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The campaign to educate the Jacksonville University community about an upcoming new graduation requirement has garnered a heartfelt testimonial and some quality dance moves.

JU, as a part of reaccreditation, must present a quality enhancement plan (QEP) demonstrating a commitment to student learning. ECHO, an abridgement of the campaign’s “everything you do comes back to you” slogan, is the new three-credit hour graduation requirement starting with the 2003-14 catalog that will challenge students to apply what they’ve learned in class to real-world situations.

Specifically, ECHO can be accomplished through undergraduate research or independent study; service learning, internships and study abroad.

In a message to associate professor of communications Annmarie Kent-Willette, 2011 alumnus Shannon Heath wrote about the impact that internships and service learning has had on her post-college life. Heath works as a road scholar and communications professional for the international campaign The Global Poverty Project, an experience that she says is a direct result of her experiential learning opportunities at JU.