Scott Titsworth & Lynn Harter Launchpad: The Scripps Student Experience Fund

To be eligible for this award, students must be:  

• An Ohio University Scripps College of Communication undergraduate student on the Athens or a regional campus (e-Campus students are not currently eligible for this award)
• Full-time or part-time student in a Scripps degree-seeking status
• Student in good academic standing
• Student not in violation of a charge of the Ohio University Code of Conduct
• Student who has not previously received this award at the maximum amount of $2,500

To be eligible for an award, opportunities must meet the following criteria:

Applicant must demonstrate that the opportunity meets Ohio University's definition of Experiential Learning: An approach to education that emphasizes engaged student learning through preflection, direct experience, and reflection to increase knowledge, develop skills, and elucidate values. Experiential learning activities are intentionally designed to develop students' knowledge, skills, and attitudes through experience related to a particular field of study. Experiential learning may occur in curricular and co-curricular settings.

Eligible opportunities must fall into one (and potentially more) of the following categories:

• Community Engagement
• Internship
• Leadership
• Research
• Creative Activity
• Study Abroad / Away

Eligible opportunities must fall into one (and potentially more) of the following categories:

• Community Engagement
• Internship
• Leadership
• Research
• Creative Activity
• Study Abroad / Away

Eligible opportunities must include the following elements:  

• Engagement: Student involvement in the activity is sustained and/or intensive. The experience requires a substantial investment of time and attention to foster deep learning.
• Mentorship: Student receives regular, meaningful feedback about student work from activity director or supervisor. Feedback supports student reflection and integration of learning through the activity and goal setting for future learning.
• Challenge: Student engages in activity that pushes own boundaries beyond the familiar or explores unknown territory for the purpose of developing knowledge and skills.
• Ownership: Student exercises independent judgment in defining and/or executing the activity. Student takes ownership of the process and outcomes.
• Self or Social Awareness: Student reflects on the activity by articulating personal, civic/social, and/or academic learning. Student identifies and articulates knowledge, values, and attitudes developed through the activity.

• If your opportunity has not yet been approved, you may still apply – for example, you applied to several internships but still haven’t heard whether you’ve been accepted for any yet. You may still apply and submit a budget estimate for the location(s) of your intended internship(s).
• Quality and completeness of the budget is one of the criteria for this award, therefore, it is important to be as specific as possible. Do research, estimate and provide the source for estimates when no exact budget information is available.
• When completing the budget section of the application, applicants should take care to ask specifically for things that are directly related to the experiential learning opportunity. Students will be given space to explain budget requests, and this is a very important part of the application process. Applicants should use the space provided to help the committee to understand the impact that this funding will have on the ability to participate.

• Program Fees Associated with Study Away/Abroad
• Equipment and Material
• Travel and Living Expenses

Students will be asked to address a prompt and may write a response no longer than 500 words.

1. Brief description of your experiential learning opportunity, including:
   • Location of your experience
   • Dates of your experience
   • Basic description of your experiential learning opportunity
   • Faculty/staff at OHIO who can verify your participation 
2. In what ways does this opportunity require deep engagement?
3. In what ways will you actively engage with mentor?
4. In what ways will this experience push you beyond familiar territory into the unknown?
5. Explain what opportunities you will have for independent judgement and what ownership you will take of the process and the outcomes.
6. How is this experience important to your undergraduate experience and your future goals? What are your expected learning outcomes?

The Narrative Description of the Project serves as a Preflection.

Upon completion of the experience, students will also be required to formally reflect through the submission of a 500-word summary. You will be prompted to do this via email.