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ACADEMIC INITIATIVES

Weatherford Hall
on Oregon State's
Campus

Sunny lounge space
welcomes students to the
Honors LLC at the University
of Pittsburgh.

PHOTO COURTESY OF UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH

Smart Settings
Honors student communities need extra support from staff and
faculty so that they can be engaged at a higher level.
The average honors student left high
school at the top of the class and met
requirements much higher than the
baselines set by their higher education
institution. These students are seen
by their teachers and mentors, as
well as by themselves, as possessing
exceptional ability and never meeting
a challenge they could not overcome,
perceptions that are amplified during
the college application process. In
general, honors students attend

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KNOWLEDGE
DOMAINS
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in this article

By Jana Jordan
class more consistently, have longer
attention spans, and are engaged
whenever they are present. Because
they are extremely focused on their
academic and career aspirations,
many arrive on campus with a detailed
plan for their next decade already laid
out, including their involvement in

extracurricular activities on campus.
As a group, honors students have
some unique needs, which can be
met when residence life staff leverage
their campus partnerships to create
enriched environments and provide
talented staff to bring these students
together around a common goal.
The development of competency
and identity in these students can look
very different than it does in other

Residential Educational Services
Develop academic partnerships to support academic initiative programmatic goals. Develop
program goals for residential learning communities.



Talking Stick - September/October 2015

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Talking Stick - September/October 2015

Talking Stick - September/October 2015
Contents
Vision
Just In
Calendar
Your ACUHO-I
Transitions
Academic Initiatives
Facilities
Regroup
Data Delivery
Talking in Code
Conversations
First Takes
Around Student Affairs
New Members
Snapshot
Talking Stick - September/October 2015 - Intro
Talking Stick - September/October 2015 - BB1
Talking Stick - September/October 2015 - BB2
Talking Stick - September/October 2015 - Talking Stick - September/October 2015
Talking Stick - September/October 2015 - Cover2
Talking Stick - September/October 2015 - 1
Talking Stick - September/October 2015 - 2
Talking Stick - September/October 2015 - 3
Talking Stick - September/October 2015 - 4
Talking Stick - September/October 2015 - Contents
Talking Stick - September/October 2015 - 6
Talking Stick - September/October 2015 - 7
Talking Stick - September/October 2015 - 8
Talking Stick - September/October 2015 - 9
Talking Stick - September/October 2015 - Vision
Talking Stick - September/October 2015 - 11
Talking Stick - September/October 2015 - Just In
Talking Stick - September/October 2015 - 13
Talking Stick - September/October 2015 - 14
Talking Stick - September/October 2015 - 15
Talking Stick - September/October 2015 - 16
Talking Stick - September/October 2015 - 17
Talking Stick - September/October 2015 - 18
Talking Stick - September/October 2015 - 19
Talking Stick - September/October 2015 - Calendar
Talking Stick - September/October 2015 - 21
Talking Stick - September/October 2015 - Your ACUHO-I
Talking Stick - September/October 2015 - 23
Talking Stick - September/October 2015 - Transitions
Talking Stick - September/October 2015 - 25
Talking Stick - September/October 2015 - Academic Initiatives
Talking Stick - September/October 2015 - 27
Talking Stick - September/October 2015 - 28
Talking Stick - September/October 2015 - 29
Talking Stick - September/October 2015 - Facilities
Talking Stick - September/October 2015 - 31
Talking Stick - September/October 2015 - 32
Talking Stick - September/October 2015 - 33
Talking Stick - September/October 2015 - Regroup
Talking Stick - September/October 2015 - 35
Talking Stick - September/October 2015 - 36
Talking Stick - September/October 2015 - 37
Talking Stick - September/October 2015 - Data Delivery
Talking Stick - September/October 2015 - 39
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Talking Stick - September/October 2015 - Talking in Code
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Talking Stick - September/October 2015 - 50
Talking Stick - September/October 2015 - 51
Talking Stick - September/October 2015 - 52
Talking Stick - September/October 2015 - 53
Talking Stick - September/October 2015 - 54
Talking Stick - September/October 2015 - 55
Talking Stick - September/October 2015 - Conversations
Talking Stick - September/October 2015 - 57
Talking Stick - September/October 2015 - 58
Talking Stick - September/October 2015 - 59
Talking Stick - September/October 2015 - First Takes
Talking Stick - September/October 2015 - Around Student Affairs
Talking Stick - September/October 2015 - 62
Talking Stick - September/October 2015 - 63
Talking Stick - September/October 2015 - 64
Talking Stick - September/October 2015 - 65
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Talking Stick - September/October 2015 - New Members
Talking Stick - September/October 2015 - Snapshot
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