The below experiences are pre-approved and can be completed any time after you have signed up for the River Hawk Experience Distinction for Community Engagement.
- Jumpstart: Complete 1 year as an AmeriCorps member with Jumpstart.
- Immersive Scholars Community Placements: Complete your hours of work with a partnership placement at a nonprofit or government agency in the Lowell area, through your Immersive Scholars Award (only applicable to awarded students – cannot be applied for).
- Work Study Community Placements: Work with a nonprofit or government agency in Lowell area.
- Alternative Spring Break: Complete a UMass Lowell Student Activities organized Alternative Spring Break.
- eNable Lowell: Create a prosthetic for a child from start to finish.
- Haiti Development Studies Center: Travel to Haiti Development Studies Center for 1 week or more on a project.
- PALS volunteer: Volunteer as a PALS tutor through Lowell High School for 1 year.
- SAYDANAR volunteer: Volunteer as a Saydanar tutor for 1 year.
- All Hands & Hearts Smart Response: Travel for one week or more working in a disaster relief capacity (if you earned credit for it should be logged as a course, please only list as an experience if you did not earn UMass Lowell credits).
- Engineers for Change (EFC), Engineers for a Sustainable World (ESW), American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Society of Women Engineers (SWE), National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE), Society Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE).