2015-2016 ANNUAL REPORT

SUBMITTED BY:

Carolyn Veale

Overview

Summary The 2015-2016 year was a productive and exciting year for the University Honors Program (UHP). UHP students continue to make a positive impact on the campus community through their commitment to academic, research, leadership and service. The UHP celebrated several successes during the 2015-2016 academic year:

• Secured a permanent Honors Village Director position beginning the 2016-2017 academic year • Instituted and recruited for the Honors Village Faculty Fellows program for the 2016-2017

academic year • Coordinated admission efforts with the University Scholars Program and created a combined

recruitment brochure • Created a partnership with the University Scholars program for the Oxford Study Abroad Program

for Summer 2017 • Designed and received approval for a May-Mester study abroad experience in Paris, France in

2017 that will be led by Honors Village Scholar in Residence Dr. Sheryl Cornett and former HON seminar instructor Dr. Nancy Gustke

• Continued to work with Undergraduate Research for a successful Research Speed-Dataing event in spring 2016

• Secured an endowment for the Richard L. Blanton University Honors Program (UHP) Capstone Award which is in its third year of being awarded (Tyler Maltba 2015-2016 recipient) (Students winners will now receive $1K with the honor)

• Began to develop a partnership with the Comparative Medicine Institute to involve University Honors Program students with independent research opportunities and competitive Summer Interdisciplinary Research Internships (SIRIs)

• The UHP held its first UHP Student, Parent, and Alumni tailgating event in fall 2015

Initiatives Faculty fellows During the 2015-2016 academic year the University Honors Program began to advertise for Honors Village Faculty Fellows. The purpose of the faculty fellows is to integrate the life of the mind into students’ social experiences; to increase faculty-student engagement by promoting informal, regular interactions between students and the faculty fellows in the residence halls; and to enhance the sense of community in the Honors Village. Faculty fellows will be appointed for two year terms, with the option of renewal. 2016-2017 Faculty Fellows

Faculty Fellow Faculty Status Honors Village Fellow Assigned Dr. Sheryl Cornett Department of English

Honors Village Scholar-in-Residence

Micaelah Scott

Dr. John Morillo Department of English Sarah Dawood Dr. Elizabeth Nelson Department of Communication Carter Pape

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Diversity Diversity and global learning continues to play a central role in the work of the University Honors program through the following activities and efforts. Recruitment Assistant Director Carolyn Veale is a member of the African American Coordinating Committee and works with representatives from various colleges in minority recruitment efforts. Curricular Diversity and global learning is considered a high impact practice by AAC&U and is integrated into the general education plan at NC State. These courses and experiences help students explore cultures, life experiences, and worldviews different from their own. In particular, these studies often explore “difficult differences” such as racial, ethnic, and gender inequality, or continuing struggles around the globe for human rights, freedom, and power. The UHP strongly encourages faculty to develop courses which meet the US Diversity or Global Knowledge General Education Plan requirement at NC State. • In 2015-2016, 7 out of 37 HON seminars (19%) fulfilled the NC State US Diversity or Global

Knowledge co-requisite. These courses had a total enrollment of 140 students, yielding a total of 420 SCH.

Study Abroad

Additionally, the UHP incentivizes participation in study abroad experiences by offering students the option to substitute 3 of their 12-hour HON seminar requirement for a significant study abroad experience. Students choosing this option are required to write a substantial paper which asks them to think reflectively and critically on their experience. During the 2015-2016 academic year 62 UHP participants studied abroad at the following locations all over the world (selected):

• Adelaide, South Australia • Arica, Chile • Brisbane, Australia • Cape Coast University, Ghana • Cape Town, South Africa • Copenhagen, Denmark • Florence, Italy • Geneva, Switzerland • Hangzhou, China • Iceland • Lille, France • London, England • Mannheim, Germany

• Oxford, England • Lima, Peru • Paris, France • Prague, Czech Republic • Quito, Ecuador • Rabat, Morocco • Salamanca, Spain • Shanghai, China • Sydney, Australia • Tokyo, Japan • Valencia, Spain • Vienna, Austria

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Staff

University Honors Program Organizational Chart 2015-2016

Dr. Susan Carson

Staffing Notes

• The University Honors Program secured a full-time Honors Village Director position for the 2016-2017 academic year.

• The Honors Village Director will oversee the day to day operation of the Honors Village and work closely with the Scholar in Residence and Community Director.

• The Community Director position is no longer a joint appointment between the University Honors Program and University Housing.

• The Community Director will return as a full time University Housing position and will supervise Resident Advisors.

• The Honors Village Director will be a direct report to the University Honors Program Associate Director and the Scholar in Residence will work directly with the Honors Village Director.

