Promotion of Excellence Grants

Phi Kappa Phi Forum, Summer 2005

2005-2006

State of North Carolina Undergraduate Research Symposium

Dr. George T. Barthalmus

North Carolina State University

A statewide annual undergraduate-research symposium for fifty-three state and private universities in North Carolina is planned for four hundred participants across all disciplines.

University of Southern California Spring Recital Series

Dr. Valerie Stern

University of Southern California

A recital series designed to provide USC music students with performance opportunities, as well as to bring free classical-music concerts to the public.

Elmhurst College Honors Program Retreat & Cultural Experience

Dr. Mary Mulvaney

Elmhurst College

An overnight retreat for first-year Honors Program members and a program-sponsored campus-wide cultural experience will enhance the existing curricular components of the Elmhurst College Honors Program.

The Creatively Engaged College Campus - Wright State University Honors Institute

Dr. Susan Carrafiello

Wright State University

Establishes a creatively engaged campus as a model for learning that links scholarly and civic engagement through an interdisciplinary approach to classroom learning, a scholarly conference, and a community project.

Interdisciplinary Learning Experience for Students & Faculty

Dr. Veronica Watson & Dr. Yaw Asamoah

Indiana University of Pennsylvania

The College of Humanities and Social Sciences will provide an interdisciplinary student symposium and offer development workshops to train and support faculty in interdisciplinary, collaborative teaching methods.

Strategies to Promote Excellence in Alabama College Students

Dr. Janis Beaird

University of West Alabama

A student conference will provide a forum in which students from Alabama's colleges and universities can share their current research and gain information about graduate school, including opportunities in Phi Kappa Phi.