League of the Rising Hawks

Self-Awareness and Personal Development: The process of individual discovery through reflection and learning about oneself.

• Emotional intelligence - Ability to understand and manage one's own emotions and behaviors as well as recognizing the influence on others
• Authenticity – Ability to understand and is true to one's own personality, spirit, or character, despite external pressures
• Identity development – Ability to have a strong and stable sense of self across a range of dimensions (i.e. spirituality, culture, gender) to understand how we see ourselves and how others see us
• Health and wellbeing – Ability to expand personal growth and development in multiple dimensions of wellness to lead a healthy lifestyle

Leadership and Professional Development: Recognize and capitalize on personal and team strengths to achieve organizational goals.

• Meaningful relationships – Ability to establish and cultivate productive, mutually beneficial relationships with others that supports a trusting and caring environment 
• Communication - Ability to clearly and effectively engage in active listening, verbal and non-verbal communication with others from a variety of perspectives and experiences   
• Teamwork – Ability to build and maintain collaborative relationships to work effectively towards a shared vision 
• Empowerment - Ability to share power, information, and resources to create ownership in a task or process

Civic and Social Responsibility - Understanding the needs and issues within a community to become an informed and engaged citizen.

• Connection and belonging - Ability to demonstrate awareness, attitude, and knowledge to engage others from different backgrounds, beliefs, and experiences
• Active citizenship - Ability to build awareness and engage with communities in community which they are involved
• Global perspective – Ability to maintain the skills, values, and behaviors to engage in a diverse and interconnected world
• Advocacy – Ability to support various persons, groups, or causes within societal structures and systems that are different from oneself

Learning and Reasoning – A level of cognitive thinking that provides the capacity to reflect on experiences to apply learning in the future.

• Meaning-making - Ability to understand the importance of making sense of experiences, people, and surroundings
• Problem solving and decision-making - Ability to identify and process a range of situations to achieve successful and productive outcomes
• Critical and Reflective Thinking – Ability to synthesize information based on situational context and analysis to make logical and informed decisions
• Evaluation and Analysis – Ability to organize and process information to determine usefulness and impact

Once you have completed all four of the distinctions, your final step is the Capstone Experience.  For your final Capstone, you will be asked to present your student experience in front of your peers and a review team. 

Capstone Experience Presentation Guidelines:

• Must use a PowerPoint presentation format
• Must describe and portray your collective learning and student experience during the completion of each of the four distinctions 
• Must include exactly twenty slides in the presentation 
• No text may be included on the slides – only images may be used
• When presenting, you must speak to each slide/image and how it represents a part of your learning and student experience through the LOTRH 
• 10-minute max presentation time 
• One Image should be allotted per slide (for a total of twenty images) 
  • The Images used may be personal and/or reflective of LOTRH programs, workshops, and/or experiences you have participated in during your time at UHCL 
  • You must have permission to utilize each image

Any individual requiring an accommodation in order to participate in this Capstone presentation format will need to contact the Office of Student Involvement and Leadership at 281.283.2560 or via email at getinvolved@uhcl.edu two weeks in advance.