About the Program

About the program

Honors in Action is the Honors College’s experiential learning program that empowers students to build critical knowledge, skills, and competencies through a range of academic, co-curricular, and extracurricular experiences. Using Suitable, a student engagement platform, participants earn digital badges that can be easily showcased on social media or personal websites. Students can earn badges in Career Readiness and experiential learning areas such Research, Global, Service, Internships, and Creative, all while advancing the core values of WVU’s land-grant mission: education, service, and community impact.

Access the Honors in Action Handbook

Program Benefits

Students who participate in Honors in Action have the following benefits:

Opportunities to pursue projects of academic and personal interest via experiential learning
Career readiness preparation
The opportunity to earn digital badges and compile an ePortfolio sharable to online platforms
Curricular support for 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

Program Requirements

Through the Suitable software, students must complete the Career Ready Badge and four additional experiential learning badges. Badges do not need to be completed in specific order as long as all five are completed by the end of the program. These multilevel experiential learning badges are available in Research, Global, Internship, Service, and Creative. Students in the program will be required to:

Take the pre-test before beginning the program.
Submit evidence of experiential learning activities through the Suitable platform.
Write a reflection about each completed activity.
Meet ongoing requirements for good standing:

Each semester, maintain a cumulative GPA of at least 3.0 and make progress toward completing badges.
In the final semester of Honors in Action, complete HONR 451: Honors Summative Experience.

Take the post-test during HONR 451.

Students with a verified violation of WVU's Policy on Student Academic Integrity may be removed from the program and will not be readmitted.

Badges

Honors in Action has a total of 15 available badges.

Career Ready (required)
Creative, Service, Research, and Global

White (introductory)
Blue (intermediate)
Gold (advanced)

Internship

White (introductory)
Blue (intermediate)

To complete the Honors in Action program, a student must earn five (5) badges: Career Ready and four additional experiential learning badges of any level. Badges do not need to be completed in a specific order.

Suggested Timeline

Each student will have approximately four semesters or two years to complete Honors in Action. Every semester, students will need to complete approximately 200 points of progress toward the Career Ready badge. If a student completes more than 200 points during one semester, these points will be credited to the next semester’s required completion.

Semester 1
- Students must earn at least 200 points toward the Career Ready Badge.
- Students must complete reflections and submissions for all activities completed before entry to the program.
- Students must maintain a 3.0 cumulative GPA.
Semester 2
- Students must earn at least 200 points toward the Career Ready Badge.
- Students must have completed all “Intent to Complete” forms on Suitable, indicating how they will complete the program.
- Students must maintain a 3.0 cumulative GPA.
Semester 3
- Students must earn at least 200 points toward the Career Ready Badge.
- Students must have completed all “Intent to Complete” forms on Suitable, indicating how they will complete the program.
- Students must maintain a 3.0 cumulative GPA.
Semester 4 (Final)
- Students must earn at least 200 points toward the Career Ready Badge.
- Students must complete all experiential learning badges.
- Students must take HONR 451.
- Students must maintain a 3.0 cumulative GPA.

Completing the Program

Students will successfully complete the program when they have:

Earned 5 badges, including Career Ready and 4 additional badges via the Suitable software.
Successfully completed HONR 451 with a "B" or above.
Maintained good standing in the Honors in Action program.

Successful completion of only Honors in Action will earn the student recognition on their transcripts and diploma. Additionally, they will be rewarded with Honors in Action cords to wear with their gold gown at WVU’s graduation ceremonies.

Successful completion of both Honors Foundations and Honors in Action will earn the student recognition on their transcripts and diploma. Additionally, they will be rewarded with a Honors Laureate stole to wear with their gold gown at WVU’s graduation ceremonies.

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