National Collegiate Honors Council
Date of this Version
2024
Document Type
Journal Issue
Citation
Honors in Practice: A Publication of the National Collegiate Honors Council (2024) 20.
Guest journal editor: John Zubizarreta.
Abstract
Guest Editor’s Introduction • John Zubizarreta
Remebering Ada Long
A Long Legacy for the Ages (Dedicatory Essay) • Jeffrey A. Portnoy
Keep Ada Happy! • Larry Andrews
Honors in Practice: Ada Long • Bernice Braid
Tribute to Ada Long • James J. Clauss
For Ada • Lisa L. Coleman
Memories of Ada—With Fondness and Admiration • Kevin W. Dean
Reflections on Ada Long • Joan Digby
Life, Love, Work, and Ada Long • Linda Frost
Insight, Sincerity, and Wit: Remembrances of Ada • Galit Gertsenzon
Giant Shoes to Fill • Devon Graham
Not All Heroes Wear Capes—Remembering Ada Long • Raymond Green
An Author’s Note about the Editor • Annmarie Guzy
My Friend Ada • Jerry Herron
Acknowledging Editor Ada Long • Mimi Killinger
Ada Long’s Honors Program: From Dream to Memorable Reality • John A. Knox
In Remembrance: Ada Long • George Mariz
The Adoration of Ada • Mitch Pruitt
Ada as LegendMitch PruittHonors Pedagogy, the Pioneering Spirit, and What We Owe the Future • La Tanya L. Reese Rogers
Be Like Ada! • Rae Rosenthal
My Octopus Director • Rusty Rushton
Reflections • Chris Simon
Ada Long: A Servant Leader in Honors • Michael E. Sloane
When I Met Ada • Michaela Ruppert Smith
I Wouldn’t Say I Ever Met Ada • Christopher J. Syrnyk
My Experience in Honors with Dr. Ada Long • Maria V. Tarasova
I See Her Laughing • Norm Weiner
About the Contributors to “Remembering Ada Long”
2023 Presidential Address
A Year of Great Change and a Future of Greater Change • Susan E. Dinan
Letter
Partners in the Parks: A Shirt Tale • Joan Digby
Essays
Toward Student Success: The Impact of Honors Participation on Transfer Student Graduation Rates • Judy Albakry
A Matter of Definition, Criteria, and Standards in Honors: A History, from the Basic Characteristics to the “NCHC Shared Principles and Practices of Honors Education” • Richard Badenhausen and James Buss
Partners in Peace: A Sketch for a Link between the Nobel Peace Prize and NCHC • Kevin W. Dean and Henrik Syse
Mindfulness in Honors: An Experiment in Collaborative Learning and Team Teaching • Pascale F. Engelmajer and Massimo A. Rondolino
Addressing the Climate Crisis through Science and Art: The Value of Interdisciplinary and Intergenerational Team Teaching • Megan Jacobs and Kineo Memmer
If They Build It, They Will Come: The Power of Student-Designed Honors Offerings in Small-Budget Programs • Claire H. Procopio
Forming Civic Virtue through an Honors Seminar Focused on Local Civil Rights History • Lynn Stallings and Aaron D. Cobb
Third-Year Medical College Rotations for Premedical Honors Program Undergraduates • Harvey G. Stenger, Jr., and William L. Ziegler
Creating a Diverse Honors Faculty through Collaborative Relationships within the Community and the University • Amelia Underwood, Philip L. Frana, and Fawn-Amber Montoya
“We Advocate a Semi-Revolution”: An Honors Conference Undergoes Transformation • Betsy Greenleaf Yarrison and Bruce Thompson
Brief Ideas about What Works in Honors
The Involvement Journal: A Signature First-Year Seminar Assignment • Matt Baran
Teaching Honors Leadership Courses with Relevance • Jean-Paul Benowitz
Aristotle’s Poetics: A Biologist’s Approach to Tragedy • James J. Clauss
Fostering Belonging through Bread (and Other Foods) • Maria Elliott and Steve Garrison
Physics and Theatre: An Unexpected Pairing that Enhances Learning for Both Disciplines • Amber Karlins
The Honors Research Project: Embracing Intellectual Discovery through Storytelling • Malachi D. Crawford, Chelsee B. H. Young, Kimberly Michelle Gay, and Quincy C. Moore
Interdisciplinary Cohort Building: Creating a Feeling of Belonging and Sense of Community in Honors Transfer Students • Shannon Pittman and Vanessa Miller
Food and Culture • Brigett Scott
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