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THE COLLEGE OF NEW ROCHELLE ATTENDS 2004 ANNUAL
CONFERENCE FOR NATIONAL COLLEGIATE HONORS COUNCIL


CNR students attended the 2004 National Collegiate Honors Council’s annual conference in New Orleans, Louisiana over the weekend of November 13-14. 2004.

NEW ROCHELLE, NY, November 19, 2004 - One faculty member and three students from the School of Arts & Sciences Honors Program at The College of New Rochelle (CNR) represented the College last weekend at the 2004 Annual Conference for the National Collegiate Honors Council held in New Orleans.  The conference, entitled “Bridging Currents and Cultures,” brings together faculty and students from honors programs around the country to present papers on a variety of topics, explore a city, and exchange ideas about their respective programs.  Accompanied by Dr. Amy Bass, Assistant Professor of History and Director of CNR’s Honors Program, the students who attended were: Alana Ruptak (Forked River, NJ): a senior majoring in Art Therapy/Religion; Kathryn Tyranski (Mount Vernon, NY): a junior majoring in Communication Arts/English; and Emily Williams (Mendham, NJ): a senior majoring in Art/French.
   
The CNR students presented “Creating Culturally Consistent Publications” at the conference’s “Idea Exchange,” focusing on what it is like to edit a college campus publication. They also participated in the conference’s annual “City as Text” program, in which they chose an aspect of New Orleans to explore with faculty and students from other schools.  CNR students chose to explore “The History of Voodoo” and “Riverlife and Aquariums”.  After attending workshops on Zydeco dancing and music, gender and film, publication design, study abroad, and service learning, the CNR students ended their trip by attending the plenary session, given by John M. Barry, award-winning author of Rising Tide: the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 and How It Changed America.

In order to be in CNR’s academically rigorous program, each student needs to maintain a 3.5 grade point average (GPA) by the beginning of their junior year and take eight Honors courses, including a junior year colloquium and a senior year symposium. There are currently 45 students enrolled in CNR’s Honors Program.

The first Catholic college for women in New York State, The College of New Rochelle was founded in 1904 by the Ursuline Order. Today, it comprises the all-women School of Arts & Sciences, and three schools which admit women and men: the School of New Resources (for adult learners), the School of Nursing and the Graduate School.  The main campus of the College is located in lower Westchester County, 16 miles north of New York City.  The College maintains six other campus locations in New York City. Visit the College’s website at www.cnr.edu
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