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Student Engagement Micro-Credentials
Gain confidence. Build interpersonal skills. Get resume-worthy experience. Discover how you can make a positive, lasting change as a leader.
Student Engagement offers many opportunities designed to help students get resume-worthy experience to build skills and competencies that students can apply in their courses and future careers.
These opportunities include the Developmental Experiences Micro-Credential, the Leadership & Development Foundations Micro-Credential, and the Community & Civic Engagement Micro-Credential. You can learn more about each of these micro-credentials and their associated digital badges below!
Developmental Experiences Micro-Credential
Our Developmental Experiences Micro-Credential provides participants with meaningful and intentional student professional development opportunities that are offered through Student Engagement. You will have the opportunity to earn multiple digital badges while gaining leadership skills, expanding your career readiness, and learning to be an advocate within our campus community and the WNY community at large.
Leadership & Development Foundations Micro-Credential
The Leadership & Development Foundations Micro-Credential program offers recognition for the skills you develop during jobs, internships, and experiential learning opportunities through a series of digital badges. This program aligns your experiential learning with NACE Career Competencies, ensuring you acquire essential skills for your future career, such as communication, teamwork, professionalism, and leadership.
Students who complete all three digital badges will earn the Leadership & Development Foundations Achievement Digital Badge, which recognizes completion of the full program.
Learn More About These Digital Badges
Our Collaborator Digital Badge is one of the digital badges in the Leadership & Development Foundations Micro-Credential. This badge is open to undergraduate and graduate students of any major and is presented as a not-for-credit and hybrid learning experience.
Digital Badge Requirements
The first step in obtaining the Collaborator Digital Badge is meeting with a Student Engagement Peer Mentor who will walk you through the program requirements.
To earn this digital badge, you must complete the following requirements...
- Lead a group project at work or in class
- Join or start a student club
- Create a LinkedIn profile and attend a Career Design Center workshop to optimize it
- Write and post a substantial thought piece on social media (like Facebook or LinkedIn)
After completing these requirements, you will be asked to submit the following information in a form on UBLinked:
- Completed supervisor verification form
- Copy of the thought piece
- 1-page reflection paper (prompt available on UBLinked)
Once you submit your reflection, you will schedule a final appointment with a Student Engagement Peer Mentor to review your personal leadership reflection and complete the post-experience assessment.
NACE Competencies Highlighted: Communication, Teamwork, Technology
Our Growth Mindset Digital Badge is one of the digital badges in the Leadership & Development Foundations Micro-Credential. This digital badge is open to undergraduate and graduate students of any major and is presented as a not-for-credit and hybrid learning experience.
Digital Badge Requirements
The first step in obtaining the Growth Mindset Digital Badge is meeting with a Student Engagement Peer Mentor who will walk you through the program requirements.
To earn this digital badge, you must complete the following requirements...
- Take on a leadership role in a club or organization
- Have your resume reviewed and a mock interview appointment with Career Design Center
- Attend both a DISC and one other Student Engagement Workshop of your choosing that relates to work ethic, leadership, or career management
After completing these requirements, you will be asked to submit the following information in a form on UBLinked:
- Completed supervisor verification form
- Final reviewed resume
- 1-page reflection paper (prompt available on UBLinked)
Once you submit your reflection, you will schedule a final appointment with a Student Engagement Peer Mentor to review your personal leadership reflection and complete the post-experience assessment.
NACE Competencies Highlighted: Professionalism, Career and Self Development, Leadership
Our Change Agent Digital Badge is one of the digital badges in the Leadership & Development Foundations Micro-Credential. This digital badge is open to undergraduate and graduate students of any major and is presented as a not-for-credit and hybrid learning experience.
Digital Badge Requirements
The first step in obtaining the Change Agent Digital Badge is meeting with a Student Engagement Peer Mentor who will walk you through the program requirements.
To earn this digital badge, you must participate in one of the following programs:
- Next Level Leadership Mentorship Program
- Diversity Zone Training
- Alternative Break experience
After completing these requirements, you will be asked to submit the following information in a form on UBLinked:
- Completed supervisor verification form
- 1-page reflection paper (prompt available on UBLinked)
Once you submit your reflection, you will schedule a final appointment with a Student Engagement Peer Mentor to review your personal leadership reflection and complete the post-experience assessment.
NACE Competencies Highlighted: Critical Thinking, Equity and Inclusion
Community & Civic Engagement Micro-Credential
Our Community & Civic Engagement Micro-Credential will help students become active citizens working toward positive social change in our ever-changing world. Through various educational opportunities, students will develop a strong foundation of knowledge that will prepare them to be leaders in our local, national, and global communities.
Step 1 - Choose Your Experiences
Choose one or more of the digital badges that you would like to complete. Students can complete both the Developmental Experiences Micro-Credential, the Leadership & Development Foundations Micro-Credential, and the Community & Civic Engagement Micro-Credential at the same time.
Step 2 - Schedule an Appointment
You can schedule an appointment with a Student Engagement Peer Mentor or a member of our Community and Civic Engagement team online through the Navigate app.
You will receive a confirmation email from Navigate with further instructions for your meeting.
UBITName and password required
For Appointments with a Student Engagement Peer Mentors
- Open the Navigate App
- Select "Student Life"
- Choose "General Questions - Badging & Micro-Credentials"
- Choose a date and time
For Appointments with a member of the Community & Civic Engagement Team
- Open the Navigate App
- Select "Student Life"
- Choose "General Questions - Community & Civic Engagement"
- Choose a date and time
Step 3 - Plan for Workshops & Events
Start getting credit for attending events, workshops, and programs! See our Micro-Credential Calendar Feed for upcoming programs and workshops that count towards the completion of these digital badges.
Earn More Micro-Credentials
Explore additional badge and micro-credential opportunities through the Office of Micro-Credentials website.
For more services and opportunities like this:
Student Life
University at Buffalo
150 Student Union, North Campus
Buffalo, NY 14260
Email: Contact form
Phone: (716) 645-6469