Attendees:
Dr. Tilisa Thibodeaux, Ms. Kim Vizena, Ms. Meghan Rapp, Mr. Andrew Strange (Reaud Honors College); Dr. Cristian Bahrim, Dr. B. Garrick Harden, Dr. Ashwini Kucknoor (College of Arts & Sciences); Ms. Clare Burns, Dr. Kathy Fraccastoro (College of Business); Dr. Cristina Rios (College of Education & Human Development); Dr. Xianchang Li (College of Engineering); Dr. Stephanie Chadwick, Dr. Timothy Dueppen (College of Fine Arts & Communication); Ms. Taylor Gruizinga (Mary & John Gray Library); and Dr. Gina Hale (School of Nursing).
Unavailable:
Dr. Andrea Karlin (College of Education & Human Development); and Dr. Daniel Chilek (CID).
Agenda Items
1. Update on Creative Pathways/Honors IN - Mr. Andrew Strange
- Researching intern opportunities, job shadowing, research opportunities, etc.
- Reviewing requirements for each college/major and internships to build pathways
- High-impact credits, non-course credits – what are those pathways in each college?
- McNair, OUR – opportunities available to students; bolster these
- Individual major/honors for each specific major – researching with faculty and staff
- Uupper and lower level, opportunities available for students across major
- Bundle these opportunities, so students are not silo-ed into one trajectory
- Garner support from the faculty and staff; colleges
2. Faculty Retreat – discussed reviewing all of the above
3. Website Overview – Ms. Rapp
- Responded to faculty questions about RHC by sharing where information could be found on websit
- Encouraged council/departments to email her about any content improvement ideas
4. Your Suggestions – Dr. Thibodeaux
- Incentive in Honors instruction to think about OUR and McNair (Bahrim)
- Interested in helping develop pathways for internships and HIEP opportunities in Fine Arts (Chadwick)
- Committees for thesis, special topics courses, honors topics
- Outreach to chairs/faculty to submit course ideas for honors topics/seminars
- Let faculty know honors courses are available for teaching
- Faculty survey for input in terms of Creative Pathways/Honors IN
- Honors faculty liaison to reach students
- Sharing and communicating projects, etc. – presenting work through ePortfolios, eg. Dr. Easterly and HNRS American Government