Honors in Action (HIA) fosters community college scholars academically and professionally
by Kedar Babu Shrestha
The Honors in Action Project is centered on an Honors Study topic and combines all of Phi Theta Kappa's Hallmarks — Scholarship, Leadership, Service, and Fellowship — into one project. It involves research, leadership, collaboration, and reflection. First, research includes deep academic investigation, brainstorming, global awareness, team building exercise and many more. Second, in the leadership, it fosters scholars in planning and executing projects with different leadership training, workshops, and public speaking. Third, collaboration helps scholars to do the realistic plans for the chapter and possible to do HIA project. And Fourth, Reflection allows scholars to join all the puzzle pieces at the end by summing up the whole six months period research.
Honors in Action is one of the Phi Theta Kappa’s experiences that helps scholars to share honors research through action by equipping members and chapters with the skills and resources necessary to implement a successful Honors in Action Project. Integral parts of the chapter’s plan for Honors in Action include Leadership development studies, five-star chapter plan, five-star competitive edge, and HIA hallmarks. Through achieving the goals of this project we build analytical skills, learn collaborative problem-solving, and acquire leadership skills necessary for advanced academic pursuits, workplaces, and communities.
This year our chapter selected Peace and War as our HIA theme, and the research question designed as part of our topic is, “How does the media use religion and influence conflicts globally?” This topic was controversial and sensitive among our diverse chapter members. After debating, we decided to create a research question; “How does the media use religion and influence conflicts globally?” The further discussion generated additional questions to investigate. Is media a way for people to share their values and traditions while reinforcing their beliefs within the society? Or has media-perpetuated stereotypes that many are starting to examine critically? Further, it raised questions about religion, conflict and the media in New York, the United States, and the world. Then, we set a goal to investigate how media represents religion, particularly social media and news media. In the way of resolving the questions and finding the answers through the academic investigation and various critics like Ken Rosato— an American Journalist from ABC News. Scott Anderson— an American novelist and journalist from the New York Times, and the Queens Tribune publisher. Throughout the investigation, since last July we have read and discussed work that analyzes how religion is portrayed in the media and how it has affected our understanding of ourselves and others.
Thus, Honors in Action engage honors students in actions, and that foster them academically and professionally through the different pillars of engagement: research, leadership, collaboration, and reflection.
The Honors in Action Project is centered on an Honors Study topic and combines all of Phi Theta Kappa's Hallmarks — Scholarship, Leadership, Service, and Fellowship — into one project. It involves research, leadership, collaboration, and reflection. First, research includes deep academic investigation, brainstorming, global awareness, team building exercise and many more. Second, in the leadership, it fosters scholars in planning and executing projects with different leadership training, workshops, and public speaking. Third, collaboration helps scholars to do the realistic plans for the chapter and possible to do HIA project. And Fourth, Reflection allows scholars to join all the puzzle pieces at the end by summing up the whole six months period research.
Honors in Action is one of the Phi Theta Kappa’s experiences that helps scholars to share honors research through action by equipping members and chapters with the skills and resources necessary to implement a successful Honors in Action Project. Integral parts of the chapter’s plan for Honors in Action include Leadership development studies, five-star chapter plan, five-star competitive edge, and HIA hallmarks. Through achieving the goals of this project we build analytical skills, learn collaborative problem-solving, and acquire leadership skills necessary for advanced academic pursuits, workplaces, and communities.
This year our chapter selected Peace and War as our HIA theme, and the research question designed as part of our topic is, “How does the media use religion and influence conflicts globally?” This topic was controversial and sensitive among our diverse chapter members. After debating, we decided to create a research question; “How does the media use religion and influence conflicts globally?” The further discussion generated additional questions to investigate. Is media a way for people to share their values and traditions while reinforcing their beliefs within the society? Or has media-perpetuated stereotypes that many are starting to examine critically? Further, it raised questions about religion, conflict and the media in New York, the United States, and the world. Then, we set a goal to investigate how media represents religion, particularly social media and news media. In the way of resolving the questions and finding the answers through the academic investigation and various critics like Ken Rosato— an American Journalist from ABC News. Scott Anderson— an American novelist and journalist from the New York Times, and the Queens Tribune publisher. Throughout the investigation, since last July we have read and discussed work that analyzes how religion is portrayed in the media and how it has affected our understanding of ourselves and others.
Thus, Honors in Action engage honors students in actions, and that foster them academically and professionally through the different pillars of engagement: research, leadership, collaboration, and reflection.
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