Honor Council Projects
Current Projects
High School Honor Council Summit
Panel Fundraiser
Gothic Wasteland House Course
Orientation Week
Monthly Publication: The Gadfly
Past Projects
Finals Ads
Each finals period the importance of academic integrity is promoted
via a variety of awareness campaigns. In the past we have made table tents for distribution on Marketplace and Great Hall tables, posted announcements on the plasma screens in the Bryan Center and the CIEMAS building, distributed cow-shaped stress balls in exchange for a recitation of the Honor Code, and posted fliers around campus, and taking out Chronicle ads. Other awareness campaigns less intimately tied to the finals period include the purchase of an ad in The Menu booklet. The idea is to bring the importance of honor to the forefront of the student body consciousness during this time of extra pressure and temptation. This project requires planning and creativity, and is a staple of the Honor Council agenda. – Toni Helbling"Intergenerational Ethics" House Course:
During the fall of 2006, I co-taught a house course on "Intergenerational Ethics" with fellow councilors Jonathan Schatz and Toni Helbling, bringing together Duke undergraduates and students of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute to discuss the ethical questions raised by key events, movements, and issues contemporary to members of both participating generations. Involvement in this project, from designing the course readings to identifying the ethical questions raised by each of them to actually facilitating a meaningful discussion on matters of morality among our multi-generational course participants, has been a fascinating and formative experience for all of us. –BronwynHonor Week Panel
The spotlight event for Honor Week 2007 (March 20-23), the panel was entitled “Choose your label?”, and was designed to address the labels and stereotypes associated with Duke students arguably identified and stratified by their involvement in particular organizations, cultural activities, sports teams, and living groups on campus. The panel comprised five prominent student leaders, invited to share their experiences with the community. The panel committee developed the theme, selected and invited panelists, and set the time, date and location. The committee also worked with the promotions committee, using fliers and a large, custom-designed banner hung above the plaza to promote the event. The panelists offered unique insights into a complex campus culture, and the experience was hugely rewarding for those who attended as well as for all those who took part in the collaborative effort. –Jane Chong"Honor Cow" Publicity Campaign
The Honor Council has, on two occasions, mass-produced cow-shaped stress relievers bearing the slogan "Got Honor?" to promote awareness of the Community Standard before finals week. This past year, I became involved in the distribution of the cows, printing many cow-themed fliers with the Community Standard on them, handing them to prospective cow-owners, and asking that they quickly memorize and repeat back to us the Community Standard before receiving their cow. The cows are always a hit, and this past year we were able to link the awareness of the Standard more tangibly to their distribution to the student body. -Bronwyn LewisFaculty Lectures
The faculty lectures committee hosts ethics-centered discussions with prominent Duke faculty. In the spring of 2007, the committee organized an intimate dinner discussion on the subject of business ethics with professor of the practice of public policy studies Tony Brown, a former CEO of the Covenant Insurance Company. In the future the committee hopes to organize lectures and discussions addressing medical, legal, political, and other forms of ethics. –Jared MuellerTrip to AIC Conference in Boulder, CO
Each year, the council sends up to three members to a conference sponsored by the Academic Integrity Council. Although the location changes from year to year, my colleagues and I had the good fortune of traveling to picturesque Boulder for a weekend of mirth, merriment, and most importantly, honor. The conference consists of a variety of small lectures punctuated by larger group meals featuring keynote speakers. This is an excellent opportunity to gain new ideas and perspectives that can ideally be incorporated into our workings here at Duke. –Dan HaarenTrip to CAI Conference in Newport, VA
