PATHs to Partnership is a collaborative symposium hosted by UNCW’s Office of Admissions and Honors College and is designed to promote Admissions, Transfer, and Honors programming. The PATHs symposium has a conference style schedule where attendees can choose their sessions based on their interests and needs. The Office of Admissions provides sessions geared towards professionals who work with transfer students interested in transferring to UNCW, while the Honors College presents sessions for professionals that currently work with honors students or are interested in creating an honors program at their institution.
Thank you to everyone who attended the inaugural PATHs to Partnership event! We welcomed over 50 attendees from 24 community colleges across the state. Presentations from the event are linked to the corresponding sessions below.
| Session | Time | Session Type | Session Title & Presenter |
| Check-In | 8:00-8:45 AM | Registration & Breakfast | |
| Welcome | 8:45-9:00 AM | ||
| Keynote Speaker | 9:00-9:45 AM |
Kathleen King, Hillsborough Community College Honors Director |
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| Breakout A | 10:00-10:55 AM | Admissions | Overview: Transfer Admissions and Transfer Credit |
| Breakout A | 10:00-10:55 AM | Honors | How to Start an Honors Program & Best Practices Shawn Bingham, UNCW Honors College Director |
| Breakout B | 11:00 AM - 11:55 AM | Admissions | UNCW Colleges Panel Cameron School of Business, College of Arts & Sciences, College of Health & Human Services, University College & Watson College of Education |
| Breakout B | 11:00 AM - 11:55 AM | Honors | Honors College Panel John Metzger, Cape Fear Community College & Kathleen King, Hillsborough Community College |
| Lunch | 12:15 PM - 1:15 PM | Admissions/Honors | |
| Resource Fair | 1:30-2:00 PM | Admissions/Honors | Various UNCW Student Service Offices |
| Closing | 2:00-2:25 PM | Admissions/Honors | Dr. Shawn Bingham, UNCW Honors College Director |
| Campus Tour | 2:30-3:00 PM | Admissions/Honors |
Catawba Valley Community College
Davidson County Community College
Fayetteville Technical Community College
Piedmont Community College
Sampson Community College
Vance-Granville Community College
Keynote Speaker: Kathleen King
Kathleen King has been a part of honors education for more than 15 years and has served as Honors Director at Hillsborough Community College for 6 years. She has served on the National Collegiate Honors Council Board of Directors two separate terms, and is currently a member of the NCHC Finance Committee, co-chair of the NCHC Advocacy Committee and an NCHC Program Reviewer. An advocate of NCHC Partners in the Parks, Kathleen has facilitated Director Retreats and student projects in Everglades, Acadia, Rocky Mountains and Smoky Mountains. She fervently believes in the mission of the community college system and has seen honors serve as a valuable segue to four year institutions, including ivy league and elite colleges and universities nationwide. Last year, students from the HCC Honors Program were offered more than $600,000 in transfer scholarships, largely due to coursework, community service and other important honors programming.
