University Honors College Committee

2003-04 Annual Report

2003-2004 Members:	Representing:	Term Expires
Tanya Kevorkian, History	Chair	2004
Steven Miller, English	Director, UHC
Abdelhadi Halawa, Wellness	Education	2004
Angela Cuthbert, Geography	Soc. Sci.	2005
Scott Schaffer, Sociology/Anthropology	Soc. Sci.	2004
R. Jill Craven, English	Hum.	2004
Darla Williams, Comm.	Hum.	2004
Laura Anna, Chemistry	Science & Math	2006
Dorothy Blum, Math	Science & Math	2005
Kelsey Backels, Counseling	Non-School Faculty	2006
Susan Luek, Psychology	Ad hoc
Denise Harbaugh	Student Senate	2004
Jeanne Couchman	Student Senate	2004
Sarah Jacobson	UHC Student Rep.	2004

Meetings:
The committee met six times this academic year, including one e-meeting; average attendance, excluding the e-meeting, was twelve.

Motions forwarded to Senate:
None.

Other deliberations/actions:

The Chair re-appointed one ad hoc member: Susan Luek.
The Committee approved three new Honors courses: English 240 H: Introduction to Film, proposed by Jill Craven; Communication 429 H: Feminist Theory, proposed by Darla Williams; and History 470 H: The Vietnam War, proposed by Ronald Frankum.
The Committee selected candidates and alternates for the SSHE Summer Honors Program.
Committee members and the Director offered thesis workshops for Honors students, primarily sophomores, to prepare them for the process of researching and writing an Honors thesis.
Members of the Committee and the Director selected recipients for Summer Research Stipends.
An updated faculty Liaison system between individual departments and the Honors College was launched in Spring, 2004.

Matters currently in committee:
None.