The Honors College
Guthrie House
1200 Ivinson St.
Laramie, WY 82070
Phone: 307-766-4110
Fax: 307-766-4298
Email: honors@uwyo.edu
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.
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)
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)
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.
First year honors students will successfully complete the Honors Capstone Module via WyoGroups.
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
The Honors College
Guthrie House
1200 Ivinson St.
Laramie, WY 82070
Phone: 307-766-4110
Fax: 307-766-4298
Email: honors@uwyo.edu