In this issue

Message from the chair 1

Honors Students 2

New Student Spotlight 2

Featured Honors Project 3

Featured Honors Student 4

Faculty Spotlight 5

All Arizona 6-8

List of Honors classes 8

Faculty Spotlight9

Honors Information10-12

The Oracle Honors Newsletter

Volume 6 Issue 1 Spring 2016

A message from the chair

Mary B Coyle

We proudly launched our new Honshyors Program this year and will award the first Honors Distincshytions to our graduates who have completed sixteen or

more credits of honors work These students will receive a comshymemorative medallion at Honors Reception an Honors Distinction notation on their transcripts recogshynition on the commencement proshygram and a seal on their diplomas Responding to the call for greater transferability our new Honors Proshygram is designed to better meet the needs of todayrsquos students The centerpiece of our program remains the academic relationships between honors faculty and students out of which true creative scholshyarship is born This will continue as students complete most of their honors coursework within estabshylished general education classes that transfer directly as part of the AGEC rather than primarily through sepashyrate HON classes Instead of receiving an external Honors Certificate students pursushying the new Honors Distinction will

also complete two ldquobookendrdquo coursshyes The first is a one credit Moodle course (HON 101 Introduction to Honors) which may be completed entirely online at onersquos own pace and the second is a three credit capshystone class (HON 260 The Human Quest for Utopia) an interdisciplinshyary course which also satisfies the Humanities and Critical Inquiry Intensive Writing requirements for our students Thus our program requirements have become more flexible while simultaneously becomshying more transferablemdasha win-win for our students In addition we have revamped our website added six new honors faculty and eight new courses and developed a new streamlined system of program administration The Honors Program is now overseen by a chair and an Honors Advisory Board under the direction of the Vice President for Instruction Provost The Honors Advisory Board has worked diligently to create the HON 101 curriculum and will be working on an Honors Faculty Cershytification during the next academic year Thank you to the whole Honors team and the Friends of the program for fostering the continued growth of our exceptional Honors Program

Honors Students

2

New Honors Student

Angela Miller

Honors Students Fall 2015-Spring 2016

Rakeen Abdali Sean Cluff Angela Miller Courtney Acosta Kaitlin Diemer Robert Myers Hannah Adams Thy Dinh Marcella Quintildeones Erika Andres Terese Ellis Nichole Reid Dawn Bolduc Ciara Garcia Stephanie Sheley Kendra Bristow Jonathon Jones Tristin Solorzano Sarah Chadbourn Alexandra Linhart Olivia Sturgeon Kya Teskey Candle Yarbrough

Miller Enthusiastically Joins Honors Program

Angela Miller a biology major is neurosurgeon She plans to transfer new to the Honors Program This is to NAU or U of A for her bachelorrsquos her first semester taking honor class- degree in Neuroscience and Cog-es and she is beginning by taking nitive Sciences degreethree Psychology 101 Calcu- Right after high lus 2 and British school Miller went to a Literature 2 National Youth Leadershy Miller shares ship Forum in MedishyldquoWhat I like cine that took place in about the Honors Boston Massachusetts Program is that it The camp allowed her is challenging I to experience what it believe it will be would be like to be a good to graduate medical student The with Honors and participants were to that it will open up review cases and go opportunities for through the pro-merdquo cesses that medical She likes Cochise students use to College she especially diagnose what is wrong with their likes the instructors and the people patientsldquoI like college in general more than She is passionate about helping high school because I have more free- people and did volunteer work at the domrdquo says Miller Miller really enjoys hospital over the summerbeing a tutor in the Writing Lab In her spare time she likes to read She is also Literary Guild presi- to play video games or get in some dent The Literary Guild meets one a cardio exercise and to listen to rock month to discuss a pre-chosen book music One of her goals is to become a Choose to join her in a Honors

class soon

Discovering the Basque People

3

Featured Honors Project

Basque People

Alexandria Linhart

Alexandria Linhart is a fulltime honors student at Cochise Colshylege Linhart is fascinated with the Basque region and loves its culture so she chose the Basque people as the subject as one of her Honors projects Guillermo Retana has been her advisor on the project in SPA 201 The Basque region borders Spain and France Only Spain recognizes the Basque lanshyguage at the moshyment Linhart excitedly said ldquoI got interested in the Basque project when in SPA 101 I started researching the culture and hisshytory of the Basque people and I realized not a lot of people know how they got there Their language is unlike any language in Europe and it is a completely different culture They are actually fighting for indeshypendence to be recognized as a new countryrdquo Linhart says that the hardest thing about her project was finding accurate and usable sources She had to dig through a lot of touristy material She will be presenting her project at the Honors Colloquium on April 28th and will also present it in her Spanish class speaking fulshyly in Spanish In her presentation Linhart will cover the language and cultural aspects the history of the region and current events as well as how the Basque countries are perceived today The Basque country is separatshyed by mountains and rivers from

Spain Travelers entering the Basque area are greeted by signs notifying them they are entering a different region The most interesting thing is the language as it doesnrsquot come from any European language One unique aspect that Linhart found about the culture is that the men are generally the cooks The men go to the pubs to cook and

hang out and talk leaving the women at home They also have a different vershysion of Santa Claus He is called Olentzero and he comes from the mounshytain region different versions have him as a coal miner and he has fairies to help him The kids leave wine

out for him (The parents like this) They have many different stories and traditions for other holidays

ldquoThey are a strong people fightshying for what they believe is right They believe that they should have their own country and be able make decisions for themselves The Basque language was suppressed for an extensive period of time and they were not allowed to speak the language They now have brought it back and have started teaching their childrenrdquo says Linhart

ldquoI had loads of fun on this projshyect I have always been a lover of history and this project has allowed me to go in depth on a subject matshyter I found interestingrdquo says Lin-hart She has never been to Spain or to the Basque region but would love to go

Graduating Honors Student

4

Honors Student

Dawn Bolduc

Dawn Bolduc is the first in her immediate family to go to college Bolduc grew up here in Sierra Vista and her family is from Mexico Neishyther of her parents went to college and her mother did not graduate from high school Bolducrsquos parents didnrsquot know much about college including how to apply for scholarshyships so Bolduc worked to pay for her own schooling She started the summer after she graduated from high school in 2009 ldquoIrsquom going to get it donerdquo was her plan but in reality it took about seven years Bolduc is working on her Associatersquos in English and will gradshyuate in May 2016 She has already received an Associatersquos in Biology from Cochise College last summer She is transferring in the fall to the Univershysity of Arizona to obtain a Bachelorrsquos in Physiology Bolduc likes the Honors Program and says ldquoThe Honors Program is reshyally cool because it will make it easier for me to get scholarships to go to the U of A Irsquove registered for fall at U of A and Irsquom already an Honors student because it transferred over That was really good I didnrsquot expect that to happenrdquo She was excited because she also gets an Honors Distinction with graduation She also believes that ldquoMs Coyle is the best part of Honors Programrdquo She has taken all of her Honors

credits with Ms Coyle She took English composition (102H) Irish Literature (260H) British Literature (220H amp 221H) Intro to Shakespeare (222H) and the Human Quest for Utopia (260H) Her next goal is to go medical school and become a surgeon ldquoI would love to cut someone openrdquo she

jokes She also likes orshyganic chemistry Bolduc enjoys other fields as well such as economics public affairs and conshyservation Bolduc is a bartender at Chilirsquos and likes to cook she is vegan She has been married for 3 years to her best friend Valerian Her advice to other students ldquoFind out what the

credit cap is on the numshyber of credits your transfer college accepts for transfer I would be farshyther along if I had been more aware of thatrdquo Bolduc is living proof that perseverance pays off

5

Faculty Spotlight

Stacie Munger

Munger Loves Honors Program

Stacie Munger is a Spanish Inshystructor at the Cochise College Sierra Vista Campus She is also a member of the Honors Advisory Board and an Honors mentor Munger has been teaching at the college for 17 years She teaches Spanish 101 amp 102 classes both classshyes can be taken for Honors credit

When asked about what she likes about Cochise College she says ldquoThe first word that comes up is family for mehellip it has changed a lot during 17 years but it mostly still feels like a family and I could really see myself land annually as a familyhere a lot longerrdquo She also experienced 5 months in She has been working with the Spain in 1996 ldquo I got to see a lot of Honors Program for 3 years Munger things it was a really phenomenal enjoys the Honors Program because experiencerdquo ldquoI like that it kicks up the rigor for Along with being passionate about the students It gives students a her family Munger is also interested chance to show what they can do in politics She says ldquoI am a political an opportunity to explore topics of junkiersquo She is also passionate about particular interest to them and an education and Jesus

opportunity to express themselves One of her hobbies is reading in writing on those topicsrdquo She enjoys reading history politics Munger has worked with several or fiction such as Richard Paul Evans Honors students over the years books ldquoI do believe in God and the they generally do projects that Constitution I believe that there compare and contrast an ele- are some documents that are God ment of American culture with inspiredrdquo she shared a similar element as manifested One way Munger puts her in the Spanish-speaking world faith into action is by being a dedi-Some of the projects they have cated instructorresearched in the past include Munger is an asset to Cochise

Christmas traditions Day of the College As an active member of the Dead vs Halloween and Santeriacutea vs Honors Advisory Board Munger has Catholicism been integral in developing the new Munger is originally from Mich- HON 101 curriculum Sign up for igan and has been married for 13 Spanish learn a new language and years to her husband James and she get some honors credit is passionate about her 7 year old daughter Elizabeth One of their fashyvorite things to do is to go to Disneyshy

All-Arizona Scholars

6

All-Arizona ScholarsAll Jasmin Diaz Arizona By Amanda Helt

Students

Sierra Vista AZ ndash Cochise Community College honored 4 high-achieving students who have been named to the All-Arizona Acashydemic Team

Jasmin Diaz Brandon Butterfield Jason Cota and Jesus Atondo were among seventy-five community college scholars from across the state who participated in a ceremony on March 3 which celebrated their outshystanding academic achievements and distinguished leadership skills

The All-Arizona Academic Proshygram awards full-ride scholarships toward enrollment at Arizona State University Northern Arizona Unishyversity or the University of Arizona Students nominated to the All-Arishyzona Academic Team are evaluated for academic performance and sershyvice to the college and the commushynity The nominations are reviewed first by business civic education and government leaders The finalists are then forwarded to Washington DC for second and third rounds of judging by representatives from various federal agencies and national education associations Students are ranked in first second or third state teams

In addition to tuition waivers each of Cochise Collegersquos All-Arizona scholars receive a cash scholarship from the Cochise College Foundashytion in the amount of $1000 for First Team placement and $750 for Second Team

Jasmin Diaz and Brandon Buttershyfield were selected to the All-Arizona First Team First Team students go on to compete for placement on the All-USA Academic Team announced later in the spring in USA Today co-sponsored by Phi Theta Kappa

the American Association of Comshymunity Colleges and USA Today Jason Cota was named to the All-Arshyizona Second Team and Jesus Atondo was named to the All-Arizona Third Team

Jasmin Diaz

Jasmin Diaz is finishing up an Associatersquos degree in Biology After she graduates from Cochise College this spring she plans to transfer to the University of Arishyzona where she will study physiology and pursue a career in medicine

Since Jasmin has attended Cochshyise College she has been an active member of her community She is a member of Phi Theta Kappa and the Honors in Action project which is a program that aims to give over-achieving students the opshyportunities to develop and practice real-world problem solving skills

ldquoA community college may be small but it makes a person grow more than one could ever imaginerdquo Jasmin said ldquoCochise College has given me the leadership skills knowlshyedge and experiences that I will never forget Everything that I have learned at Cochise College every experience I will take with me in my journey to successrdquo

Brandon Butterfield is finishing his Associatersquos degree in General Studies at the Cochise College Sierra Vista campus and will transfer to the University of Arizona where he is planning to major in busishyness to comshyplete his bachshyelorrsquos degree at

After graduating from Douglas High School and enrolling into

Cochise College Jason became a member of Trio and Phi Theta Kappa ndash Alpha Beta Zeta chapter

ldquoCochise College has given me the opportushynity to be the best that I could be academicalshyly and as a leader to

Brandon Butterfield7 the Eller College

of Management othersrdquo Jason said ldquoI

know I am making my

All-Arizona Scholars

Brandon Butterfield

Brandon was homeschooled and after completion of his high school education and enshyrolling at Cochise College Brandon was involved with several student acshytivities on campus He served as Vice President and Secretary for the Sierra Vista Student Government Associashytion Brandon was also President of the Literary Guild for readers and lovers of books

ldquoCochise College gave me the opportunity to get comfortable with college-level work as well as the

Jason Cota classroom environment after being homeschooledrdquo Brandon said ldquoIn

parents proud and I will continuing doing just that I can go through difficult challenges every day but I know I can overcome those challengshyes I am ready to see what this world has for

Jason Cota

rdquoaddition the faculty and staff pushed me to excel and I cannot thank them enough for the influence theyrsquove had on me Because of the experiences Irsquove had in my years at Cochise I feel prepared for any challenges life will throw my wayrdquo

Brandon attributes his success to God his parents and his friends

Jason Cota is majoring in bioloshygy at the Cochise College Douglas campus and plans to transfer to the University of Arizona He will conshytinue majoring in biological sciences at the same time minoring in physishyology He has also been accepted into the University of Arizona Honors College

me

Jason has been awarded the All-Arshyizona Scholarship because of his individual honors project If there is anything he likes doing whether it is academically or physically itrsquos helpshying others better themselves

9

8

All-Arizona Scholars Jesus Atondo

All-Arizona Scholars

Jesus Atondo

Jesus Atondo graduated in Decemshyber 2015 from the Cochise College Santa Cruz Center with an Associatersquos of Arts in Psychology While he was attending Cochise College he served as president of student government and helped promote Cochise College to potential students

ldquoCochise College has given me the opportunity to get involved with community service as well as school extra-curricular activitiesrdquo Jesus said ldquoIt has given me the opportunity to make valuable connections with peoplerdquo

Jesus paid for his Associates degree with scholarships for outstanding performance in academics and has been recognized as an honor student

Jesus plans on attending the Unishyversity of Arizona and graduating with his bachelorrsquos in psychology

General Education Classes available for

Honors AJS 275 ASL 202 BIO 100 BIO 156 BIO 156 BIO 181 BIO 182 BIO 201 BIO 202 BIO 205

BUS 219MAT 167 COM 102 COM 110 COM 204 DMA 211 DMA 260 DMA 261 ENG 102

ENG 102H (all honors) ENG 220 ENG 221 ENG 222 ENG 224 ENG 228 ENG 260 HIS 110 HIS 111 HIS 241 HIS 242

HUM 101 HUM 110 HUM 205 HUM 206 JRN 101 MAT 151 MAT 182 MAT 220 MAT 231 PHI 101 PHI 111 SPA 101 SPA 102 SPA 201

General Education Classes available for

HonorsAJS 275ASL 202BIO 100BIO 156BIO 156BIO 181BIO 182BIO 201BIO 202BIO 205

BUS 219MAT 167COM 102COM 110COM 204DMA 211DMA 260DMA 261ENG 102

ENG 102H (all honors)ENG 220ENG 221ENG 222ENG 224ENG 228ENG 260HIS 110HIS 111HIS 241HIS 242

