The following is a list of competencies that you are developing and will be documenting.
Select the category headings below to see examples of possible experiences that relate to that
You may view examples of activities that relate to the development of each competency by
clicking on the category heading. Remember, activities performed may relate to more than
one competency.

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• Take speech and writing classes
• Volunteer to be the spokesperson for a group presentation
• Be the Notetaker/Secretary of a club or committee
• Join Toastmasters, or take Dale Carnegie courses on communication skills
• Keep a journal; write for the school newspaper, poetry magazine, yearbook
• Learn how to write a resume, job cover letters, or scholarship applications
• Write letters to the editor of your local newspaper
• Speak up in class; ask questions, especially when you don't understand something!
• Take jobs as a receptionist, customer service person, help desk, or crisis hotline volunteer
• Develop a relationship with someone from a different background or culture

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• Take classes in philosophy, research methods, literature
• Analyze a process or problem
• Start a small business
• Join clubs and organizations that tackle a project from the ground up
• Follow electoral politics: evaluate the candidates, and vote!
• Assist a professor with research
• Join a book discussion group or debate team
• Develop and express a strong "position" in research papers
• Seek out people who think differently than you
• Write a guest editorial or opinion piece in the school newspaper
• Inform yourself about issues: attend public hearings and lectures

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• Take classes/workshops on time management, study skills, or assertiveness
• Learn new skills and update existing ones--stay current
• Practice punctuality; establish timelines for meeting goals, and achieve them!
• Balance your checkbook and pay off credit card bills monthly
• Learn to budget; acquire skills in money management software such as Quicken
• Take summer jobs, campus jobs, internships to develop/demonstrate work ethic
• Volunteer in a social service agency, church, or school
• Speak out against prejudice and discrimination
• Take classes in ethics, social problems, anthropology

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• Actively participate in campus clubs, organizations
• Take an active role in group class projects, study groups, service clubs
• Volunteer for tasks in clubs and organizations; become an officer
• Take classes which explore other cultures, such as anthropology and sociology
• Participate in intramural and intercollegiate sports
• Experiment by taking different roles in group projects
• Opt for group projects (versus individual ones) when given a choice
• Run for office or volunteer for student government

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• Take computer courses that build skills in word processing, databases, and spreadsheets
• Take a science course that exposes you to experimental methods
• Learn about and become a skilled user of email, Internet, and world wide web applications
• Find campus employment which allows you to develop computer skills
• Become a computer tutor or get a job in your college computer center's Help Desk
• Conduct field research or take a laboratory course
• Develop your own home page on the world wide web
• Do the research for assigned papers on the Internet, with the help of a Reference Librarian

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• Volunteer to lead a group project
• Run for office in your college's student government
• Seek jobs that offer supervisory or management duties
• Be the spokesperson for a group or cause
• Take advantage of leadership training opportunities
• Organize a community service project; get others involved in the project
• Take initiative in class and at work
• Be a peer mentor, tutor, or residence hall advisor
• Do what it takes to get on a national Who's Who' list
• Become a Big Brother or Big Sister

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• Take a drawing or music class
• Write a poem, short story, or song lyrics
• Design a computer game
• Keep an idea book
• Deviate from recipes, and invent new ones!
• Express your ideas in a new medium
• Suggest new processes and procedures
• Develop and maintain a portfolio of your creative work
• Design your dream house
• Design brochures or other promotional materials; develop an advertising campaign

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