1. Honors Program Eric Dubitsky, Katelyn Eisenhooth, Jessica Hakes, Kari Wetzel

2.  Honors programs assist students with exceptional promise who hope to make meaningful contributions to society  Honors programs promotes academic excellence, engages students in the development of ethical global perspectives, promotes civic involvement and encourages leadership development  The central goal of Honors education is academic enrichment; honors programs are based on how student profit from close contact with faculty, smaller courses, seminars, etc. Perry’s Dualism  Multiplicity  Relativism Baxter Magolda- Self-Authorship Chickering’s Establishing Identity Vector & Developing mature relationships

3.  ‘Gesture Your Name’  Erikson’s creating intimacy instead of isolation, overcoming barriers of familiarity.

4.  Question and answer session.  You are more than a number.  Schlossberg’s Marginalizing and Mattering – students are important and we care about your development from the top down.

5.  Team-building  Directions  Cup Pyramid Activity  Preventing, managing and surviving conflict  Role-play with different situations  Group activity with a Conflict Case Study Teambuilding for success using Kolb’s Learning Style Model to help students to develop strategies and tools to work effectively on a team of many different people. Chickering’s Seven Vector Theory: Competence-interpersonal Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Mode Instrument – help students understand conflict and how to resolve it in the best way possible Chickering’s Seven Vector Theory: Competence-interpersonal Kolb’s Learning Style Model

6.  What is diversity?  Group exercise: Diversity Chain  Meet representatives from different diversity groups on campus.  Discussion Panel about campus diversity and about how to get involved in these diversity groups Sanford’s Differentiation and Integration Theory Schlossberg’s Marginalization and Mattering Theory Chickering’s Fourth Vector – Developing Mature Relationships Feldman and Newcomb’s Peer Learning Theory Astin’s Theory of Involvement

7.  Turban-wearing applicant rejected  Harmless joke or cyber- bullying  Interracial couple harassed  Group discussion to follow this exercise King and Kitchener’s reflective judgment model, Kohlberg’s theory of moral development, Perry’s Intellectual Development Theory

8.  Discovering academic options and majors available on campus.  Kolb’s Learning Assessment.  To learn your own learning styles.  Peer Mentors  Sanford – Challenge and Support  Perry Intellectual Development Theory- moving from "dualism to relativism"  Feldman/Newcomb – Peer Learning Theory

9.  Take Myers/Briggs Personality Test  Understand careers available within your chosen major  Chickering – Developing purpose  Myers/Briggs – Personality Test  Holland- Vocational Interest Theory  Magolda- Self-authorship

10.  Meeting with an Academic Advisor  Learning how to register for classes  Chickering – Developing Autonomy & Developing Purpose  Magolda- Self-authorship  Sanford- Challenge & Support  Schlossberg- Marginalization and Mattering

11.  Required service projects as part of honors program.  Opportunities for service.  Think of one service opportunity to complete as a class this semester.  Think of one service opportunity to complete as an individual.  Schlossberg – marginality/mattering. Erikson (stage 7) – generativity vs. stagnation (engaging self and providing other opportunity through service).

12.  Innovative solutions- providing tools for the students to creatively solve issues.  Think of a current problem that effects you or your world and create solution  Sanford – Creating a challenging and supportive environment.  Perry – Moving students from a dualism to relativism.  King & Kitchener- Reflective Judgment Model

13.  Dinner in the dinning hall  Guest Speaker – Dr. Ndamukong Suh – Director Stress Management Cleveland Clinic  Chickering – creating meaningful relationships.  Erikson (stage 6) – intimacy vs. isolation (establishing relationships with others)