01/14/2014 9:30 – 10:45 a.m.
Honors Program Staff Meeting
I. TITLE III ACTIVITY
a. Advisory Board: 02/06 @ 11:00 a.m (T3 – 2.3)
b. Honors Council: 02/12 @ 4:00 p.m.: priority #1: thesis (T3 – 4.4)
c. SAFRA Activity Monitoring Forms (Quarterly Report) Due
d. Summer Bridge Program (now aka: FLAGSHIP) (T3 – 1.2)
e. NCHC Site Visit (G. Lanier; UWF: 03/06-03/07): Self Study evolving (T3 – 2.2)
f. Emerging Leaders Institute (BOW): mid-Feb travel to NCA&T (T3 – 3.6)
g. Test Prep Workshop(s) (T3 – 3.7)
h. MCHC Proposals submitted (n=12; 11 approved) (T3 – 4.1 – 4.5)
i. Honors goes to Broadway (and Title III budget updates) (T3 – 3.3)
j. Forthcoming Honors Meetings / Other Travel: (ACR & WJT) (T3 – 4.1 – 4.4)
i. MCHC (McDaniel C., Westminster, MD 02/28 – 03/01)
ii. NRHC (Niagara Falls, NY 04/03 – 04/06)
k. France & Italy Int’l Planning (BOW) (T3 – 3.3A)
l. Communications / Public Relations (T3 – 2.3)
i. Facebook; Twitter; Newsletter; Website edits (Giving; Monthly Reports)
ii. Wikipedia entry in-progress
OTHER HONORS ACTIVITY
II. PAST
a. Post-Mortem: Honors Reporting & Planning Retreat (01/09/14)
b. Honors Convocation Prelim. Mtg. 01/08; results of poll
ONGOING
c. Honors Calendar
d. Budget Report (weekly) (WJT)
FUTURE
e. Spring Opening General Meeting w/ Students 01/28 @ 11:00 a.m.
f. Winter Newsletter (Volamus) articles
g. Honors to host UMES-wide forum on study abroad… late spring? Fall?
h. SOP: Emergency & Safety Planning for office suite
III. Updates / Reminders
a. Admissions: applications incoming / processed. Need Schol. Review Cte.
b. Revised Forms (esp. “scholarship” (program) application: shred all existing copies, please!)
c. Admin. Computing: Beta Online internal admissions template
IV. Strategic Planning (initiatives indirectly related to Title III, except … [T3-2.4])
a. Honors & Commencement platform party – discussions started, referred to President Bell.
b. MoU with Wor-Wic CC Honors Pgm: need to contact Chairs next.
· To include in welcome back email to students: General Meeting. HONR course for Spring (promote Baughman’s HIST)? Save the Date: Emerging Leaders. New Forms (contracts; community service. Next to revise: lecture/cultural event). Opportunity at Mosely Gallery. Summer Mentoring in FLAGSHIP. Lion King (if approved).