New G.O.A.L.S.

Global Awareness:

My time at Ohio State has greatly expanded my understanding of the world and my place in it. I plan to study abroad in Quebec this summer to improve my French skills and become acquainted with another culture. OSU is a diverse community, and I have learned much just from meeting and speaking to students who come from other countries. And I have especially enjoyed interacting with graduate students and faculty in the language departments that were raised in other places. I understand and appreciate the different cultural values that arise in various areas, and my experience at Ohio State is strongly marked by these. 

 

Original Inquiry:

One of my favorite instances of learning outside of the traditional classroom setting happened when my class visited the Billy Ireland Cartoon Museum. We saw centuries-old political cartoons satirizing kings and ministers, which were fascinating to view up close and tangibly. This experience increased my interest in undertaking research of my own in which I can help to make advances. Many of my professors have animated interest in their research areas that spreads to me and causes new areas of interest to grow in myself. 

 

Academic Enrichment:

I am very pleased by the way that the diverse and complicated study of the world is captured in my diverse and complex major. International studies combines political science, history, geography, current events, economics, and other areas into a comprehensive understanding of the world, and I have enjoyed seeing my worldview become more coherent. My language studies provide me with concrete skills as my competence at communicating improves. I think that my major and minors together are furnishing me with the tools to be a citizen of the world and in this way an ideal citizen of my country. 

 

Leadership Development:

My time on the Honors Community Council has strongly affected the development of my leadership style. I have been helped by the graduate assistants who run the program and who open new doors for undergraduates all the time. Putting on events, programming, hosting, developing an organization that can be passed to succeeding classes, these are all skills which I have learned by my involvement in HCC. Leadership is a personal choice, but I have been able to define my own practice of leading by being in an environment that gives examples and provides experience.

 

Service Engagement:

The motto of the Undergraduate Student Government is students serving students. I believe that opportunities at Ohio State all tend toward this goal, a very noble aspiration that teaches students the value of assisting those around us. Students serving students, professionals serving professionals, friends serving friends, these are the templates of building a new and better society of our own devising. A man’s happiness depends on the happiness of other men, a tenet that keeps us engaged and interested in improving our communities.

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.

Global Awareness:

I study International Affairs as well as French and Russian at Ohio State, which has expanded my perspective and scope of awareness substantially and continues to enlarge it further. I plan to study abroad in a Francophone country to master that tongue, and to immerse myself in a world that speaks, listens, and even thinks differently than my own. An open, cosmopolitan culture moves me to crave knowledge and understanding of other countries, continents, peoples, and lands that broaden my mind and awaken my imagination.

 

Original Inquiry:

I have always engaged in deep and analytical research on concepts that interest me, which makes research a natural fit for my method of studying. I enjoy focusing on a specific topic and delving into it to learn more generally applicable rules that are useful and relevant. A research thesis has become a goal of mine in my time at Ohio State and I hope to connect with other university scholars who share my field of inquiry in order to make meaningful strides that advance the knowledge of international studies.

 

Academic Enrichment:

The Honors Program is an invaluable path to rigorous, rewarding classes with professors dearly immersed in their fields. Many of my classes are honors courses, which refine students into intellectuals who can lead to way to new developments and high discovery. The university emphasizes academic excellence above all else and actively promotes student progress in all branches of knowledge, from which I have benefited throughout my college stay.

 

Leadership Development:

Important sources of leadership encouragement at Ohio State are the programming boards and councils that create and sponsor events that give students the chance to develop in any area relevant to them. As a member of the Honors Community Council, my fellow members and I build opportunities for student growth and shape a framework for their development. A vital component of leadership is the ability to help individuals succeed and excel, which brings out the best in them and enhances the organization or mission that they serve. My membership on the hall council of my residence hall is a similar commitment to strengthening the example of leadership.

 

Service Engagement:

Volunteerism and devotion to causes would be nothing without personal conviction to service, a powerful and widespread vein at the university. I am involved in several organizations at OSU that furnish students with a means to serve each other and their campus most effectively, including the Undergraduate Student Government, the Residence Hall Advisory Council, and college activist clubs. There is no better way to improve yourself than to improve the places around you.

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.]

Artifacts

[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

[Your “About Me” is a brief biographical statement that might include your intended major, your academic interests, your goals, as well as the things that make you unique.  Definitely include a picture! Also, remember that you can always update this post at any point. 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.]