• The Honors Village Fellows, the students who serve as teaching assistants in the freshmen only Honors Seminars as well as provide student leadership to the Honors Village Societies will be supervised by the Honors Village Director.

Dr. Susan Carson Interim Executive Director

Dr. Aaron Stoller Associate Director

(Vacated position end of spring 2016)

Carolyn Veale Assistant Director

Dwayne Barnes University Program Associate

Marquette Russell Administrative Support Associate

Brian Peters Honors Village Community Director

(Vacated positon spring 2016)

Dr. Sheryl Cornett Scholar in Residence

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Recommendations and concerns for the future The University Honors Program has completed its thirteenth year in its refocused form that emphasizes research and scholarship in the discipline. We have grown from 95 participants to over 700. The Honors Village has grown from one and a half floors of Bagwell Hall to all of Bagwell, Becton, and Berry, nearly 400 students. The program is highly attractive to top students both in and out-of-state from various academic disciplines. The UHP provides a significant number of NC State’s fellowship recipients. The program provides faculty with the opportunity to have highly satisfying, career-rejuvenating teaching experiences. We are propelling top students into faculty research programs, often as early as the freshman or sophomore year. The UHP should be at the center of NC State’s mission to be a premier land grant institution. The UHP has held a steady yield of incoming students for the past five years due to budgetary concerns as it relates to HON seminars. With the addition of a full-time Honors Village Director to the UHP staff and the increasing profile of high achieving students coming to NC State, it is time that the University Honors Program start to identify ways to slowly grow the program in order to accommodate the significant number of higher achieving students who come to NC State University and hold an interest in interdisciplinary thinking and scholarly research. This should include re-examining the budget and identifying gaps as well as working with development to secure potential donors in order to move the program forward. Looking ahead it is necessary for the UHP to be in a suitable positon to provide program participants with extraordinary opportunities in the area of research and scholarship. The UHP would like to play an integral role in the recruitment and retention of high achieving students who have a myriad of choices when it comes to higher education attainment.

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Alignment with DASA strategic plan

Shape your life Promoting student success through personal responsibility in a supportive environment

Honors opportunity advising All UHP students are given an Honors opportunity advisor to help them identify their passions and navigate special opportunities at NC State. In addition to the numerous hours that Opportunity Advisors spend meeting with students throughout the year, all incoming freshman are required to have a 1-hour session with their opportunity advisor which focuses specifically on maximizing their NC State experience and their experience in the UHP.

Open your mind Promoting student success through educational innovation and intellectual growth

First-year seminars The American Association of Colleges & Universities (AAC&U) considers first-year seminars to be a high impact practice. These courses specifically designed for first-year students that bring small groups of students together with faculty or staff on a regular basis. The strongest seminars heavily emphasize critical inquiry, frequent writing, information literacy, collaborative learning, and other skills that develop students’ intellectual and practical competencies. First-year seminars may also involve students with cutting-edge questions in scholarship and with faculty members’ own research. All entering UHP students are required to enroll in a freshman seminar, which is capped at 20 students, focuses on critical inquiry, and is reading-, writing-, and discussion intensive. • In Fall 2015, 188 out of 205 (92%) entering UHP students were enrolled in a first-year HON seminar,

yielding a total of 564 SCH.1 Writing intensive courses Writing intensive courses are also considered to be a high impact practice by the AAC&U. In these courses, students are encouraged to produce and revise various forms of writing for different audiences in different disciplines. The UHP defines writing intensive courses as exhibiting the following characteristics: (a) writing assignments must be an integral, ongoing part of the course and constitute a substantial (35% or more) part of the final course grade; (b) there must be at least two distinct writing assignments throughout the semester; (c) student formal and informal writing for the course should total approximately 4,500 words or 15 pages. • In 2015-2016, 27 out of 37 HON seminars (73%) were classified as writing intensive courses. These

courses had a total enrollment of 490 students, yielding a total of 1470 SCH.

1 All first-year UHP students are enrolled in a first-year seminar of some type. Students not enrolled in a first-year HON seminar are enrolled in an equivalent experience via other high-achieving student programs such as Franklin Scholars (STS 302H).

