Honors Faculty Roundtable Agenda
Mills College: October 1, 2011
Lokey Graduate School of Business
Event Goals
The Bay Honors Consortium invites community college honors faculty to the beautiful Mills College campus for a
day focused on honors education. This first-ever Honors Faculty Roundtable has four goals:
 To reinvigorate honors faculty with the wonderful opportunities inherent in
educating highly motivated students;
 To give honors faculty specific tools and ideas they can use in their next honors
course, contract, colloquia or student interaction;
 To promote collegial dialogue among honors faculty in similar disciplines from a
wide range of colleges; and
 To help honors faculty incorporate research into their honors courses and gain
insider tips to assist their students with the Honors Research Symposium.
Schedule
9:00 AM
Registration, Continental Breakfast & Mixer
9:30-10:30AM
Opening Session: Creating Student Scholars: Case Studies in Honors Mentoring
Welcome: Giulietta Aquino, Mills College, Dean of Undergraduate Admission
Opening Comments
Andrew Workman, Mills College, History Professor & Vice Provost
Panel Discussion
10:45-11:45AM
Morning Breakout Sessions
 Putting the Honors in your Honors Courses- Room 109
 Honors Contracts- Room 125
 Beyond Honors Courses & Contracts- Room 110
12-1PM
Lunch- Mediterranean Buffet
1-2PM
Afternoon Breakout Sessions
 Incorporating Research into Honors Humanities, Language & Fine Arts
Room 125
 Incorporating Research into Honors Social, Behavioral & Natural Sciences
Room 109
2:15-3PM
Closing Session: Preparing Your Students for the Honors Research Symposium
3PM
Champagne Reception & Mixer
Opening Session
Creating Student Scholars: Honors Mentoring Case Studies
Moderator: Jennifer Saito, Los Medanos College
Academically mentoring exceptionally gifted and motivated honors students can be a transformative experience not
only for them, but for the professor they select as a mentor. Honors work at a community college is often the spark
that inspires students to become scholars and pursue graduate degrees. This panel features teams of students and
professors who worked together on successful honors projects, several of which were presented at the UC Berkeley and
Stanford Honors Research Symposium.
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Liz Tolleson
Don Kaiper
Ethan Aines
Mena Tajrishi
Deanna Horvath
Jesse Clayburg
Honors Student
History Professor
Honors Student
Honors Student
Photography Professor
Honors Student
Los Medanos College
Los Medanos College
Las Positas College
Las Positas College
Las Positas College
Stanford University (via CCSF)
Morning Breakout Sessions
Putting the Honors in Honors Courses
Moderator: Sami Kudsi, CCSF
(Room 109) “Stand alone” honors courses are only open to honors students and promise them an enhanced
academic experience. What are different models for creating this unique learning environment? How can you take
advantage of your class full of highly motivated students to create dynamic honors courses?
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David Zimny
Julie Maia
Ann Malmuth-Onn
Susan Glass
Political Science
English Literature
Dance History
Critical Writing
Los Medanos College
West Valley College
West Valley College
West Valley College
Honors Contracts
Moderator: Candy Klaschus, Las Positas College
(Room 125) Honors Contracts give students the opportunity to work one-on-one with a professor to craft an honors
project. This panel will discuss how to help students shape their contract ideas, develop the work and successfully
complete the contract.
1. Paul Torres
2. Lauren Hasten
3. Lillian Marrujo-Duck
Political Science
Anthropology
History
Las Positas College
Las Positas College
San Francisco City College
Beyond Honors Courses & Contracts: Colloquia, Split Classes & More
Moderator: Patty Dilko, Cañada College
(Room 110) Many colleges offer “split” honors courses where some students in the class are in the Honors Program
and doing honors work, while others are not. Other colleges offer specialized short-term colloquia and other creative
honors curriculum. This session explores various models and discusses their opportunities and challenges.
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Luciana Castro
David Meckler
Konnilyn Feig
Paul Roscelli
Spanish
Music
History/Political Science
Economics
Skyline College
Cañada College
Foothill College
Cañada College
Afternoon Breakout Sessions
Incorporating Honors Research into the Behavioral, Social and Natural Sciences
Moderator: Eva Mo, Modesto Junior College
(Room 109)
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Gregg Grist
Matthew Kennedy
Chad Redwing
Leslie Rickerd
Physics/Astronomy
Anthropology
American Studies/ Humanities
Math Graduate Student
Skyline College
San Francisco City College
Modesto Junior College
Mills College via Los Medanos College
Incorporating Research into Honors Humanities, Language & Fine Arts
Moderator: Katharine Harer, Skyline College
(Room 125)
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Jude Navari
Scott Lankford
Jennifer Saito
Charity Walden
Music
English
Philosophy/ Math
Honors Student
Skyline College
Foothill College
Los Medanos College
Mills College via Skyline College
Acknowledgements
The Bay Honors Consortium wishes to thank all the volunteer faculty and student panelists for their willingness to
contribute their creativity, ideas and valuable Saturday time. We would also like to acknowledge the following
people and groups from Mills College for their generous offer to host and help organize this event:
Giulietta Aquino
Dean of Undergraduate Admission, Mills College
Vala Burnett
Assistant Director of Admission, Mills College
Debbie Woods
Associate Dean of Admission, Mills College
Andrew Workman
History Professor & Vice Provost, Mills College
Mills College Office of Undergraduate Admission
Mills College Event Services
Mills College AV/ Media Services