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This session will provide an overview of supplemental or alternative strategies being<br />
implemented in student selection and retention in order to offer the honors experience to students<br />
who might fall short of the traditional criteria for admission to honors programs and colleges.<br />
First-generation honors students: using advising to encourage success<br />
Angela D. Mead, Appalachian State University<br />
This session will discuss: who are first-generation honors students, why they are at-risk, why it is<br />
important that they succeed, and how academic advising and advisors can help. It will open with<br />
a brief review of the literature surrounding FGHS in honors and lead into a discussion of the<br />
advising needs of first-generation honors students and how best to serve these students.<br />
Portz Grants and Projects<br />
Friday, October 22<br />
2:00 PM – 3:10 PM<br />
Marriott Tower 2nd Floor, Basie Ballroom C<br />
Gen, Sm, T&L<br />
Student Moderator: Emeka Anosike, Mansfield University *<br />
Portz Grants: Funding for Innovative Curricular and Co-Curricular Honors<br />
Programming<br />
Kate Bruce, University of North Carolina Wilmington<br />
Tracie Burke, Christian Brothers University<br />
Ann Eisenberg, University of Texas San Antonio<br />
Cynthia Laurie–Rose, Otterbein <strong>College</strong><br />
A panel of Awards and Grants Committee members and recent Portz Grant recipients will<br />
describe the purpose of and application process for the NCHC Portz Grants. Recipients will<br />
describe the range of innovative programming that is eligible for support by NCHC.<br />
Improvising Medieval Drama for a 21 st Century Honors Project<br />
Brittany Barnes, Kent State University *<br />
Victoria Bocchicchio, Kent State University<br />
Emily Horne, Kent State University *<br />
How do you get 30 honors students, two faculty members, a cart, a tower, and a donkey to the<br />
University of Toronto to participate in the Poculi Ludique Societas (“Cup and Game Society)<br />
production of the Chester Mystery Cycle This multi-media presentation shows students<br />
working in a year-long “Medieval Boot Camp,” building props, designing and creating costumes,<br />
and rehearsing for this exciting opportunity.<br />
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