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Fall 2015 HON Seminars Breakdown

Course Name Faculty Name

GEP Category

Co Requisite First Year Writing Intensive

Monstrosity, Madness and Marginality May Humanities (Literature)

X X

The Power of Horror: Horror Fiction and Film

Phillips Humanities (Literature)

X

X

Metamorphosis and Metaphor (2 sections)

Grimwood Humanities (Literature)

X X

Poetry of Work Laux Humanities (Literature)

X X

Studies in Latina Culture Corral Humanities (Literature)

X X

Alexander the Great Pryzwansky Humanities (History)

Global Knowledge

X

Frauds and Mysteries of the Past McGill Humanities (History)

Interdisciplinary Perspective; Global Knowledge

A History of Economic and Financial Crises

Craig Social Sciences

Deconstructing the Disciplines Stoller Social Sciences

X X

Interpretive Machines Fyfe Interdisciplinary Perspective

X X

Religion and Freedom Bivins Interdisciplinary Perspective

X

Outbreak Carson Interdisciplinary Perspective

Patterns vs. Pandemonium Daniels Interdisciplinary Perspective

X

Freedom and Self Hinton Humanities (Philosophy)

Interdisciplinary Perspective

The Creative Process of Science Blanton Interdisciplinary Perspective; US Diversity

X X

On Being Human Comstock Humanities (Philosophy)

Interdisciplinary Perspective

Music and the Social Life Kramer Visual and Performing Arts

X

History of NC State Peters X

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Spring 2016 HON Seminars Breakdown

Course Name Faculty Name GEP Category Co Requisite First Year Writing Intensive Revenge and Vengeance in the Ancient World

Pryzwansky Humanities (History)

Global Knowledge X

Creative Non-Fiction as Civic Discourse

Cornett Humanities (Literature)

X

The Art of War Mainland Humanities (Literature)

X

Power of Horror Phillips Humanities (Literature)

X

The Philosophical Essay from Montaigne to Emerson

Halpern Humanities (Literature)

X

Emotion and Reason Soyarslan Interdisciplinary Perspective

Politics and Literature Kessler Interdisciplinary Perspective

X

Fiction and the Sciences

Mainland Interdisciplinary Perspective

X

Zombies, Victims and Other Corpses: Mediating Death in Popular Culture

Orcutt and Stein Interdisciplinary Perspective

Enlightenment and Empire

Kim Interdisciplinary Perspective

Ethics of Biotechnical Communication

Serr and Pitts Interdisciplinary Perspective

X

Pollinator Gardening Carson Natural Science Race, Membership and Eugenics

Veale US Diversity X

The Creative Process of Science

Blanton Interdisciplinary Perspective; US Diversity

X

Words Through Space and Time

Kershner Interdisciplinary Perspective; Global Knowledge

X

On Being Human Comstock Humanities (Philosophy)

Interdisciplinary Perspective

X

Music and Social Life Kramer Visual and Performing Arts

X

Asian Religion Traditions in the Triangle

Orcutt

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Undergraduate research Undergraduate research, which is a central goal and curricular requirement for participation in the UHP, is considered a high impact practice by the AAC&U. The goal is to involve students with actively contested questions, empirical observation, cutting-edge technologies, and the sense of excitement that comes from working to answer important questions. All UHP students are required to engage in undergraduate research as part of their 6-credit-hour Capstone requirement. Most far exceed this minimum requirement.

• In Fall 2015, 164 out of ~702 UHP students (23%) reported being in engaged in non-Capstone

related research. • In Spring 2016, 160 out of ~624 UHP students (26%) reported being in engaged in non-Capstone

related research.

A key component of undergraduate research is the production of a paper or presentation that integrates and applies what they’ve learned. • In Fall 2015, 36 out of ~702 UHP students presented their research conferences or published their

research in a disciplinary journal. • In Spring 2016, 39 out of ~624 UHP students presented their research at a disciplinary conference or

published their research in a disciplinary journal.

Anita Adams 2016 Undergraduate Research Symposium

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UHP student presented at the following locations (selected): • 14th Annual CMAS Conference • 2015 Annual Biomedical Research

Conference for Minority Students • ABRCMS • ACC Meeting of the Minds • ACS National Meeting • American Nuclear Society Student

Conference • BMES • IEEE VCACS 2015 Conference • International Entrepreneurship Week

Symposium • International Ethology at Leman

International Swine Symposium

• LAS Research Symposium • MAE Graduate Research Symposium • McCormick Symposium • National ACS Meeting • NCHA Conference • NC State Summer Undergraduate Research

Symposium • North Carolina Academy of Sciences • NIEHS Symposium • State of North Carolina Undergraduate

Research Symposium (SNCURCS) • SPLASH 2015

UHP students published in the following journals (selected):

• AIAA Journal • International Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics • Journal of Applied Physics • Journal of Biological Chemistry • Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer • Journal of Mathematical Biosciences

Shane Regan 2016 Undergraduate Research Symposium

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Capstone courses and projects

Considered a high impact practice by AAC&U, capstone courses and projects are a curricular requirement for successful completion of the UHP. The UHP capstone serves as a culminating experience that requires students to integrate and applies what they’ve learned to generate new knowledge in their disciplinary field. All UHP students are required to complete a 6-credit-hour self-directed capstone research project under the guidance of a faculty mentor. • All UHP students (100%) are required to complete a 6-credit-hour self-directed research project

under the guidance of a faculty mentor. These projects typically occur between a student’s junior and senior year.

