2005 Maryland Collegiate Honors Council Conference

Conference Program

Friday, March 4, 2005

Leadership for Change

The MCHC Conference will be held in Poe’s Publick House, in the basement of the John and Frances Angelos Law Center at the intersection of Mount Royal Avenue and Maryland Avenue in downtown Baltimore.

This year’s program will feature a kickoff discussion of honors programs as a crucible for academic leadership, reports of honors opportunities beyond the classroom at Hood College and St. Mary’s College, and presentations by all the Portz nominees from public and private institutions throughout the state. Students are also warmly encouraged to bring posters to display.

Poster set-up space will be available beginning at 7:30 a.m., and the conference will run from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Provisional Schedule

8:00-9:00:         Coffee and conversation/poster display

9:00-9:05         Welcome and presentation of 2004 Portz awards

9:05-9:45         Presentations by 2004 Portz award winners

                                    Jordan Nichols, Worwic Community College

                                    Dorothy Berting, University of Baltimore

9:45-10:30       “Leadership in Learning: The Hood College Coastal Studies Semester”

                        Ron Albaugh, Hood College, and students

10:30-10:45:    Coffee break/poster display

10:45-11:30:    “Resistance to Evil as Moral Leadership”

                Michael Taber, St. Mary’s College of Maryland, and students

11:30-12:15     Buffet lunch/poster display

12:15-1:15       Presentations by 2005 Portz award candidates

1:15-2:00         Keynote address: “Leadership for Change”

                        Wim Wiewel, Provost, University of Baltimore

            Panel of respondents:  Michael Taber, St. Mary’s College of Maryland

                                    Charles Ritter, College of Notre Dame of Maryland

                                    Maureen Connelly, Frostburg State University

2:00-3:00         General membership meeting -- election of MCHC Executive Board members

MCHC Conference Registration Form

Call for Poster Presentations at the MCHC Conference

MCHC Poster Session Guidelines

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