Seven KSC honors students presented at the National Collegiate Honors Council Conference on November 17th in Boston. Three students from the 2012 Honors Global Engagement course, Jessica Lulka, Rebecca Rieger, and Krista Sullivan, discussed the different meanings of global citizenship as part of an “idea exchange.” The honors travel courses to Bosnia and Nicaragua in 2012 provided them with intercultural experiences and new perspectives. What knowledge, language, and skills do students need to participate in a complex and interdependent world? The students presented their own suggestions for expanding educational programs and connecting across borders.

Four seniors in the Honors Program, Alex Claus, Rebecca Lazinsk, Jillian Tomaselli, and Hannah Walker, presented “Narratives, Connections, and Contributions: Using Case Study Research in an Honors Senior Seminar” at the conference. They shared the research they conducted in this fall’s capstone. With each student serving as his or her own case, participants explain their research questions, data tables, and interdisciplinary frameworks they used to examine their own growth and development since entering college.

Professor Pru Cuper (Education) and Honors Director Margaret Walsh (Sociology) collaborated with the students.