• In 2015-2016, 54 UHP students enrolled in either HON 498 or 499 related to their Honors Capstone research experience. The majority of students will use senior design or departmental research or thesis courses as their UHP Capstone courses.

Spring 2016 UHP Completion Ceremony Speaker

Ben Markoch

2015-2016 Richard L. Blanton Capstone Award Recipient

Tyler Maltba

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Build your community Promoting student success through engagement

Common intellectual experiences Common intellectual experiences, considered a high impact practice by the AAC&U, are experiences that often combine broad themes—e.g., technology and society, global interdependence—with a variety of curricular and co-curricular options for students. The central focus of the UHP is research and scholarship in the discipline and its curricular and co-curricular efforts are focused on helping students will develop the habits of mind necessary to identify problems, explore issues, and debate ideas that reflect ways of knowing across multiple disciplinary perspectives. Some programmatic highlights include:

• The UHP holds an annual “Aims of Education” address the evening before classes. This year we welcomed Academy and Emmy Award winning Dr. Sarah Stein who is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication to a crowd of ~270 students. The event is modeled after the historic “Aims of Education” address at the University of Chicago.

Aims of Education (UHP Convocation) Fall 2015 Speaker,

Dr. Sarah Stein

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• 2015-2016 was the fifth year of our year-long series, Research Unplugged, which is a series of student conversations the UHP holds each semester, which serve as a way to connect current research and scholarship to problems of interest to the UHP community. Rather than a traditional panel discussion of faculty speaking to students Research Unplugged is a dialogue between friends where faculty participants serve to bring a level of expertise, nuance, and gravity to the conversation that would not be possible otherwise.

Research Unplugged 2015-2016

Freshman clusters All first-year HON seminars involve a co-curricular component tied to the Honors Village. Each faculty member is paired with an undergraduate peer mentor (Honors Village Fellow) who attends and provides programmatic support to the course (e.g. arranging group study sessions, coordinating faculty dinners, facilitating cultural and social events in Raleigh which connect to the themes emerging from the course).

Topic Presenter Presenter Presenter Date The Politics and Science of Drones

Dr. Larry Silverburg

Dr. Scott Ferguson Sarah Preston (ACLU)

Fall 2015

NCAA Pay to Play Joel Pawtak Carrie Doyle (Sr. Associate Athletic Director

Fall 2015

Ethics of Science Communication

Elizabeth Pitts Megan Serr Fall 2015

Cryptography Ernest Stitzinger Tyler Maltba (UHP Student)

Fall 2015

Common Core Dr. Peter Hessling Dr. Bonnie Fusarelli

Fall 2015

Universal Design Dr. Nilda Cosco Dr. Sharon Joines Spring 2016 Private Space Travel

Dr. Venkat Narayanaswamy

Spring 2016

Immigration Dr. Akram Khater Dr. Nora Haenn Emily Estrada Spring 2106 Political Behavior Dr. Andrew Taylor Dr. Steven Greene Spring 2016 Free Speech Attorney Shawn

Troxler Attorney Brad Trahan

Spring 2016

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Internships Considered a high impact practice by AAC&U, internships are a common form of experiential learning employed by UHP students. The idea is to provide students with direct experience in a work setting—usually related to their career interests—and to give them the benefit of supervision and coaching from professionals in the field. If the internship is taken for course credit, students complete a project or paper that is approved by a faculty member. • In Fall/Summer 2015, 237 out of ~702 UHP students (34%) reported being in engaged in an

internship or cooperative education experience. • In Spring 2016, 52 out of ~624 UHP students (8%) reported being in engaged in an internship or

cooperative education experience.

This year, UHP students held internships or cooperative education opportunities at the following locations (selected): • Alltech • BASF • Baxter Healthcare • BAE Systems • Bayer CropScience • B/E Aerospace • Biogen • BioMerieux • Blackberry, Ltd. • BMW Manufacturing • Burleson Research Technologies • Chimney Rock State Park • Cleveland Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry • Eastman Chemical Company • Florida Power and Light • Glaxo Smith Kline • Cisco Systems • Deloitte Consulting • Duke Energy • Duke Lemur Center • Duke Talent Identification Program • Elster Solutions • Environmental Protection Agency • Envision at UC Berkeley • Exxon Mobil Corporation • Flexgen Power Systems • Fuji Film Medical • Honda Aircraft Company • Caterpillar • Fidelity • Congressional Internship • GE Lighting • Google

