Spread Your Wings
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Spread Your Wings is a community engagement initiative for Lewis University Athletics, incorporating the five commitment areas (academic, athletic, career development, personal development, and service) of the NCAA/CHAMPS Lifeskills program. The initiative includes a contest among all of the Athletics programs where each team is measured based on its participation.
The following are the guidelines to fulfill the requirements for the various components to Spread Your Wings.
General Rules:
All areas are worth 100 points and are based on percentage of team participation/finish, unless otherwise noted. For example, if 6 members of a 10-person team earn at least a 3.0 GPA, the team would earn 60 points toward the overall competition (60% of team x 100). Also, if a team places 2nd out of 14 teams in the conference, the team will earn 92.8 points (13/14 x 100).
Academic
1. Team members with GPA of 3.0 or higher
2. Team members who earn Lewis University Delahanty Award
3. Team members who earn Academic All-Conference
4. Team members who earn CoSIDA Academic All-District (25 point bonus per player).
5. Team members who earn CoSIDA Academic All-America (40 point bonus per player)
6. Team member who earns Conference Scholar Athlete of the Year (25 point bonus)
Athletic
7. Team Conference Finish
8. Team NCAA Finish (place/# teams in tournament x 100)
9. Team members who earn All-conference
10. Team member who earns Conference Player of the Year (25 point bonus)
11. All-region players (10 point bonus per player)
12. All-America player (25 point bonus per player)
Career Development
Freshmen:
Attend 2 career preparation workshops from the following choices:
o Choosing a Major
o Networking your way into a Career
o Internship Benefits and Application Strategies
o Resume Writing Tips
Submit a first draft of a resume to Career Servicesafterattending "Resume Writing Tips" workshop
Set up an appointment and meet with a Career Counselor to discuss first resume draft - submit resume to coach
Attend 1 workshop in the IMPACT Center
Sophomores:
Attend 2 career preparation workshops from the following choices:
o Creating a Career Development Plan
o Where are the Jobs? Demographic and Economic Change
o What Employers Want
o Choosing a Major
o Ways to Conduct a Job Search
o Networking your way into a Career
o Internship Benefits and Application Strategies
o Top Traits that Employers Want
Attend 1 workshop in the IMPACT Center
Juniors:
Attend 1 career preparation workshop from the following choices:
o Creating a Career Development Plan
o Where are the Jobs? Demographic and Economic Change
o What Employers Want
o Thinking about Graduate School?
o Top Traits that Employers Want
o Acing the Interview
o Ways to Conduct a Job Search
o Networking your way into a Career
o Thinking about Grad School
o Internship Benefits and Application Strategies
o Preparing for Careerfest and CareerExpo
Update resume and submit it to Career Services (Should attend "Resume Writing Tips" workshop if you have never attended prior to creating and submitting resume to Career Services)
Set up an appointment and meet with a Career Counselor to discuss updated resume draft
Attend 1 workshop in the IMPACT Center
Seniors:
Attend 2 career preparation workshops from the following choices:
o Creating a Career Development Plan
o Where are the Jobs? Demographic and Economic Change
o What Employers Want
o Thinking about Graduate School?
o Preparing for Careerfest and CareerExpo
o Acing the Interview
o Ways to Conduct a Job Search
o Networking your way into a Career
o Thinking about Grad School
o Top Traits that Employers Want
Participate in optional Mock Interview with Career Services for bonus points. Items needed in advance to set this appointment up:
o Resume
o Job description of a desired position
Minimum of one week prior notice needed for mock interview appointments
Attend 1 workshop in the IMPACT Center
13. Team interview workshop.
14. Particpate in a Mock Interview (15 point bonus).
Personal Development
15. Team members who participate in a student organization (must be listed on organization roster and active in organization's regular business to receive credit--SAAC does not qualify).
16. Team members who attend one campus speaker event (must fill out form similar to Cultures and Civilizations and have it returned to Athletics to receive credit).
17. Team members who attend a voluntary alcohol education class or speaker (must fill out form similar to Cultures and Civilizations and have it returned to Athletics to receive credit).
18. Team members who attend a financial skills OR nutrition speaker or class (must fill out form similar to Cultures and Civilizations and have it returned to Athletics to receive credit).
19. Team members who attend one campus play (must fill out form similar to Cultures and Civilizations and have it returned to Athletics to receive credit).
Service Commitment
20. Team members who volunteer at a soup kitchen
21. Team members who participate in SAAC's Make-A-Wish Foundation fundraiser
22. Team members who read to grade school children
23. Team members who participate in SAAC's food and clothing drive
24. Team members who are involved in other approved community service initiatives (coach and/or team must submit proposal and have it approved to receive credit; max of three per team).
