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The Honors College at ETSU Strategic Goals 2005-2006. Update March 2006. Honors Programs. University Honors Scholars 4-year program 22 freshmen each year (target: 88 students, 2008) Fine & Performing Arts Scholars (NEW) 4-year program target = 100 students (25 freshmen per year)
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The Honors College at ETSU Strategic Goals 2005-2006 Update March 2006
Honors Programs • University Honors Scholars • 4-year program • 22 freshmen each year (target: 88 students, 2008) • Fine & Performing Arts Scholars (NEW) • 4-year program • target = 100 students (25 freshmen per year) • Midway Scholars (NEW) • 2-year program for transfer students from community colleges or other universities • Target = 40 students (20 juniors per year) • Honors-in-Discipline Scholars • 14 different disciplines; duration varies by discipline • currently 204 students; target = 320
Opportunities for All • Study Abroad & International Exchange • $500--$1,500 scholarships • defray travel and program costs • Based on student performance, need, and involvement toward degree • Undergraduate Research • $500--$1,000 grants (competitive) • Supplies, travel • $300--$500 Travel Awards • defray travel costs for attending professional conferences to present research
Strategic Plan: 2005/06 • Infrastructure Development • Advisory Boards & Councils • Integration into University • Physical Facilities • Recruitment • Public & Professional Relations • Advancement & Alumni • Curriculum Development • Program Development • Honors Living & Learning Community • Undergraduate Research & Creative Activities • International Programs & Services
Infrastructure Development • Honors College Community Advisory Board Charges: • Student Advising & Mentoring • Professional “networking” • International Sponsorship • Study Abroad Sponsorship • Student Recruitment • Community Development • Cultural Events • Fundraising • Scholarships • Undergraduate Research • International Travel • Arts & Culture
Infrastructure Development • Honors College Faculty Council • By-laws approved and submitted Charges: • Award of Honors Faculty status • Honors College Faculty Fellows selection • Honors Sponsored course approval • Honors College Student Council • Student organization status (SGA) • Seeking Senator representation on SGA Charges: • Student-sponsored events • Student input: provides representation on committees & projects
Infrastructure Development • Physical Facility, Yoakley Hall • International Programs moved to 1st west wing • Multipurpose multimedia classroom • Dean’s office to 1st east wing April, 2006 • Renovation of 2nd floor to classrooms & office, 2006/07 ? • College integration • Peer Institution Reviews & databases • Honors Programs & Colleges • Study Abroad & International • ETSU • Honors Database to track current & alumni • Academic Excellence Convocation • UHON for program-specific courses • Undergraduate Catalog • ETSU Profile & other database systems • ETSU phone book, maps, etc.
Recruitment • New brochures & recruitment materials • Participation in ETSU and other recruitment “fairs” (6) • ETSU at the Mall activities • Mailings • ACT-generated lists • Community Colleges • High School Counselors • School Site Visits • Local Washington & Sullivan counties • University School • Database of private schools in regional urban areas • Minority Recruitment Plan for 2006/07 in development
Public & Professional Relations • Off-Campus • Institutional Memberships • Council on Undergraduate Research • Internationalization Collaborative, American Council on Education • AsianNetwork • National Collegiate Honors Council • Local civic club presentations (Rotary, Monday, Lions) • ETSU at the Mall • Posters-at-the-Capitol (Nashville) • Visits to local schools
Public & Professional Relations • On-campus • Co-Sponsorship • International Ambassadors (Graduate School) • Birth of the Bomb (College of Arts & Sciences) • Diplomacy Forum (Academic Affairs & others) • Bernice Johnson Reagon (Student Affairs) • Student-initiated Events (4, Honors College students) • Luncheon for Governor’s School (CASS) • Appalachian Student Research Forum (Research & Sponsored Programs) • Presentations • Student Government Association • Advancement Office • Alumni Advisory Board • Professional Advisors, all colleges • Undergraduate Research campaign • Study Abroad campaign in development
Advancement & Alumni • Alumni Relations • Database of past graduates • Integrated with Academic Excellence Convocation • Planning for “See How Far We’ve Come” • 10th anniversary of FIRST Honors graduating class • Alumni celebration, Fall Family Festival, October 2007 • Alumni Chapter webpage, in development • Advancement • G.C. Sells & general Summer Research Fellowships • Arts Scholarships • General Scholarships • Honors Living & Learning Center “naming” campaign, in development (Advancement Office)
Curriculum Development • UHON • Honors program-specific courses • UHON 4808 Summer Study Abroad • Available for “experimental” offerings from any department or college • New Honors Programs • Fine & Performing Arts Scholars • Arts Colloquium (professional development) • Artistic Vision (interdisciplinary) • Midway Scholars • Honors Colloquium (professional development) • Research Orientation (interdisciplinary) • Existing Honors Programs • Longman Series pedagogy in history • Review of existing courses, especially general education • Submission of formal course proposals • Honors-sponsored courses • Process in development with Honors College Faculty Council
Program Development • Assessments • Midway Scholars: Focus group, on-going • Arts Scholars: in review for 2007 • Study Abroad: Intercultural Development Instrument • Undergraduate Research focus groups or surveys • in process, Research Discovery & Conference Travel • In development, Collaborative Grants • Honors Living & Learning Community • Program developed with student input • Advancement Office developing “named room” campaign • Honors-in-Discipline Programs • Current total of 204 students enrolled, 110 tuition scholarships • Undergraduate Research & Creative Activities • International Programs & Services
