Phoenix

This weekend, two of our best and brightest honors students accompanied me to the National Collegiate Honors Council annual conference in Phoenix. They are pictured here in front of a giant praying mantis sculpture after a 40-minute night hike to the Botanical Gardens, and seated in the conference room prior to their presentation. They presented a great talk about our Living-Learning Community (Honors Student Housing), and we were able to glean lots of good ideas from other presentations. We are meeting tomorrow to debrief and generate a plan to implement some of these new ideas into our own program. We will then present what we've learned with our Honors Student Association Executive Board and the Honors Advisory Committee. We felt invigorated and inspired upon our return, so now we want to share that with our peers and colleagues.

Conference

I have been at the National Collegiate Honors Council conference in Phoenix but I promise to post again soon!

Fall Break

This Wednesday marks the beginning of our Fall Break, during which time our students have a chance to relax and/or catch up on work after mid-terms. I will head down to Texas for a few days to visit my niece (pictured) who is about to turn one-year-old already! I can't wait to see her and my family and do a little relaxing/catching up myself.

Diversity Events at Rockhurst

As a member of the Rockhurst University Diversity Committee, I wanted to take this opportunity to direct you to the Rockhurst Diversity website and the following list of student-sponsored diversity events happening on campus this semester.

Please join us at any and all of the events you are able to attend!