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Signature Programs 2010
Beginning in Honors TM
Wednesday, October 20
Muehlebach Tower, Colonial Ballroom/ Salons
1:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Beginning in Honors (BIH) serves faculty and administrators who are new to honors education,
whether from programs or colleges. BIH uses a highly interactive format to assist individuals
who are starting honors programs or who are assuming positions of leadership in existing ones.
It addresses basic issues concerning the administration, curriculum, faculty, and students of
honors programs.
Best Honors Administrative Practices Marriott Tower
Friday, October 22 8:00 AM – 4:40 PM Mary Lou Williams A & B
Saturday, October 23 9:30 AM – 6:00 PM Mary Lou Williams A& B
Best Honors Administrative Practices (BHAP) sessions are designed to allow participants with
all levels of honors experience to focus on a number of key administrative issues facing honors
programs and honors colleges. Among the 2010 BHAP presenters are five past presidents of
NCHC, a former NCHC Executive Director, and eight NCHC- Recommended Site Visitors. All
BHAP sessions will be held in the Mary Lou Williams rooms on Friday and Saturday. Please
see the detailed session descriptions for more information about each BHAP session.
Book Display/Sales
Location TBD
A unique feature of the conference is the book display/sales area. Attendees will be able to
examine and purchase books by our plenary and keynote speakers as well as publications related
to our conference theme and books of particular interest to NCHC members, including books
written by NCHC members.
City as Text TM
Muehlebach Tower, Imperial Ballroom
Sponsored by The Washington Center for Internships & Academic Seminars
Thursday, October 21
10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
City as Text TM is an active exploration of the conference site that introduces newcomers to the
multiple discussions of both exploration and the look and lore of a given city. Small groups
armed with maps and assignments undertake a walkabout, a structured exploration of areas
within the site that yields information, impression, and inquiry to pursue further. The wrap-up
session afterwards provides everyone with a complex collection of images pulled from the
several destinations and encounters reported to the entire group. This event serves well as a
mixer and as a way to frame participants’ experience of the conference, where local experts and
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