Honors In Action Program
Overview
Honors in Action allows you to develop knowledge, skills and competencies through curricular, co-curricular and extracurricular experiential learning opportunities. You will earn badges through Suitable, a student engagement platform, that allows for easy sharing on social media, your resume and personal website.
Honors in Action Admissions Requirements
Current Honors College students may apply for the program during their second year in the Honors Foundations Program. Any students may apply for the program during their junior year regardless of previous enrollment in the Honors College. Prospective students must have a cumulative GPA 3.4 or higher.
Honors in Action Program Benefits
- Opportunities to deeply pursue projects of academic and personal interest via experiential learning
- Career readiness preparation
- Badges and an ePortfolio sharable to online platforms
- Curricular and competitive financial support for student projects
- Priority registration for classes before non-Honors students (in their cohort) while actively enrolled in the Honors in Action program
- Recognition at graduation, on the transcript and on the diploma
Honors in Action Program Requirements
Through the Suitable software, students will be required to complete a total of five badges. You must complete the Career Ready Badge and four additional experiential learning badges. These multilevel experiential learning badges are available in Research, Global, Internship, Service, and Creative. Students in the program will upload evidence of their qualifying experiential learning activity to demonstrate completion of a badge. Students will also be required to complete a detailed reflection about each activity they complete. Additionally, students will:
- Take a pre-test before beginning the program
- Submit evidence of experiential learning activities through the Suitable platform
- Meet ongoing requirements for good standing:
- Each Fall and Spring semester, maintain an institutional GPA of at least 3.0 and complete the required out-of-class experiences.
- In the final semester, complete HONR 451 Honors Summative Experience
- Students with a verified violation of WVU's Policy on Student Academic Integrity may be removed from the program and will not be readmitted.
- Take the post-test when completing the program
- Have a minimum cum GPA of 3.0 when applying for graduation
- Participate in the Honors Exit interview
- Students who do not meet these requirements will be suspended from the program. Suspended students, do not receive priority registration, and will not receive experiential learning approval for Honors in Action via the Suitable software.