The Honors Council assists the director in matters of policy, planning, admissions, student support, and recruitment. Members are appointed by the academic vice president in consultation with the honors director. Membership is composed of five faculty representatives (one from each college), two student representatives, a representative from Bell Library, Student Affairs, Community Outreach, the Core Curriculum, Development, and the wider community. The Honors Director chairs the Honors Council. Faculty are appointed for two-year renewable terms. The student representatives are elected by the honors student association and appointed to a renewable one-year term. Standing subcommittees of the Council are: admissions, co-curricular/extra-curricular activities, curriculum, and assessment.

Members of the Council

College of Business: Adolfo Benavides, x2769. Email: adolfo.benavides@tamucc.edu. Office: FC 117. Mail Code: 5807. Term expires spring 2009.

College of Nursing and Health Sciences: Mary Bantell, x5939. Email:Mary.Bantell@tamucc.edu. Office: CI353. Mail Code: 5804. Term expires spring 2008.

Student Affairs: Eliot Chenaux, x2612. Email: Eliot.Chenaux@tamucc.edu. Office: UC 318F. Mail Code: 5713.

Honors Director, Chair of Council: Jan Haswell, x5981. Email: janis.haswell@tamucc.edu. Office: FC 277. Mail Code: 5813.

College of Education: Karen Paciotti, x3899. Email: karen.paciotti@tamucc.edu. Office: FC 220. Mail Code 5881. Term expires spring 2008.

Office of Development: Heather Guerrero, x3330. Email: heather.guerrero@tamucc.edu. Office: USC 213. Mail Code: 5741.

College of Science and Technology: Ian MacDonald, x2234. Email: ian.macdonald@tamucc.edu. Office: HRI 121. Mail Code: 5806. Term expires spring 2010.

Community Outreach: Jim Needham, x2708. Email: james.needham@tamucc.edu. Office: NRC 2204. Mail Code: 5854.

College of Liberal Arts: Don Berkich, x3976. Email: don.berkich@tamucc.edu. FC 283. Mail Code: 5814. Term expires spring 2010.

Bell Library: Jennifer Anderson, x3321. Email: jennifer.anderson@tamucc.edu. Office: LIB 112C. Mail Code: 5702.

Core Curriculum Program: Susan Wolff-Murphy, x2640. Email: Susan.Murphy@tamucc.edu. Office: FC 253A. Mail Code: 5813.

Admissions and Records: Margaret Dechant, x5951. Email: Margaret.Dechant@tamucc.edu. Office: SSC 200. Mail Code: 5771. f

Student representative: Alicia Valdes. Email: Ex17press@yahoo.com

Student representative: Newman Wong. Email: NewmanCWong@gmail.com

 

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