The theme
for the 2002 conference in Salt Lake City is
"Peaks and Valleys in the Honors Experience".
The conference will take place at the Grand America Hotel
October 30-November 3, 2002.
Specific details will be posted to this site in early 2002.
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Website
NCHC Conference Dates and Sites
2002 Salt Lake City, UT: Grand America Hotel, October 30-November 3
2003 Chicago, IL: Palmer House Hilton, November 5-9
2004 New Orleans, LA: Hyatt Regency New Orleans, November
10-14
Each autumn the National Collegiate Honors Councils holds its annual meeting in a major U.S. city. The four-day conference program features workshops dealing with the broad philosophical issues facing honors education as well as the daily pragmatic concerns of honors students and educators.
Popular features of the annual conference include:
 | Beginning in Honors© is a pre-conference workshop designed for newly appointed honors administrators and those who are setting up a new honors program. |
| City-as-Text© is an introduction to site-based experiential learning |
| The Consultant's Lounge is full of experts offering free consultation to any program director |
| Developing in Honors and Students in Honors helps directors and students learn techniques to strengthen their honors programs |
| NCHC Annual Conference | ||
| Year | Site | Theme |
| 1966 | Lawrence, KS | No Theme |
| 1967 | Washington, D.C. | No Theme |
| 1968 | Seattle, WA | No Theme |
| 1969 | New Orleans, LA | No Theme |
| 1970 | Boulder, CO | No Theme |
| 1971 | Ann Arbor, MI | Honors at Work |
| 1972 | San Francisco, CA | Honors: Condition and Directions |
| 1973 | Williamsburg, VA | The Nature of Excellence |
| 1974 | St. Louis, MO | Liberal Education Today and the Role of Honors |
| 1975 | Pullman, WA | The Many Faces of Honors |
| 1976 | Fayetteville, AR | The Second Decade: Responsibilities in a Changed Environment |
| 1977 | Washington, D.C. | Doing as Learning: Honors in an Experiential Setting |
| 1978 | Kent, OH | Honors as Process: Ends and Means |
| 1979 | Atlanta, GA | In Anticipation of the 80's: Agenda for Action |
| 1980 | Fort Worth, TX | Expectation of Honors: Values and Standards |
| 1981 | Omaha, NE | Teaching and Learning: The Uniqueness of Honors |
| 1982 | Albuquerque, NM | Knowledge, the Disciplines, and Interdisciplinary Study |
| 1983 | Philadelphia, PA | Honors Education: Preserving Tradition, Fostering Change |
| 1984 | Memphis, TN | Education at the Crossroads: The Honors Challenge |
| 1985 | Salt Lake City, UT | Honors at the Frontier: The Honors Challenge |
| 1986 | Miami, FL | Honors Education and Cultural Pluralism |
| 1987 | Dallas, TX | No Theme |
| 1988 | Las Vegas, NV | Take a Chance |
| 1989 | New Orleans, LA | Lagniappe: The Honors Experience |
| 1990 | Baltimore, MD | Changing the Boundaries: World, Nation, and Community |
| 1991 | Chicago, IL | No Theme - focus on Honors in Fine Arts/Natural Sciences |
| 1992 | Los Angeles, CA | Discovery |
| 1993 | St. Louis, MO | Privilege, Responsibility and Community |
| 1994 | San Antonio, TX | Crossing Borders |
| 1995 | Pittsburgh, PA | Honors as Neighborhood |
| 1996 | San Francisco, CA | Honors on the Edge |
| 1997 | Atlanta, GA | The Tradition of Honors |
| 1998 | Chicago, IL | Honors in the Loop |
| 1999 | Orlando, FL | Worlds of Imagination |
| 2000 | Washington, D.C. | Capital Ideas |
| 2001 | Chicago, IL | Fields of Imagination |
| 2002 | Salt Lake City, UT | Peaks and Valleys in the Honors Experience |
| 2003 | Chicago, IL | |