海角社区

April 26, 2022

Date/Time
Monday, 04/26/2021
Location
Reaud Honors College
Submitted By:
Meghan Rapp

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