HUM 101HUM 110HUM 205HUM 206JRN 101MAT 151MAT 182MAT 220MAT 231PHI 101PHI 111SPA 101SPA 102SPA 201

Honors-Animation Mentor

9

Alumnus Faculty

Spotlight Ron Hyde

Ron Hyde is not only an instructor at Cochise College but he is also an alumnus He started taking classes in 1999 and according to Hyde the college was much smaller then He received his Associatersquos in Computer Information Systems with a track in Digital Media and continued on to get a Bachelorrsquos in Education and Education Technology

Hyde teaches the following courses Intro to Animation (DMA 111) Advanced Animation (DMA 211) Creating Multimedia Presenshytations ( DMA 214) Intro to Photo Shop (DMA 110) and Advanced Photo Shop (DMA 210) Advanced Animation can be taken for honors credit (DMA 211)

ldquoWe are very lucky to have a really robust Honors Programrdquo says Hyde Hyde expressed that quite a few peoshyple are involved in the Honors Proshygram at Cochise College and that long time faculty and staff members involved have a lot of institutional knowledge in addition to their regshyular body of knowledge He praised Mary Coyle and Michele Helm for their involvement Hyde said ldquoWe are very blessed to have them and for the program to be so lsquowell oiledrsquordquo

This is his first year as a mentor helping an honors student on a project which is an animated video project to be presented at Colloquishyum on April 28th He is helping this student through all the stages of an

animation project The project begins with the preliminary sketching story boards and screen shots then culshyminates with the animated finished project

He is very familiar with these processes because he worked for

Disney Feature Animation as a professional intern If you enroll in one of his animashytion classes you will probashybly hear him share some of his experiences at Disney Hyde loves teaching and helping students ldquoI love mentoring students and seeing when students finally have the lsquoah harsquo moment and undershystand that is the best

part of teachingrdquo Hyde says In his free time he is cultivating

an orchard he has approximately 20 fruit trees What is unique about him is that he has a large fossil collection As a 5 year old boy he started collectshying fossils after his cousin gave him 2 fossils as a gift ldquoI went crazy for dinosaurs so I started learning about dinosaurs and started collecting morerdquo said Hyde His collection was an exhibit in the library last summer So jump in and take Advanced Animation (DMA 211) for honors credit with Mr Hyde

TO FIND OUT HOW

What is the Honors

Program A prime purpose of the Cochise College Honors Program is to foster the lifelong love of scholarly inquiry openshymindedness and independent thinking Students who meet the challenges afforded by the program gain confishydence in their intellectual abilities and enhanced acashydemic potential The goal of the program is to enrich the collegiate experience providing intellectual chalshylenge and stimulation for motivated creative and acashydemically talented students and faculty Go to the honshy

10 ors website httpwwwcochiseeduhonors for more information about the honors program and to access course listings registration forms and other pertinent information

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS Full Admission General Eligibility Students may join the Honors Program after completing 12 transfershylevel credits with at least a 35 GPA

Preliminary Admission Prior to meeting the General Eligibility requirements listshyed above students may be admitted to the program on a preliminary basis by successfully completing one or more of the Exploratory Courses listed below Any required or recommended honors credits earned during this preliminary stage will count toward the 16 credit Honors Program Distinction after full admission to the program

Exploratory Courses These courses are available for students interested in joining the program for those in their beginning semesshyters of honors study andor for those who have not yet completed 12 credits

HON 101 INTRODUCTION TO HONORS (1 credit) (Required) No prerequisite Tuition scholarship granted to all stushydents upon enrollment This course provides an introshyduction to the philosophy of honors with emphasis on elements of creative scholarship

Earn yourdegree with an

Honors Distinction

ENG 102H COMPOSITION (3 credits) (Recommended) Prerequisite Recommendation of ENG 101 instructor required Regular registration and payment methods apply This course is designed as a General Education gateway into the Honors Program for students who demonstrate academic excellence early on in their studshyies May be taken in conjunction with HON 101

HOW TO EARN HONORS CREDITS Required Introductory Course HON 101 (see Exploratory Courses)

General Education Courses Taken for Honors Students complete existing transfershylevel General Education courses for honors credit Our list of approved honors courses is available on the honors website and updates regularly Contact the instructor for specific information Regular registration and payshyment methods apply

Required Capstone Course

HON 260 shy THE HUMAN QUEST FOR UTOPIA (3 credits) An interdisciplinary exploration of the history literature culture art philosophy technology sciences and economies of utopian communities Students create their own utopias This course also meets the Humanities and Critical InquiryIntensive Writing requirements for the AGEC and may be taken to satisfy these requirements and the Honors Program requireshyments simultaneously HON 250 may be substituted with approval of the Honors Program

HON 250 INDIVIDUAL PROJECT (1shy4 credits) Requires a contract with the faculty mentor (available on honors website)

Tuition Scholarships All enrollees in the HON 101 Introduction to Honors course are automatically granted a tuition scholarship

A special registration form (found on the honors webshysite) is required for HON 260 and HON 250 Students who meet the General Eligibility requirements for the Honors Program are awarded a tuition scholarship for HON 260 or HON 250 otherwise regular payment methshyods apply Regular registration and payment methods apply to all General Education classes taken for honors credit (including ENG 102H)

Visit wwwcochiseeduhonors or contact the Honors chair Mary B Coyle at coylemcochiseedu or (520) 515shy5499

cochiseedu

Honors Students

2

New Honors Student

Angela Miller

Honors Students Fall 2015-Spring 2016

Rakeen Abdali Sean Cluff Angela Miller Courtney Acosta Kaitlin Diemer Robert Myers Hannah Adams Thy Dinh Marcella Quintildeones Erika Andres Terese Ellis Nichole Reid Dawn Bolduc Ciara Garcia Stephanie Sheley Kendra Bristow Jonathon Jones Tristin Solorzano Sarah Chadbourn Alexandra Linhart Olivia Sturgeon Kya Teskey Candle Yarbrough

Miller Enthusiastically Joins Honors Program

Angela Miller a biology major is neurosurgeon She plans to transfer new to the Honors Program This is to NAU or U of A for her bachelorrsquos her first semester taking honor class- degree in Neuroscience and Cog-es and she is beginning by taking nitive Sciences degreethree Psychology 101 Calcu- Right after high lus 2 and British school Miller went to a Literature 2 National Youth Leadershy Miller shares ship Forum in MedishyldquoWhat I like cine that took place in about the Honors Boston Massachusetts Program is that it The camp allowed her is challenging I to experience what it believe it will be would be like to be a good to graduate medical student The with Honors and participants were to that it will open up review cases and go opportunities for through the pro-merdquo cesses that medical She likes Cochise students use to College she especially diagnose what is wrong with their likes the instructors and the people patientsldquoI like college in general more than She is passionate about helping high school because I have more free- people and did volunteer work at the domrdquo says Miller Miller really enjoys hospital over the summerbeing a tutor in the Writing Lab In her spare time she likes to read She is also Literary Guild presi- to play video games or get in some dent The Literary Guild meets one a cardio exercise and to listen to rock month to discuss a pre-chosen book music One of her goals is to become a Choose to join her in a Honors

class soon

Discovering the Basque People

3

Featured Honors Project

Basque People

Alexandria Linhart

Alexandria Linhart is a fulltime honors student at Cochise Colshylege Linhart is fascinated with the Basque region and loves its culture so she chose the Basque people as the subject as one of her Honors projects Guillermo Retana has been her advisor on the project in SPA 201 The Basque region borders Spain and France Only Spain recognizes the Basque lanshyguage at the moshyment Linhart excitedly said ldquoI got interested in the Basque project when in SPA 101 I started researching the culture and hisshytory of the Basque people and I realized not a lot of people know how they got there Their language is unlike any language in Europe and it is a completely different culture They are actually fighting for indeshypendence to be recognized as a new countryrdquo Linhart says that the hardest thing about her project was finding accurate and usable sources She had to dig through a lot of touristy material She will be presenting her project at the Honors Colloquium on April 28th and will also present it in her Spanish class speaking fulshyly in Spanish In her presentation Linhart will cover the language and cultural aspects the history of the region and current events as well as how the Basque countries are perceived today The Basque country is separatshyed by mountains and rivers from

Spain Travelers entering the Basque area are greeted by signs notifying them they are entering a different region The most interesting thing is the language as it doesnrsquot come from any European language One unique aspect that Linhart found about the culture is that the men are generally the cooks The men go to the pubs to cook and

hang out and talk leaving the women at home They also have a different vershysion of Santa Claus He is called Olentzero and he comes from the mounshytain region different versions have him as a coal miner and he has fairies to help him The kids leave wine

out for him (The parents like this) They have many different stories and traditions for other holidays

ldquoThey are a strong people fightshying for what they believe is right They believe that they should have their own country and be able make decisions for themselves The Basque language was suppressed for an extensive period of time and they were not allowed to speak the language They now have brought it back and have started teaching their childrenrdquo says Linhart

ldquoI had loads of fun on this projshyect I have always been a lover of history and this project has allowed me to go in depth on a subject matshyter I found interestingrdquo says Lin-hart She has never been to Spain or to the Basque region but would love to go

Graduating Honors Student

4

Honors Student

Dawn Bolduc

Dawn Bolduc is the first in her immediate family to go to college Bolduc grew up here in Sierra Vista and her family is from Mexico Neishyther of her parents went to college and her mother did not graduate from high school Bolducrsquos parents didnrsquot know much about college including how to apply for scholarshyships so Bolduc worked to pay for her own schooling She started the summer after she graduated from high school in 2009 ldquoIrsquom going to get it donerdquo was her plan but in reality it took about seven years Bolduc is working on her Associatersquos in English and will gradshyuate in May 2016 She has already received an Associatersquos in Biology from Cochise College last summer She is transferring in the fall to the Univershysity of Arizona to obtain a Bachelorrsquos in Physiology Bolduc likes the Honors Program and says ldquoThe Honors Program is reshyally cool because it will make it easier for me to get scholarships to go to the U of A Irsquove registered for fall at U of A and Irsquom already an Honors student because it transferred over That was really good I didnrsquot expect that to happenrdquo She was excited because she also gets an Honors Distinction with graduation She also believes that ldquoMs Coyle is the best part of Honors Programrdquo She has taken all of her Honors

credits with Ms Coyle She took English composition (102H) Irish Literature (260H) British Literature (220H amp 221H) Intro to Shakespeare (222H) and the Human Quest for Utopia (260H) Her next goal is to go medical school and become a surgeon ldquoI would love to cut someone openrdquo she

jokes She also likes orshyganic chemistry Bolduc enjoys other fields as well such as economics public affairs and conshyservation Bolduc is a bartender at Chilirsquos and likes to cook she is vegan She has been married for 3 years to her best friend Valerian Her advice to other students ldquoFind out what the

credit cap is on the numshyber of credits your transfer college accepts for transfer I would be farshyther along if I had been more aware of thatrdquo Bolduc is living proof that perseverance pays off

5

Faculty Spotlight

Stacie Munger

Munger Loves Honors Program

Stacie Munger is a Spanish Inshystructor at the Cochise College Sierra Vista Campus She is also a member of the Honors Advisory Board and an Honors mentor Munger has been teaching at the college for 17 years She teaches Spanish 101 amp 102 classes both classshyes can be taken for Honors credit

When asked about what she likes about Cochise College she says ldquoThe first word that comes up is family for mehellip it has changed a lot during 17 years but it mostly still feels like a family and I could really see myself land annually as a familyhere a lot longerrdquo She also experienced 5 months in She has been working with the Spain in 1996 ldquo I got to see a lot of Honors Program for 3 years Munger things it was a really phenomenal enjoys the Honors Program because experiencerdquo ldquoI like that it kicks up the rigor for Along with being passionate about the students It gives students a her family Munger is also interested chance to show what they can do in politics She says ldquoI am a political an opportunity to explore topics of junkiersquo She is also passionate about particular interest to them and an education and Jesus

opportunity to express themselves One of her hobbies is reading in writing on those topicsrdquo She enjoys reading history politics Munger has worked with several or fiction such as Richard Paul Evans Honors students over the years books ldquoI do believe in God and the they generally do projects that Constitution I believe that there compare and contrast an ele- are some documents that are God ment of American culture with inspiredrdquo she shared a similar element as manifested One way Munger puts her in the Spanish-speaking world faith into action is by being a dedi-Some of the projects they have cated instructorresearched in the past include Munger is an asset to Cochise

Christmas traditions Day of the College As an active member of the Dead vs Halloween and Santeriacutea vs Honors Advisory Board Munger has Catholicism been integral in developing the new Munger is originally from Mich- HON 101 curriculum Sign up for igan and has been married for 13 Spanish learn a new language and years to her husband James and she get some honors credit is passionate about her 7 year old daughter Elizabeth One of their fashyvorite things to do is to go to Disneyshy

All-Arizona Scholars

6

All-Arizona ScholarsAll Jasmin Diaz Arizona By Amanda Helt

Students

Sierra Vista AZ ndash Cochise Community College honored 4 high-achieving students who have been named to the All-Arizona Acashydemic Team

Jasmin Diaz Brandon Butterfield Jason Cota and Jesus Atondo were among seventy-five community college scholars from across the state who participated in a ceremony on March 3 which celebrated their outshystanding academic achievements and distinguished leadership skills

The All-Arizona Academic Proshygram awards full-ride scholarships toward enrollment at Arizona State University Northern Arizona Unishyversity or the University of Arizona Students nominated to the All-Arishyzona Academic Team are evaluated for academic performance and sershyvice to the college and the commushynity The nominations are reviewed first by business civic education and government leaders The finalists are then forwarded to Washington DC for second and third rounds of judging by representatives from various federal agencies and national education associations Students are ranked in first second or third state teams

In addition to tuition waivers each of Cochise Collegersquos All-Arizona scholars receive a cash scholarship from the Cochise College Foundashytion in the amount of $1000 for First Team placement and $750 for Second Team

Jasmin Diaz and Brandon Buttershyfield were selected to the All-Arizona First Team First Team students go on to compete for placement on the All-USA Academic Team announced later in the spring in USA Today co-sponsored by Phi Theta Kappa

the American Association of Comshymunity Colleges and USA Today Jason Cota was named to the All-Arshyizona Second Team and Jesus Atondo was named to the All-Arizona Third Team

Jasmin Diaz

Jasmin Diaz is finishing up an Associatersquos degree in Biology After she graduates from Cochise College this spring she plans to transfer to the University of Arishyzona where she will study physiology and pursue a career in medicine

Since Jasmin has attended Cochshyise College she has been an active member of her community She is a member of Phi Theta Kappa and the Honors in Action project which is a program that aims to give over-achieving students the opshyportunities to develop and practice real-world problem solving skills

ldquoA community college may be small but it makes a person grow more than one could ever imaginerdquo Jasmin said ldquoCochise College has given me the leadership skills knowlshyedge and experiences that I will never forget Everything that I have learned at Cochise College every experience I will take with me in my journey to successrdquo

Brandon Butterfield is finishing his Associatersquos degree in General Studies at the Cochise College Sierra Vista campus and will transfer to the University of Arizona where he is planning to major in busishyness to comshyplete his bachshyelorrsquos degree at

After graduating from Douglas High School and enrolling into

Cochise College Jason became a member of Trio and Phi Theta Kappa ndash Alpha Beta Zeta chapter

ldquoCochise College has given me the opportushynity to be the best that I could be academicalshyly and as a leader to

