Conference 2021 Schedule

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Overall schedule
View schedule for Friday, March 26th

Daily Schedule – March 25th, 2021

All times in Eastern Time Zone

Time Event
5:00-10:00 Registration, Quad
6:00-6:30

Plenary Building

Peter Bradley
President, MEHA
Director of the Honors Program at Ferris State University
6:30-8:00 Service Projects, SE College (Practical) Room 1
6:30-8:00 Cultural Event – Brainchild readings, SE College (Practical) Room 2
8:00-9:00 City as Quest, Game Room West
8:00-9:00 Faculty meeting, Board Room

Overall schedule
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Daily Schedule – March 26th, 2021

All times in Eastern Time Zone

Time Event
8:30-9:30 Breakfast Hangout
Morning sessions
Time NW College (Physical) 1 NE College (Intellectual) 2 SW College (Moral)
09:30 – 10:20 Session 1: Climate Change (Room 1) Session 2: Honors Pedagogy (Room 2) Session 3: Gender (Room 1)
10:30 – 11:20 Session 4: 60 years of Honors (Room 2) Session 5: The Visual Medium (Room 1) Session 6: Mental health of college students (Room 1)
11:30 – 12:20 Session 7: Creative Writing (Room 1) Session 8: Physis (Room 2) Session 9: Philosophy (Room 1)
12:30-1:30 Lunch Hangout
Afternoon sessions
Time NW College (Physical) 1 NE College (Intellectual) 2 SW College (Moral)
13:30 – 14:20 Session 10: Detroit, Labor and History (Room 1) Session 11: Social Justice (Room 1) Session 12: Honors Intercollegiate Connections Program (Room 2)
14:30 – 15:20 Session 13: Psychology (Room 1) Session 14: Antiracism class in Honors (Room 2) Session 15: None
3:30-4:30 Poster setup, poster room
4:00-5:00 Poster session
5:00-6:00 Dinner break
6:00-7:00

Plenary Building

Keynote: Dr. Timothy K. Eatman, Inaugural Dean Honors Living-Learning Community, Rutgers, NJ.
7:00-7:30

Plenary Building

Awards and Elections

Overall schedule
View schedule for Friday, March 26th

Daily Schedule – March 27th, 2021

All times in Eastern Time Zone

Time Event
8:00-9:00 Breakfast Hangout
8:00-9:00 Board Meeting, board room
Morning sessions
Time NW College (Physical) 1 NE College (Intellectual) 2 SW College (Moral) SE College (Practical) 3
09:00 – 09:50 Session 16: Global content in Humanities class (Room 2) Session 17: Education (Room 1) Session 18: Augustine and Mathematical models (Room 1)  
10:00 – 10:50 Session 19: The Internet and Utopia (Room 1)   Session 21: Public Policy and Dinosaurs (Room 1) Session 20: Beyond Diversity (Room 3)