• Insight Family and Pediatric Eyecare • Institute for Emerging Issues • International Paper • International Thermodyne • Kimberly Clark • League of Conservation Voters • Jackson Labs • John Deere • Johnson Controls • Latina Literature • Lending Tree • Lovelace Women’s Hospital • Mariposa School • MaxPoint Interactive • Mountain Valley Hospice and Palliative Care • MetLife • IBM • NASA Langley Research Center • Novartis • National Institute of Health • New England Wildlife Center • Newel Rubbermaid • North Carolina General Assembly • North Carolina State Crime Laboratory • North Carolina Museum of Natural Science • North Carolina Zoo • NC State Chancellor’s Office • Novatech • Oak City Technology • Oakridge National Laboratories • Oracle • Porticos • Proctor & Gamble

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• Red Storm Entertainment • Rex Hospital • San Diego State University • Sonoco • Southland Industries • Ralph Lauren • SAS • Shaw Industries • Siemens Energy • Sony Music

• Tethis, Inc. • Triangle Equine • UC Davis Premedical Surgical • UNC Chapel Hill School of Medicine • Urban Ministries • US Government • UTC Aerospace Systems • Volvo Group Trucks Technology • Walt Disney World Park and Resorts

Extension and service activities 2015-2016 marked the fifth year that the UHP has formally partnered with The Daniel Center for Math and Science to provide undergraduate student volunteers during the academic semester. The Daniel Center is a local afterschool center which works with at-risk and disadvantaged youth to help them become more proficient in math and science and more motivated to succeed, as well as expose them to opportunities for success. For 2015-2016, approximately 60 UHP students volunteered logging approximately 1,500 volunteer hours (4 volunteers per day, with each volunteer serving a 3-hour shift) for the year. Honors Village As a high impact practice, learning communities exist to encourage integration of learning across courses and to involve students with “big questions” that matter beyond the classroom. The mission of the Honors Village is to create a community of young scholars which is engaged in societal issues; provides opportunities for growth; and is grounded in critical scholarship. The Honors Village is the only living-learning community on NC State’s campus which boasts representation from every academic college and from every academic year (Freshman to Senior). University Honors Program students also participated in the following Living and Learning Communities:

• Arts Village • EcoVillage • Engineering Village • Entrepreneurship Village • First Year College Village

• Global Diversity Village • S.T.A.T.E. Village • Wellness Village • Women in Science and Engineering

The Honors Village also boasts the first and longest standing Scholar in Residence program on NC State’s campus. The goal of the program is to foster meaningful dialogue between students and faculty outside the classroom. The SIR serves as a role model for Village students as they develop as young scholars and researchers. For 2015-2016, the Honors Village Scholar in Residence is Dr. Sheryl Cornett of the English Department. Highlights from the Scholar in Residence academic year include (selected): • Taught an HON seminar reserved for Honors Village students titled “Creative Non Fiction and Nature

Writing as Civic Discourse” and led a field trip to Rachel Carson Reserve

• Received the North Carolina Housing Randy Rice Service Award

• Advised Cultural Exploration Society and hosted weekly meetings with a series of workshops and discussions aimed at examining how culture shapes their lives and how they collectively and

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individually impact culture. The students from this society traveled to local events like Fiddler on the Roof and Halloween Hogwarts: Music of Harry Potter at the NC Symphony

• Research mentor for a UHP capstone project

• Presented research at UHP Journal Club

• Served as faculty speaker at Honors Village Award Ceremony 2016

• Hosted Clark Dining Hall lunches

• Developing a May-Mester 2017 Study Abroad experience for UHP students

• Co-led and contributed as faculty partner to the following Resident Advisor programs:

Celtic Music Comfort Food Night (done with HON seminar professor Dr. Allison Arnold) and included bagpipe music performed by a UHP student

Oxfam Hunger Banquet

Overall highlights from the Honors Village include (selected): • Dr. Sue Carson taught an HON seminar class about Pollinator Gardening. The students in Dr.

Carson’s class developed and planted a Pollinator Garden in the Honors Village with educational assistance from grounds services.

• Dr. Paul Fyfe, Dr. Margaret Simon and Dr. Thomas Phillips attended the Escher and Da Vinci Exhibit at the NC Museum of Art with over 60 UHP students. The faculty members critically engage with students about the exhibit.

