Engaged Learning & Leadership Goals

My Values

My identity as an Honors scholar is someone who values the experiential learning of Honors contracts and contributing to my community. The experiences of volunteering for Jagapalooza, doing a capstone project, and volunteering at Paws’ Pantry all contribute to these values. A capstone project is the peak of experiential learning, outside of internships, and volunteering in these two ways contributes to my university’s community.

Goals

Experiential learning through honors contracts and my capstone project in particular will help me to achieve my professional goals by giving me impressive projects to add to my resume. Volunteering will help achieve my personal goals to be a better person – and of course my academic goals to graduate successfully with honors.

My Aspirational Identity

All of these experiences will slowly transform me into someone who is a better member of my community and someone who is ready for my career: the two things I’d like to become as an honors student.

Timeframe

I plan to volunteer for Jagapalooza every spring and Paws’ Pantry every fall. My capstone project will be done during the final semester of my senior year.

A picture of a previous Jagapalooza

Profiles of Learning

I will develop all four of the Profiles of Learning for Undergraduate Success across these experiences. Like most of my honors contracts, my capstone project will be a software development project, and will improve my skills at innovation and problem solving. I will have to figure out a unique project to do and solve many problems to bring it to fruition. The volunteer work, on the other hand, will improve my skills at communication and of course community contribution.