Honors Conferences
The Honors Program encourages honors students to participate in HONORS CONFERENCES. Academic conferences are a wonderful opportunity for you to distinguish yourself as a scholar. To find out more about what academic conferences are, why you might want to present at one, and how you go about doing so, click here: Academic Conferences: Demonstrating Your Intellectual Curiosity and Development.
The following academic conferences provide a forum in which Honors Program students can present research results, participate in panel discussions, display poster presentations, and show or perform original creations (art, music, dance, etc.). Depending on the conference, these presentations may be individual, in pairs or small groups.
The Honors Transfer Council of California (HTCC) holds an annual student research conference giving students in California community college honors classes and programs the opportunity to present the results of their work. The conference is hosted every year at the University of California, Irvine, and takes place in March.
The 2012 HTCC Student Research Conference will take place Saturday, March 31.
Students who wish to be considered as presenters for this conference must submit their mentored draft proposal abstracts (250 words), descriptions (30 words) and titles to the Honors Office with their completed Mentor Agreements by 12 noon on December 2, 2011.To obtain a copy of the Mentor Agreement, please click here: MENTOR AGREEMENT
Students who are not yet prepared to present their research at a conference may wish to consider attending as an observer or to volunteer.
In 2011, six OCC students presented their research at the HTCC conference. OCC economics major Qui Pham and anthropology major Shana Schreiber each won Exemplary Achievement scholarships; Shana also took the top prize at this conference, the Director's Award, which was given in recognition for her Outstanding Abstract.
Contact the Academic Honors Office for more information. HTCC website - HTCC Conference site
The Western Regional Honors Council (WRHC) conference is an annual three-day event in April for students enrolled in their college Honors Programs. The location changes from year to year. The 2012 conference will be held in Albuquerque, New Mexico on April 12-14. Students who wish to be considered as presenters for this conference must submit their mentored draft proposal abstracts (150 words), descriptions (50 words) and titles to the Honors Office with their completed Mentor Agreements by 12 noon on December 2, 2011.
To obtain a copy of the Mentor Agreement, please click here:
MENTOR AGREEMENT
Last year, two OCC Honors Program students presented their research and one student was recognized for her outstanding artistic contribution to the 2011 edition of Scribendi. For more information about this annual conference, please visit the conference websites: WRHC website - WRHC Conference site
The National Collegiate Honors Council (NCHC) holds a five-day conference that takes place during October or November; the location changes every year. Students enrolled in their college Honors Program are eligible to apply as presenters in January of each year; final drafts of research papers from accepted oral presenters are due by April 1.
The 2011 conference was held in Phoenix, Arizona from October 19th to 23rd. For more information about this annual conference, please visit the conference website: NCHC website - NCHC Conference site
The Association of Core Texts and Courses Student Conference (ACTC) is a three-day conference hosted at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California each spring. Student presenters share their research and analysis of core texts (primary texts that made significant contributions to human understanding and continue to be read, discussed, analyzed and debated today across the disciplines). A very limited number of students are selected each year to present at this conference. For more information about this conference, please contact the Academic Honors Office: hpro@occ.cccd.edu
The Bay Area Consortium (BAC) Student Research Conference at UC Berkeley is held in early May of each year. Submit proposals in January. For more information about this conference, please contact the Academic Honors Office: hpro@occ.cccd.edu
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