Cardinal Flight
Get Involved. Get Recognized.
Cardinal Flight is an exciting digital badge program designed exclusively for undergraduate business majors. It enhances career readiness and supports success across three key areas: academic, personal, and professional.
How It Works:
- Engage: Get involved in Cardinal Flight-approved co-curricular activities both inside and outside the classroom. These experiences, including self-guided options that you can complete at your own pace, are designed to help you build NACE-inspired career readiness skills.
- Achieve: Track your involvement, reflect on your experiences, and complete the program requirements to earn your digital badge.
- Stand Out: Get recognized by sharing your badge online and enjoying milestone rewards along with special recognition at graduation.
What is a digital badge?
A digital badge is a visual representation of a credential that is clickable and shareable online and contains unique verifiable metadata of an individual’s demonstrated skills and accomplishments.
A digital badge has four basic elements:
- Icon – The visual representation of the badge itself and what people see when the badge is displayed online.
- Metadata – This is information embedded within the badge’s digital code and ensures the authenticity of the badge. This metadata contains the name of the person who earned the badge, criteria required to earn the badge, issue date, keyword tags, and any other relevant information to convey the value of the credential.
- Issuer Organization – Includes the name and logo of the organization that issued the badge, which establishes the credibility and authenticity of the badge.
- Display Platform – Digital badges are displayed on a secure digital credentialing platform and provide a trusted method for real-time credential verification.
Digital badges can be showcased in several ways:
- Share verifiable achievements to social media
- Add digital badge to LinkedIn profile
- Embed digital badge image in email signature
- Add digital badge URL to digital resume or online portfolio
- Upload digital badge to smartphone wallets
Program Requirements:
Cardinal Flight focuses on NACE-inspired career readiness competencies, which include (1) Career Development, (2) Communication, (3) Diversity and Inclusion, (4) Leadership and Teamwork, and (5) Strategic Thinking and Technology.
To earn the digital badge, participants must complete the following:
- Event Attendance: Attend at least 2 College of Business department or business RSO events (either in-person or virtual).
- Foundational Level Activities: Complete a minimum of 2 activities in each competency area from Cardinal Flight-approved options.
- Advanced Level Activities: Complete a minimum of 2 activities in each competency area from Cardinal Flight-approved options.
- End of Program Reflection: Submit a reflection at the end of the program.
Note: Effective August 2024: Submit activities within 60 days of completion. For graduation semester activities, submit by the graduation application deadline. No credit for late submissions. For gift redemption, submit early and follow the guidelines on the Earn Rewards page.
Benefits:
- Increase your employability by demonstrating specific, verifiable marketable skills to employers
- Develop skills and gain valuable experience to build your resume for future employment
- Build networking relationships with industry experts and business faculty, staff, and peers
- Enhance your personal growth and development through meaningful co-curricular engagement opportunities
Rewards and Incentives:
- Digital badge of completion
- Milestone rewards and exclusive benefits
- Special recognition at graduation (College of Business Cardinal Flight co-branded graduation stole)