We need your help — we are currently seeking approved courses for all of our tracks! Your River Hawk Experience Distinction (RHED) course(s) will be a destination course for UMass Lowell students — a place for them to build expertise in one of five Distinction areas. In addition to building student interest in your discipline, your RHED course will attract engaged, intrinsically motivated students.

Please submit your course(s) today using our:

Faculty Course Submission Form

RHED allows students to pick a track as an experiential learning skill that will be added to students' transcripts once all program requirements are met. Courses can be submitted for as many of the Distinctions as the faculty deem appropriate. Rubrics for the tracks are:

Can’t remember if your course was already approved? Please view the list of Approved Courses.

We are also seeking pre-approved experiences for each Distinction. All submissions must meet at least half of the Distinction's learning outcomes outline in the rubrics above.

Please submit your experience(s):

Staff Experience Submission

Introducing our 2025-2026 RHED Faculty Fellows

Faculty Fellows support the program's development, increase faculty awareness of and participation in the program, and are a visible and vital part of RHED's success. If you have any questions, please reach out to the Faculty Fellow in your Distinction area of interest.