Past Programs

Library Instruction | Honor Code | Lecture Series | Field Trips |

Library Instruction
The UM Libraries provide instruction for high school classes with specific research projects that require the use of research-level library collections. University librarians work with NHS faculty to create assignments that involve university-level research.

Honor Code at NHS
During the 2004-2005 academic year, students from UM's CIVICUS program discussed such issues as plagiarism, cheating, and honor codes with a group of self-selected NHS students. The purpose of the program was to create awareness among students at both the high school and the university about issues related to integrity within an academic and social environment. The program culminated in a visit to UM, where NHS students participated in a roundtable discussion about the outcomes of the program.

Lecture Series
During the 2006-2007 academic year, professors from the Departments of Communication and Theatre visited NHS to give lectures on potential careers for Communications and Theatre majors. The audience consisted of students in the Great 2 LEARN (Let Everyone Achieve Right Now) program, which is designed for gifted but underachieving Northwood students.

In the 2005-2006 and 2006-2007 academic years, students participated in a series of six lectures per year on the UM campus. These lectures were given by UM professors and focused on aspects of U.S. History. The lectures emphasized the use of primary sources as teaching and learning tools.

Field Trips
On Saturday, November 12, 2005, thirteen UM students and seven NHS students participated in the “Sustainable Engineering & Green Architecture - In Action!” field trip to the Chesapeake Bay Foundation Building in Annapolis. UM students participated in the field trip to complement a 1-credit course they took as part of the College Park Scholars program. The field trip introduced a “green building” unit that became part of the NHS students' Environmental Science course.

During the spring 2007 semester, UM students from the Environmental Studies Program and NHS students from the Environmental Sciences Academy hiked a portion of the Appalachian Trail around Harpers Ferry.

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