2015-2016 Honors Village Fellows Name Major Cluster Society Sumner Dudick Chemical Engineering and Paper Science Engineering and Science,

Technology and Science and Interdisciplinary Studies minor X

William Finis Mechanical Engineering X Andre Gouws Mechanical Engineering and Physics X Priscilla Lunsford Industrial & Systems Engineering X Ben Markoch Design major and French minor X Neelam Modi Biomedical Engineering and Economics X Casey Molina Biomedical Engineering X Shrikar Nunna Material Science and Engineering X Margaret Thompson Plant Biology and Creative Writing X Mary Katie Valchar Chemical Engineering and French Language and Literature X Jennifer Vaughn Civil Engineering X Gabe WIcal Nuclear Engineering and International Relations Karl Widney Biochemistry and International Studies and Hindi minor X

*Cluster Fellows are mentors who also serve as Teaching Assistants for Freshmen only HON seminars. Society Fellows led organizations within the Honors Village that have specific focus areas like cultural exploration and research.

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Serve the university Providing leadership through student success

Admissions, Recruitment and Outreach The University Honors Program serves the university by recruiting and retaining outstanding students who raise the institutional profile across a diverse number of metrics. This year, the UHP supported university-wide recruitment events and conducted outreach on behalf of the institution at the following events:

• NC State University Open House • College of Engineering Open House • Park Scholars Visitation Weekend • North Raleigh Christian Academy College Visitation • Raleigh Charter High School College Event • North Carolina School of Science and Math College Eve • Experience NC State • University Honors Program Open House

Additionally, Assistant Director Carolyn Veale serves on the following committees that have a direct impact on recruitment, marketing and outreach:

• University Open House Committee • NC State Recruiter’s Roundtable • NC State Scholarship and Student Aid Committee (SSAC)

2016 Admissions Statistics

Demographic Invited to Apply

% Applied % Accepted % Enrolled %

College 3,892 805 432 CALS 201 5% 35 4% 26 6% 12 7% COD 63 2% 13 2% 11 3% 4 2% CED 50 1% 1 <1% 1 <1% 1 <1% COE 1,743 45% 492 61% 218 50% 108 59% CHASS 435 11% 47 6% 38 9% 12 7% P-COM 381 10% 38 5% 21 5% 5 3% CNR 79 2% 10 1% 9 2% 0 0% COS 683 18% 141 18% 93 22% 37 20% COT 56 1% 7 <1% 5 1% 1 <1% UC 202 5% 21 3% 10 2% 4 2% Ethnicity White 3,043 78% 639 79% 332 77% 140 76% Asian 453 12% 120 15% 75 17% 18 10% Black 212 5% 28 3% 15 3% 5 3% Latino 211 5% 30 4% 19 4% 7 4% American Indian 52 1% 70 9% 6 1% 2 1% Multi-ethnic 296 8% 59 7% 40 9% 12 7% Gender Male 1,841 47% 407 51% 178 41% TBD TBD Female 2,051 53% 398 49% 254 59% TBD TBD

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Malik Majette 2016 Biltmore Professional Development Workshop Grant Recipient

UHP fellowship and scholarship participants A student who engages in the pursuit of a major national fellowship is engaged in a highly personalized educational endeavor. The reflection and self-examination that are required to prepare a competitive examination and the exposure to highly critical internal and external review are like nothing else our students have done in their careers. Even if a student does not succeed in the fellowship competition, they have gained significantly from the process and are well-prepared for other competitive endeavors, such as graduate and professional school applications. This year, the following UHP students found success in the fellowships process: DAAD RISE Recipients:

• Zachary Davis, Material Science & Engineering

• Connor McKenney, Genetics

Fulbright Recipient:

• Rachel Gonsalves, Architecture

Goldwater Recipient:

• Vishwas Rao, Biochemistry

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Recipient: • Heidi Klumpe (Alumni), Chemical

Engineering & World Literature • Catherine McVey, Animal Science &

Statistics • Gretchen Stokes (Alumni), Global

Perspectives • Vinicius Taguchi, Biological Engineering

Truman Nominee:

• Ashle Page, Chemical Engineering

Marshall Nominee:

• Anita Adams, Psychology & Creative Writing

• Micah Khater, History & French Language & Literature

• Catherine McVey, Animal Science & Statistics

Rhodes Nominee:

• Anita Adams, Psychology & Creative Writing

2016 Robert L. and Marilyn D. Blanton Grant Recipients:

• Zachary Davis, Material Science & Engineering

• Sarah Dawood, Neurobiology with concentrations in Psychology & Philosophy

2016 Biltmore Professional Development Workshop Grant Recipients

• Ryan Brandt, Physics • Joanna Copio, Zoology • Jotionette Jones, Political Science &

Psychology • Malik Majette, Computer Science • Randy Shine, International Studies &

