Eagle Engagement Points incentivize student attendance at on-campus events

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“While there are benefits to attending any kind of events, we do offer more points to events that are considered more educational, developmental, and/or can enhance what students are learning in the classroom,” said Sutphin. By visiting UMW Presence, students can find a catalog of events that can earn them points, organized by the amount of points that they are worth. For example, events that are tagged as “social,” such as February’s Eagle Con, are worth only one point. However, attending an event that is tagged as “service,” such as January’s Canal Path Cleanup, is worth five points.

Students who choose to participate in the program will get to decide what the prizes will be. Those interested can fill out a form through UMW Presence to submit their suggestions for prizes.

Students who visited Winter Club Carnival were given small cards that advertised the new program.

“I have not seen or noticed any promotion for [Eagle Engagement Points] around campus or on social media,” said junior English and studio art double major Arden Jones. “I am already interested in going to academic events. The eagle engagement points are an added bonus.”

Many students are unaware of the new Eagle Engagement Points program.

“I haven’t seen much promotion for Eagle engagement points on campus yet,” said senior history major Katherine Rayhart. “However, I wouldn’t be surprised if SAE has flyers up on the bulletin boards and I haven’t seen them yet. I got a card at Club Carnival that talked about the points.”

The Student Leadership Symposium is one event that provided students with Eagle Engagement Points. The event is tagged as “leadership,” which makes it worth three points. The Leadership Symposium is an event that happens every semester that helps teach skills to student club officers.

The Office of Student Activities and Engagement hopes to expand the Eagle Engagement Points program. The goal is to eventually allow students to earn points from activities other than on-campus academic events.

“Currently the main way to earn points is by attending events, but soon we’re also hoping that students can gain points by participating in a variety of experiences (like being a student leader, working on campus, doing community service, etc.),” said Sutphin.