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Year in Review
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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 guidance on using your ePortfolio, including questions and prompts that will help you get started, please visit the Honors & Scholars ePortfolio course in Carmen. To get answers to specific questions, please email eportfolio@osu.edu. 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
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Artifacts
Me waiting to present my research findings to the judges at state competition
As my artifact, I have submitted my research paper, The Triumph and Tragedy of U.S. Involvement in Korea. With this paper, I was a regional winner for the National History Day Senior Division Research Paper Contest and advanced to the Ohio state-level competition.
Although my journey ended at state-level competition, I am very proud of this paper for personal reasons. This paper captured my love of history and helped to fill in gaps in my family’s history with facts that put into context the tragic circumstances facing my Korean grandmother after the Korean War. Similar to circumstances shared in my paper, my grandmother was abandoned by a U.S soldier after the Korean War and left with two children (my aunt and uncle) whom she put up for adoption to a family in the United States.
This was a story that I had heard many times while growing up. Until I conducted the research for this paper, however, I had no idea so many other Korean women had experienced the same tragedies. After the Korean War, many U.S. soldiers abandoned thousands of women and children in Korea. Finding relevant and credible information was a challenge for me given that most historical sources focus on the triumphs of the Korean War rather than its social costs. I learned to critically review and conceptualize factual information as well as look at history within a greater context, recognizing that history is not one-sided but multi-factored. Writing this paper also forged my interest in conducting research in the future.
About Me
Hi, my name is Grace Berlier, and I am a current first year Marketing student from Cincinnati, Ohio! A little bit about me— I have always been drawn to activities that involve creativity and constantly find myself thinking of ways to innovate the world around me. If it involves growing and expanding my horizons, I am there!
A hair tie bracelet I sold on Etsy
Since 2015, I have sold hair jewelry on my Etsy site. This entails writing product descriptions, snapping photos, managing sales, and shipping product to customers in a timely manner all over the United States. Throughout this experience, I have continuously explored different marketing strategies, ranging from being profiled in my school’s student-run newsletter to renting a vendor’s booth at a community craft fair. Although my sales revenue is not enough to live on, this foray into my own business has helped me to see how I can take my own ideas and turn it into something real. I have also learned that running an Etsy shop not only requires creativity but also significant focus and organization.
Operation Give Back booth I managed at a local craft fair
Following this experience, I have translated those skills repeatedly in various work environments while further developing new skills. I, for instance, was able to strategize outreach strategies that I learned through managing an Etsy shop in a marketing campaign for nonprofit Operation Give Back (OGB). The campaign efforts successfully fostered OGB awareness, volunteerism, and philanthropy. These attitudinal outcomes will continue to benefit OGB moving forward as well as other non-profit organizations seeking dedicated volunteers.
Furthermore, as a summer research intern for Sprout Insight, I further honed my project management skills for several research projects. Growing my research skills, I saw how effective research designs could be crafted to answer primary questions that informed future strategy. Most of all, I found it exciting to see how the expertise from a diverse team of psychologists, marketers, and designers could culminate into smart, innovative solutions targeting client needs.
My fellow chapter officers and I
Finally, my work as member and president of my school’s DECA (an association of marketing students) chapter allowed me to apply and boost my problem solving skills. Through DECA, I solved impromptu business scenarios similar to case studies, preparing responses to business situations in ten minutes or less. Even more, I gained the networking connections possible to work with Operation Give Back.
As a student, I hope to continue to maintain and refine these skills while stretching myself to grow as a leader and instigator of necessary change. Currently, I am developing my skills and capabilities through my involvements on campus: Business Scholars, Morrill Scholars, and Undergraduate Business Women’s Association. Upon graduating from the Max M. Fisher College of Business, I aspire to enter the field of consulting.