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The Honors College

Guthrie House

1200 Ivinson St.

Laramie, WY 82070

Phone: 307-766-4110

Fax: 307-766-4298

Email: honors@uwyo.edu

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Honors SOAR First-Year Badge

The First-Year Honors SOAR Badge includes requirements in the following areas: Intellectual and Creative Engagement, Service, and the Capstone Training Module. Please see the descriptions of each required component below. All requirements are completed using the Suitable application.

1. Building Honors Community (10 points)

As an honors student, you have the opportunity to engage in and build up the Honors College community.

Engagement in a minimum of 1 opportunities is required. Event must be designated as a "Building Honors Community" opportunity to fulfill this requirements.

*1 event required (10 pts each)

 

 

2. Intellectual and Creative Engagement (20 points)

As an honors student, you will explore some of the many intellectual and creative opportunities available to you at UW and in the Laramie community. Engagement in a minimum of 2 separate opportunities is required. 

*2 separate events required (10 pts each)

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3. Service: Civic and Community Engagement (30 points)

As an honors student, you will take action by engaging in a minimum of 3 hours of service or philanthropy on campus, in the Laramie community, or in your own community and submit a short reflection of your experience in the SOAR app. If your instructor of Honors Colloquium does not specify a group service project that is required for your section, you may choose an opportunity from the Civic and Community Engagement Achievement in SOAR, or propose your own unique service project via the SOAR app.

4. Completion of Capstone Training Module (70 points)

First year honors students will successfully complete the Honors Capstone Module via WyoGroups.

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Below is a guideboook that provides instructions/how-to guides for everything you need to do to complete your First Year Badge. Use your cursor to hover over the right-hand side of the document below to scroll through the guidebook. If this guidebook does not load properly in your browser its contents can be read at Honors First Year Badge: A Guidebook.

 

Honors and SOAR: A Guidebook by Breezy D. Taggart

 
Contact Us

The Honors College

Guthrie House

1200 Ivinson St.

Laramie, WY 82070

Phone: 307-766-4110

Fax: 307-766-4298

Email: honors@uwyo.edu

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