Keeping an Honors in Action Journal
The following lists pose questions related to the four Hallmarks and can guide your record-keeping and reflection as you use the guide and plan and implement your Honors in Action project.
Scholarship Hallmark
- How and why did you choose a particular issue related to the democratization of information?
- Who engaged in the research?
- What study questions were the researchers investigating?
- What are the different disciplines involved in the issue and study questions?
- What are the varied perspectives and points of view to explore?
- What are the details of your research plan (sources, deadlines, etc.)?
- What sources did each researcher consult?
- In what ways was the research challenging and how did you overcome the challenges?
- How do you better understand what’s happening in the world related to the democratization of information?
- How did the discussions on the topic, issues, and study questions proceed?
- What are your research conclusions?
- How were the studies, research, analysis, and conclusions shared?
- What are the questions remaining for further research?
Leadership Hallmark
- Who are the leaders on this issue and what can you learn from their leadership and strategies?
- What processes did you use for setting goals, assigning roles, building a team, making decisions, staying motivated, empowering group members, and recruiting people for the project?
- What leadership lessons did you learn?
- How do you know that your leadership for the project was effective?
- What is the evidence for great teamwork, for example?
- Who are potential model leaders, mentors, and coaches for you on your campus and in your community?
- With whom did you make connections as mentors, coaches, and leaders on campus or in your community and what did you learn from them?
- Describe the details of your leadership development resources and events that improved your leadership.
- How did you and others overcome obstacles or threats to your project?
- What feedback did you receive from participants about the leadership of the project and how will you use the feedback?
Service Hallmark
- What are the different possible actions related to the Issue you chose?
- What specific actions will you take and why?
- Whom will you serve? (demographics, numbers, location, etc.)
- What organizations exist in the world and locally that are engaged in service similar to what you aim to do?
- How can you use what you learn from your analysis of their work to proceed with your project?
- What is the specific impact you intend to make?
- What are the details of your strategies and plan?
- How are you going to measure the impact (quantitative measures and qualitative measures)?
- What are the specific results and impact of your service?
- What are the reactions and feedback from the people and organizations whom you serve?
- What is necessary for the project to be sustained and grow?
Fellowship Hallmark
- Who are the different people and audiences with whom you can collaborate?
- How can you maximize the diversity and inclusivity for your project?
- What perspectives and points of view are represented in your group? What challenges and benefits does diversity create?
- What are your public relations and communication strategies? How will you measure success for these strategies?
- What are the details of meetings and events for planning, information gathering, presentations, and debriefing and reflecting?
- What feedback do you receive from meeting and event participants about the connections they make with others? How will you use the feedback?
