The Division I Retrospective is an essay that provides you with an opportunity to reflect on your experiences and growth during your first semesters of college. In your essay, write on each of the 3 topics below. Pulling together your work on the individual pages should help you with this reflection. Remember to post your Retrospective essay on TheHub and select the seven courses so that your advisor can pass your Division I.
Reflection on Learning: Reflect on your growth in learning this year. What skills have you gained, and what do you still want to work on? In your course evaluations, what have professors identified as your strengths and as areas to work on; and how does that fit with your own self-assessment?
Reflection on Engaging across Disciplines/Academic Areas: What are the fields and approaches you’ve explored in Division I, and how do those fields and approaches intersect? Talk about two examples of your learning this year that involved exploring intersections between or across fields (e.g., a course, project, paper, reading).
Reflection on Participating in the Campus Community: How did you grow as a member of the Hampshire College community this year? How did your sense of yourself in relation to others grow and change? What understanding and skills did you gain about intersectional approaches to race and power from Community Days of Learning? How did that contribute to your participation in the campus community?