Honors Program - Class Visit

Tuesday, November 12, 2024 at 6:00 PM until 7:30 PMCentral Standard Time UTC -06:00


Newman University - Bishop Gerber Science Center
3100 W McCormick Ave
Wichita, KS 67213
United States


The Honors Program at Newman University empowers high-achieving students to transform society.  Together, we build a strong community, hone our academic skills, learn more about our earth and the people on it, engage with the world outside Newman's campus, and link current students with honors alums and future honors students.  Our graduates become active citizens, succeed in their careers and leave their world a little better than they found it.  Learn more at NewmanU.edu/Honors!

Registering to visit a class allows you to see for yourself what is expected of Honors students and if you can see yourself in this program!  You'll have the opportunity to meet the Director of the Honors Program, Dr. Kelly McFall, and mingle with current Honors students while you play spectator to their Tuesday evening Freshman Honors Seminar class.  In this class, students participate in "Reacting to the Past", which allows them to experience various periods in history via complex, role-playing games.  Intrigued yet?  Click here to learn more about "Reacting to the Past"!

On September 17 & 24, you'll get to experience the Title IX game:

  • What happens on campus when women athletes realize they're not being treated equally? A debate over the role of athletics quickly expands to encompass demands that women’s sports and athletes receive more resources and opportunities. The result is a firestorm of controversy on and off campus. As students wrestle with questions of gender parity and the place of athletics in higher education, they learn about the implementation—and implications—of legal change in the United States.

On November 5 & 12, you'll get to experience the French Revolution game:
  • Plunge into the intellectual and political currents that surged through revolutionary Paris in the summer of 1791! Members of the National Assembly gather to craft a constitution for a new France while wrestling with the threat of foreign invasion, power struggles, liberty, and citizenship.
On November 26, you'll get to experience the Food Fight game:

  • The USDA wants you to eat less fat! Food Fight is set during a 1991 Congressional hearing that evaluated the USDA’s development of the Food Pyramid, a document that angered various agribusiness groups and some nutrition experts.

You can expect a representative from the Honors Program to meet you outside the classroom to help welcome you in during a natural break in game play/discussion. Get excited for this insider look!

Registration is no longer available because the registration deadline has passed.