Leadership Development
Discover personal strengths, essential skills and relationships that guide you on a journey to serve as an effective leader.
Experiences Must...
- Engage you in one of the 5 distinguishing activity types (3 of 5 minimum requirement for distinction).
- Be a high impact experience that helps you develop useful and marketable skills.
- Happen while you are a student at UTA, even if the experiences are not all directly connected to university programs, courses, or resources.
The 5 Activities Are...
Undergraduate Research
Prepare for graduate school and apply knowledge in an environment outside the classroom.
Community Engagement
Serve the community through intentional, engaging experiences and encouraging others to be civically engaged.
Global Connections
Interact effectively with diverse audiences by bridging geographic, linguistic, ideological, and cultural barriers.
Career Development
Explore, engage, and develop through work that enables you to reach lifelong professional and personal success.
Experiences Should...
Experiences should benefit you in your own life and career goals. That’s it! Whether these experiences happen inside or outside of the classroom, on campus or off campus, the Maverick Advantage is about your learning journey and the meaningful experiences that help you toward your goals.
Check Out These Resources
for finding maverick advantage activities!
Experiential Major Maps
This useful tool helps you to get the MOST out of your degree and university education. Each college developed a sequential course plan as well as a list of recommended experiences and possible career directions specific to every major. Find a map for your major and make this tool your best friend.
Find Your Major MapList of Experiential Courses
The Maverick Advantage Faculty Engagement program provides a growing list of academic courses that include experiential learning and hands-on experiences. While there are experiential courses not on the list, the faculty who teach these courses intentionally build their course to support Maverick Advantage Distinction.
Find a CourseResearch Opportunities
Graduate students recieve lots of opportunities for research experience through their course work. We've included the undergraduate research landing page in the link above. Undergrads, you can also find research opportunities by connecting with your professors and asking about opportunities. Research methods courses may also count towards a distinguishing activity if you actively engage in the research process.
Explore ResearchEngage in a club or organization
There are hundreds of club and organization opportunities at UTA where you can engage in leadership process, explore new ideas and experiences, invest in your community, and gain important skills, networking opportunities, and access to ideas and resources. Find an org that interests you on MavOrgs or sign up for a free consultation from the Maverick Involvement Team to find a good fit.
Discover MavorgsFollett Student Leadership Center
Our leadership center works hard to provide you with awesome leadership and service opportunities, as well as to give you tools for your own skill building and leadership development.
Join the leadership centerCareer Development Center
The Career Center is a powerhouse for helping you prepare for your career through skill building, interview and resume prep, mentor connections, job fairs, internship opportunities, and your connection to Handshake. The career resources and opportunities provided through your college are also worth looking into.
Career Development CenterHandshake
This platform provides you with a forum to search for jobs, internships, and other invaluable opportunities. Register and explore today.Join Handshake
UTA Library and Fablab
One of the top experiential libraries, including multiple studies, tech checkout system, and renowned fabrication laboratory, this is a place you'll want to invest your time during your tenure at UTA. All majors are encouraged to engage these spaces.
Explore the library and fablabCenter for Entrepreneurship and Economic innovation
The CEEI supports any student interested in exploring innovative practices or starting their own business venture. Your guest ideas don't need to wait.
Start your business ventureSit Down and Write Out Your Goals
Start Here
1. What is your dream job?
2. What skills do you want to develop?
3. What types of experiences do you want to have?
4. What skills and experiences do successful people in your industry need?
What is a high impact experience?
We define a high impact experience as one that provides a higher level of learning and development, including real skill and personal development, opportunities to test new ideas, and the ability to apply lessons learned to future opportunities and endeavors. As you consider whether your experience is high impact, consider these factors:
- - Did you engage beyond a cursory, or surface level, with this experience?
- - Were you challenged through the experience?
- - Did you have an opportunity to get hands-on through the experience?
- - Were you able to connect the dots between this activity and either real world application or how it will benefit you in the future?
If you answered yes to one or more of these questions, then this may be a high impact experience.