The SAU Honors College is proud that the following students will present their work at the annual meeting of the National Collegiate Honors Council (NCHC) in November in New Orleans.
Comparative Study of Motivation between Honors and Non-Honors University Students
Friday, November 8, 2013: 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Napoleon B3-C3 (Sheraton New Orleans Hotel)
Pui Tan, Southern Arkansas University
Are honors students more academically motivated than their non-honors peers? This study sought to determine motivational differences between honors and non-honors university students. This study also attempted to measure the correlation between academic motivation and academic performance.
Stalking: What Information Is Conveyed to College Student Victims?
Friday, November 8, 2013: 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Napoleon B3-C3 (Sheraton New Orleans Hotel)
Jesse Castleberry, Southern Arkansas University
Taylor Duke, Southern Arkansas University
Valerie Maangi, Southern Arkansas University
Taryn Sorsby, Southern Arkansas University
Deborah Wilson , Southern Arkansas University
Lindsey Witham, Southern Arkansas University
The study replicates research by Truman and Mustaine (2009) who examined webpages of higher learning institutes to determine if information was provided about stalking,and ease with which the information was located. Institutes' websites were reviewed to ascertain the extent to which campuses provide informationand resources to victims.
Life Changing: The Grand Canyon Semester as Text
Saturday, November 9, 2013: 10:30 AM - 11:20 AM
Borgne (Sheraton New Orleans Hotel)
Jessica Beutler , Portland State University
George Gumerman , Northern Arizona University
Deana Hughes, Southern Arkansas University
Katie Marascio , University of Arizona
Clara Nibbelink , University of Georgia
Jesse Peters , University of North Carolina at Pembroke
Sara Quay , Endicott College
Ariel Weiner , Northern Arizona University
The 2012 Grand Canyon Semester offered a life-changing immersion in the high mountains of northern Arizona and the deep canyon country of the Colorado Plateau. Faculty, students, and NCHC Semester Committee members discuss how participants were pushed to consider the world through different lenses and therefore transformed their own learning.
Prospective Job Satisfaction of Male and Female Undergraduate Engineering Students in Arkansas
Friday, November 8, 2013: 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Napoleon B3-C3 (Sheraton New Orleans Hotel)
Michelle Beavers, Southern Arkansas University
Hali Pinson, Southern Arkansas University
Zachary Pinson, Southern Arkansas University
NASA supported research inspired by studies showing that women engineers leave the profession at a higher rate led to development of a questionnaire from interviews of NASA engineers and previous research. Preliminary data show that female undergraduates have lower mathematical self-confidence and lower expectations of success in their engineering subfields.
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