Brandon Butterfield7 the Eller College

of Management othersrdquo Jason said ldquoI

know I am making my

All-Arizona Scholars

Brandon Butterfield

Brandon was homeschooled and after completion of his high school education and enshyrolling at Cochise College Brandon was involved with several student acshytivities on campus He served as Vice President and Secretary for the Sierra Vista Student Government Associashytion Brandon was also President of the Literary Guild for readers and lovers of books

ldquoCochise College gave me the opportunity to get comfortable with college-level work as well as the

Jason Cota classroom environment after being homeschooledrdquo Brandon said ldquoIn

parents proud and I will continuing doing just that I can go through difficult challenges every day but I know I can overcome those challengshyes I am ready to see what this world has for

Jason Cota

rdquoaddition the faculty and staff pushed me to excel and I cannot thank them enough for the influence theyrsquove had on me Because of the experiences Irsquove had in my years at Cochise I feel prepared for any challenges life will throw my wayrdquo

Brandon attributes his success to God his parents and his friends

Jason Cota is majoring in bioloshygy at the Cochise College Douglas campus and plans to transfer to the University of Arizona He will conshytinue majoring in biological sciences at the same time minoring in physishyology He has also been accepted into the University of Arizona Honors College

me

Jason has been awarded the All-Arshyizona Scholarship because of his individual honors project If there is anything he likes doing whether it is academically or physically itrsquos helpshying others better themselves

9

8

All-Arizona Scholars Jesus Atondo

All-Arizona Scholars

Jesus Atondo

Jesus Atondo graduated in Decemshyber 2015 from the Cochise College Santa Cruz Center with an Associatersquos of Arts in Psychology While he was attending Cochise College he served as president of student government and helped promote Cochise College to potential students

ldquoCochise College has given me the opportunity to get involved with community service as well as school extra-curricular activitiesrdquo Jesus said ldquoIt has given me the opportunity to make valuable connections with peoplerdquo

Jesus paid for his Associates degree with scholarships for outstanding performance in academics and has been recognized as an honor student

Jesus plans on attending the Unishyversity of Arizona and graduating with his bachelorrsquos in psychology

General Education Classes available for

Honors AJS 275 ASL 202 BIO 100 BIO 156 BIO 156 BIO 181 BIO 182 BIO 201 BIO 202 BIO 205

BUS 219MAT 167 COM 102 COM 110 COM 204 DMA 211 DMA 260 DMA 261 ENG 102

ENG 102H (all honors) ENG 220 ENG 221 ENG 222 ENG 224 ENG 228 ENG 260 HIS 110 HIS 111 HIS 241 HIS 242

HUM 101 HUM 110 HUM 205 HUM 206 JRN 101 MAT 151 MAT 182 MAT 220 MAT 231 PHI 101 PHI 111 SPA 101 SPA 102 SPA 201

General Education Classes available for

HonorsAJS 275ASL 202BIO 100BIO 156BIO 156BIO 181BIO 182BIO 201BIO 202BIO 205

BUS 219MAT 167COM 102COM 110COM 204DMA 211DMA 260DMA 261ENG 102

ENG 102H (all honors)ENG 220ENG 221ENG 222ENG 224ENG 228ENG 260HIS 110HIS 111HIS 241HIS 242

HUM 101HUM 110HUM 205HUM 206JRN 101MAT 151MAT 182MAT 220MAT 231PHI 101PHI 111SPA 101SPA 102SPA 201

Honors-Animation Mentor

9

Alumnus Faculty

Spotlight Ron Hyde

Ron Hyde is not only an instructor at Cochise College but he is also an alumnus He started taking classes in 1999 and according to Hyde the college was much smaller then He received his Associatersquos in Computer Information Systems with a track in Digital Media and continued on to get a Bachelorrsquos in Education and Education Technology

Hyde teaches the following courses Intro to Animation (DMA 111) Advanced Animation (DMA 211) Creating Multimedia Presenshytations ( DMA 214) Intro to Photo Shop (DMA 110) and Advanced Photo Shop (DMA 210) Advanced Animation can be taken for honors credit (DMA 211)

ldquoWe are very lucky to have a really robust Honors Programrdquo says Hyde Hyde expressed that quite a few peoshyple are involved in the Honors Proshygram at Cochise College and that long time faculty and staff members involved have a lot of institutional knowledge in addition to their regshyular body of knowledge He praised Mary Coyle and Michele Helm for their involvement Hyde said ldquoWe are very blessed to have them and for the program to be so lsquowell oiledrsquordquo

This is his first year as a mentor helping an honors student on a project which is an animated video project to be presented at Colloquishyum on April 28th He is helping this student through all the stages of an

animation project The project begins with the preliminary sketching story boards and screen shots then culshyminates with the animated finished project

He is very familiar with these processes because he worked for

Disney Feature Animation as a professional intern If you enroll in one of his animashytion classes you will probashybly hear him share some of his experiences at Disney Hyde loves teaching and helping students ldquoI love mentoring students and seeing when students finally have the lsquoah harsquo moment and undershystand that is the best

part of teachingrdquo Hyde says In his free time he is cultivating

an orchard he has approximately 20 fruit trees What is unique about him is that he has a large fossil collection As a 5 year old boy he started collectshying fossils after his cousin gave him 2 fossils as a gift ldquoI went crazy for dinosaurs so I started learning about dinosaurs and started collecting morerdquo said Hyde His collection was an exhibit in the library last summer So jump in and take Advanced Animation (DMA 211) for honors credit with Mr Hyde

TO FIND OUT HOW

What is the Honors

Program A prime purpose of the Cochise College Honors Program is to foster the lifelong love of scholarly inquiry openshymindedness and independent thinking Students who meet the challenges afforded by the program gain confishydence in their intellectual abilities and enhanced acashydemic potential The goal of the program is to enrich the collegiate experience providing intellectual chalshylenge and stimulation for motivated creative and acashydemically talented students and faculty Go to the honshy

10 ors website httpwwwcochiseeduhonors for more information about the honors program and to access course listings registration forms and other pertinent information

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS Full Admission General Eligibility Students may join the Honors Program after completing 12 transfershylevel credits with at least a 35 GPA

Preliminary Admission Prior to meeting the General Eligibility requirements listshyed above students may be admitted to the program on a preliminary basis by successfully completing one or more of the Exploratory Courses listed below Any required or recommended honors credits earned during this preliminary stage will count toward the 16 credit Honors Program Distinction after full admission to the program

Exploratory Courses These courses are available for students interested in joining the program for those in their beginning semesshyters of honors study andor for those who have not yet completed 12 credits

HON 101 INTRODUCTION TO HONORS (1 credit) (Required) No prerequisite Tuition scholarship granted to all stushydents upon enrollment This course provides an introshyduction to the philosophy of honors with emphasis on elements of creative scholarship

Earn yourdegree with an

Honors Distinction

ENG 102H COMPOSITION (3 credits) (Recommended) Prerequisite Recommendation of ENG 101 instructor required Regular registration and payment methods apply This course is designed as a General Education gateway into the Honors Program for students who demonstrate academic excellence early on in their studshyies May be taken in conjunction with HON 101

HOW TO EARN HONORS CREDITS Required Introductory Course HON 101 (see Exploratory Courses)

General Education Courses Taken for Honors Students complete existing transfershylevel General Education courses for honors credit Our list of approved honors courses is available on the honors website and updates regularly Contact the instructor for specific information Regular registration and payshyment methods apply

Required Capstone Course

HON 260 shy THE HUMAN QUEST FOR UTOPIA (3 credits) An interdisciplinary exploration of the history literature culture art philosophy technology sciences and economies of utopian communities Students create their own utopias This course also meets the Humanities and Critical InquiryIntensive Writing requirements for the AGEC and may be taken to satisfy these requirements and the Honors Program requireshyments simultaneously HON 250 may be substituted with approval of the Honors Program

HON 250 INDIVIDUAL PROJECT (1shy4 credits) Requires a contract with the faculty mentor (available on honors website)

Tuition Scholarships All enrollees in the HON 101 Introduction to Honors course are automatically granted a tuition scholarship

A special registration form (found on the honors webshysite) is required for HON 260 and HON 250 Students who meet the General Eligibility requirements for the Honors Program are awarded a tuition scholarship for HON 260 or HON 250 otherwise regular payment methshyods apply Regular registration and payment methods apply to all General Education classes taken for honors credit (including ENG 102H)

Visit wwwcochiseeduhonors or contact the Honors chair Mary B Coyle at coylemcochiseedu or (520) 515shy5499

cochiseedu

Discovering the Basque People

3

Featured Honors Project

Basque People

Alexandria Linhart

Alexandria Linhart is a fulltime honors student at Cochise Colshylege Linhart is fascinated with the Basque region and loves its culture so she chose the Basque people as the subject as one of her Honors projects Guillermo Retana has been her advisor on the project in SPA 201 The Basque region borders Spain and France Only Spain recognizes the Basque lanshyguage at the moshyment Linhart excitedly said ldquoI got interested in the Basque project when in SPA 101 I started researching the culture and hisshytory of the Basque people and I realized not a lot of people know how they got there Their language is unlike any language in Europe and it is a completely different culture They are actually fighting for indeshypendence to be recognized as a new countryrdquo Linhart says that the hardest thing about her project was finding accurate and usable sources She had to dig through a lot of touristy material She will be presenting her project at the Honors Colloquium on April 28th and will also present it in her Spanish class speaking fulshyly in Spanish In her presentation Linhart will cover the language and cultural aspects the history of the region and current events as well as how the Basque countries are perceived today The Basque country is separatshyed by mountains and rivers from

Spain Travelers entering the Basque area are greeted by signs notifying them they are entering a different region The most interesting thing is the language as it doesnrsquot come from any European language One unique aspect that Linhart found about the culture is that the men are generally the cooks The men go to the pubs to cook and

hang out and talk leaving the women at home They also have a different vershysion of Santa Claus He is called Olentzero and he comes from the mounshytain region different versions have him as a coal miner and he has fairies to help him The kids leave wine

out for him (The parents like this) They have many different stories and traditions for other holidays

ldquoThey are a strong people fightshying for what they believe is right They believe that they should have their own country and be able make decisions for themselves The Basque language was suppressed for an extensive period of time and they were not allowed to speak the language They now have brought it back and have started teaching their childrenrdquo says Linhart

ldquoI had loads of fun on this projshyect I have always been a lover of history and this project has allowed me to go in depth on a subject matshyter I found interestingrdquo says Lin-hart She has never been to Spain or to the Basque region but would love to go

Graduating Honors Student

4

Honors Student

Dawn Bolduc

Dawn Bolduc is the first in her immediate family to go to college Bolduc grew up here in Sierra Vista and her family is from Mexico Neishyther of her parents went to college and her mother did not graduate from high school Bolducrsquos parents didnrsquot know much about college including how to apply for scholarshyships so Bolduc worked to pay for her own schooling She started the summer after she graduated from high school in 2009 ldquoIrsquom going to get it donerdquo was her plan but in reality it took about seven years Bolduc is working on her Associatersquos in English and will gradshyuate in May 2016 She has already received an Associatersquos in Biology from Cochise College last summer She is transferring in the fall to the Univershysity of Arizona to obtain a Bachelorrsquos in Physiology Bolduc likes the Honors Program and says ldquoThe Honors Program is reshyally cool because it will make it easier for me to get scholarships to go to the U of A Irsquove registered for fall at U of A and Irsquom already an Honors student because it transferred over That was really good I didnrsquot expect that to happenrdquo She was excited because she also gets an Honors Distinction with graduation She also believes that ldquoMs Coyle is the best part of Honors Programrdquo She has taken all of her Honors

credits with Ms Coyle She took English composition (102H) Irish Literature (260H) British Literature (220H amp 221H) Intro to Shakespeare (222H) and the Human Quest for Utopia (260H) Her next goal is to go medical school and become a surgeon ldquoI would love to cut someone openrdquo she

jokes She also likes orshyganic chemistry Bolduc enjoys other fields as well such as economics public affairs and conshyservation Bolduc is a bartender at Chilirsquos and likes to cook she is vegan She has been married for 3 years to her best friend Valerian Her advice to other students ldquoFind out what the

credit cap is on the numshyber of credits your transfer college accepts for transfer I would be farshyther along if I had been more aware of thatrdquo Bolduc is living proof that perseverance pays off

5

Faculty Spotlight

Stacie Munger

Munger Loves Honors Program

Stacie Munger is a Spanish Inshystructor at the Cochise College Sierra Vista Campus She is also a member of the Honors Advisory Board and an Honors mentor Munger has been teaching at the college for 17 years She teaches Spanish 101 amp 102 classes both classshyes can be taken for Honors credit

When asked about what she likes about Cochise College she says ldquoThe first word that comes up is family for mehellip it has changed a lot during 17 years but it mostly still feels like a family and I could really see myself land annually as a familyhere a lot longerrdquo She also experienced 5 months in She has been working with the Spain in 1996 ldquo I got to see a lot of Honors Program for 3 years Munger things it was a really phenomenal enjoys the Honors Program because experiencerdquo ldquoI like that it kicks up the rigor for Along with being passionate about the students It gives students a her family Munger is also interested chance to show what they can do in politics She says ldquoI am a political an opportunity to explore topics of junkiersquo She is also passionate about particular interest to them and an education and Jesus

opportunity to express themselves One of her hobbies is reading in writing on those topicsrdquo She enjoys reading history politics Munger has worked with several or fiction such as Richard Paul Evans Honors students over the years books ldquoI do believe in God and the they generally do projects that Constitution I believe that there compare and contrast an ele- are some documents that are God ment of American culture with inspiredrdquo she shared a similar element as manifested One way Munger puts her in the Spanish-speaking world faith into action is by being a dedi-Some of the projects they have cated instructorresearched in the past include Munger is an asset to Cochise

Christmas traditions Day of the College As an active member of the Dead vs Halloween and Santeriacutea vs Honors Advisory Board Munger has Catholicism been integral in developing the new Munger is originally from Mich- HON 101 curriculum Sign up for igan and has been married for 13 Spanish learn a new language and years to her husband James and she get some honors credit is passionate about her 7 year old daughter Elizabeth One of their fashyvorite things to do is to go to Disneyshy

All-Arizona Scholars

6

All-Arizona ScholarsAll Jasmin Diaz Arizona By Amanda Helt

Students

Sierra Vista AZ ndash Cochise Community College honored 4 high-achieving students who have been named to the All-Arizona Acashydemic Team

Jasmin Diaz Brandon Butterfield Jason Cota and Jesus Atondo were among seventy-five community college scholars from across the state who participated in a ceremony on March 3 which celebrated their outshystanding academic achievements and distinguished leadership skills

The All-Arizona Academic Proshygram awards full-ride scholarships toward enrollment at Arizona State University Northern Arizona Unishyversity or the University of Arizona Students nominated to the All-Arishyzona Academic Team are evaluated for academic performance and sershyvice to the college and the commushynity The nominations are reviewed first by business civic education and government leaders The finalists are then forwarded to Washington DC for second and third rounds of judging by representatives from various federal agencies and national education associations Students are ranked in first second or third state teams

In addition to tuition waivers each of Cochise Collegersquos All-Arizona scholars receive a cash scholarship from the Cochise College Foundashytion in the amount of $1000 for First Team placement and $750 for Second Team

