The faculty and staff in the Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communications work to offer its students high impact experiences (HIEs) while enrolled at Texas A&M University.
ALEC’s HIE program provides structured experiences which deepen learning and foster student engagement through actively solving problems, working collaboratively in a community of peers, applying knowledge to real-world situations, and stressing meaningful reflection. HIEs commonly consist of internships, collaborative learning communities, research, multicultural/diversity learning, service-learning, and intensive writing. Many of ALEC’s HIE projects combine at least two or more of these elements in order to offer students the most enriching, impactful, and potentially life-changing experience possible.
ALEC student engaging with youth in Guatemala
HIE Scholarship Funding
Students participating in ALEC study away/abroad or attending a national or regional conference may be eligible for a HIE academic scholarships. Applicants must be currently enrolled in a major in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and participating in an appropriate high-impact experience. Apply here, tx.ag/ALECstudy18.
HIE Program Design
ALEC has designed its HIE program to offer a variety of paths to a more enriching, impactful, and practical university learning experience. The program has opportunities in the following areas:
Cultivating Leadership & Learning in Collaborative Communities
Exploring Diversity & Multiculturalism
Practicing Hands-on Learning & Research
Dr. Joe Townsend Fellows
“Leading Change” Costa Rica Study Abroad trip
