The Spartan Experience Record is designed to highlight a Michigan State Spartan’s experience through 6 categories. An experience correlates to a category that best fits their overall focus.
Categories updates and improvements for 2024 – 2025 academic year strongly reflect the central focuses of the out-of-class experience of undergraduate Spartans.
To learn more about a category or to see some of the Activities on the Spartan Experience Record that relate to a particular category, click on the category name and logo.
Community engagement opportunities give students the chance to make a meaningful impact within their community, often working alongside community members to purposefully address social issues.
Students create, facilitate, or support educational opportunities for their peers or others. Students may also be primary participants of learning, engaging in experiences that centrally focus on knowledge or experience attainment.
Diversity & Global Learning opportunities allow students to engage with people, cultures, and/or topics that foster a mindset that respects and values a broad range of backgrounds, viewpoints, and experiences.
Internships & Employment give students the opportunity to work for a company or organization to gain experience in a specific field. Students can build professional skills and credentials.
Leadership experiences allow students to work together to influence change for the common good. Through these experiences, students motivate and lead groups of people to create an impact of their own.
Research & Creativity includes scholarly, creative, and artistic activities that lead to new knowledge, improve problem solving capabilities, offer original or historical theory and interpretation, and/or produce art or creative performances.
Previous Categories (Fall 2020 to Summer 2024)
See a category on your printed Spartan Experience Record that is not included above? Students who had experiences added between Fall 2020 to Summer 2024 may have an experience with the following category in use. If a student completed the same experience during the 2024-2025 academic year, the new category selected for the experience will be in use. Questions? Please contact our team at mystory@msu.edu.
Advocacy – Students in advocacy positions are working collectively for social change. These opportunities allow students to develop and use their voices for the betterment of society.
Creativity – Creative opportunities allow students to be innovative and imaginative in their work. These often include creating original ideas and utilizing artistic perspectives.
Involvement – Involvement in campus groups or organizations leads to learning with and from others. Being active within an organization gives students the opportunity to dive deeper into their passions and interests.
Wellness – Wellness opportunities allow students to incorporate healthy living into their physical, emotional, and mental wellbeing and increase resiliency.