Jasmin Diaz and Brandon Buttershyfield were selected to the All-Arizona First Team First Team students go on to compete for placement on the All-USA Academic Team announced later in the spring in USA Today co-sponsored by Phi Theta Kappa

the American Association of Comshymunity Colleges and USA Today Jason Cota was named to the All-Arshyizona Second Team and Jesus Atondo was named to the All-Arizona Third Team

Jasmin Diaz

Jasmin Diaz is finishing up an Associatersquos degree in Biology After she graduates from Cochise College this spring she plans to transfer to the University of Arishyzona where she will study physiology and pursue a career in medicine

Since Jasmin has attended Cochshyise College she has been an active member of her community She is a member of Phi Theta Kappa and the Honors in Action project which is a program that aims to give over-achieving students the opshyportunities to develop and practice real-world problem solving skills

ldquoA community college may be small but it makes a person grow more than one could ever imaginerdquo Jasmin said ldquoCochise College has given me the leadership skills knowlshyedge and experiences that I will never forget Everything that I have learned at Cochise College every experience I will take with me in my journey to successrdquo

Brandon Butterfield is finishing his Associatersquos degree in General Studies at the Cochise College Sierra Vista campus and will transfer to the University of Arizona where he is planning to major in busishyness to comshyplete his bachshyelorrsquos degree at

After graduating from Douglas High School and enrolling into

Cochise College Jason became a member of Trio and Phi Theta Kappa ndash Alpha Beta Zeta chapter

ldquoCochise College has given me the opportushynity to be the best that I could be academicalshyly and as a leader to

Brandon Butterfield7 the Eller College

of Management othersrdquo Jason said ldquoI

know I am making my

All-Arizona Scholars

Brandon Butterfield

Brandon was homeschooled and after completion of his high school education and enshyrolling at Cochise College Brandon was involved with several student acshytivities on campus He served as Vice President and Secretary for the Sierra Vista Student Government Associashytion Brandon was also President of the Literary Guild for readers and lovers of books

ldquoCochise College gave me the opportunity to get comfortable with college-level work as well as the

Jason Cota classroom environment after being homeschooledrdquo Brandon said ldquoIn

parents proud and I will continuing doing just that I can go through difficult challenges every day but I know I can overcome those challengshyes I am ready to see what this world has for

Jason Cota

rdquoaddition the faculty and staff pushed me to excel and I cannot thank them enough for the influence theyrsquove had on me Because of the experiences Irsquove had in my years at Cochise I feel prepared for any challenges life will throw my wayrdquo

Brandon attributes his success to God his parents and his friends

Jason Cota is majoring in bioloshygy at the Cochise College Douglas campus and plans to transfer to the University of Arizona He will conshytinue majoring in biological sciences at the same time minoring in physishyology He has also been accepted into the University of Arizona Honors College

me

Jason has been awarded the All-Arshyizona Scholarship because of his individual honors project If there is anything he likes doing whether it is academically or physically itrsquos helpshying others better themselves

9

8

All-Arizona Scholars Jesus Atondo

All-Arizona Scholars

Jesus Atondo

Jesus Atondo graduated in Decemshyber 2015 from the Cochise College Santa Cruz Center with an Associatersquos of Arts in Psychology While he was attending Cochise College he served as president of student government and helped promote Cochise College to potential students

ldquoCochise College has given me the opportunity to get involved with community service as well as school extra-curricular activitiesrdquo Jesus said ldquoIt has given me the opportunity to make valuable connections with peoplerdquo

Jesus paid for his Associates degree with scholarships for outstanding performance in academics and has been recognized as an honor student

Jesus plans on attending the Unishyversity of Arizona and graduating with his bachelorrsquos in psychology

General Education Classes available for

Honors AJS 275 ASL 202 BIO 100 BIO 156 BIO 156 BIO 181 BIO 182 BIO 201 BIO 202 BIO 205

BUS 219MAT 167 COM 102 COM 110 COM 204 DMA 211 DMA 260 DMA 261 ENG 102

ENG 102H (all honors) ENG 220 ENG 221 ENG 222 ENG 224 ENG 228 ENG 260 HIS 110 HIS 111 HIS 241 HIS 242

HUM 101 HUM 110 HUM 205 HUM 206 JRN 101 MAT 151 MAT 182 MAT 220 MAT 231 PHI 101 PHI 111 SPA 101 SPA 102 SPA 201

General Education Classes available for

HonorsAJS 275ASL 202BIO 100BIO 156BIO 156BIO 181BIO 182BIO 201BIO 202BIO 205

BUS 219MAT 167COM 102COM 110COM 204DMA 211DMA 260DMA 261ENG 102

ENG 102H (all honors)ENG 220ENG 221ENG 222ENG 224ENG 228ENG 260HIS 110HIS 111HIS 241HIS 242

HUM 101HUM 110HUM 205HUM 206JRN 101MAT 151MAT 182MAT 220MAT 231PHI 101PHI 111SPA 101SPA 102SPA 201

Honors-Animation Mentor

9

Alumnus Faculty

Spotlight Ron Hyde

Ron Hyde is not only an instructor at Cochise College but he is also an alumnus He started taking classes in 1999 and according to Hyde the college was much smaller then He received his Associatersquos in Computer Information Systems with a track in Digital Media and continued on to get a Bachelorrsquos in Education and Education Technology

Hyde teaches the following courses Intro to Animation (DMA 111) Advanced Animation (DMA 211) Creating Multimedia Presenshytations ( DMA 214) Intro to Photo Shop (DMA 110) and Advanced Photo Shop (DMA 210) Advanced Animation can be taken for honors credit (DMA 211)

ldquoWe are very lucky to have a really robust Honors Programrdquo says Hyde Hyde expressed that quite a few peoshyple are involved in the Honors Proshygram at Cochise College and that long time faculty and staff members involved have a lot of institutional knowledge in addition to their regshyular body of knowledge He praised Mary Coyle and Michele Helm for their involvement Hyde said ldquoWe are very blessed to have them and for the program to be so lsquowell oiledrsquordquo

This is his first year as a mentor helping an honors student on a project which is an animated video project to be presented at Colloquishyum on April 28th He is helping this student through all the stages of an

animation project The project begins with the preliminary sketching story boards and screen shots then culshyminates with the animated finished project

He is very familiar with these processes because he worked for

Disney Feature Animation as a professional intern If you enroll in one of his animashytion classes you will probashybly hear him share some of his experiences at Disney Hyde loves teaching and helping students ldquoI love mentoring students and seeing when students finally have the lsquoah harsquo moment and undershystand that is the best

part of teachingrdquo Hyde says In his free time he is cultivating

an orchard he has approximately 20 fruit trees What is unique about him is that he has a large fossil collection As a 5 year old boy he started collectshying fossils after his cousin gave him 2 fossils as a gift ldquoI went crazy for dinosaurs so I started learning about dinosaurs and started collecting morerdquo said Hyde His collection was an exhibit in the library last summer So jump in and take Advanced Animation (DMA 211) for honors credit with Mr Hyde

TO FIND OUT HOW

What is the Honors

Program A prime purpose of the Cochise College Honors Program is to foster the lifelong love of scholarly inquiry openshymindedness and independent thinking Students who meet the challenges afforded by the program gain confishydence in their intellectual abilities and enhanced acashydemic potential The goal of the program is to enrich the collegiate experience providing intellectual chalshylenge and stimulation for motivated creative and acashydemically talented students and faculty Go to the honshy

10 ors website httpwwwcochiseeduhonors for more information about the honors program and to access course listings registration forms and other pertinent information

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS Full Admission General Eligibility Students may join the Honors Program after completing 12 transfershylevel credits with at least a 35 GPA

Preliminary Admission Prior to meeting the General Eligibility requirements listshyed above students may be admitted to the program on a preliminary basis by successfully completing one or more of the Exploratory Courses listed below Any required or recommended honors credits earned during this preliminary stage will count toward the 16 credit Honors Program Distinction after full admission to the program

Exploratory Courses These courses are available for students interested in joining the program for those in their beginning semesshyters of honors study andor for those who have not yet completed 12 credits

HON 101 INTRODUCTION TO HONORS (1 credit) (Required) No prerequisite Tuition scholarship granted to all stushydents upon enrollment This course provides an introshyduction to the philosophy of honors with emphasis on elements of creative scholarship

Earn yourdegree with an

Honors Distinction

ENG 102H COMPOSITION (3 credits) (Recommended) Prerequisite Recommendation of ENG 101 instructor required Regular registration and payment methods apply This course is designed as a General Education gateway into the Honors Program for students who demonstrate academic excellence early on in their studshyies May be taken in conjunction with HON 101

HOW TO EARN HONORS CREDITS Required Introductory Course HON 101 (see Exploratory Courses)

General Education Courses Taken for Honors Students complete existing transfershylevel General Education courses for honors credit Our list of approved honors courses is available on the honors website and updates regularly Contact the instructor for specific information Regular registration and payshyment methods apply

Required Capstone Course

HON 260 shy THE HUMAN QUEST FOR UTOPIA (3 credits) An interdisciplinary exploration of the history literature culture art philosophy technology sciences and economies of utopian communities Students create their own utopias This course also meets the Humanities and Critical InquiryIntensive Writing requirements for the AGEC and may be taken to satisfy these requirements and the Honors Program requireshyments simultaneously HON 250 may be substituted with approval of the Honors Program

HON 250 INDIVIDUAL PROJECT (1shy4 credits) Requires a contract with the faculty mentor (available on honors website)

Tuition Scholarships All enrollees in the HON 101 Introduction to Honors course are automatically granted a tuition scholarship

A special registration form (found on the honors webshysite) is required for HON 260 and HON 250 Students who meet the General Eligibility requirements for the Honors Program are awarded a tuition scholarship for HON 260 or HON 250 otherwise regular payment methshyods apply Regular registration and payment methods apply to all General Education classes taken for honors credit (including ENG 102H)

Visit wwwcochiseeduhonors or contact the Honors chair Mary B Coyle at coylemcochiseedu or (520) 515shy5499

cochiseedu

Graduating Honors Student

4

Honors Student

Dawn Bolduc

Dawn Bolduc is the first in her immediate family to go to college Bolduc grew up here in Sierra Vista and her family is from Mexico Neishyther of her parents went to college and her mother did not graduate from high school Bolducrsquos parents didnrsquot know much about college including how to apply for scholarshyships so Bolduc worked to pay for her own schooling She started the summer after she graduated from high school in 2009 ldquoIrsquom going to get it donerdquo was her plan but in reality it took about seven years Bolduc is working on her Associatersquos in English and will gradshyuate in May 2016 She has already received an Associatersquos in Biology from Cochise College last summer She is transferring in the fall to the Univershysity of Arizona to obtain a Bachelorrsquos in Physiology Bolduc likes the Honors Program and says ldquoThe Honors Program is reshyally cool because it will make it easier for me to get scholarships to go to the U of A Irsquove registered for fall at U of A and Irsquom already an Honors student because it transferred over That was really good I didnrsquot expect that to happenrdquo She was excited because she also gets an Honors Distinction with graduation She also believes that ldquoMs Coyle is the best part of Honors Programrdquo She has taken all of her Honors

credits with Ms Coyle She took English composition (102H) Irish Literature (260H) British Literature (220H amp 221H) Intro to Shakespeare (222H) and the Human Quest for Utopia (260H) Her next goal is to go medical school and become a surgeon ldquoI would love to cut someone openrdquo she

jokes She also likes orshyganic chemistry Bolduc enjoys other fields as well such as economics public affairs and conshyservation Bolduc is a bartender at Chilirsquos and likes to cook she is vegan She has been married for 3 years to her best friend Valerian Her advice to other students ldquoFind out what the

credit cap is on the numshyber of credits your transfer college accepts for transfer I would be farshyther along if I had been more aware of thatrdquo Bolduc is living proof that perseverance pays off

5

Faculty Spotlight

Stacie Munger

Munger Loves Honors Program

Stacie Munger is a Spanish Inshystructor at the Cochise College Sierra Vista Campus She is also a member of the Honors Advisory Board and an Honors mentor Munger has been teaching at the college for 17 years She teaches Spanish 101 amp 102 classes both classshyes can be taken for Honors credit

When asked about what she likes about Cochise College she says ldquoThe first word that comes up is family for mehellip it has changed a lot during 17 years but it mostly still feels like a family and I could really see myself land annually as a familyhere a lot longerrdquo She also experienced 5 months in She has been working with the Spain in 1996 ldquo I got to see a lot of Honors Program for 3 years Munger things it was a really phenomenal enjoys the Honors Program because experiencerdquo ldquoI like that it kicks up the rigor for Along with being passionate about the students It gives students a her family Munger is also interested chance to show what they can do in politics She says ldquoI am a political an opportunity to explore topics of junkiersquo She is also passionate about particular interest to them and an education and Jesus

opportunity to express themselves One of her hobbies is reading in writing on those topicsrdquo She enjoys reading history politics Munger has worked with several or fiction such as Richard Paul Evans Honors students over the years books ldquoI do believe in God and the they generally do projects that Constitution I believe that there compare and contrast an ele- are some documents that are God ment of American culture with inspiredrdquo she shared a similar element as manifested One way Munger puts her in the Spanish-speaking world faith into action is by being a dedi-Some of the projects they have cated instructorresearched in the past include Munger is an asset to Cochise

Christmas traditions Day of the College As an active member of the Dead vs Halloween and Santeriacutea vs Honors Advisory Board Munger has Catholicism been integral in developing the new Munger is originally from Mich- HON 101 curriculum Sign up for igan and has been married for 13 Spanish learn a new language and years to her husband James and she get some honors credit is passionate about her 7 year old daughter Elizabeth One of their fashyvorite things to do is to go to Disneyshy

All-Arizona Scholars

6

All-Arizona ScholarsAll Jasmin Diaz Arizona By Amanda Helt

Students

Sierra Vista AZ ndash Cochise Community College honored 4 high-achieving students who have been named to the All-Arizona Acashydemic Team

Jasmin Diaz Brandon Butterfield Jason Cota and Jesus Atondo were among seventy-five community college scholars from across the state who participated in a ceremony on March 3 which celebrated their outshystanding academic achievements and distinguished leadership skills

The All-Arizona Academic Proshygram awards full-ride scholarships toward enrollment at Arizona State University Northern Arizona Unishyversity or the University of Arizona Students nominated to the All-Arishyzona Academic Team are evaluated for academic performance and sershyvice to the college and the commushynity The nominations are reviewed first by business civic education and government leaders The finalists are then forwarded to Washington DC for second and third rounds of judging by representatives from various federal agencies and national education associations Students are ranked in first second or third state teams

In addition to tuition waivers each of Cochise Collegersquos All-Arizona scholars receive a cash scholarship from the Cochise College Foundashytion in the amount of $1000 for First Team placement and $750 for Second Team

Jasmin Diaz and Brandon Buttershyfield were selected to the All-Arizona First Team First Team students go on to compete for placement on the All-USA Academic Team announced later in the spring in USA Today co-sponsored by Phi Theta Kappa

the American Association of Comshymunity Colleges and USA Today Jason Cota was named to the All-Arshyizona Second Team and Jesus Atondo was named to the All-Arizona Third Team

Jasmin Diaz

Jasmin Diaz is finishing up an Associatersquos degree in Biology After she graduates from Cochise College this spring she plans to transfer to the University of Arishyzona where she will study physiology and pursue a career in medicine

