Being a member of the Dunn Sport and Wellness Scholars program has opened doors for me, both personally and professionally. The track group program as well as the professional development workshop helped me polish my resume, and the professional nature of our weekly meetings has taught me how to act and dress in such a setting, as well as how to interact and network with professional presenters. Personally, I’ve met my roommates and best friends through this scholars program, and being a parent has been one of the most meaningful things I’ve done in college. I consider my DSWS family to be some of my closest friends and I go out of my way to see at least a few members of my family every week.
My involvement in the J. Michael Dunn Sport and Wellness Program has provided me with plenty of life lessons. Through this program I have learned professional skills, like how to present oneself and have a successful interview, as well as personal skills, like how to help new first-year scholars feel welcome on campus and within the Dunn Scholars program.
The Dunn Sport and Wellness Scholars program has allowed me to develop greatly as a person. Through my first two years of college I’ve matured into a more professional person while simultaneously becoming more outgoing and willing to meet and bond with new people. The people I’ve met have allowed me to gain new perspectives and be receptive to different outlooks and mindsets, and have granted me the opportunity to see the world through new, different perspectives.
Being a Dunn Sport and Wellness Scholar has been one of best things I’ve done at The Ohio State University. The people I’ve met through this program, including the coordinators, my fellow second year scholars, and the first-years I’ve met this year, have shaped the first two years of my college experience. I am so grateful for the memories I’ve made through this program, and for the lasting relationships I have that will continue through the next two years of college and for the rest of my life.
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My first year at The Ohio State University has been filled to the brim with all kinds of amazing memories. Many of my favorite memories from early in the year revolve around Buckeye football, because this is OSU after all. I bought my football tickets with my best friend from high school during the summer before school started, as a way to stay in touch at school and ensure that we’d see each other at least every week or so in the fall. For the first few games, we stuck by each other, still unsure about our budding friendships and respective scholars programs. Soon enough though, it seemed like we were adding two or three people every game to go to pre-game tailgates at friends’ houses or that their families were having in the parking lot. It was so fun to watch our circle expand a little bit more each week, and to introduce our friends to each other. This experience helped me branch out, both by continuously being introduced to new people, and by extending invitations to those around me to join us for the game.
There were two games I remember distinctly. The first, obviously, was the Michigan game. I almost feel like I didn’t deserve this manner of victory in just my first semester of college, but when such a memorable game happens I suppose it’s best to not question it. I’ll never forget the kick that sent us to overtime, winning in the second overtime, and certainly not rushing the field. The other game, however, was a much less hyped-up game. We were playing the Tulsa Hurricanes, and fittingly enough, it seemed as though a hurricane came right through the stadium, absolutely drenching everyone and everything, and even delaying the game. I thought this was one of the most fun games; everyone was in good spirits about the weather and even went out to play in the rain when it wasn’t too frightening.
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I chose this picture to illustrate an artifact I think connected to my experience during my first year at OSU. This was a mug that sat on the top shelf of my desk, and where I stored all my football tickets throughout the year (plus a small foam souvenir football). The mug was a fun gift I was given at my high school graduation party from a coach that I had worked with and played for for a number of years, and who had attended The Ohio State University herself. She was one of the first people to gush about OSU to me, and encouraged me to look into attending OSU every time we were in Columbus for a tournament. The tickets inside the mug obviously signify all of the home games I attended, and all the memories I made at them. I went into more detail about this in the “Year In Review” post, but it can’t be emphasized enough how much fun I had at Buckeye football games and how I think they helped shape and expand my friend group throughout the fall. Finally, everything is held in place with a small foam football that I acquired at one of the football games. My tickets were in Block O North, so there were always fun things going on. We usually did a card stunt or two during commercial breaks, and there were multiple T-shirt tosses per game. During one of the earlier games, these small footballs were thrown into the crowd and I managed to catch one, and the physical football represents this fun little memory I have.
Hi! My name is Kyle Boyle. I am from Shaker Heights, Ohio, which is a suburb just minutes outside of downtown Cleveland. At home, I live with my mom and dad, my sister Fiona (16), our dog Buddy (10) and our two cats Twinkle (14) and Richard Jefferson (9 months), who’s named after Cleveland Cavaliers’ small forward #24. I love Shaker Heights and Cleveland as a whole, and I’m so grateful the upbringing I was able to experience there, but I’m excited to be in this new chapter of my life at OSU. I’m currently undeclared in my major technically, though at the end of this year I intend to apply to the Fisher College of Business. I spent my first year of college taking everything I could schedule from Chemistry to Public Affairs before arriving at this decision. I decided on Fisher because I excelled at my economics and computer science classes I took (which are Fisher pre-reqs), and because it just seemed like the career field I could most see myself in.
