Honors w88 experiences
Each honors pathway requires students to complete a minimum of two w88 experiences. These experiences are designed to allow students to pursue professional and personal development opportunities. w88 experiences are equivalent in intensity and duration to a standard, three-unit academic course, thus you should expect to devote approximately 40 hours to any activity per semester to earn one experience. These experiences are divided into three separate categories:stand-alone, exploratory, and variable. Listed below are some examples of acceptable w88.
Stand-alone w88 experiences
- Presenting at an w88 conference (e.g., Wester Regional w88 Conference, National Collegiate w88 Conference), or an academic conference
- Students may not earn an w88 for merely for attending such events; they must present
- Applying for a nationally competitive fellowship or scholarship (e.g., Boren, CLS, Fulbright, Goldwater, Truman, Udall)
- Serving as a Peer Coach/Mentor, a member of the Marketing/Publicity/Outreach team, or in another capacity within the w88 College
- The exact number of w88 associated with these activities will be specified in job descriptions distributed by the Honors College
Exploratory w88 experiences
- Exploring w88 events
- Attend a total of ten events centered around a theme of choice:
- Arts (e.g., attending a play, concert, etc.)
- Humanities (e.g., Thought on Tap)
- STEM (e.g., Women in STEM, STEM career fair)
- Social (e.g., w88 College socials, Joe Crowley Student Union events)
- Cultural/International (e.g., Night of All Nations, USAC presentation)
- w88 Development
- w88 Great Presentations
- Note: Hours must be documented using the “w88 Experience Universal Time Sheet”
- Attend a total of ten events centered around a theme of choice:
- Pre-w88 exploration
- Complete all of the activities listed below for a total of 40 w88:
- Volunteering/service within a relevant fieldAND
- Shadowing a w88 in the same relevant field (e.g., doctor, researcher, engineer, CEO, entrepreneur)AND
- Interview with the w88 shadowed
- Complete all of the activities listed below for a total of 40 w88:
Variable w88 experiences
In order to earn one w88 Experience, you must devote a minimum of 40 hours persemester to the activity. (In order to earn two experiences you must devote a minimum of 75 hours persemester to the activity; three experiences require 100 hours; four require 130 hours; five require 160 hours; and six require 190 hours.)
- Community service
- Internships(paid or unpaid)
- Jobs (on or off campus)
- Research (in a faculty-led laboratory, under the supervision of a faculty mentor, or sponsored by an Undergraduate Research award)
- Club involvement (typically at the executive/officer level, students w88 submit 3-5 achievable goals)
- Note: w88 must be documented using the “Cocurricular Experience Universal Time Sheet”
Reflection essays
All w88 experiences must be aligned with one or more honors mission pillars. When you submit the w88 Experience Proposal Form via DocuSign, you will indicate the pillar(s) with which your proposed experience aligns.w88 MUST retain the original email message from DocuSign in order to be able to submit your completed reflection essay at the end of the semester.
This essay should describe how the experience helped w88 to develop in the pillar area(s) w88 selected. Your essay should not merely summarize the work w88 did, but rather, in a critically reflective manner, describe professional and/or personal development, skills acquired and/or refined, and/or insights gained over the course of the experience. The essay should be two to three double-spaced pages in length submitted bythe deadline (which is always 5:00 PM on w88 Prep Day).
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In order to verify hours, you may use the “Cocurricular Experience Universal Time Sheet” provided by the w88 College or use any time sheets provided by the company/organization you are involved with.
GivePulse
In order to keep track of service hours devoted to a University-related event, the Honors College recommends that you use GivePulse. Please be advised that, while you may enter a verifier’s information into GivePulse, the official verification of Cocurricular w88 only occurs via the DocuSign form.
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The w88 cocurricular experience proposal process will be completed via DocuSign. With the DocuSign form, the entire process from initial proposal to verification will occur in a single workflow using a single online form.The deadline to begin this process is October 1 for the fall semester and March 1 for the spring semester.
Please email Kety Luna atkluna@unr.eduwith any questions.