Undergraduate Research & Creative Activities • Student Travel Awards to professional conferences • Procedures established and on-going • $5,600 to 26 students in 11 departments; more awards pending • Student-Faculty Collaborative Grants • Added second cycle; awards pending • Fall awards total $14,000 awards to 16 students in 14 different departments • Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships • Awards established with donations • Award procedures established, currently in process, 2 awards summer 2006 • ETSU Undergraduate Research Symposium March 29 • Co-sponsor Appalachian Student Research Forum • Developing radio program with WETS
Undergraduate Research & Creative Activities • Network of Directors of UR Experiences (NDURE) • NSF proposal submitted in collaboration with Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) • “Using Electronic Portfolios to Assess Student Learning as a Result of Undergraduate Research” • Proposal to Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) Executive Board for a Division for UR Program Administrators • Research Discovery Positions • 18 students, 7 departments • Self-Assessment and Focus Group Assessment underway • AsianNetwork grant by Dr. Weixing Chen • support undergraduate research in political culture in China (not funded) • Posters-at-the-Capitol participation
ETSU Undergraduates: Posters-at-the-Capitol 2006 • Quinton Carroll, Nursing • Rosalee Seymour, faculty advisor • “The Lived Experiences of RNs Working While in Pain” • Fran Chumney, Psychology • Chris Dula, faculty advisor • “Privilege Awareness, Prejudice, and Stereotyping of Ethnic Subcategories” • Kaitlin Dodi, Pharmacology • Don Hoover, faculty advisor • “The Effects of Diabetes on Cholinergic Nerve Fiber Density in Mouse Heart” • Paul Giblock, Computer Science • Phil Pfeiffer, faculty advisor • “An Implementation of a Flat Panel Display: A Hardware/Software Case Study” • Mike Phillips, Biology & Math • Steve Karsai & Jeff Knisley, faculty advisors • “Modeling Self-Organization in Social Wasps”
International Programs & Services • Member, ACE Internationalization Collaborative • Active participation in TBR development efforts • Exchange agreements • Analysis & update of status for extant exchange agreements • 20 existing agreements reviewed, institutions contacted • 13 Inactivated, no contact • NEW • Kansai Gaidai University, Japan • North China University of Technology • Shandong University at Weihai • Blue Hills College, Ecuador • PENDING • Chuo University, Japan • Guangzhou University of Technology, China • Ulyanovsk State University, Russia • The University of Languages in Baku, Azerbaijan
International Programs & Services • Study Abroad / Exchange Students • Outgoing • International: 18 to China, Netherlands, Spain, Korea, Uruguay, Japan, Finland, Australia and New Zealand • National Student Exchange: 4 • Incoming • International: 15 from Japan, Chile, France, Germany, Spain, Nicaragua, and Norway • National Student Exchange: 5 • Future • Fall 2006: 8 outgoing students to the Netherlands, Japan, Scotland, Hungary, Finland, Spain and Korea • Study Abroad Scholarship Program • Nine students received awards ($10,000 total) • Future? Student Fee Request to generate funds • Currently submitted to TBR for approval • $4/semester/student • 90% for student scholarships • 10% for consortium members and publicity • Assessments • Intercultural Development Instrument (IDI) • Spring 2006 Study Abroad students • Future applications of IDI under review
International Programs & Services • International students • 2005/06: 307 from 70 countries • 2006/07: issued 82 immigration documents, to date • New International Student Scholarships • Special fee reduction & housing arrangements for ETSU students • Kansai Gaidai University (Japan), Blue Hills College (Ecuador); others pending • Special Business summer program, France • Faculty Exchange Program • Faculty Guests 2005/06 • North China University of Technology (2, Fall) • Shandong University at Weihai (2, Spring) • Faculty on Exchange • Steven Gross, Shandong University at Weihai • ETSU International Ambassadors • ETSU Family Friends Program • 42 registered families • Upcoming Orientation sessions
International Programs & Services • UHON 4808 Summer Study Abroad • China Study Abroad, Summer • Fulbright-Hayes grant submitted for 2007 • Honors College Faculty Fellows, Dr. Weixing Chen (Political Science) and Dr. Henry Antkiewicz (History) • 2006 “trial,” June1-June 30, 20 participants • Costa Rica Study Abroad, Pre-Summer • Honors College + Biological Sciences • Enrollments pending • Degree Programs in development • North China University of Technology • Advertising + English • Computer Science + Digital Media • Accountancy • Intensive English Language Institute in development
International Programs & Services • Delegation Visits • Youth Ambassadors Program • Hosted 8 high school students from Brazil • Universidad Federal do Amazonas • IP Director, Maria Regina Marinho • Azerbijain University, Provost Natiq Yusifov (visiting Fulbright) • Shandong University at Weihai • Provost & IP Director visited Feb. 18-21 • North China University of Technology • President and delegation, May 6-9 • Conference Participation • Abraham Lincoln Commission on Study Abroad • Internationalization Collaborative, ACE • Association of International Education Administrators • TBR: various conference calls and Nashville visits • NAFSA: Association of International Educators • Council on Undergraduate Research
Total International Students 307, representing 70 different countries
Honors Student Participation Honors Programs = 312 New Honors Programs Midway Scholars Fine & Performing Arts Scholars Undergraduate Research Posters-at-the-Capitol Inaugural UR Summer Fellowships available (2) Research Discovery positions Student Participation = 65 Memberships Council on Undergraduate Research Internationalization Collaborative, American Council on Education AsianNetwork National Collegiate Honors Council International International Students = 307 Strategic Planning for degree/designate underway Student fee request to fund scholarships to TBR China Study Abroad & China language program ETSU International Ambassadors & Family Friends programs Degree programs with NCUT Events Diplomacy Forum ETSU Undergraduate Research Symposium Intercultural Development Instrument for Assessment Highlights