“BBQ with the Profs” and the Development of Collegial Associations
“BBQ with the Profs” and the Development of Collegial Associations
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“教授烧烤”与学院社团发展
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2007
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Lindsey B. Thurman
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Craig T. Cobane;Lindsey B. Thurman
西肯塔基州大学（WKU）是一所中等规模的开放招生公立大学，被卡内基基金会列为"硕士学院和大学大型项目"。"WKU有15，978（1）本科生分布在四个校区。荣誉计划，创建于1963年，目前有大约500名学生。入学是基于资格标准，与该计划的入学要求是最低ACT/SAT成绩和高中平均成绩的组合。然而，该计划的理念是，学生不仅仅是他或她的“数字”的积累，从而允许学生请愿进入该计划，如果他们在一个标准或其他低。此外，该计划允许学生在WKU获得一定数量的学分后申请。一旦在程序中，学生必须完成18小时的荣誉学分在普通教育，上师，和荣誉座谈会课程和六个学分的顶点经验/论文（CE/T）项目。在2005年，一个新的主任被雇用，以提供能源，增加该计划的知名度在校园，并提高保留。在与学生和教师的谈话中，主任发现，主要问题之一是学生之间缺乏"社区"，教师、学生和工作人员之间缺乏大学联合的意识。荣誉社区和大学协会的缺乏意味着该计划只不过是学生参加较小，较难的课程。新的领导层认为，身份、社区和共同目标感是完成该计划任务所需的关键变量。学院协会的发展是实现WKU荣誉计划的总体目标的先决条件：以各种方式实际模拟参加小型文理学院的归属感和体验。我们相信，荣誉参与的所有其他元素和好处都来自于学院协会的基础。我们建立这个基础的多管齐下的战略的一个方面是通过一个我们称为"与教授烧烤"的计划的发展。"（2）与教授烧烤与教授烧烤是一个机会，新生荣誉学生与教师，行政和工作人员（3）在学校的第一周在一个非正式的环境连接。在2006年秋季第一次与教授们举行的年度烧烤会上，一小群新生在荣誉托普的带领下来到了东道主教授的家中。吃完晚餐，这是由荣誉计划提供，主机玩各种户外游戏，自制冰淇淋，并鼓励学生参与讨论有关出国留学，研究生院，和心灵的生活。这次活动的目标包括给荣誉新生与教师网络的启动，打开学生的思想，等待他们在大学的可能性，提供一个论坛，让学生互相了解，并显示学生的一面，他们的教师，可能会促进未来的指导关系。与专业人士一起计划烧烤与专业人士一起计划烧烤的阶段始于2006年4月，即活动前五个月。计划通常分为三大类：1）与主办方的家庭有关的问题，2）与向学生宣传活动并让他们到达正确的家庭有关的问题，3）评估和制度化活动。该计划的初步想法起草，包括有多少学生将参加每个家庭，该计划应持续多久，应该提供什么样的食物，以及学生将如何找到教师的家。在开学忙碌的第一个星期里，我仔细考虑了各种相互矛盾的日期和时间，最后把日期定在了开学第一天的晚上。主持人学院的第一个挑战之一是确保个人主办烧烤与教授网站，然后制定计划的目标，为事件。…
INTRODUCTION Western Kentucky University (WKU) is a medium-sized, open-enrollment public institution, classified by the Carnegie Foundation as a "Master's College & Universities Larger Programs." WKU has 15,978 (1) undergraduates spread across four campuses. The Honors Program, created in 1963, currently has around 500 students. Enrollment is based on an eligibility standard, with entry requirements for the program being a combination of minimum ACT/SAT scores and high school grade point average. However, the program's philosophy is that a student is more than the accumulation of his or her "numbers," thus allowing students to petition into the program if they are low on one criterion or the other. In addition, the program allows students to apply after taking a certain number of credits at WKU. Once in the program, a student must complete eighteen hours of Honors credit in general education, upper-division, and Honors colloquia courses and a six-credit Capstone Experience/Thesis (CE/T) Project. In 2005, a new director was hired to provide energy, increase the program's visibility on campus, and improve retention. In conversations with students and faculty, the director discerned that one of the major problems was the lack of both "community" among the students and a sense of collegial association among and between faculty, students, and staff. The dearth of Honors community and collegial association meant the program was little more than students taking smaller, harder courses. The new leadership believed that identity, community, and a sense of shared purpose were key variables that needed to be instilled in order to accomplish the program's mandate. The development of collegial association is a prerequisite to achieving the overall goal of the WKU Honors Program: to simulate in every way practical the sense of belonging and experience of attending a small liberal-arts college. We believe that all other elements and benefits of Honors participation emanate from the foundation of collegial association. One facet of our multipronged strategy to build this foundation was through the development of a program we called "BBQ with the Profs." (2) BBQ WITH THE PROFS BBQ with the Profs is an opportunity for freshmen Honors students to connect with faculty, administration, and staff (3) in an informal setting during the first week of school. During the first annual BBQ with the Profs in the fall of 2006, small groups of freshmen were led by HonorsToppers (4) to the hosting-professors' homes. After eating dinner, which was provided by the Honors Program, the hosts played various outdoor games, made homemade ice cream, and encouraged students to engage in discussions about study abroad, graduate school, and the life of the mind. The goals of this event included giving Honors freshmen a jumpstart on networking with faculty, opening students' minds to the possibilities awaiting them in college, providing a forum for students to get acquainted with one another, and showing students a side of their faculty that might promote future mentoring relationships. PLANNING BBQ WITH THE PROFS The planning stages of BBQ with the Profs began in April 2006, five months prior to the event. Planning generally fell into three broad categories: 1) issues related to the hosts' homes, 2) issues related to advertising the event to students and getting them to the correct homes, and 3) assessment and institutionalizing the event. Initial ideas for the program were drafted, including how many students would attend each home, how long the program should last, what kind of food should be provided, and how students would find the faculty's homes. Looking over conflicting dates and times during the busy first week of school, the date was set for the evening of the first day of classes. HOST FACULTY One of the first challenges was securing individuals to host BBQ with the Profs sites and then framing the program goals for the event. …