Month: August 2018

Leadership

Leadership, to me, is about being an example for others and for yourself. Trying to be the best leader one can be, whether directly or indirectly, makes someone work toward being the best person they can be.

 

An example of leadership that I have seen in my life was during my sophomore year of high school and it was with my golf coach. I come from a small school and our golf team was small and usually didn’t have the number to have a full JV and varsity team. My junior year, however, many new people came out to start golfing, many of them had never played before or had played very little and my coach was starting his first year as coach. Throughout the year, he was, alone, managing 15 players, putting together matches, working a full time job at a golf course and through it all he still managed to personally help every player improve their game. He always made time to help players get better or talk to them about how to be more sportsman like or how to stay calm during a close match.

 

My golf coach was a great example of a good leader because, while he did coach players and make them better, he went out of his way to know every player personally and make them better as a person and a player. He did this, not only directly as a coach, but also my example; he would always keep calm during tough situations and would work to come up with a reasonable solution to problems players, other teams or golf course staff were having. He was also a leader in that he made sure his players were getting better in every aspect of their lives, while he could have just focused on golf, he also went out of his way to help students with school work or family life.

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 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.]

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

[“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 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.]

Dunn Scholars

[Artifacts are the items you consider to be representative of your academic interests and achievements. For each entry, include both an artifact and a detailed annotation.  An annotation includes both a description of the artifact and a reflection on why it is important to you, what you learned, and what it means for your next steps.  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.]

About Me

My name is Wyatt Bunstine and I am a first year at Ohio State. I will be part of Dunn Sport and Wellness Scholars because of my love of sports and because of the positive experience my sister had. I am double majoring in physics and computer science engineering and I plan to pursue a career in physics research. When I was younger, I was always curious about the world around me and wanted to know more about the way the things worked. I decided to pursue this curiosity in the form of physics and I found my love of computer science growing up building and programming computers. I have further pursued both of these in the form of physics research, which I began doing in November of 2017. Since then, I went from an unpaid volunteer to a paid employee and a valuable member of the team. The physics research is very interesting and has vastly expanded my views as well as changed my ways of thinking.

Outside of work and the classroom, I enjoy playing sports and spending time with my dogs. I love kayaking and spending time on lakes and rivers, especially with my sisters and family. I am from a town called Alexandria, about 30 minutes northeast of Columbus. I like visiting Columbus with my family and trying different restaurants within the city. My father graduated from Miami university with a degree in finance and my mother graduated from The Ohio State University with a masters in accounting. My older sister, Josie, is currently a third year at The Ohio State University and my younger sister, Riley, is a sophomore in high school.

I am very excited to further my educating at The Ohio State University and continue it in grad school.