Hello and Welcome to my Scholars e-Portfolio Page! I hope you enjoy learning more about me.
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
Artifact 1
During Mid-September of 2015, I participated in a photo shoot with a student organization (STAE). The organization was founded and is led by my RA, which is how I got involved in the first place. It took place on the Oval and around Mirror Lake. I went around with a couple of models and musicians to take portrait shots of them to add to their portfolios. This event is particularly important to me because photography is an important hobby of mine. However, I had never done portrait photography before and thought this event would be a good introduction to it, especially since my RA needed another photographer for the day. Being exposed to a different type of photography helped to improve my photography skills and it opened me up to the possibility of portrait photography jobs in the future. I also improved my management skills with this event, as I helped with some of the planning and organization.
Artifact 2
This is a picture of my record player that I got for Christmas 2014. Although I do not use my record player all the time, I brought it with me to college and occasionally listen to a record or two. My record player is especially important to me because it represents my love of music as well as discovering new and old songs. I also believe this translates to me as a person; I love discovering new things, whether it’s something in physics class or a old Cleveland Orchestra performance of Ravel’s “Pictures at an Exhibition”.
About Me
Hi! My name is Michael Ashbrook and I am from Bay Village, Ohio, which is a suburb of Cleveland. I went to St. Edward High School in Lakewood, Ohio, which is also a suburb of Cleveland. I was part of the International Baccalaureate Programme (IB) at St. Ed’s, which is similar to AP classes. At OSU, my major is Engineering Undecided. I live in Torres House on North Campus and am part of the Humanitarian Engineering Scholars Program. I enjoy photography and film, as well as music. I play the trumpet, but I enjoy listening to music more than playing it. I also like playing sports (basketball, football, baseball, soccer, frisbee) and the outdoors in general.
