Park University Honors Academy HN304 Updates
Fall 2015
Date of presentations: December 4
Time: 3:30 – 5:30 PM
Location: McCoy Meetin’ House
Date narrative is due: November 25
All students arrive by 2:45 and remain for all peer presentations
This is a mandatory meeting
Students should be present for all peer presentations
Mentors should accompany students
Snacks will be provided for mentors and students at updates
All students will meet with the Scholarship Faculty Fellow following the
presentations for a discussion and evaluation of the presentations
Each semester HN304 students and their mentors meet with members of the Honors and
Scholarship Committee, which is chaired by the Director of the Honors Academy. The
purpose of the meeting is to allow students to discuss the status of their research projects
with committee members and the general public. The committee members may use the
occasion to supply feedback and direction, suggesting changes and/or additions to the
project. Guests may be invited, and various administrators and faculty may stop by to
learn more about the projects.
Students will present a representation of the project (power point, poster, printed
artifact) as part of a 10-12 minute oral narrative summary that describes the project
and progress made during enrollment in HN304. Students should include a properly
formatted list, according to their discipline or program of study, of all sources used
during research. Progress toward project completion should be evident. Students
should be prepared to present the project without computer visuals, in case of power
failure.
Students will email a Word document that includes the elements below to Dr. Benjamin
Newton, Honors Academy Faculty Fellow Coordinator, at Benjamin.newton@park.edu,
on or before: noon on November 25.
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student name, research mentor name, academic major, and academic minor
the project research question/topic
thesis/hypothesis
observations/research
outcome/objectives achieved
sources utilized for the project
a copy or photographs of all visuals utilized
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a copy of IRB approval as applicable
Note: if you do not complete the oral presentation in fall, 2015, you will present as part of
a panel at the spring, 2015 11th Annual Student Research and Creative Arts
Symposium, and you must register at www.park.edu/symposium early in the spring
semester.