Since Jasmin has attended Cochshyise College she has been an active member of her community She is a member of Phi Theta Kappa and the Honors in Action project which is a program that aims to give over-achieving students the opshyportunities to develop and practice real-world problem solving skills

ldquoA community college may be small but it makes a person grow more than one could ever imaginerdquo Jasmin said ldquoCochise College has given me the leadership skills knowlshyedge and experiences that I will never forget Everything that I have learned at Cochise College every experience I will take with me in my journey to successrdquo

Brandon Butterfield is finishing his Associatersquos degree in General Studies at the Cochise College Sierra Vista campus and will transfer to the University of Arizona where he is planning to major in busishyness to comshyplete his bachshyelorrsquos degree at

After graduating from Douglas High School and enrolling into

Cochise College Jason became a member of Trio and Phi Theta Kappa ndash Alpha Beta Zeta chapter

ldquoCochise College has given me the opportushynity to be the best that I could be academicalshyly and as a leader to

Brandon Butterfield7 the Eller College

of Management othersrdquo Jason said ldquoI

know I am making my

All-Arizona Scholars

Brandon Butterfield

Brandon was homeschooled and after completion of his high school education and enshyrolling at Cochise College Brandon was involved with several student acshytivities on campus He served as Vice President and Secretary for the Sierra Vista Student Government Associashytion Brandon was also President of the Literary Guild for readers and lovers of books

ldquoCochise College gave me the opportunity to get comfortable with college-level work as well as the

Jason Cota classroom environment after being homeschooledrdquo Brandon said ldquoIn

parents proud and I will continuing doing just that I can go through difficult challenges every day but I know I can overcome those challengshyes I am ready to see what this world has for

Jason Cota

rdquoaddition the faculty and staff pushed me to excel and I cannot thank them enough for the influence theyrsquove had on me Because of the experiences Irsquove had in my years at Cochise I feel prepared for any challenges life will throw my wayrdquo

Brandon attributes his success to God his parents and his friends

Jason Cota is majoring in bioloshygy at the Cochise College Douglas campus and plans to transfer to the University of Arizona He will conshytinue majoring in biological sciences at the same time minoring in physishyology He has also been accepted into the University of Arizona Honors College

me

Jason has been awarded the All-Arshyizona Scholarship because of his individual honors project If there is anything he likes doing whether it is academically or physically itrsquos helpshying others better themselves

9

8

All-Arizona Scholars Jesus Atondo

All-Arizona Scholars

Jesus Atondo

Jesus Atondo graduated in Decemshyber 2015 from the Cochise College Santa Cruz Center with an Associatersquos of Arts in Psychology While he was attending Cochise College he served as president of student government and helped promote Cochise College to potential students

ldquoCochise College has given me the opportunity to get involved with community service as well as school extra-curricular activitiesrdquo Jesus said ldquoIt has given me the opportunity to make valuable connections with peoplerdquo

Jesus paid for his Associates degree with scholarships for outstanding performance in academics and has been recognized as an honor student

Jesus plans on attending the Unishyversity of Arizona and graduating with his bachelorrsquos in psychology

General Education Classes available for

Honors AJS 275 ASL 202 BIO 100 BIO 156 BIO 156 BIO 181 BIO 182 BIO 201 BIO 202 BIO 205

BUS 219MAT 167 COM 102 COM 110 COM 204 DMA 211 DMA 260 DMA 261 ENG 102

ENG 102H (all honors) ENG 220 ENG 221 ENG 222 ENG 224 ENG 228 ENG 260 HIS 110 HIS 111 HIS 241 HIS 242

HUM 101 HUM 110 HUM 205 HUM 206 JRN 101 MAT 151 MAT 182 MAT 220 MAT 231 PHI 101 PHI 111 SPA 101 SPA 102 SPA 201

General Education Classes available for

HonorsAJS 275ASL 202BIO 100BIO 156BIO 156BIO 181BIO 182BIO 201BIO 202BIO 205

BUS 219MAT 167COM 102COM 110COM 204DMA 211DMA 260DMA 261ENG 102

ENG 102H (all honors)ENG 220ENG 221ENG 222ENG 224ENG 228ENG 260HIS 110HIS 111HIS 241HIS 242

HUM 101HUM 110HUM 205HUM 206JRN 101MAT 151MAT 182MAT 220MAT 231PHI 101PHI 111SPA 101SPA 102SPA 201

Honors-Animation Mentor

9

Alumnus Faculty

Spotlight Ron Hyde

Ron Hyde is not only an instructor at Cochise College but he is also an alumnus He started taking classes in 1999 and according to Hyde the college was much smaller then He received his Associatersquos in Computer Information Systems with a track in Digital Media and continued on to get a Bachelorrsquos in Education and Education Technology

Hyde teaches the following courses Intro to Animation (DMA 111) Advanced Animation (DMA 211) Creating Multimedia Presenshytations ( DMA 214) Intro to Photo Shop (DMA 110) and Advanced Photo Shop (DMA 210) Advanced Animation can be taken for honors credit (DMA 211)

ldquoWe are very lucky to have a really robust Honors Programrdquo says Hyde Hyde expressed that quite a few peoshyple are involved in the Honors Proshygram at Cochise College and that long time faculty and staff members involved have a lot of institutional knowledge in addition to their regshyular body of knowledge He praised Mary Coyle and Michele Helm for their involvement Hyde said ldquoWe are very blessed to have them and for the program to be so lsquowell oiledrsquordquo

This is his first year as a mentor helping an honors student on a project which is an animated video project to be presented at Colloquishyum on April 28th He is helping this student through all the stages of an

animation project The project begins with the preliminary sketching story boards and screen shots then culshyminates with the animated finished project

He is very familiar with these processes because he worked for

Disney Feature Animation as a professional intern If you enroll in one of his animashytion classes you will probashybly hear him share some of his experiences at Disney Hyde loves teaching and helping students ldquoI love mentoring students and seeing when students finally have the lsquoah harsquo moment and undershystand that is the best

part of teachingrdquo Hyde says In his free time he is cultivating

an orchard he has approximately 20 fruit trees What is unique about him is that he has a large fossil collection As a 5 year old boy he started collectshying fossils after his cousin gave him 2 fossils as a gift ldquoI went crazy for dinosaurs so I started learning about dinosaurs and started collecting morerdquo said Hyde His collection was an exhibit in the library last summer So jump in and take Advanced Animation (DMA 211) for honors credit with Mr Hyde

TO FIND OUT HOW

What is the Honors

Program A prime purpose of the Cochise College Honors Program is to foster the lifelong love of scholarly inquiry openshymindedness and independent thinking Students who meet the challenges afforded by the program gain confishydence in their intellectual abilities and enhanced acashydemic potential The goal of the program is to enrich the collegiate experience providing intellectual chalshylenge and stimulation for motivated creative and acashydemically talented students and faculty Go to the honshy

10 ors website httpwwwcochiseeduhonors for more information about the honors program and to access course listings registration forms and other pertinent information

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS Full Admission General Eligibility Students may join the Honors Program after completing 12 transfershylevel credits with at least a 35 GPA

Preliminary Admission Prior to meeting the General Eligibility requirements listshyed above students may be admitted to the program on a preliminary basis by successfully completing one or more of the Exploratory Courses listed below Any required or recommended honors credits earned during this preliminary stage will count toward the 16 credit Honors Program Distinction after full admission to the program

Exploratory Courses These courses are available for students interested in joining the program for those in their beginning semesshyters of honors study andor for those who have not yet completed 12 credits

HON 101 INTRODUCTION TO HONORS (1 credit) (Required) No prerequisite Tuition scholarship granted to all stushydents upon enrollment This course provides an introshyduction to the philosophy of honors with emphasis on elements of creative scholarship

Earn yourdegree with an

Honors Distinction

ENG 102H COMPOSITION (3 credits) (Recommended) Prerequisite Recommendation of ENG 101 instructor required Regular registration and payment methods apply This course is designed as a General Education gateway into the Honors Program for students who demonstrate academic excellence early on in their studshyies May be taken in conjunction with HON 101

HOW TO EARN HONORS CREDITS Required Introductory Course HON 101 (see Exploratory Courses)

General Education Courses Taken for Honors Students complete existing transfershylevel General Education courses for honors credit Our list of approved honors courses is available on the honors website and updates regularly Contact the instructor for specific information Regular registration and payshyment methods apply

Required Capstone Course

HON 260 shy THE HUMAN QUEST FOR UTOPIA (3 credits) An interdisciplinary exploration of the history literature culture art philosophy technology sciences and economies of utopian communities Students create their own utopias This course also meets the Humanities and Critical InquiryIntensive Writing requirements for the AGEC and may be taken to satisfy these requirements and the Honors Program requireshyments simultaneously HON 250 may be substituted with approval of the Honors Program

HON 250 INDIVIDUAL PROJECT (1shy4 credits) Requires a contract with the faculty mentor (available on honors website)

Tuition Scholarships All enrollees in the HON 101 Introduction to Honors course are automatically granted a tuition scholarship

A special registration form (found on the honors webshysite) is required for HON 260 and HON 250 Students who meet the General Eligibility requirements for the Honors Program are awarded a tuition scholarship for HON 260 or HON 250 otherwise regular payment methshyods apply Regular registration and payment methods apply to all General Education classes taken for honors credit (including ENG 102H)

Visit wwwcochiseeduhonors or contact the Honors chair Mary B Coyle at coylemcochiseedu or (520) 515shy5499

cochiseedu

5

Faculty Spotlight

Stacie Munger

Munger Loves Honors Program

Stacie Munger is a Spanish Inshystructor at the Cochise College Sierra Vista Campus She is also a member of the Honors Advisory Board and an Honors mentor Munger has been teaching at the college for 17 years She teaches Spanish 101 amp 102 classes both classshyes can be taken for Honors credit

When asked about what she likes about Cochise College she says ldquoThe first word that comes up is family for mehellip it has changed a lot during 17 years but it mostly still feels like a family and I could really see myself land annually as a familyhere a lot longerrdquo She also experienced 5 months in She has been working with the Spain in 1996 ldquo I got to see a lot of Honors Program for 3 years Munger things it was a really phenomenal enjoys the Honors Program because experiencerdquo ldquoI like that it kicks up the rigor for Along with being passionate about the students It gives students a her family Munger is also interested chance to show what they can do in politics She says ldquoI am a political an opportunity to explore topics of junkiersquo She is also passionate about particular interest to them and an education and Jesus

opportunity to express themselves One of her hobbies is reading in writing on those topicsrdquo She enjoys reading history politics Munger has worked with several or fiction such as Richard Paul Evans Honors students over the years books ldquoI do believe in God and the they generally do projects that Constitution I believe that there compare and contrast an ele- are some documents that are God ment of American culture with inspiredrdquo she shared a similar element as manifested One way Munger puts her in the Spanish-speaking world faith into action is by being a dedi-Some of the projects they have cated instructorresearched in the past include Munger is an asset to Cochise

Christmas traditions Day of the College As an active member of the Dead vs Halloween and Santeriacutea vs Honors Advisory Board Munger has Catholicism been integral in developing the new Munger is originally from Mich- HON 101 curriculum Sign up for igan and has been married for 13 Spanish learn a new language and years to her husband James and she get some honors credit is passionate about her 7 year old daughter Elizabeth One of their fashyvorite things to do is to go to Disneyshy

All-Arizona Scholars

6

All-Arizona ScholarsAll Jasmin Diaz Arizona By Amanda Helt

Students

Sierra Vista AZ ndash Cochise Community College honored 4 high-achieving students who have been named to the All-Arizona Acashydemic Team

Jasmin Diaz Brandon Butterfield Jason Cota and Jesus Atondo were among seventy-five community college scholars from across the state who participated in a ceremony on March 3 which celebrated their outshystanding academic achievements and distinguished leadership skills

The All-Arizona Academic Proshygram awards full-ride scholarships toward enrollment at Arizona State University Northern Arizona Unishyversity or the University of Arizona Students nominated to the All-Arishyzona Academic Team are evaluated for academic performance and sershyvice to the college and the commushynity The nominations are reviewed first by business civic education and government leaders The finalists are then forwarded to Washington DC for second and third rounds of judging by representatives from various federal agencies and national education associations Students are ranked in first second or third state teams

In addition to tuition waivers each of Cochise Collegersquos All-Arizona scholars receive a cash scholarship from the Cochise College Foundashytion in the amount of $1000 for First Team placement and $750 for Second Team

Jasmin Diaz and Brandon Buttershyfield were selected to the All-Arizona First Team First Team students go on to compete for placement on the All-USA Academic Team announced later in the spring in USA Today co-sponsored by Phi Theta Kappa

the American Association of Comshymunity Colleges and USA Today Jason Cota was named to the All-Arshyizona Second Team and Jesus Atondo was named to the All-Arizona Third Team

Jasmin Diaz

Jasmin Diaz is finishing up an Associatersquos degree in Biology After she graduates from Cochise College this spring she plans to transfer to the University of Arishyzona where she will study physiology and pursue a career in medicine

Since Jasmin has attended Cochshyise College she has been an active member of her community She is a member of Phi Theta Kappa and the Honors in Action project which is a program that aims to give over-achieving students the opshyportunities to develop and practice real-world problem solving skills

ldquoA community college may be small but it makes a person grow more than one could ever imaginerdquo Jasmin said ldquoCochise College has given me the leadership skills knowlshyedge and experiences that I will never forget Everything that I have learned at Cochise College every experience I will take with me in my journey to successrdquo

Brandon Butterfield is finishing his Associatersquos degree in General Studies at the Cochise College Sierra Vista campus and will transfer to the University of Arizona where he is planning to major in busishyness to comshyplete his bachshyelorrsquos degree at

After graduating from Douglas High School and enrolling into

Cochise College Jason became a member of Trio and Phi Theta Kappa ndash Alpha Beta Zeta chapter

ldquoCochise College has given me the opportushynity to be the best that I could be academicalshyly and as a leader to

Brandon Butterfield7 the Eller College

of Management othersrdquo Jason said ldquoI

know I am making my

All-Arizona Scholars

Brandon Butterfield

Brandon was homeschooled and after completion of his high school education and enshyrolling at Cochise College Brandon was involved with several student acshytivities on campus He served as Vice President and Secretary for the Sierra Vista Student Government Associashytion Brandon was also President of the Literary Guild for readers and lovers of books

ldquoCochise College gave me the opportunity to get comfortable with college-level work as well as the

Jason Cota classroom environment after being homeschooledrdquo Brandon said ldquoIn

parents proud and I will continuing doing just that I can go through difficult challenges every day but I know I can overcome those challengshyes I am ready to see what this world has for

Jason Cota

rdquoaddition the faculty and staff pushed me to excel and I cannot thank them enough for the influence theyrsquove had on me Because of the experiences Irsquove had in my years at Cochise I feel prepared for any challenges life will throw my wayrdquo

Brandon attributes his success to God his parents and his friends

Jason Cota is majoring in bioloshygy at the Cochise College Douglas campus and plans to transfer to the University of Arizona He will conshytinue majoring in biological sciences at the same time minoring in physishyology He has also been accepted into the University of Arizona Honors College

me

Jason has been awarded the All-Arshyizona Scholarship because of his individual honors project If there is anything he likes doing whether it is academically or physically itrsquos helpshying others better themselves

9

8

All-Arizona Scholars Jesus Atondo

All-Arizona Scholars

Jesus Atondo

Jesus Atondo graduated in Decemshyber 2015 from the Cochise College Santa Cruz Center with an Associatersquos of Arts in Psychology While he was attending Cochise College he served as president of student government and helped promote Cochise College to potential students

ldquoCochise College has given me the opportunity to get involved with community service as well as school extra-curricular activitiesrdquo Jesus said ldquoIt has given me the opportunity to make valuable connections with peoplerdquo

