The Honors College

National Collegiate Honors Conference: Seattle

Welcome back NCHC travelers! Fifteen students attended and presented their work at the National Collegiate Honors Conference in Seattle Washington over the long weekend. It was a great success for all presenters! The group had additional time to explore the city and experience the West Coast.

After roughly 20 hours of flight and bus voyage, 5,861 miles, and 5 days of travel and conference, we congratulate the students on a job extremely well done!

The presentations were as follows:

1. Cleo Barker, international affairs, “Expanding your borders to know yourself: Synthesizing honors and study abroad”
2. Donncha Coyle, philosophy and political science, “Losing our breath: Articulating a hermeneutic pedagogy in an honors seminar”
3. Brady Davis, business management, “Opportunities and challenges: Integrating Honors College student leadership with Student Government” and “Community food hub: A Business model to fight hunger”
4. Emily Duran-Frontera, food science and human nutrition, “Diversity as an empowerment tool: Views from a Puerto Rican and Columbian at the University of Maine”
5. Chris Gilbert, wildlife ecology, “Opportunities and challenges: Integrating Honors College student leadership with Student Government”
6. Aleah Granger, psychology, “Muslim and Arab prejudice: Understanding our emotions across cultures”
7. Tyler Hicks, psychology, “Losing our breath: Articulating a hermeneutic pedagogy in an honors seminar”
8. Afton Hupper, ecology and environmental science, “Community food hub: A business model to fight hunger”
9. Courtney Jurson, kinesiology and physical education, “Expanding your borders to know yourself: Synthesizing honors and study abroad”
10. Amy Lyons, management and international affairs, “Honors and the cult of personality: Exploring the ethics of undergrad mentorship and research”
11. Ed Medeiros, zoology and international affairs, “Honors and the cult of personality: Exploring the ethics of undergrad mentorship and research”
12. Matthew Sullivan, zoology, “The transdisciplinary benefits of laboratory science-based research”
13. Aliya Uteuova, political science and mass communications, “Expand the journey: Marketing the Honors College to international students”
14. Jasmine Waite, biochemistry, “The transdisciplinary benefits of laboratory science-based research.”
15. Kimberley Crowley, was selected to participate in a poetry master class.