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Month: August 2016
Year in Review
[ “Year in Review” is where you should reflect on the past year and show how you have evolved as a person and as a student. You may want to focus on your growth in a particular area (as a leader, scholar, researcher, etc.) or you may want to talk about your overall experience over the past year. For more information, go to: http://honors-scholars.osu.edu/e-portfolio. Delete these instructions and add your own post.]
G.O.A.L.S.
[ “G.O.A.L.S.” is a place where students write about how their planned, current, and future activities may fit into the Honors & Scholars G.O.A.L.S.: Global Awareness, Original Inquiry, Academic Enrichment, Leadership Development, and Service Engagement. For more information, go to: http://honors-scholars.osu.edu/e-portfolio. Delete these instructions and add your own post.
Global Awareness: Students cultivate and develop their appreciation for diversity and each individual’s unique differences. For example, consider course work, study abroad, involvement in cultural organizations or activities, etc .
Original Inquiry: Honors & Scholars students understand the research process by engaging in experiences ranging from in-class scholarly endeavors to creative inquiry projects to independent experiences with top researchers across campus and in the global community. For example, consider research, creative productions or performances, advanced course work, etc.
Academic Enrichment: Honors & Scholars students pursue academic excellence through rigorous curricular experiences beyond the university norm both in and out of the classroom.
Leadership Development: Honors & Scholars students develop leadership skills that can be demonstrated in the classroom, in the community, in their co-curricular activities, and in their future roles in society.
Service Engagement: Honors & Scholars students commit to service to the community.]
Career
[“Career” is where you can collect information about your experiences and skills that will apply to your future career. Like your resume, this is information that will evolve over time and should be continually updated. For more information, go to: http://honors-scholars.osu.edu/e-portfolio. Delete these instructions and add your own post.]
Artifacts
The first semester of my freshman year, I was forced to not participate in many of the events and activities which I desired to take part in because of the awkward timing of some of my classes, so there were very few experiences I was able to take advantage of, but there was one intensely interesting experience that I managed to take part in. I participated in the STEM Book Club through the STEM Exploration and Engagement Scholars Program. Uncle Tungsten: Memories of a Chemical Boyhood by Oliver Sacks was the selected book, and even though it was technically a memoir on Sacks’ boyhood, historical background on chemistry was as abundant as information Sacks himself.
Reading this book opened my eyes to how interesting the history and development of chemistry is. Like Sacks, I have been extremely interested in chemistry from a young age, but the story behind the subject I love was never brought to my attention until I read Uncle Tungsten. This experience inspired me to actively search out information about the development of chemistry and the incredible men and women that crafted it into what it is today.