12:00 noon - 8:00 pm : Conference check-in (Bluebonnet Ballroom Foyer)

12:00 noon - 6:00 pm : UT Arlington shuttle bus circulates between UTA Campus and Arlington Hilton

Optional Friday activities: (meet in the Bluebonnet Ballroom Foyer)

2:00 pm Cowboys Stadium Tour ($20 ticket required)
2:00 pm Tour of the UT Arlington Campus (given by MavElite tour guides)
2:00 pm Tour of new UT Arlington Engineering Research Building
3:00 pm Cowboys Stadium Tour ($20 ticket required)
3:00 pm "Violent Universe" show at the UT Arlington Planetarium
3:30 pm Tour of the UT Arlington Campus (given by MavElite tour guides)
3:30 pm Tour of the UT Arlington Smart Hospital
4:00 pm "Magnificent Sun" show at the UT Arlington Planetarium

4:00 - 5:00 pm Session: NCHC Certification of Honors Programs (San Saba Room, second floor) Dr. Gary Bell, Texas Tech University, and Dr. Robert Spurrier, Oklahoma State University

NCHC's Board of Directors adopted the following motion in 2010: "Approve planning by the Assessment and Evaluation Committee to develop a system to be approved by the Board of Directors for completely voluntary certification of honors colleges or programs by NCHC available beginning in 2014." [Emphasis added.] Two current NCHC national officers will facilitate discussion of what this may mean for honors programs and honors colleges at GPHC institutions if eventually implemented by the NCHC Board, how such certification might be prove beneficial, and possible pitfalls involved with voluntary certification of honors programs and honors colleges by NCHC.

5:00 - 7:00 pm : Welcome, Dinner and Plenary Speaker: Dr. Roy Hawthorne, WWII Navajo Code Talker (Bluebonnet Ballroom)

6:30 pm : Boe Award summaries (Bluebonnet Ballroom)

Boe Award Winners - 60 or fewer earned credit hours: Tricia Lestarjette, Lee College; Alex Leme, The University of Arkansas at Little Rock; Cheryl Dabney, Lee College

Boe Award Winners - more than 60 earned credit hours: David Bulger, Oral Roberts University; Kimberley Sams, University of Texas at Arlington; Rebekah Kopsky, University of North Texas

7:00 - 9:00 pm : Poster Session (Palo Duro Lounge)

9:00 pm : Shuttle buses return to Hilton Arlington (Bluebonnet Ballroom Foyer)

6:45 - 10:00 am : Check-in

7:00 - 7:50 am : Continental breakfast (Grand Foyer)

8:00 - 8:50 am : "A" Sessions, Individual/Panel Presentations

9:00 - 9:50 am : "B" Sessions, Individual/Panel Presentations

10:00 - 10:50 am : "C" Sessions, Individual/Panel Presentations

11:00 - 11:50 am : "D" Sessions, Boe Awardee Presentations (Capitol Ballroom I and II)

12:00 - 1:00 pm : Lunch and plenary speaker: Dr. Mary Vaccaro, Professor of Art History at UT Arlington (Grand Ballroom)

1:00 pm : Board buses for Fort Worth Museum District (North First Floor Entrance/Exit)

1:30 - 5:00 pm : Fort Worth Museum District excursion

5:00 pm : Board buses for Hilton Arlington

5:30 pm : Arrive Hilton Arlington - Free Time

6:30 pm : Dinner and plenary speaker: Dr. Dennis Maher, Associate Professor of Theatre Arts at UT Arlington, as Mark Twain (Grand Ballroom)

7:30 a.m. : Students - breakfast on your own

8:00 a.m. : GPHC Business Meeting and Directors/Deans Breakfast (Capitol Ballroom I)

10:00 a.m. : Adjourn