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Should honors programs encourage students to go on missionary trips if they are unable to study<br />
abroad Can honors draw on missionary students’ experiences to enhance the educations of all<br />
honors students Finally, can the religious goals of missionary experience be compatible with a<br />
secular honors program’s educational goals<br />
Honors and Literacies<br />
Saturday, October 23<br />
11:00 AM – 12:10 PM<br />
Marriott Tower 3rd Floor, Lester Young B<br />
Gen, RIH, T&L<br />
Student Moderator: J.C. Romero, Delgado Community <strong>College</strong> *<br />
Why Honors Students Still Need Freshman Composition<br />
Annmarie Guzy, University of South Alabama<br />
Using AP and dual enrollment credits, honors freshmen can avoid a significant portion of general<br />
education coursework, including freshman composition. A composition specialist reviews<br />
current literature on placement and performance and examines a decade’s worth of freshman<br />
papers to argue why honors students still need entry-level writing instruction.<br />
Honors Freshmen and Information Literacy<br />
Brian C. Etheridge, Louisiana Tech University<br />
The Honors Program at Louisiana Tech University in 2009 used the ETS assessment iSkills to<br />
test information literacy among honors and non-honors freshmen. This paper presents the results<br />
of this assessment and discusses some of the possible implications of the results for honors<br />
education.<br />
Signature Program<br />
Saturday, October 23<br />
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM<br />
Marriott Tower 3rd Floor, Big Joe Turner A & B<br />
Consultants Center<br />
Jeffrey J. Haugaard, University at Albany<br />
Orientation for First-Year Students<br />
170 | P age
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