[DOWNLOAD] "Creating Faculty-Student Interaction (Creating Community)" by Honors in Practice # eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Creating Faculty-Student Interaction (Creating Community)
- Author : Honors in Practice
- Release Date : January 01, 2008
- Genre: Education,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 56 KB
Description
Creating a thriving community is a challenge for any honors program or college, especially for a program in transition like the Honors College at Towson University. The Honors College has approximately nine hundred students out of about sixteen thousand undergraduate students, and within the past three years it has undergone major curricular and structural changes. To keep honors students and faculty connected and invested in their honors experience through this transition period, the Honors College has focused on establishing a tighter bond between faculty and students, one that is unique to the college and recognized by the university as a whole. In the fall of 2005, the Honors College Student Council (HCSC) was formed. Like any student organization, we have experienced the triumphs and pitfalls of becoming an established group in the honors and university communities. We continue to evolve from a small group of dedicated honors students to a fully developed organization that includes students, faculty, and staff. Even though anyone at the university can be a member and honors students are automatically considered members, the HCSC is currently operating with about thirty active student members who attend at least a couple of events and several meetings each semester. The purpose of the HCSC is to create community among the Honors College students and to connect students with faculty. While we host typical student events such as game nights, trips to local museums and attractions, community service projects, and fundraisers, we also facilitate faculty and student interaction in a manner that is unique to our organization at Towson University. Faculty and students connect on social, personal, and academic levels through the outlets of our Seminar Night and "Generation Jeopardy" game.