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Student Moderator: Katherine Child, Washburn University *<br />
Improvisation, Movement, and Coherence for High-Achieving Students at an Urban Open-<br />
Enrollment Institution<br />
Ann M. Fallon, Portland State University<br />
This presentation will be a case study of the complications and improvisations that that arise in<br />
creating a coherent multi-year honors curriculum at an urban, open-enrollment university. The<br />
focus of this presentation is the transformation of the first- and second-year core course at the<br />
second-oldest honors program in Oregon.<br />
Rhythms and Currents: Diversity and Creativity in the Types of Honors Course Offerings<br />
Christine Gray, Community <strong>College</strong> of Baltimore County<br />
Lucy Laufe, Montgomery <strong>College</strong><br />
Joan Naake, Montgomery <strong>College</strong><br />
Jeremy Trucker, Community <strong>College</strong> of Baltimore County<br />
Honors programs invite creativity in the curriculum through diverse course formats and<br />
interdisciplinary learning. This panel explores a range of course types and the establishment and<br />
maintenance of honors standards in three community college honors programs. The panel will<br />
also explore balancing honors courses that meet basic general education requirements with<br />
special learning opportunities for students.<br />
Recruitment and Retention at Two-Year <strong>College</strong>s<br />
Saturday, October 23<br />
2:30 PM – 3:40 PM<br />
Marriott Tower 2nd Floor, Basie Ballroom B1<br />
Gen, Two<br />
Student Moderator: Brittany Jurica, John Brown University *<br />
Overcoming Recruiting Challenges: Strategies for Two-Year <strong>College</strong> Honors Directors<br />
David Putz, Lone Star <strong>College</strong>-Kingwood<br />
Rae Rosenthal, Community <strong>College</strong> of Baltimore County<br />
Recruiting remains one of the biggest challenges for realizing the potential of honors programs at<br />
two-year colleges despite growing enrollments at our institutions. To help two-year college<br />
honors administrators address this paradox, this session brings together directors of two very<br />
different programs who will identify the origins of recruiting difficulties and share strategies that<br />
can help overcome them.<br />
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