The Spring 2025
Kentucky Honors Roundtable
will be held at
the University of Louisville,
January 31 - February 1, 2025
Follow KHR on social media for updates!
The Kentucky Honors Roundtable (KHR) is an association of honors programs and colleges from across the Commonwealth. KHR hosts conferences that provide honors scholars with opportunities to present scholarly and creative work and build community and professional networks. KHR also serves as a venue for Kentucky's honors directors, deans, administrators and faculty to share ideas about best practices.
We gather twice yearly. Interested participants should visit us here or on our social media for updates on the next opportunity to submit short proposals describing papers, posters, or creative projects. Students should talk with their Honors director about upcoming presentation opportunities. Our process asks students to submit proposals to their Honors program director for pre-approval. Students, your honors staff will register you for the conference. Please view additional instructions for authors here. We are finalizing details for our Spring conference and are not taking submissions at this time. Directors and deans will submit approved abstracts using the online form when it becomes available. (Submit abstracts here or at the link at the top of the page.)
General Tips / Session Info
Oral presentation sessions of 50 minutes each are organized broadly and thematically under the headings: Arts & Humanities, Science & Technology, Social Sciences, Creative Works, and Panel Presentations. Sessions feature up to 3 presenters (except for panel presentations which will be larger), who will speak back-to-back for 12 minutes each, followed by 10 minutes of collective questions. During the Q and A period, all 3 presenters should return to the front of the room, and members of the audience may ask questions to any and/or all of the presenters.
Moderators will be assigned to each of the sessions to introduce the speakers, keep time, and help to troubleshoot any audio/visual setup issues. In the event that no moderator appears in a given session, an administrator, faculty or staff member should act in their place.
Poster presenters will be able to set up their posters on the cork boards in the BAB 4th Floor Hallway any time after 8:30 AM on Saturday morning.
Spring 2025 KHR Location
Strickler Hall, Rm. 126
University of Louisville
Louisville, Kentucky 40292
Contact:
Siobhan Smith-Jones, Executive Director
Parking
KHR is hosted by a different member institution each fall and spring term.
The next KHR will be held in person at the University of Louisville. The Honors Scholar Program at Spalding University is partnering to co-host with the University Honors Program of the University of Louisville.
Host Institutions
The University of Louisville (UofL) is a public research university in Louisville, Kentucky. It is part of the Kentucky state university system. Chartered in 1798 as the Jefferson Seminary, it became in the 19th century one of the first city-funded public colleges in the United States. The university is mandated by the Kentucky General Assembly to be a "Preeminent Metropolitan Research University." Created in 1982, the University Honors Program at the University of Louisville serves approximately 1,500 students from all academic units across the university. KHR will take place on the Belknap campus.
Spalding University in downtown Louisville, Kentucky is a private, liberal arts college with a commitment to compassion & a deep connection to community. Spalding University is a diverse community of learners dedicated to meeting the needs of the times in the tradition of the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth through quality undergraduate and graduate liberal and professional studies, grounded in spiritual values, with emphasis on service and the promotion of peace and justice.
Conference Hotel
A KHR block of 30 rooms at the Hampton Inn (Louisville Airport/Expo Center) is being held for the group at the rate of $119. You can make reservations directly at this link.
If you encounter any difficulties, please contact the hotel directly: 502-366-8100. If you discover there are insufficient rooms for your needs, please let me know and we can check to see about increasing the number of rooms in the block.
Roundtable Schedule
Friday evening
CONFERENCE AT A GLANCE
Fri. Jan. 31 – Miller Information Technology Center – Bigelow Hall, UofL Campus / Parking in Floyd Street Visitor Lot
5:30: Registration
6 – 7: Welcome & Buffet Dinner
7 – 9: UofL International Fashion Show in Student Activities Center
Saturday
CONFERENCE AT A GLANCE
Sat. Feb. 1 – Belknap Academic Building (BAB), UofL Campus / Parking in Floyd Street Visitor Lot
8:00 Registration, BAB Main Lobby
8:15 Moderators Meeting, BAB 218
8:45 Presentation Session A, BAB 1st Floor Rooms
9:45 Presentation Session B, BAB 1st Floor Rooms
10:45 Presentation Session C, BAB 1st Floor Rooms
10:45 Poster Session, BAB 4th Floor
12:00 Lunch, Ville Grill
Deans, Directors, Faculty, & Staff Meeting (in BAB 218)
1:30 Presentation Session D, BAB 1st Floor Rooms
2:30 Presentation Session E, BAB 1st Floor Rooms
3:30 Conference concludes
KHR Member Institutions
Honors Program
Honors Program
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Honors Program
Honors Program
Honors Program
Lewis Honors College
Honors Program
Contact KHR President Dr. Tara Tuttle (tara.tuttle@uky.edu) if your honors program or college would like to join the Kentucky Honors Roundtable.
The Spring 2025 Kentucky Honors Roundtable will be held at the University of Louisville from January 31 - February 1!
Conference information will be posted following the fall gathering.
