Being apart of the Stadium Scholars Program, you are required to obtain at least 6 community service events and being a part of the Biological Sciences Scholars Program, you need to have a minimum of 10 community service hours. Because of these requirements and my dedication to helping better serve my community, I have be actively engaged in achieving these requirements and going over what is needed.

Some of the major events that I have participated in during my freshman year here at The Ohio State University have been Community Commitment, BuckeyeThon, and MLK Day Of Service. Between these 3 events, I have served about 20 hours of community service. Not only these, but I have also made shoes for children in third world countries, capes for children with pediatric cancers, and cleaning up an elementary school’s playground.

Helping the community is a very important job for me because the better the world is, the better that less people have to worry about not being to survive. If more people would donate their time to this, the world could become a much better place.

Being a leader is extremely important to me especially because it will be a key ascot of any future career I will have in medicine. While in high school, I was the designated leader of my political debate team which required me to assign roles to my group such as who would be the designated speaker and write. While on my lacrosse team my senior year, I took up the leadership position to better help the incoming rookies better their lacrosse skills and was often seen during practicing giving them tips on how to cradle better or pass/catch better.

However, since beginning of my time here at The Ohio State University, my role as a leader has been not as explicit, however, I have tried to better this. Because I am also apart of The Stadium Scholars Program where we have designated committees, I was chosen to become co-chair of the Recognition Committee, where we hold birthday parties each month to celebrate the members’ of this program’s birthday and also hold study sessions for the scholars. Since being chosen for this role, me and my other co-chairs have designed new events that could better build the community aspect of this program.

Being a leader is an extremely important role that I hope to better develop as my time here at Ohio State continues and I know will become better.

To obtain academic enrichment, one must challenge themselves academically both in and out of the classroom. In other words, you have to be able to take risks and not stick to your comfort zone. As a Honors and Scholars student, obtaining academic enrichment is extremely important to me because I will need to challenge myself in order to obtain the strongest grades possible for me to be able to attend Physicians Assistant school after graduation. In order for me to complete this goal, I will have to take the courses that get the most hatred such as organic chemistry. Even though I am terrified to take this course next year, I do know that I need to step outside of my comfort zone to strive for the best and achieve high academic enrichment.

Being apart of the Biological Sciences Scholars Program, I have been given the opportunity to engage in many different research visits of the many researches on campus. One particular visit was to Dr. Mark Merrick’s research lab. There he was conducting research that could potentially affect health and rehabilitation sciences and focused on injury pathophysiology and therapeutic modalities. At this visit, he showed us a more improved technique he was developing that would better heal cramps that athletes might experience during their games.

At this visit, I realized how important conducting research was and how much I wanted to be involve in something like this. Although I am still a freshman and have yet to engage in a research project, I do help that as my years at this university continue, that I will be able to participate in something that could potentially help improve modern medicine

The G in G.O.A.L.S. stands for global awareness. The G to me, means to the idea and appreciation of all individuals from the many diverse backgrounds that our university has to offer and the ability to appreciate all of the different beliefs and cultures in the world. Even though this is still my first year at The Ohio State University, I have been able to gain a better understanding of cultures because of this large university. Coming from New York City, one of the largest melting pots in this country, I thought that I had a great understand in the various backgrounds that people can come from. However, being in a large university as this one, my awareness of the complexity of our world grew.

One my floor in my dorm, there is no one prominent religion or race. Everyone is as diverse as I hoped for. Even with this large diversity, we are all able to get along extremely well and have developed a great friendship that I hope will last for a long time.

[ “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.]