2014 Honors Conference Program

Afternoon Schedule
1:30-2:30 p.m.
ICE 123C Entertainment
3-4:45 p.m.
ICE 123C
Contagion (Steven Soderbergh | Rated PG-13 | 106 minutes)
Contagion follows the rapid progress of a lethal airborne virus
that kills within days. As the fast-moving epidemic grows, the
worldwide medical community races to find a cure and control
the panic that spreads faster than the virus itself. At the same
time, ordinary people struggle to survive in a society coming
apart.
5 p.m.
LCN 211
Dinner
5:30-6 p.m.
LCN 211
OTC Choir
6-6:45 p.m.
ICE 123C
Guest Speaker via Skype - Lindsay Hayes, Ph.D.
Lindsay N. Hayes, Ph.D. is a Postdoctoral Fellow at Johns
Hopkins University in the Schizophrenia Center in Baltimore,
MD. Dr. Hayes’ specific field of research is neuroimmunology
in a translational research environment. She grew up on the
Ozarks and received her B.S. in Chemistry from Evangel
University, Springfield, MO then her Ph.D. in Neuroscience
from Brown University, Providence, RI. Her presentation will
focus on her experience from a STEM student to becoming a
research scientist.
www.otc.edu/honors
April 5, 2014
8-8:45 a.m.
Registration & Breakfast
LCN 211
9-11:45 a.m.
Presentations
LCN 112, 114, 123
Lunch
LCN 211
1:30-2:30 p.m.
9-9:45 a.m.
LCN 112
Different Approaches to World Building:
Working within the Realm of Fantasy
LCN 114
Get Your Billion Back America - Tax Tips
for College Students
LCN 123
Frontiers and the Spirit of Education
Brandi Keltner
LCN 112
The Benefits of Flip Teaching in an Honors Setting
LCN 114
Application Based Learning and
the Honors Classroom
LCN 123
For What It’s Worth - Money Saving Tips
to Make Ends Meet
Kathy Sheldahl
3-4:45 p.m.
Conference Movie: Contagion
ICE 123C
5 p.m.
Dinner
LCN 211
5:30-6 p.m.
OTC Choir
LCN 211
6-6:45 p.m.
Guest Speaker via Skype: Lindsay Hayes, Ph.D.
Jasmin Claros
10-10:45 a.m.
Entertainment
ICW 123C
Taylor Glass & Emily Schilmoeller
Wade Southwell & Craig Ragland
Caleb Davis
11-11:45 a.m.
LCN 112
Role Playing in the Classroom
Brandon Perkins & Frank Giddens
LCN 114
Getting the Job - Interview Skills for Success
LCN 123
Transfer Student Panel
Karen Foresee & Stephanie Davenport
Zach Dampier, Andrea Sosa, Kaitlyn Marlin,
Edgar Hernandez-Martinez, Maxine Szura
Missouri State University-West Plains
(ICE: Information Commons East | ICW: Infomation Commons West | LCN: Lincoln Hall)
Darr Honors
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P R O G R A M
“I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.” -Confucius
“All the world is a lab: we are but scientists.”
Noon-1:15 p.m.
Presentation Schedule
2014 OTC Honors Conference
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