Jesus paid for his Associates degree with scholarships for outstanding performance in academics and has been recognized as an honor student

Jesus plans on attending the Unishyversity of Arizona and graduating with his bachelorrsquos in psychology

General Education Classes available for

Honors AJS 275 ASL 202 BIO 100 BIO 156 BIO 156 BIO 181 BIO 182 BIO 201 BIO 202 BIO 205

BUS 219MAT 167 COM 102 COM 110 COM 204 DMA 211 DMA 260 DMA 261 ENG 102

ENG 102H (all honors) ENG 220 ENG 221 ENG 222 ENG 224 ENG 228 ENG 260 HIS 110 HIS 111 HIS 241 HIS 242

HUM 101 HUM 110 HUM 205 HUM 206 JRN 101 MAT 151 MAT 182 MAT 220 MAT 231 PHI 101 PHI 111 SPA 101 SPA 102 SPA 201

General Education Classes available for

HonorsAJS 275ASL 202BIO 100BIO 156BIO 156BIO 181BIO 182BIO 201BIO 202BIO 205

BUS 219MAT 167COM 102COM 110COM 204DMA 211DMA 260DMA 261ENG 102

ENG 102H (all honors)ENG 220ENG 221ENG 222ENG 224ENG 228ENG 260HIS 110HIS 111HIS 241HIS 242

HUM 101HUM 110HUM 205HUM 206JRN 101MAT 151MAT 182MAT 220MAT 231PHI 101PHI 111SPA 101SPA 102SPA 201

Honors-Animation Mentor

9

Alumnus Faculty

Spotlight Ron Hyde

Ron Hyde is not only an instructor at Cochise College but he is also an alumnus He started taking classes in 1999 and according to Hyde the college was much smaller then He received his Associatersquos in Computer Information Systems with a track in Digital Media and continued on to get a Bachelorrsquos in Education and Education Technology

Hyde teaches the following courses Intro to Animation (DMA 111) Advanced Animation (DMA 211) Creating Multimedia Presenshytations ( DMA 214) Intro to Photo Shop (DMA 110) and Advanced Photo Shop (DMA 210) Advanced Animation can be taken for honors credit (DMA 211)

ldquoWe are very lucky to have a really robust Honors Programrdquo says Hyde Hyde expressed that quite a few peoshyple are involved in the Honors Proshygram at Cochise College and that long time faculty and staff members involved have a lot of institutional knowledge in addition to their regshyular body of knowledge He praised Mary Coyle and Michele Helm for their involvement Hyde said ldquoWe are very blessed to have them and for the program to be so lsquowell oiledrsquordquo

This is his first year as a mentor helping an honors student on a project which is an animated video project to be presented at Colloquishyum on April 28th He is helping this student through all the stages of an

animation project The project begins with the preliminary sketching story boards and screen shots then culshyminates with the animated finished project

He is very familiar with these processes because he worked for

Disney Feature Animation as a professional intern If you enroll in one of his animashytion classes you will probashybly hear him share some of his experiences at Disney Hyde loves teaching and helping students ldquoI love mentoring students and seeing when students finally have the lsquoah harsquo moment and undershystand that is the best

part of teachingrdquo Hyde says In his free time he is cultivating

an orchard he has approximately 20 fruit trees What is unique about him is that he has a large fossil collection As a 5 year old boy he started collectshying fossils after his cousin gave him 2 fossils as a gift ldquoI went crazy for dinosaurs so I started learning about dinosaurs and started collecting morerdquo said Hyde His collection was an exhibit in the library last summer So jump in and take Advanced Animation (DMA 211) for honors credit with Mr Hyde

TO FIND OUT HOW

What is the Honors

Program A prime purpose of the Cochise College Honors Program is to foster the lifelong love of scholarly inquiry openshymindedness and independent thinking Students who meet the challenges afforded by the program gain confishydence in their intellectual abilities and enhanced acashydemic potential The goal of the program is to enrich the collegiate experience providing intellectual chalshylenge and stimulation for motivated creative and acashydemically talented students and faculty Go to the honshy

10 ors website httpwwwcochiseeduhonors for more information about the honors program and to access course listings registration forms and other pertinent information

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS Full Admission General Eligibility Students may join the Honors Program after completing 12 transfershylevel credits with at least a 35 GPA

Preliminary Admission Prior to meeting the General Eligibility requirements listshyed above students may be admitted to the program on a preliminary basis by successfully completing one or more of the Exploratory Courses listed below Any required or recommended honors credits earned during this preliminary stage will count toward the 16 credit Honors Program Distinction after full admission to the program

Exploratory Courses These courses are available for students interested in joining the program for those in their beginning semesshyters of honors study andor for those who have not yet completed 12 credits

HON 101 INTRODUCTION TO HONORS (1 credit) (Required) No prerequisite Tuition scholarship granted to all stushydents upon enrollment This course provides an introshyduction to the philosophy of honors with emphasis on elements of creative scholarship

Earn yourdegree with an

Honors Distinction

ENG 102H COMPOSITION (3 credits) (Recommended) Prerequisite Recommendation of ENG 101 instructor required Regular registration and payment methods apply This course is designed as a General Education gateway into the Honors Program for students who demonstrate academic excellence early on in their studshyies May be taken in conjunction with HON 101

HOW TO EARN HONORS CREDITS Required Introductory Course HON 101 (see Exploratory Courses)

General Education Courses Taken for Honors Students complete existing transfershylevel General Education courses for honors credit Our list of approved honors courses is available on the honors website and updates regularly Contact the instructor for specific information Regular registration and payshyment methods apply

Required Capstone Course

HON 260 shy THE HUMAN QUEST FOR UTOPIA (3 credits) An interdisciplinary exploration of the history literature culture art philosophy technology sciences and economies of utopian communities Students create their own utopias This course also meets the Humanities and Critical InquiryIntensive Writing requirements for the AGEC and may be taken to satisfy these requirements and the Honors Program requireshyments simultaneously HON 250 may be substituted with approval of the Honors Program

HON 250 INDIVIDUAL PROJECT (1shy4 credits) Requires a contract with the faculty mentor (available on honors website)

Tuition Scholarships All enrollees in the HON 101 Introduction to Honors course are automatically granted a tuition scholarship

A special registration form (found on the honors webshysite) is required for HON 260 and HON 250 Students who meet the General Eligibility requirements for the Honors Program are awarded a tuition scholarship for HON 260 or HON 250 otherwise regular payment methshyods apply Regular registration and payment methods apply to all General Education classes taken for honors credit (including ENG 102H)

Visit wwwcochiseeduhonors or contact the Honors chair Mary B Coyle at coylemcochiseedu or (520) 515shy5499

cochiseedu

All-Arizona Scholars

6

All-Arizona ScholarsAll Jasmin Diaz Arizona By Amanda Helt

Students

Sierra Vista AZ ndash Cochise Community College honored 4 high-achieving students who have been named to the All-Arizona Acashydemic Team

Jasmin Diaz Brandon Butterfield Jason Cota and Jesus Atondo were among seventy-five community college scholars from across the state who participated in a ceremony on March 3 which celebrated their outshystanding academic achievements and distinguished leadership skills

The All-Arizona Academic Proshygram awards full-ride scholarships toward enrollment at Arizona State University Northern Arizona Unishyversity or the University of Arizona Students nominated to the All-Arishyzona Academic Team are evaluated for academic performance and sershyvice to the college and the commushynity The nominations are reviewed first by business civic education and government leaders The finalists are then forwarded to Washington DC for second and third rounds of judging by representatives from various federal agencies and national education associations Students are ranked in first second or third state teams

In addition to tuition waivers each of Cochise Collegersquos All-Arizona scholars receive a cash scholarship from the Cochise College Foundashytion in the amount of $1000 for First Team placement and $750 for Second Team

Jasmin Diaz and Brandon Buttershyfield were selected to the All-Arizona First Team First Team students go on to compete for placement on the All-USA Academic Team announced later in the spring in USA Today co-sponsored by Phi Theta Kappa

the American Association of Comshymunity Colleges and USA Today Jason Cota was named to the All-Arshyizona Second Team and Jesus Atondo was named to the All-Arizona Third Team

Jasmin Diaz

Jasmin Diaz is finishing up an Associatersquos degree in Biology After she graduates from Cochise College this spring she plans to transfer to the University of Arishyzona where she will study physiology and pursue a career in medicine

Since Jasmin has attended Cochshyise College she has been an active member of her community She is a member of Phi Theta Kappa and the Honors in Action project which is a program that aims to give over-achieving students the opshyportunities to develop and practice real-world problem solving skills

ldquoA community college may be small but it makes a person grow more than one could ever imaginerdquo Jasmin said ldquoCochise College has given me the leadership skills knowlshyedge and experiences that I will never forget Everything that I have learned at Cochise College every experience I will take with me in my journey to successrdquo

Brandon Butterfield is finishing his Associatersquos degree in General Studies at the Cochise College Sierra Vista campus and will transfer to the University of Arizona where he is planning to major in busishyness to comshyplete his bachshyelorrsquos degree at

After graduating from Douglas High School and enrolling into

Cochise College Jason became a member of Trio and Phi Theta Kappa ndash Alpha Beta Zeta chapter

ldquoCochise College has given me the opportushynity to be the best that I could be academicalshyly and as a leader to

Brandon Butterfield7 the Eller College

of Management othersrdquo Jason said ldquoI

know I am making my

All-Arizona Scholars

Brandon Butterfield

Brandon was homeschooled and after completion of his high school education and enshyrolling at Cochise College Brandon was involved with several student acshytivities on campus He served as Vice President and Secretary for the Sierra Vista Student Government Associashytion Brandon was also President of the Literary Guild for readers and lovers of books

ldquoCochise College gave me the opportunity to get comfortable with college-level work as well as the

Jason Cota classroom environment after being homeschooledrdquo Brandon said ldquoIn

parents proud and I will continuing doing just that I can go through difficult challenges every day but I know I can overcome those challengshyes I am ready to see what this world has for

Jason Cota

rdquoaddition the faculty and staff pushed me to excel and I cannot thank them enough for the influence theyrsquove had on me Because of the experiences Irsquove had in my years at Cochise I feel prepared for any challenges life will throw my wayrdquo

Brandon attributes his success to God his parents and his friends

Jason Cota is majoring in bioloshygy at the Cochise College Douglas campus and plans to transfer to the University of Arizona He will conshytinue majoring in biological sciences at the same time minoring in physishyology He has also been accepted into the University of Arizona Honors College

me

Jason has been awarded the All-Arshyizona Scholarship because of his individual honors project If there is anything he likes doing whether it is academically or physically itrsquos helpshying others better themselves

9

8

All-Arizona Scholars Jesus Atondo

All-Arizona Scholars

Jesus Atondo

Jesus Atondo graduated in Decemshyber 2015 from the Cochise College Santa Cruz Center with an Associatersquos of Arts in Psychology While he was attending Cochise College he served as president of student government and helped promote Cochise College to potential students

ldquoCochise College has given me the opportunity to get involved with community service as well as school extra-curricular activitiesrdquo Jesus said ldquoIt has given me the opportunity to make valuable connections with peoplerdquo

Jesus paid for his Associates degree with scholarships for outstanding performance in academics and has been recognized as an honor student

Jesus plans on attending the Unishyversity of Arizona and graduating with his bachelorrsquos in psychology

General Education Classes available for

Honors AJS 275 ASL 202 BIO 100 BIO 156 BIO 156 BIO 181 BIO 182 BIO 201 BIO 202 BIO 205

BUS 219MAT 167 COM 102 COM 110 COM 204 DMA 211 DMA 260 DMA 261 ENG 102

ENG 102H (all honors) ENG 220 ENG 221 ENG 222 ENG 224 ENG 228 ENG 260 HIS 110 HIS 111 HIS 241 HIS 242

HUM 101 HUM 110 HUM 205 HUM 206 JRN 101 MAT 151 MAT 182 MAT 220 MAT 231 PHI 101 PHI 111 SPA 101 SPA 102 SPA 201

General Education Classes available for

HonorsAJS 275ASL 202BIO 100BIO 156BIO 156BIO 181BIO 182BIO 201BIO 202BIO 205

BUS 219MAT 167COM 102COM 110COM 204DMA 211DMA 260DMA 261ENG 102

ENG 102H (all honors)ENG 220ENG 221ENG 222ENG 224ENG 228ENG 260HIS 110HIS 111HIS 241HIS 242

HUM 101HUM 110HUM 205HUM 206JRN 101MAT 151MAT 182MAT 220MAT 231PHI 101PHI 111SPA 101SPA 102SPA 201

Honors-Animation Mentor

9

Alumnus Faculty

Spotlight Ron Hyde

Ron Hyde is not only an instructor at Cochise College but he is also an alumnus He started taking classes in 1999 and according to Hyde the college was much smaller then He received his Associatersquos in Computer Information Systems with a track in Digital Media and continued on to get a Bachelorrsquos in Education and Education Technology

Hyde teaches the following courses Intro to Animation (DMA 111) Advanced Animation (DMA 211) Creating Multimedia Presenshytations ( DMA 214) Intro to Photo Shop (DMA 110) and Advanced Photo Shop (DMA 210) Advanced Animation can be taken for honors credit (DMA 211)

ldquoWe are very lucky to have a really robust Honors Programrdquo says Hyde Hyde expressed that quite a few peoshyple are involved in the Honors Proshygram at Cochise College and that long time faculty and staff members involved have a lot of institutional knowledge in addition to their regshyular body of knowledge He praised Mary Coyle and Michele Helm for their involvement Hyde said ldquoWe are very blessed to have them and for the program to be so lsquowell oiledrsquordquo

This is his first year as a mentor helping an honors student on a project which is an animated video project to be presented at Colloquishyum on April 28th He is helping this student through all the stages of an

animation project The project begins with the preliminary sketching story boards and screen shots then culshyminates with the animated finished project

He is very familiar with these processes because he worked for

Disney Feature Animation as a professional intern If you enroll in one of his animashytion classes you will probashybly hear him share some of his experiences at Disney Hyde loves teaching and helping students ldquoI love mentoring students and seeing when students finally have the lsquoah harsquo moment and undershystand that is the best

part of teachingrdquo Hyde says In his free time he is cultivating

an orchard he has approximately 20 fruit trees What is unique about him is that he has a large fossil collection As a 5 year old boy he started collectshying fossils after his cousin gave him 2 fossils as a gift ldquoI went crazy for dinosaurs so I started learning about dinosaurs and started collecting morerdquo said Hyde His collection was an exhibit in the library last summer So jump in and take Advanced Animation (DMA 211) for honors credit with Mr Hyde

TO FIND OUT HOW

What is the Honors

Program A prime purpose of the Cochise College Honors Program is to foster the lifelong love of scholarly inquiry openshymindedness and independent thinking Students who meet the challenges afforded by the program gain confishydence in their intellectual abilities and enhanced acashydemic potential The goal of the program is to enrich the collegiate experience providing intellectual chalshylenge and stimulation for motivated creative and acashydemically talented students and faculty Go to the honshy

10 ors website httpwwwcochiseeduhonors for more information about the honors program and to access course listings registration forms and other pertinent information