Arabic • Zoe Winton, Art & Design

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UHP ambassadors The University Honors Program (UHP) Ambassadors are a prestigious group of outstanding students who volunteer their time. They work with the UHP staff, faculty, students, stakeholders and alumni to promote the University Honors Program. They are enthusiastic role models who are well informed and support UHP special events. The UHP Ambassadors serve as the official student liaisons between the UHP and the students in the UHP, collegiate partners and distinguished visitors. The UHP Ambassadors represent the UHP and tell the UHP story from a UHP student’s perspective to the campus and the community. The UHP Ambassadors took on leadership roles in University Open House as well as UHP Open House recruitment event. The UHP Ambassadors also support UHP completion ceremonies (fall and spring), college visitations and high school visitations. The UHP Ambassadors also partnered with student leaders in the University Scholars Program for a fall and spring event. The fall event that was headed up by UHP Ambassadors was a trip to the NC Museum of Natural Science and the NC Museum of History. 2015-2016 UHP Ambassadors Name Major Classification Katie Almasy Chemistry and Biological Sciences Biological Sciences Junior Aurelio Bellotti Aerospace Engineering Junior Franklin Blum Biomedical Engineering Junior Laura Campbell Electrical Engineering and Tissue Engineering Junior Andrew Cox Aerospace Engineering Junior Nicholas D’Andrea (Chair) Mechanical Engineering and Journalism Junior Kushboo Dass Animal Science and Nutrition Junior A. Gabriel DeCaro Nuclear Engineering, Mathematics, International

Studies and Spanish Junior

John Fallon English (Creative Writing) and Business Administration Junior Julia LaFond Biological Sciences and Geology Junior Priscilla Lunsford Industrial Engineering and Mathematics Junior Tristian Markland Chemical Engineering Junior Catie McVey Animal Science and Statistics with a Nutrition minor Senior Casey Molina Biomedical Engineering Junior Michael Patel Computer Engineering, Mathematics, and Electrical

Engineering Junior

Brinkley Raynor Animal Science, Mathematics, Microbiology, and Science, Technology, and Society

Junior

Shane Reagan Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering Sophomore Sara Riley Biomedical Engineering Junior Isaac Warren Mechanical Engineering and International Studies

(Global Relations) Junior

Honors contracts The UHP continues to provide administrative support for the Honors contracts system (Honors contracts are mostly used by students in the University Scholars Program and in the various disciplinary Honors programs), processing a total of 530 Honors contracts.

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Student group tracking The Student Tracking Group (STG) through the Student Information System (SIS) is a multi-step project. The project began with working with campus partners in the University Scholars Program and the Office of Information Technology to develop a method to better track student progress and their level of involvement in the respective programs. Once the STG system becomes fully operational participants in the University Honors Program will be able to log into SIS and view their progress. A key strength of the STG is that the system can automatically pull courses required for program completion into the student records. As a result less paperwork and administrative resources are needed to monitor a student’s progress. It makes for a more timely and efficient process to monitor students’ progress and completion. Phi Beta Kappa The UHP continued to provide significant administrative and financial support for the Zeta of NC Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa. This included issuing 256 invitations, processing 91 memberships, maintaining chapter records and databases, and planning and executing the membership induction ceremony. Student leadership UHP students provide significant leadership across the institution through receiving scholarships and grants, as well as honors and awards recognizing excellence and achievement. Highlights from our students this academic year include the following (selected): Scholarships received: • Abrams Scholarship • American Meteorological Society Freshman

Undergraduate Scholarship • Andrew Blaine Johnson Memorial

Scholarship • ASSIST Scholarship • AWWA-WEA Scholarship • American Nuclear Society Scholarship • ANS Undergraduate Scholarship • Astronaut Scholarship recipient • Caldwell Fellowship • C. Grier Beam Scholarship • Chancellor Leadership Scholarship • Cisco Scholarship • Dean’s Academic Scholarship • Donald C. Grubb Scholarship • Ernest Eliel Scholarship • Generation Google Scholarship • Glenn Harman Choral Accompanist

Scholarship • Goldwater Scholarship recipient • Goodnight • Gordon & Louise Smith Scholarship • Harkema Scholarship • Harvey L. and Kathleen R. Barnes

Scholarship

• Hugh M. Shelton Scholarship • Hunter Raleigh Scholarship in Visual Design • J.F. Kelly Endowment Scholarship • Mary M. Penney Scholarship • NASA Aeronautics Scholarship • National HOSA Scholarship • National Merit Scholarship • NC State Microbiology Scholarship • NSF S-STEM Research Scholars Program in

Mathematics Scholarship • Paul Elam McCarthy Scholarship • Park Scholarship • People for the American Way Fellowship • Pulp and Paper Foundation Scholarship • Robertson Scholarship • SAS Institute Scholarship • Sertoma Scholarship • SMT Scholarship • Stephen H. Conger Sr. Memorial

