Regional Honors Convention, November 2008

The conference was held at Camp Harlow. Nine chapters from the region attended for the weekend.

Schedule

• Friday Evening
• 5:00 p.m. Check In, Harlow Lodge
• 9:00 p.m. General orientation meeting, Harlow Lodge
• Saturday
• 8:00 a.m. Breakfast, Harlow Lodge
• 9:15 a.m. The College Going Behavior of Pell Students: Does Aid Really Affect Access of Needy Students?, Professor Larry Singell, Harlow Lodge
• 10:45 a.m. First Seminar Meeting
• 12:30 p.m. Lunch, Harlow Lodge
• 1:30 p.m. The Paradox of Affluence: A Personal Journey, Steve Candee, Harlow Lodge
• 3:00 p.m. Second Seminar Meeting
• 5:30 p.m. Dinner, Harlow Lodge
• 7:00 p.m. Activities organized by the Regional Officers (and other activities)
  Founder's Day candle ceremony
• Sunday Morning
• 8:00 a.m. Breakfast, Harlow Lodge
• 9:15 a.m. Public Benefaction and Civic Virtue, Professor John Nicols, Harlow Lodge

Pictures

Conference Speakers

• Larry Singell earned his Ph.D. in economics at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is currently the Associate Dean for Social Sciences at the University of Oregon. He has worked extensively in the field of applied labor economics. His research forcuses on the role that education plays in the labor-market outcomes and the extent to which these investments differentially affect choices and opportunities by race and gender. More recently, Professor Singell has studied the effects of financial aid programs, such as the Pell grant, on access, retention, graduation, and institution choice within higher education.
• Steve Candee is an Instructor of Political Science and Coordinator of Cooperative Education Internship at Lane Community College. He is the immediate past president of the National Social Science Association and member of the Pacific Northwest Political Science Association. He is a revision author for the People & Politics: an Introdution to American Government, co-author of Open to Debate:  an Introduction to US Politics & Government and author of the monograph, "The Trivialization of American Politics: Another Look at Media Influence." He is a frequent contributor of guest viewpoints in the Eugene Register-Guard and frequent political commentator for local radio, television, and newpapers.
• John Nicols is a Professor of Classics at the University of Oregon where he teaches history, Latin,and physics. He earned his Ph.D. from UCLA and the University of Freiburg, and he has done post-doctoral work and held visiting Professorships at German universities in Munich, Cologne, Heidelberg, and Muenster. He is currently the head of the Humanities Program and The Society of College Scholars honors program and administers a major research grant from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation called "Mapping History" which employs three to five student interns.