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS Full Admission General Eligibility Students may join the Honors Program after completing 12 transfershylevel credits with at least a 35 GPA

Preliminary Admission Prior to meeting the General Eligibility requirements listshyed above students may be admitted to the program on a preliminary basis by successfully completing one or more of the Exploratory Courses listed below Any required or recommended honors credits earned during this preliminary stage will count toward the 16 credit Honors Program Distinction after full admission to the program

Exploratory Courses These courses are available for students interested in joining the program for those in their beginning semesshyters of honors study andor for those who have not yet completed 12 credits

HON 101 INTRODUCTION TO HONORS (1 credit) (Required) No prerequisite Tuition scholarship granted to all stushydents upon enrollment This course provides an introshyduction to the philosophy of honors with emphasis on elements of creative scholarship

Earn yourdegree with an

Honors Distinction

ENG 102H COMPOSITION (3 credits) (Recommended) Prerequisite Recommendation of ENG 101 instructor required Regular registration and payment methods apply This course is designed as a General Education gateway into the Honors Program for students who demonstrate academic excellence early on in their studshyies May be taken in conjunction with HON 101

HOW TO EARN HONORS CREDITS Required Introductory Course HON 101 (see Exploratory Courses)

General Education Courses Taken for Honors Students complete existing transfershylevel General Education courses for honors credit Our list of approved honors courses is available on the honors website and updates regularly Contact the instructor for specific information Regular registration and payshyment methods apply

Required Capstone Course

HON 260 shy THE HUMAN QUEST FOR UTOPIA (3 credits) An interdisciplinary exploration of the history literature culture art philosophy technology sciences and economies of utopian communities Students create their own utopias This course also meets the Humanities and Critical InquiryIntensive Writing requirements for the AGEC and may be taken to satisfy these requirements and the Honors Program requireshyments simultaneously HON 250 may be substituted with approval of the Honors Program

HON 250 INDIVIDUAL PROJECT (1shy4 credits) Requires a contract with the faculty mentor (available on honors website)

Tuition Scholarships All enrollees in the HON 101 Introduction to Honors course are automatically granted a tuition scholarship

A special registration form (found on the honors webshysite) is required for HON 260 and HON 250 Students who meet the General Eligibility requirements for the Honors Program are awarded a tuition scholarship for HON 260 or HON 250 otherwise regular payment methshyods apply Regular registration and payment methods apply to all General Education classes taken for honors credit (including ENG 102H)

Visit wwwcochiseeduhonors or contact the Honors chair Mary B Coyle at coylemcochiseedu or (520) 515shy5499

cochiseedu

Brandon Butterfield is finishing his Associatersquos degree in General Studies at the Cochise College Sierra Vista campus and will transfer to the University of Arizona where he is planning to major in busishyness to comshyplete his bachshyelorrsquos degree at

After graduating from Douglas High School and enrolling into

Cochise College Jason became a member of Trio and Phi Theta Kappa ndash Alpha Beta Zeta chapter

ldquoCochise College has given me the opportushynity to be the best that I could be academicalshyly and as a leader to

Brandon Butterfield7 the Eller College

of Management othersrdquo Jason said ldquoI

know I am making my

All-Arizona Scholars

Brandon Butterfield

Brandon was homeschooled and after completion of his high school education and enshyrolling at Cochise College Brandon was involved with several student acshytivities on campus He served as Vice President and Secretary for the Sierra Vista Student Government Associashytion Brandon was also President of the Literary Guild for readers and lovers of books

ldquoCochise College gave me the opportunity to get comfortable with college-level work as well as the

Jason Cota classroom environment after being homeschooledrdquo Brandon said ldquoIn

parents proud and I will continuing doing just that I can go through difficult challenges every day but I know I can overcome those challengshyes I am ready to see what this world has for

Jason Cota

rdquoaddition the faculty and staff pushed me to excel and I cannot thank them enough for the influence theyrsquove had on me Because of the experiences Irsquove had in my years at Cochise I feel prepared for any challenges life will throw my wayrdquo

Brandon attributes his success to God his parents and his friends

Jason Cota is majoring in bioloshygy at the Cochise College Douglas campus and plans to transfer to the University of Arizona He will conshytinue majoring in biological sciences at the same time minoring in physishyology He has also been accepted into the University of Arizona Honors College

me

Jason has been awarded the All-Arshyizona Scholarship because of his individual honors project If there is anything he likes doing whether it is academically or physically itrsquos helpshying others better themselves

9

8

All-Arizona Scholars Jesus Atondo

All-Arizona Scholars

Jesus Atondo

Jesus Atondo graduated in Decemshyber 2015 from the Cochise College Santa Cruz Center with an Associatersquos of Arts in Psychology While he was attending Cochise College he served as president of student government and helped promote Cochise College to potential students

ldquoCochise College has given me the opportunity to get involved with community service as well as school extra-curricular activitiesrdquo Jesus said ldquoIt has given me the opportunity to make valuable connections with peoplerdquo

Jesus paid for his Associates degree with scholarships for outstanding performance in academics and has been recognized as an honor student

Jesus plans on attending the Unishyversity of Arizona and graduating with his bachelorrsquos in psychology

General Education Classes available for

Honors AJS 275 ASL 202 BIO 100 BIO 156 BIO 156 BIO 181 BIO 182 BIO 201 BIO 202 BIO 205

BUS 219MAT 167 COM 102 COM 110 COM 204 DMA 211 DMA 260 DMA 261 ENG 102

ENG 102H (all honors) ENG 220 ENG 221 ENG 222 ENG 224 ENG 228 ENG 260 HIS 110 HIS 111 HIS 241 HIS 242

HUM 101 HUM 110 HUM 205 HUM 206 JRN 101 MAT 151 MAT 182 MAT 220 MAT 231 PHI 101 PHI 111 SPA 101 SPA 102 SPA 201

General Education Classes available for

HonorsAJS 275ASL 202BIO 100BIO 156BIO 156BIO 181BIO 182BIO 201BIO 202BIO 205

BUS 219MAT 167COM 102COM 110COM 204DMA 211DMA 260DMA 261ENG 102

ENG 102H (all honors)ENG 220ENG 221ENG 222ENG 224ENG 228ENG 260HIS 110HIS 111HIS 241HIS 242

HUM 101HUM 110HUM 205HUM 206JRN 101MAT 151MAT 182MAT 220MAT 231PHI 101PHI 111SPA 101SPA 102SPA 201

Honors-Animation Mentor

9

Alumnus Faculty

Spotlight Ron Hyde

Ron Hyde is not only an instructor at Cochise College but he is also an alumnus He started taking classes in 1999 and according to Hyde the college was much smaller then He received his Associatersquos in Computer Information Systems with a track in Digital Media and continued on to get a Bachelorrsquos in Education and Education Technology

Hyde teaches the following courses Intro to Animation (DMA 111) Advanced Animation (DMA 211) Creating Multimedia Presenshytations ( DMA 214) Intro to Photo Shop (DMA 110) and Advanced Photo Shop (DMA 210) Advanced Animation can be taken for honors credit (DMA 211)

ldquoWe are very lucky to have a really robust Honors Programrdquo says Hyde Hyde expressed that quite a few peoshyple are involved in the Honors Proshygram at Cochise College and that long time faculty and staff members involved have a lot of institutional knowledge in addition to their regshyular body of knowledge He praised Mary Coyle and Michele Helm for their involvement Hyde said ldquoWe are very blessed to have them and for the program to be so lsquowell oiledrsquordquo

This is his first year as a mentor helping an honors student on a project which is an animated video project to be presented at Colloquishyum on April 28th He is helping this student through all the stages of an

animation project The project begins with the preliminary sketching story boards and screen shots then culshyminates with the animated finished project

He is very familiar with these processes because he worked for

Disney Feature Animation as a professional intern If you enroll in one of his animashytion classes you will probashybly hear him share some of his experiences at Disney Hyde loves teaching and helping students ldquoI love mentoring students and seeing when students finally have the lsquoah harsquo moment and undershystand that is the best

part of teachingrdquo Hyde says In his free time he is cultivating

an orchard he has approximately 20 fruit trees What is unique about him is that he has a large fossil collection As a 5 year old boy he started collectshying fossils after his cousin gave him 2 fossils as a gift ldquoI went crazy for dinosaurs so I started learning about dinosaurs and started collecting morerdquo said Hyde His collection was an exhibit in the library last summer So jump in and take Advanced Animation (DMA 211) for honors credit with Mr Hyde

TO FIND OUT HOW

What is the Honors

Program A prime purpose of the Cochise College Honors Program is to foster the lifelong love of scholarly inquiry openshymindedness and independent thinking Students who meet the challenges afforded by the program gain confishydence in their intellectual abilities and enhanced acashydemic potential The goal of the program is to enrich the collegiate experience providing intellectual chalshylenge and stimulation for motivated creative and acashydemically talented students and faculty Go to the honshy

10 ors website httpwwwcochiseeduhonors for more information about the honors program and to access course listings registration forms and other pertinent information

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS Full Admission General Eligibility Students may join the Honors Program after completing 12 transfershylevel credits with at least a 35 GPA

Preliminary Admission Prior to meeting the General Eligibility requirements listshyed above students may be admitted to the program on a preliminary basis by successfully completing one or more of the Exploratory Courses listed below Any required or recommended honors credits earned during this preliminary stage will count toward the 16 credit Honors Program Distinction after full admission to the program

Exploratory Courses These courses are available for students interested in joining the program for those in their beginning semesshyters of honors study andor for those who have not yet completed 12 credits

HON 101 INTRODUCTION TO HONORS (1 credit) (Required) No prerequisite Tuition scholarship granted to all stushydents upon enrollment This course provides an introshyduction to the philosophy of honors with emphasis on elements of creative scholarship

Earn yourdegree with an

Honors Distinction

ENG 102H COMPOSITION (3 credits) (Recommended) Prerequisite Recommendation of ENG 101 instructor required Regular registration and payment methods apply This course is designed as a General Education gateway into the Honors Program for students who demonstrate academic excellence early on in their studshyies May be taken in conjunction with HON 101

HOW TO EARN HONORS CREDITS Required Introductory Course HON 101 (see Exploratory Courses)

General Education Courses Taken for Honors Students complete existing transfershylevel General Education courses for honors credit Our list of approved honors courses is available on the honors website and updates regularly Contact the instructor for specific information Regular registration and payshyment methods apply

Required Capstone Course

HON 260 shy THE HUMAN QUEST FOR UTOPIA (3 credits) An interdisciplinary exploration of the history literature culture art philosophy technology sciences and economies of utopian communities Students create their own utopias This course also meets the Humanities and Critical InquiryIntensive Writing requirements for the AGEC and may be taken to satisfy these requirements and the Honors Program requireshyments simultaneously HON 250 may be substituted with approval of the Honors Program

HON 250 INDIVIDUAL PROJECT (1shy4 credits) Requires a contract with the faculty mentor (available on honors website)

Tuition Scholarships All enrollees in the HON 101 Introduction to Honors course are automatically granted a tuition scholarship

A special registration form (found on the honors webshysite) is required for HON 260 and HON 250 Students who meet the General Eligibility requirements for the Honors Program are awarded a tuition scholarship for HON 260 or HON 250 otherwise regular payment methshyods apply Regular registration and payment methods apply to all General Education classes taken for honors credit (including ENG 102H)

Visit wwwcochiseeduhonors or contact the Honors chair Mary B Coyle at coylemcochiseedu or (520) 515shy5499

cochiseedu

9

8

All-Arizona Scholars Jesus Atondo

All-Arizona Scholars

Jesus Atondo

Jesus Atondo graduated in Decemshyber 2015 from the Cochise College Santa Cruz Center with an Associatersquos of Arts in Psychology While he was attending Cochise College he served as president of student government and helped promote Cochise College to potential students

ldquoCochise College has given me the opportunity to get involved with community service as well as school extra-curricular activitiesrdquo Jesus said ldquoIt has given me the opportunity to make valuable connections with peoplerdquo

Jesus paid for his Associates degree with scholarships for outstanding performance in academics and has been recognized as an honor student

Jesus plans on attending the Unishyversity of Arizona and graduating with his bachelorrsquos in psychology

General Education Classes available for

Honors AJS 275 ASL 202 BIO 100 BIO 156 BIO 156 BIO 181 BIO 182 BIO 201 BIO 202 BIO 205

BUS 219MAT 167 COM 102 COM 110 COM 204 DMA 211 DMA 260 DMA 261 ENG 102

ENG 102H (all honors) ENG 220 ENG 221 ENG 222 ENG 224 ENG 228 ENG 260 HIS 110 HIS 111 HIS 241 HIS 242

HUM 101 HUM 110 HUM 205 HUM 206 JRN 101 MAT 151 MAT 182 MAT 220 MAT 231 PHI 101 PHI 111 SPA 101 SPA 102 SPA 201

General Education Classes available for

HonorsAJS 275ASL 202BIO 100BIO 156BIO 156BIO 181BIO 182BIO 201BIO 202BIO 205

BUS 219MAT 167COM 102COM 110COM 204DMA 211DMA 260DMA 261ENG 102

ENG 102H (all honors)ENG 220ENG 221ENG 222ENG 224ENG 228ENG 260HIS 110HIS 111HIS 241HIS 242

HUM 101HUM 110HUM 205HUM 206JRN 101MAT 151MAT 182MAT 220MAT 231PHI 101PHI 111SPA 101SPA 102SPA 201

Honors-Animation Mentor

9

Alumnus Faculty

Spotlight Ron Hyde

Ron Hyde is not only an instructor at Cochise College but he is also an alumnus He started taking classes in 1999 and according to Hyde the college was much smaller then He received his Associatersquos in Computer Information Systems with a track in Digital Media and continued on to get a Bachelorrsquos in Education and Education Technology

Hyde teaches the following courses Intro to Animation (DMA 111) Advanced Animation (DMA 211) Creating Multimedia Presenshytations ( DMA 214) Intro to Photo Shop (DMA 110) and Advanced Photo Shop (DMA 210) Advanced Animation can be taken for honors credit (DMA 211)

ldquoWe are very lucky to have a really robust Honors Programrdquo says Hyde Hyde expressed that quite a few peoshyple are involved in the Honors Proshygram at Cochise College and that long time faculty and staff members involved have a lot of institutional knowledge in addition to their regshyular body of knowledge He praised Mary Coyle and Michele Helm for their involvement Hyde said ldquoWe are very blessed to have them and for the program to be so lsquowell oiledrsquordquo

This is his first year as a mentor helping an honors student on a project which is an animated video project to be presented at Colloquishyum on April 28th He is helping this student through all the stages of an

animation project The project begins with the preliminary sketching story boards and screen shots then culshyminates with the animated finished project

He is very familiar with these processes because he worked for

Disney Feature Animation as a professional intern If you enroll in one of his animashytion classes you will probashybly hear him share some of his experiences at Disney Hyde loves teaching and helping students ldquoI love mentoring students and seeing when students finally have the lsquoah harsquo moment and undershystand that is the best

part of teachingrdquo Hyde says In his free time he is cultivating

an orchard he has approximately 20 fruit trees What is unique about him is that he has a large fossil collection As a 5 year old boy he started collectshying fossils after his cousin gave him 2 fossils as a gift ldquoI went crazy for dinosaurs so I started learning about dinosaurs and started collecting morerdquo said Hyde His collection was an exhibit in the library last summer So jump in and take Advanced Animation (DMA 211) for honors credit with Mr Hyde