Scholarship • Tau Beta Pi Undergraduate Scholarship • Thermo Scientific Scholarship • Thomas J. Watson Scholarship • Trentini Scholarship • William H. and Tipton H. Gray Scholarship • William S. Moore Scholarship

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Grants received: • ACCIAC Summer Research Grant • Academic Enhancement Grant • CMAST undergraduate summer fellowship • College of Natural Resources Independent

Undergraduate Research Grant • Duke Energy Nuclear Engineering Grant • ECE Undergraduate Research Grant • Fellowship Advising Office Grant • Goodnight Enrichment Grant • Google Grant

• Kenan Fellowship • Latta Travel Grant • LORD Undergraduate Summer Research

Grant • National Science Foundation Grant • NC Biotechnology Research Fellowship • NC Space Grant • REU NC State Chemistry Department • UHP Travel Grant • Undergraduate Research Grant

Honors and awards received: • 2015 Equity Women Award • Alpha Pi Mu (Industrial Engineering Honor

Society) • American Education Award • Caldwell Fellows • Chancellors Aid • CMA Honor • Eta Kappa Nu (Electrical and Computer

Engineering Honor Society) • Gamma Beta Phi Honors Society • Golden Chain Honors Society • Golden Key Honors Society • HKN Electrical Engineering Honor Society • Honorable Mention Barry Goldwater

Scholarship • Lambda Sigma Honor Society • Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

Award • National Communication Honor Society • National Pork Board Swine Research and

Education Experience

• National Residence Hall Honorary • National Society of Collegiate Scholars • NCMA Unit Design Competition National

Winner • Omega Chi Epsilon (Chemical Engineering

Honor Society) • Phi Alpha (Social Work Honors Society) • Phi Alpha Theta National History Honor

Society • Phi Beta Kappa • Phi Kappa Phi • Pi Sigma Alpha (Political Science Honors) • Shaps Scholar • Sigma Delta Pi (National Collegiate Hispanic

Honors Society) • Sigma Pi Sigma (Physics Honors Society) • Solomon Scholars • Tau Beta Pi (Engineering Honor Society) • Truman Scholarship Nominee • W.E.B. DuBois Honor Society

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Ensure sustainability Developing and stewarding resources for organizational excellence

Faculty involvement Faculty involvement is at the core of all University Honors Program activities. The UHP continues to identify ways in which faculty can be formally and informally be involved with the program inside and outside the classroom. This year, the UHP involved a total of 485 faculty through the following opportunities: Admissions (23) • Incoming student application review (23)

Curricular activities (413) • Develop and Teach HON seminars (31) • Develop and Offer Honors contracts in regular courses (281) • Supervise HON 298 (independent research), HON 395 (Honors Co-op), HON 397 (Honors Extension

& Engagement) projects (43) • Supervise Honors Capstone projects (70)

Co-curricular Activities (75) • UHP and Honors Village Program • Honors Village Scholar-in-Residence Advisory board The UHP advisory board met twice this academic year. The group consists of five UHP faculty, two alumni, and five students. Advisory board members volunteered their time for two half-day meetings (once per semester), served as application reviewers, attended various UHP events, and provided ongoing feedback throughout the academic year. 2015-2016 UHP Advisory Board Name Status Term Meredith Biechele Student (Sophomore Rep.) 2015/2016 Larry Blanton Faculty 2014/2015-2018/2019 Nikita Chintalapudi Student (Junior Rep) 2015/2016 William Kimler Faculty 2014/2015-2017/2018 Elizabeth Lorden Alumni (Spring 09) 2014/2015-2017/2018 Ben Markoch Student (Senior Rep) 2014/2015 Leila May Faculty 2014/2015-2017/2018 David Muddiman Faculty 2014/2015-2017/2018 Shrikar Nunna Student (Honors Fellow Rep) 2015/2016 Dan Rowe Alumni (Spring 12) 2014/2015-2017/2018 Nischnat Singh Student (Freshman Rep) 2015/2016 Larry Silverburg Faculty 2014/2015-2017/2018 Andy Taylor Faculty 2014/2015-2017/2018

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Alumni involvement The Fall 2016 admissions process marked the second year in which UHP alumni served as part of the application review team. The UHP Alumni reviewer initiative continues to be a huge success. More than 65 UHP alumni volunteered to read at least one group of 20 applications, up from the previous year’s total of 55. The UHP Alumni application review reads totaled over 1,000 applications. The UHP will continue to strengthen the UHP Alumni reviewer base and explore additional UHP initiatives in which UHP Alumni can be incorporated. The UHP had its first annual tailgating event in fall 2015 and current students, parents and alumni participated in this event. UHP alumni are consistently seeking ways to become involved and the UHP’s goal is to create more opportunities in which they can serve the program and its students.

Spring 2016 University Honors Program Graduating Class

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