L A N D,
PEOPLE,
P L AC E :
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: MAY 1, 2015
To apply, detach and complete this form. Enclose a check
for $800 (includes $50 non-refundable registration fee) payable to
NCHC Honors Semesters Committee.
NCHC Federal ID #52-1188042.
Mail registration form, check, and a brief description of your
interest in experiential education, history, and/or cultural
studies to:
National Collegiate Honors Council
1100 Neihardt Residence Center
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
540 North 16th Street
Lincoln, NE 68588-0627
(Dis)Connections
in New Mexico
For online registration, credit card payment, and submission
of statement of interest, go to www.nchchonors.org.
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NCHC Faculty Institute
July 14-19, 2015
A project of NCHC Honors Semesters Committee
New Mexico is home to a variety of cultures and peoples, reflecting
a myriad of identities and worldviews resulting from centuries of resisting, clashing, blending, and negotiating. This faculty institute will
consider questions of how natural and built places of the region create
connections and/or divides among the diverse peoples in New Mexico.
Explorations will focus on the neighborhoods of Albuquerque and the
contrasting pueblos of Isleta and Acoma as well as the landscapes in
and around these destinations. Questions to be considered include:
How do the natural and built environments in and around Albuquerque work? How does this rapidly growing urban environment contrast
with the longstanding Isleta and Acoma pueblos? How do the two
pueblos register their unique histories? Who lives and works in these
places? Through readings, discussions, explorations, and observations,
participants will discover how a range of identities, spaces, and places
shape this unique part of the country. The Institute will be housed at
the historic Hotel Andaluz, built by New Mexico native Conrad Hilton
in 1939, with easy access to Albuquerque, the pueblos, and Santa Fe.
I N S T I T U T E AT A G L A N C E
Participants will engage in direct observation, discussions, interviews,
writing assignments, and mapping exercises. The Institute will culminate with a workshop on adaptations of City as Text™ methodology
to participants’ home campuses and to residential travel programs or
academic service-learning immersion projects. Both the structure and
content of this particular Institute apply remarkably well to travel sites
of all kinds; we will explore and compare these possibilities together.
PA R T I C I PA N T S
The Land, People, Place: (Dis)Connections in New Mexico Institute is
designed for honors and non-honors faculty and administrators who
wish to incorporate interdisciplinary and field-based elements into
their courses and programs. Alumni of earlier Institutes have used
City as Text™ pedagogy in disciplines ranging from the arts and social
sciences to math and science. Ideal as integrative learning modalities,
these experiential strategies include reflective practices and writing assignments that can be adapted for use in student orientations, campus
assessments, and professional development workshops. Identifying and
transferring principles of integrative experiential learning are important
goals of this Institute.
S C H E D U L E J U LY 1 4 - 1 9 , 2 0 1 5
Arrive at Hotel Andaluz by 2pm Tuesday and leave Sunday morning.
Please make flight arrangements based on these times. Late arrival or
early departure will interfere with participation in the Institute.
T U E S D AY, J U LY 14
Preliminary briefing at 2 pm followed by initial walkabout of downtown
Albuquerque. Debriefing seminar (snacks provided) followed by opening reception. Writing time in the evening and dinner in small groups.
W E D N E S D AY, J U LY 15
Brief meeting to discuss initial writings and to organize travel routes.
All-day explorations of Albuquerque neighborhoods. Afternoon seminar on readings and site-specific observations. Dinner in small groups
followed by writing time.
T H U R S D AY, J U LY 16
All-day exploration to Isleta Pueblo and tribal casino. Afternoon seminar
on readings and site-specific observations. Dinner in small groups followed by writing time.
F R I D AY, J U LY 17 All-day explorations of Acoma Pueblo. Preparation of Turning Point
essays.
S AT U R D AY, J U LY 18
Daylong workshop. Analysis and discussion of group observations and
individual Turning Point essays will be followed by close consideration of
participants’ proposals for possible applications to other kinds of projects.
Discussion of Institute writing and assigned readings will frame this
workshop. The Institute will wrap up with a closing dinner.
S U N D AY, J U LY 19
Departures.
FAC I L I TATO R S A N D CO N TAC T S
Sara Quay, Endicott College [email protected]
Jesse Peters, UNC Pembroke [email protected]
Susan Cannata, UNC Pembroke [email protected]
I N S T I T U T E CO S T S
REGISTRATION DEADLINE: May 1, 2015
COST: $800 (includes non-refundable $50 fee)
This cost covers Institute reading materials, instructional fees, final
group dinner, and incidental charges. It does not include travel to
Albuquerque, some local transport, accommodations, or most meals.
ACCO M M O D AT I O N S
Participants will be housed at Hotel Andaluz (www.hotelandaluz.com)
in Albuquerque. The cost is $129 per night per person (+ tax); Two
additional nights before or after Institute may be added to stay at this
special rate if arranged in advance.
Reservations can be made by calling Hotel Andaluz
at 505-923-9019. (Group Code: NCHC)
T R AV E L D I R E C T I O N S
Fly into Albuquerque International Airport. Hotel Andaluz is a short
4-mile taxi ride from the airport.