THE
COLLEGE OF NEW ROCHELLE JOINS HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS
AT THE 2005 NORTHEAST REGIONAL HONORS CONFERENCE
Bekki Mui (white top) and Christina Simpson '07 (blue striped shirt)
explain their poster to a student from SUNY Oswego.
NEW ROCHELLE, NY, April 11, 2005 – CNR faculty member Dr. Amy Bass and
seven undergraduate students from the School of Arts & Sciences
Honors Program at The College of New Rochelle (CNR) represented the
College last weekend at the 2005 Northeast Regional National Collegiate
Honors Council’s (NCHC) annual conference.
More than 350 attendees
from nearly 70 colleges and universities were present. This year’s
conference, entitled “Landscapes of Change,” focused on Southern New
Jersey’s Pine Barrens region and included field trips, panels, and
presentations on the interplay between sand dunes, historic villages,
resorts, and casinos.
The CNR students were accompanied by Dr. Amy Bass, Assistant Professor
of History and Director of the College’s Honors Program. Four students
presented their research during the conference’s poster session with
displays, and explained their projects with conference attendees. The
CNR students who presented were:
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Bekki Mui (MA), English ’07, and Christina Simpson
(CT),
Communication Arts/English ’07, “Internet Collaboration and the Art of
Poetry”
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Betsy Skrip (MA), Biology ’06,
“Nature Portrayed Through the Evolution of Art”
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Megan Skrip (MA), Environmental Studies/Biology ’07,
“Worms in the Woods:
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The Effects of Exotic Earthworms on Forest
Leaf Litter and Its Inhabitants”
The other CNR students who
attended the conference are:
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Shonda Gaylord (CT), Biology/Environmental Studies
’08
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Samantha Young (NH), English/Communication Arts ’05
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Emily Williams (NJ), Art/French ’05
Criteria for the CNR Honors
Program include maintaining a minimum GPA 3.3 their freshman/sophomore
years, and 3.5 thereafter. To graduate with an Honors Diploma,
students must complete eight honors experiences, as well as demonstrate
leadership and service to the Honors Program throughout their four
years.
According to the
NCHC, more than 300,000 college students are currently enrolled in
honors programs in the United States. This number represents 3.5
percent of the estimated nine million college students in the country
today. Established in 1966, NCHC is an organization of college
and university faculty, students, administrators, and others committed
to honors education. Its mission is to serve as a voice for
excellence in undergraduate education. NCHC seeks to enhance
opportunities (academic, cultural, and social) responsive to the
educational needs of highly able and/or exceptionally motivated
undergraduate students.
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The first Catholic
college for women in New York State,
The
College of New Rochelle was founded in 1904 by the Ursuline Order.
Today,
it comprises the all-women School of Arts & Sciences, and three
schools
which admit women and men: the School of New Resources (for adult
learners),
the School of Nursing and the Graduate School. The main campus of
the College is located in lower Westchester County, 16 miles north of
New York City. The College maintains six other campus locations
in New York
City. Visit the College’s website at www.cnr.edu
