CIVIC/COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT: any type of credit-bearing or non-credit bearing experiences that engage our students in and with our surrounding or on-campus communities. This outreach promotes the quality of life in a community and can also include political and non-political processes, advocacy as well as philanthropy.

CONFERENCES: any conferences that faculty or staff bring students to attend or present at because of their involvement in a club or program.

FINE ARTS CREATIVE ACTIVITY: an expression of one’s discipline in the arts that demonstrates learned proficiency and involves rigorous planning, practice, and the execution of an experience.

GLOBAL LEARNING: community-engaged courses and programs that support the achievement of such learning outcomes as civic knowledge and intercultural knowledge and competence through an immersive experience.

HONORS AND AWARDS: any honors or awards that a department gives to recognize a student.

RESEARCH: The sustained process of inquiry and innovation with the intent to establish original ideas and facts and/or to reach new conclusions. Research entails the collection of data or information; the documentation, analysis, and interpretation of that data/information/texts/visuals, and the communication of results to external audiences in accordance with the norms and expectations of one's academic discipline.

STUDENT LEADERSHIP: refers to activities such as serving in a leadership role on campus or participating in the Leadership Program that increases a student’s leadership capacity and efficacy through skill development, application, and practice.

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