TO FIND OUT HOW

What is the Honors

Program A prime purpose of the Cochise College Honors Program is to foster the lifelong love of scholarly inquiry openshymindedness and independent thinking Students who meet the challenges afforded by the program gain confishydence in their intellectual abilities and enhanced acashydemic potential The goal of the program is to enrich the collegiate experience providing intellectual chalshylenge and stimulation for motivated creative and acashydemically talented students and faculty Go to the honshy

10 ors website httpwwwcochiseeduhonors for more information about the honors program and to access course listings registration forms and other pertinent information

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS Full Admission General Eligibility Students may join the Honors Program after completing 12 transfershylevel credits with at least a 35 GPA

Preliminary Admission Prior to meeting the General Eligibility requirements listshyed above students may be admitted to the program on a preliminary basis by successfully completing one or more of the Exploratory Courses listed below Any required or recommended honors credits earned during this preliminary stage will count toward the 16 credit Honors Program Distinction after full admission to the program

Exploratory Courses These courses are available for students interested in joining the program for those in their beginning semesshyters of honors study andor for those who have not yet completed 12 credits

HON 101 INTRODUCTION TO HONORS (1 credit) (Required) No prerequisite Tuition scholarship granted to all stushydents upon enrollment This course provides an introshyduction to the philosophy of honors with emphasis on elements of creative scholarship

Earn yourdegree with an

Honors Distinction

ENG 102H COMPOSITION (3 credits) (Recommended) Prerequisite Recommendation of ENG 101 instructor required Regular registration and payment methods apply This course is designed as a General Education gateway into the Honors Program for students who demonstrate academic excellence early on in their studshyies May be taken in conjunction with HON 101

HOW TO EARN HONORS CREDITS Required Introductory Course HON 101 (see Exploratory Courses)

General Education Courses Taken for Honors Students complete existing transfershylevel General Education courses for honors credit Our list of approved honors courses is available on the honors website and updates regularly Contact the instructor for specific information Regular registration and payshyment methods apply

Required Capstone Course

HON 260 shy THE HUMAN QUEST FOR UTOPIA (3 credits) An interdisciplinary exploration of the history literature culture art philosophy technology sciences and economies of utopian communities Students create their own utopias This course also meets the Humanities and Critical InquiryIntensive Writing requirements for the AGEC and may be taken to satisfy these requirements and the Honors Program requireshyments simultaneously HON 250 may be substituted with approval of the Honors Program

HON 250 INDIVIDUAL PROJECT (1shy4 credits) Requires a contract with the faculty mentor (available on honors website)

Tuition Scholarships All enrollees in the HON 101 Introduction to Honors course are automatically granted a tuition scholarship

A special registration form (found on the honors webshysite) is required for HON 260 and HON 250 Students who meet the General Eligibility requirements for the Honors Program are awarded a tuition scholarship for HON 260 or HON 250 otherwise regular payment methshyods apply Regular registration and payment methods apply to all General Education classes taken for honors credit (including ENG 102H)

Visit wwwcochiseeduhonors or contact the Honors chair Mary B Coyle at coylemcochiseedu or (520) 515shy5499

cochiseedu

General Education Classes available for

HonorsAJS 275ASL 202BIO 100BIO 156BIO 156BIO 181BIO 182BIO 201BIO 202BIO 205

BUS 219MAT 167COM 102COM 110COM 204DMA 211DMA 260DMA 261ENG 102

ENG 102H (all honors)ENG 220ENG 221ENG 222ENG 224ENG 228ENG 260HIS 110HIS 111HIS 241HIS 242

HUM 101HUM 110HUM 205HUM 206JRN 101MAT 151MAT 182MAT 220MAT 231PHI 101PHI 111SPA 101SPA 102SPA 201

Honors-Animation Mentor

9

Alumnus Faculty

Spotlight Ron Hyde

Ron Hyde is not only an instructor at Cochise College but he is also an alumnus He started taking classes in 1999 and according to Hyde the college was much smaller then He received his Associatersquos in Computer Information Systems with a track in Digital Media and continued on to get a Bachelorrsquos in Education and Education Technology

Hyde teaches the following courses Intro to Animation (DMA 111) Advanced Animation (DMA 211) Creating Multimedia Presenshytations ( DMA 214) Intro to Photo Shop (DMA 110) and Advanced Photo Shop (DMA 210) Advanced Animation can be taken for honors credit (DMA 211)

ldquoWe are very lucky to have a really robust Honors Programrdquo says Hyde Hyde expressed that quite a few peoshyple are involved in the Honors Proshygram at Cochise College and that long time faculty and staff members involved have a lot of institutional knowledge in addition to their regshyular body of knowledge He praised Mary Coyle and Michele Helm for their involvement Hyde said ldquoWe are very blessed to have them and for the program to be so lsquowell oiledrsquordquo

This is his first year as a mentor helping an honors student on a project which is an animated video project to be presented at Colloquishyum on April 28th He is helping this student through all the stages of an

animation project The project begins with the preliminary sketching story boards and screen shots then culshyminates with the animated finished project

He is very familiar with these processes because he worked for

Disney Feature Animation as a professional intern If you enroll in one of his animashytion classes you will probashybly hear him share some of his experiences at Disney Hyde loves teaching and helping students ldquoI love mentoring students and seeing when students finally have the lsquoah harsquo moment and undershystand that is the best

part of teachingrdquo Hyde says In his free time he is cultivating

an orchard he has approximately 20 fruit trees What is unique about him is that he has a large fossil collection As a 5 year old boy he started collectshying fossils after his cousin gave him 2 fossils as a gift ldquoI went crazy for dinosaurs so I started learning about dinosaurs and started collecting morerdquo said Hyde His collection was an exhibit in the library last summer So jump in and take Advanced Animation (DMA 211) for honors credit with Mr Hyde

TO FIND OUT HOW

What is the Honors

Program A prime purpose of the Cochise College Honors Program is to foster the lifelong love of scholarly inquiry openshymindedness and independent thinking Students who meet the challenges afforded by the program gain confishydence in their intellectual abilities and enhanced acashydemic potential The goal of the program is to enrich the collegiate experience providing intellectual chalshylenge and stimulation for motivated creative and acashydemically talented students and faculty Go to the honshy

10 ors website httpwwwcochiseeduhonors for more information about the honors program and to access course listings registration forms and other pertinent information

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS Full Admission General Eligibility Students may join the Honors Program after completing 12 transfershylevel credits with at least a 35 GPA

Preliminary Admission Prior to meeting the General Eligibility requirements listshyed above students may be admitted to the program on a preliminary basis by successfully completing one or more of the Exploratory Courses listed below Any required or recommended honors credits earned during this preliminary stage will count toward the 16 credit Honors Program Distinction after full admission to the program

Exploratory Courses These courses are available for students interested in joining the program for those in their beginning semesshyters of honors study andor for those who have not yet completed 12 credits

HON 101 INTRODUCTION TO HONORS (1 credit) (Required) No prerequisite Tuition scholarship granted to all stushydents upon enrollment This course provides an introshyduction to the philosophy of honors with emphasis on elements of creative scholarship

Earn yourdegree with an

Honors Distinction

ENG 102H COMPOSITION (3 credits) (Recommended) Prerequisite Recommendation of ENG 101 instructor required Regular registration and payment methods apply This course is designed as a General Education gateway into the Honors Program for students who demonstrate academic excellence early on in their studshyies May be taken in conjunction with HON 101

HOW TO EARN HONORS CREDITS Required Introductory Course HON 101 (see Exploratory Courses)

General Education Courses Taken for Honors Students complete existing transfershylevel General Education courses for honors credit Our list of approved honors courses is available on the honors website and updates regularly Contact the instructor for specific information Regular registration and payshyment methods apply

Required Capstone Course

HON 260 shy THE HUMAN QUEST FOR UTOPIA (3 credits) An interdisciplinary exploration of the history literature culture art philosophy technology sciences and economies of utopian communities Students create their own utopias This course also meets the Humanities and Critical InquiryIntensive Writing requirements for the AGEC and may be taken to satisfy these requirements and the Honors Program requireshyments simultaneously HON 250 may be substituted with approval of the Honors Program

HON 250 INDIVIDUAL PROJECT (1shy4 credits) Requires a contract with the faculty mentor (available on honors website)

Tuition Scholarships All enrollees in the HON 101 Introduction to Honors course are automatically granted a tuition scholarship

A special registration form (found on the honors webshysite) is required for HON 260 and HON 250 Students who meet the General Eligibility requirements for the Honors Program are awarded a tuition scholarship for HON 260 or HON 250 otherwise regular payment methshyods apply Regular registration and payment methods apply to all General Education classes taken for honors credit (including ENG 102H)

Visit wwwcochiseeduhonors or contact the Honors chair Mary B Coyle at coylemcochiseedu or (520) 515shy5499

cochiseedu

TO FIND OUT HOW

What is the Honors

Program A prime purpose of the Cochise College Honors Program is to foster the lifelong love of scholarly inquiry openshymindedness and independent thinking Students who meet the challenges afforded by the program gain confishydence in their intellectual abilities and enhanced acashydemic potential The goal of the program is to enrich the collegiate experience providing intellectual chalshylenge and stimulation for motivated creative and acashydemically talented students and faculty Go to the honshy

10 ors website httpwwwcochiseeduhonors for more information about the honors program and to access course listings registration forms and other pertinent information

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS Full Admission General Eligibility Students may join the Honors Program after completing 12 transfershylevel credits with at least a 35 GPA

Preliminary Admission Prior to meeting the General Eligibility requirements listshyed above students may be admitted to the program on a preliminary basis by successfully completing one or more of the Exploratory Courses listed below Any required or recommended honors credits earned during this preliminary stage will count toward the 16 credit Honors Program Distinction after full admission to the program

Exploratory Courses These courses are available for students interested in joining the program for those in their beginning semesshyters of honors study andor for those who have not yet completed 12 credits

HON 101 INTRODUCTION TO HONORS (1 credit) (Required) No prerequisite Tuition scholarship granted to all stushydents upon enrollment This course provides an introshyduction to the philosophy of honors with emphasis on elements of creative scholarship

Earn yourdegree with an

Honors Distinction

ENG 102H COMPOSITION (3 credits) (Recommended) Prerequisite Recommendation of ENG 101 instructor required Regular registration and payment methods apply This course is designed as a General Education gateway into the Honors Program for students who demonstrate academic excellence early on in their studshyies May be taken in conjunction with HON 101

HOW TO EARN HONORS CREDITS Required Introductory Course HON 101 (see Exploratory Courses)

General Education Courses Taken for Honors Students complete existing transfershylevel General Education courses for honors credit Our list of approved honors courses is available on the honors website and updates regularly Contact the instructor for specific information Regular registration and payshyment methods apply

Required Capstone Course

HON 260 shy THE HUMAN QUEST FOR UTOPIA (3 credits) An interdisciplinary exploration of the history literature culture art philosophy technology sciences and economies of utopian communities Students create their own utopias This course also meets the Humanities and Critical InquiryIntensive Writing requirements for the AGEC and may be taken to satisfy these requirements and the Honors Program requireshyments simultaneously HON 250 may be substituted with approval of the Honors Program

HON 250 INDIVIDUAL PROJECT (1shy4 credits) Requires a contract with the faculty mentor (available on honors website)

Tuition Scholarships All enrollees in the HON 101 Introduction to Honors course are automatically granted a tuition scholarship

A special registration form (found on the honors webshysite) is required for HON 260 and HON 250 Students who meet the General Eligibility requirements for the Honors Program are awarded a tuition scholarship for HON 260 or HON 250 otherwise regular payment methshyods apply Regular registration and payment methods apply to all General Education classes taken for honors credit (including ENG 102H)

Visit wwwcochiseeduhonors or contact the Honors chair Mary B Coyle at coylemcochiseedu or (520) 515shy5499

cochiseedu

C O C H I S E C O L L E G E

Earn yourdegree with

anHonorsdistinction

Transfer with Honors

11

Honors Program Chair Mary B Coyle

Honors Advisory Board Kari Durham

Dr Shaun McGuire Stacie Munger Kevin OrsquoBrien

Dr Kristen Welch

Active Honors Faculty (Offered classes

for Honors 2015-2016)

Tanya Biami Roman Briggs Mary B Coyle Kari Durham

Ron Hyde Stacie Munger Kevin OrsquoBrien

Rebecca Orozco Guillermo Retana

Kim Rogalski Veronica Squyres

Rick Whipple

Honors Distinction Students completing 16 credits of honors earn an Honors Program Distinction seal on their Cochise College diploma and a medallion as well as a notation on their transcripts and on the commencement program

Transfer to University Honors Programs Students earning the Cochise College Honors Program Distinction are often invited to join universityshylevel honshyors programs upon transfer Scholarship opportunities are also available to honors students

Presentation Opportunities Honors students may be given opportunities to present at the Cochise College Honors Colloquium at university honors events or at regional and national honors conshyferences such as those sponsored by the Western Regional Honors Council and the National Collegiate Honors Council

COCHISE COLLEGE HONORS PROGRAM

SIERRA VISTA CAMPUS 901 N Colombo Ave bull Sierra Vista AZ 85635shy2317

(520) 515shy0500

Go to httpwwwcochiseeduhonors for more information

Send an email to coylemcochiseedu to contact the Honors Program chair

Mary B Coyle or call (520) 515shy5499

cochiseedu

HONORS COLLOQUIUM Thursday April 28 2016

1000 AM - 100 PM Horace Steele Room Sierra Vista Campus Cochise College

SCHEDULE OF PRESENTATIONS 1000 am - 1100 am

Multi-Genre Culture for International Communications Student Presenter Erika Andres

Mentor Tanya Biami (COM 204)

NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) Poster ProjectStudent Presenter Erika Andres

Mentor Rick Whipple (DMA 260) The Voices Within Treatment of Mental Illness Through the Ages

Student Presenter Erika Andres Mentor Roman Briggs (HUM 206)

Fashion in the Renaissance Era Student Presenter Alexandria Linhart

Mentor Becky Orozco (HIS 241) History Culture and Language of Pais Vasco (The Basque Country)

Student Presenter Alexandria Linhart Mentor Guillermo Retana (SPA 201)

Cafeacute Shenanigans An Animated ShortStudent Presenter Hannah Adams

Mentor Ron Hyde (DMA 211) Antibacterial Activity of Honey

Student Presenter Marcella QuintildeonesMentor Kari Durham (BIO 205)

How Brain Trauma Influences Sociopathic BehaviorStudent Presenters Kaitlin Diemer and Angela Miller

Mentor Veronica Squyres (PSY 101) Literary Roots of Movie Monsters Frankenstein Dracula and Dr Jekyll amp Mr Hyde

Student Presenters Dawn Bolduc Kaitlin Diemer and Angela MillerMentor Mary B Coyle (ENG 221) Was Antigone a Feminist

Student Presenter Courtney AcostaMentor Kevin OrsquoBrien (ENG 102)

Noon mdash 100 pm

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The Oracle is a Cochise College Honors Publication This editionrsquos staff

Terese Ellis writer Dr Kristen Welch advisor

Mary B Coyle amp Kevin OrsquoBrien editors Rick Whipple amp Terese Ellis designers

Special thanks to Stacie Munger Ron Hyde Alexandria Linhart amp Dawn Bolduc for providing photos or graphics