therefore, if a student is found responsible of

violating a College conduct policy as described in The Citizen: The Code of Student Life for St. Norbert

College, the Director of the Honors Program will be notified immediately. The Director will review the

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details of the case to determine if the violation warrants dismissal from the Honors Program. Violations

that warrant serious and immediate attention include: willful destruction of property, acts of physical

violence, and emotional/mental abuse such as intimidation, bullying, or harassment.

Reinstatement in the Honors Program Any student who has been removed from the Honors Program for either his/her GPA, a lack of progress,

or a violation of policy may submit a formal, written (not electronic) petition for readmission. This appeal

will be heard by the Faculty Honors Committee (see Petition for Reinstatement form).

PETITION FOR REINSTATEMENT IN THE SNC HONORS PROGRAM Guidelines The Faculty Honors Committee reviews and adjudicates petitions for reinstatement from undergraduate Honors students placed on Honors Probation for Academic, Course Requirement Progress, and Ethical Behavior violations. Please read these instructions carefully. If the entire petition is not completed and signed, the committee will return it to you unread.

Procedures for the reinstatement petition completion: The committee will base their decision on the following criteria:

Your personal statement Completed undergraduate academic plan

Personal Statement & Academic Plan (required) 1. You must explain the circumstances that led to your academic disqualification/dismissal and the circumstances that now, in your opinion, would lead to greater performance in college. This explanation is very important and should be as complete as possible. Please make sure you sign and date the personal statement. 2. Create a two year academic plan, including your proposed schedule of classes (for each term you plan on attending during the year), information related to plans for advising, meeting with instructors/professors, and any other specific steps you plan on taking to improve upon your previous academic performance. Use the back of the petition or attach a separate sheet if additional room is needed.

Completed petitions should be turned in to Stacey Wanta in the Honors Center prior to the first Academic Advisement Day of the semester preceding anticipated reinstatement.

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OFFICE USE ONLY _____ Reinstated _____ Denied Reinstatement Honors Director Signature: _____________________________________ Date:__________________ Comments: Student notified: By: ___________ Date: ___________

FACULTY HONORS PROGRAM COMMITTEE PETITION

PERSONAL STATEMENT ________________________________ ___________________________ Name of Student Student Id

Indicate the term/year you were placed on Honors Program Probation: _________________ Advisor’s Name ___________________________________ Major_________________________ Please attach a written (not handwritten) and signed statement explaining the circumstances that led you to your Honors program probation and the circumstances that would now lead to greater success in college. You should include information on major field changes, outside work, academic advising, and any relevant information that would aid the Committee in considering your petition. Any documentation to support your statement(s) needs to be included. You must also complete an academic plan, outlining the courses you will take each term and any specific resources you will utilize to ensure your improvement if reinstated.

Reinstatement Academic Plan

Fall 20__ J-term 20__ Spring 20__ Summer 20__

Fall 20__ J-term 20__ Spring 20__ Summer 20__

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Appendix K Sample Itinerary and Descriptions Volunteer/Internship Opportunities for Pre-Health Honors Students

International Service Learning http://www.islonline.org ISL Operational Statement As a socially responsible international educational NGO, ISL enlists medical and educational volunteer teams for the provision of services to under-served populations in Central and South America, Mexico, the Caribbean, and Africa. ISL provides educational opportunities for students from over a hundred universities in several countries, primarily from the United States. It is the goal of ISL to partner student and professional teams from developed countries with service opportunities in developing countries. This is accomplished by offering educational opportunities on a contractual basis to both educational institutions and individual students. The resulting financial resources are used to fund teams serving in various countries. In so doing, ISL provides annual employment for over a hundred individuals in developing countries. These jobs range from full-time employment to part-time contracts. We employ medical professionals and providers of services such as transportation, translation, guides and logistics (food, housing, etc.).

Sample of the Nicaragua opportunity: The Nicaragua pre-health and health teams are general medicine teams provided with opportunities for experience in the medical, nursing, public health, pharmaceutical, and sometimes optometry and dental fields. All medical experiences are professionally supervised. Seminars and/or field experiences will be offered through house and village clinics. Students receive clinical training, as well as training in traditional medicine, appropriate Spanish, and other subjects of interest as indicated by the team itself. In order for a team to offer dental experience, there must be at least 6-8 dental students on the team. Sample of Typical Day 7:30 am: Breakfast 8:15 am: Leave for clinic 12:00 am – 12:45 pm: Lunch 5:00 pm: Finish clinic, travel back to hotel 7:30 pm: Dinner Nine Day Health Team Itinerary Day One: Arrive in Managua, change money, settle into guest house, attend orientation. Morning arrivals tour Managua. Day Two: (Morning) Take a bus to Rama, then a boat to Panga and Bluefields. Get settled in hotel. (Evening) Seminars on vital signs and physical exams, house clinics, community triage, Spanish for health professionals, etc.

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Day Three: Clinics and house clinics Day Four: Take boat to Pearl Lagoon. Evaluations by doctors. Day Five: Clinics and house clinics Day Six: Clinics and house clinics. Visit Hawas Beach in the afternoon for rest and recreation. Day Seven: Take a boat to Rama and a bus back to Managua. Day Eight: Clinic and house clinics. Farewell dinner in the evening. Day Nine: Travel to airport and depart for home.

Child Family Health International http://www.cfhi.org/ CFHI is a global family of health professionals and students working at the grassroots level. We support our International Partners through community health projects and Global Health Education Programs. CFHI's 20+ programs in 7 countries connect local health professionals with international students -transforming perspectives about self, global health and healing.

Global Health Education Programs

CFHI's Global Health Education programs are also often referred to as global health internships, clinical electives, away rotations, or externships. They are open to all with an interest in global health. CFHI Programs offer first-hand experiences alongside local physicians and public health experts in developing countries. Programs combine instruction, experience, service, and reflection, to create a model that supports physicians, clinical sites and communities abroad, addresses the healthcare needs of the underserved, and adds a unique experiential element to each participant's professional development.