Students will convey ideas with clarity, and work constructively with others.
For example, students will be able to:
- Make writing and speaking choices that reflect understanding of audience and purpose
- Write clear, well-constructed, and engaging prose in a variety of genres
- Listen attentively and emphatically
- Speak persuasively, confidently, and expressively
- Collaborate productively with others, knowing when and how to lead, and when and how to support the leadership of another
- Model and foster respectful dialogue and civil discourse
- Understand and express ideas in more than one language
Students can develop these abilities through experiences such as:
- Completing OLE Core courses in The First-Year Seminar, Writing and Rhetoric, Writing Across the Curriculum, and World Languages and Cultures
- Working as an Admissions tour guide
- Making a presentation about a research project to a community group
- Working with or as an SI leader, SOAR peer leader, or tutor through the Academic Success Center
- Speaking in chapel
- Living in a language or other Honor House
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82%
of seniors thought their college experience contributed substantially to their ability to work effectively with others (2023 NSSE Survey data)
82%
of seniors thought their college experience contributed substantially to their ability to write clearly and effectively (2023 NSSE Survey data)
72%
of seniors thought their college experience contributed substantially to their ability to speak clearly and effectively (2023 NSSE Survey data)