Subscribe to Honors Seminars by August 31 for Discounted Rate
Subscribe
to the 2009 Honors
Seminar Series, featuring Ralph Nader, by August 31 at a special
discounted price, and involve your entire campus and community in thought-provoking
discussions.
Subscribe by August 31 and pay only $400, a savings
of $75.
Nader, known around the world as an advocate for consumer
rights and protections, and two other speakers to be announced soon, will
discuss various aspects of The Paradox of Affluence, Phi Theta
Kappa's current Honors
Study Topic.
The complete Honors Seminar Series will
be available on DVD and via online video downloads no later than October
- earlier than ever before. The 2009 Series will be taped at Mississippi
Public Broadcasting in Jackson, Mississippi, on September 9, 10, and 11,
before live audiences. C-band and ku-band live satellite feeds have been
discontinued. Advance questions may be submitted via email.
Use
the Honors Seminars as an Honors
in Action activity for Hallmark Award entries, and to meet Five
Star Chapter Development Program level requirements.
Check
out these ideas for planning and producing a successful Honors Seminar
presentation and discussion, and general tips on funding, all provided
by chapter advisors:
* Consider asking the college media center
or community library system to purchase the DVDs or contribute toward the
subscription price.
* Schedule the presentations during the
early afternoon to accommodate commuter students and again in the evenings
for working and night students.
* Use the posters supplied to
subscribers to publicize the seminars on campus and in the community.
*
Work with area civic groups - Friends of the Library, community development
associations and community leaders - to develop an invitation list.
*
Invite honor society members from area high schools, and approach high
school faculty about offering extra credit to attendees.
*
Invite a professor with expertise in the seminar subject to be a guest moderator
of the post-seminar discussion.
* Invite faculty to attend
and tie the presentations into their courses during the discussions.
Begin
the Q and A session with remarks from faculty members relating the presentation
to their classes.
* Consider a debate between two respected
faculty members on the most important and/or provocative issue raised
by the presentation.
* Following the seminar presentations,
donate the DVDs to the campus media center and promote their use as reference
materials or as class resources.
* Use the presentations to
inspire creative programs for chapter members, such as a Readers Theater
performance.
* Promote the Honors Seminars in your region by
developing a regional meeting program incorporating issues from the presentations
and discussions.
* Work with the campus Honors Program classes
to incorporate the Honors Seminars into this curriculum.
*
Work with the college's leadership or student development program to use
the seminar presentations to raise questions about determining problems
and devising solutions.
More details, including clips of the
2008 Honors Seminars, are available
online. Contact Key
Services at 800.946.9995 with questions.
