North Carolina Honors Association

Why Honors?

Honors education ignites passion for lifelong learning and encourages student creativity, collaboration, and leadership in the classroom and beyond.

It is characterized by in-class and extracurricular activities that are measurably broader, deeper, or more complex than comparable learning experiences typically found at institutions of higher education. Honors curriculum serves as a laboratory for inventive and experiential education that can be implemented in the traditional classroom. Honors experiences include a distinctive learner-directed environment and philosophy, provide opportunities that are appropriately tailored to fit the institution’s culture and mission, and frequently occur within a close community of students and faculty.

NCHA Membership

Membership IconAll North Carolina Honors Colleges and Programs are welcome to join NCHA.
NCHA dues are $25.00 per year per institution. Current dues-paying member institutions can register for the conference at a reduced rate for all faculty and students attending. Note:  dues are separate from conference registration.

NCHA now offers PayPal!

Many Honors Programs and Colleges have asked for the convenience of paying dues by credit card. Dues paid via PayPal are $25.00 plus an additional $3.00 fee to cover processing costs. You may pay your $28.00 directly to NCHA via PayPal here. Please be sure to note the name of the member institution are paying dues for in the comments of your payment in PayPal.

NCHA still allows dues to be paid via check. Dues paid by check remain $25.00.

Please send your check (payable to NCHA) to:

NCHA
c/o Kate Bruce, Treasurer
PO Box 537
Kure Beach, NC 28449

Contact Dr. Kate Bruce (bruce@uncw.edu) at UNCW for more details about joining or paying annual dues.

Annual Conference

The 2024 Conference hosted by Western Carolina University is scheduled for September 20-21, 2024 with the conference theme of  “Here and Now: The Power of Place.”  You may access the conference website at:  https://affiliate.wcu.edu/ncha2024conference

Proposals for oral presentations, panel discussions, creative work or performance, and poster presentations will be accepted through the conference website.

Important Dates and Deadlines:

                • Deadline for Proposal Submission is August 30, 2024 (midnight)

                • Anticipate notification of acceptance/not of submitted proposals on or before September 6

                • Conference Registration Online will end Friday, September 13 (Early Bird)

                • In Person Conference Registration will be available on site

Formats and Costs:

Conference Registration Online via the conference website ends Sept 13 at the Early Bird Rates of $50 student registration and $75 faculty/staff registration – for students, faculty, and staff attending the conference in person.  Registration fees will cover the Friday night conference banquet, continental breakfast on Saturday morning, and lunch on Saturday. 

Some conference activities will be provided through an online format.  There is no charge for distance registration; however, registration is required.  A schedule of conference programming available online will be posted to the website.

Conference attendees may register on-site at the conference.  The rates for on-site registration will be $65 for student registration and $90 for faculty/staff registration.  

Presentation Options for Honors Students:

Oral Presentation (15 minutes max, with brief Q&A to follow; in a session with other presentations topically organized)

Poster Presentation (in person presenters will bring their posters; online presenters will be asked to create a 3-5 minute recorded presentation to accompany one visual image of the poster)

Creative work or performance:  visual, musical, theater, poetry reading, etc.  (15 minutes max, with brief Q&A to follow; in a session with other creative work or performance presentations)

 Presentation Options for Honors Faculty and Staff:

Individual or Joint Presentation: 1-3 presenters from the same institution (15 minutes max with Q&A to follow)

Roundtable/Panel: 3+ presenters from different institutions (15 minutes max with Q&A to follow)

 

Future Conference Hosts:

2025: To Be Announced

 

Constitution and Executive Board

Constitution of the North Carolina Honors Association

North Carolina Honors Association Constitution and Bylaws approved 9.25.21

Executive Board Members for 2023-2024:

 

Contact

Questions about the NCHA website should be directed to

nchonorsassociation@gmail.com