Artifact 3: the home stretch

The start of the second semester has passed and now I am half-way through the second semester of my first year on the Main Campus of The Ohio State University. I have changed my major too many times for me to count on one hand, all within similar fields so it was not a drastic change. I have finally settled on architecture and English to pursue here as a dual-degree. I want to pursue a professional writing minor and design thinking minor. I feel good about these fields because it satisfies my interdisciplinary desires and challenges me to grow. This photo is from my Digital Media class, ENGL 2269, where we had to compose a digital app in a series of mockups and wireframe screens. We did not get to code the apps, it was only based upon composition and how we apply rhetorical analysis in construction of an app. I appreciated this project because I got a chance to display my graphic design skills and create an aesthetically pleasing app scheme that fulfilled a problem that this university faces. My app was called Geode and it essentially streamlined the exploration of compatible healthcare providers with your insurance carrier. I discovered this need from the sparse mental health services on campus and how college students and people who relocate may need help in finding healthcare providers that take their insurance. From this digital media class, I discovered my passion for rhetorical anaylysis and information architecture within cyberspace. I would not have known this was something so intriguing to me, if I had not take n this class. For these opportunities to further explore the depths of my potential, I am thankful.

Semester in review

The fall semester of 2018 was quite a rough semester for me as a first-year on this campus. I wasn’t new to the whole idea of college seeing as i did it while commuting for four years beforehand, but living on campus brought more complications. Rather exploring major-specific courses brought much complication and questioning of what i’m truly passionate about. I switched from Neuroscience (before-hand) to Architecture, then Architecture to City and Regional Planning, and then City and Regional Planning to History of Art. I dropped my intensive studio course and picked up 3 more courses to stay at my full-time requirement. It was an academic roller coaster that i did not enjoy but rode out until the end of the semester to end with a 2.39. That GPA was better than i had thought it would be, and the drop was greatly affected by my significant mental health problems. I reflected on what i wanted out of life, because at this point I have my general education requirements done and cannot afford to waste my time on empty classes. I decided that I wanted to pursue English and Interior Design, so I am graduating History of Art with a Non-Profit Organization Studies minor in spring or summer 2020. And afterwards, I plan to dual degree in English with a Writing, Rhetoric, and Literacy concentration and Interior Design with a Creative Writing Minor. I also found an architectural program that i particularly like due to how transferrable the curriculum became. So simultaneously, I configured a degree plan where I can finish these three degrees before 2025. My Associate of Science in Architecture will be completed in 2023 and the other two in 2025. From this point, I hope to go abroad and accomplish my Masters of Interior Design at the Florence Institute of Design International and then my Masters of Architecture abroad as well which comes out to a total of 4 years living and studying abroad. I am excited for what is to come and how I can mesh the intersections of English, Design, and Art History with Architecture in hopes of having a specialized position in changing the world we exist in every day. I learned to not categorize my worth by some numerical value that does not take into the account the circumstances I endured last semester. I’ve come a long way from last semester, and I have a long way to go in life, I am excited to enrich my global education and pursue everything and more to become even more accomplished for my age and point in life.

artifact 2

This is the first floor of what the Seattle Public Library looks like in the form of a site plan. This is an architectural diagram ith emphasis on shaded spaces on what we consider a datum. A datum is simply the frequent repetition of a feature within a diagram, and in this case, there are a frequent amount of similar structures that resemble book cases. This was taken after the third reconstruction in 2002 of the library. I selected this as mt artifact because of my interest in architecture and design. This is like a little puzzle piece of how I wil be analyzing places in my future career as an architect.

Through taking architecture courses this semester, I have learned a lot more than I would if I had avoided taking the heavier courses first. I learned that I wanted a developed background that can act as a great connection in the design world so I am pursuing my B.A in History of Art right now with a projected graduation of spring 2020. Then off to design school for another bachelors in interior design and then to grad school for architecture. I want a well rounded education that I found I can cultivate with an art history background. Art history offers me exactly that and i am grateful to have experienced these revelations now rather than later.

Artifact

This is my site plan featuring my pencil for an architecture 2310 studio course. I am currently on record still an architecture major, but I am considering a non-architecture undergraduate degree and pursuing architecture in graduate school. Being in studio has taught me many modeling and drawing fundamentals that architects use in the daily life of their career. The project we were working on in this studio is called the labyrinth. It is called the labyrinth because of its winding circulation spaces and the absence of explicit doors and windows reinforces the relationship between figural voided spaces and figural objects or structures. This was created in the freshman studio of the Austin E. Knowlton School of Architecture on campus. I absolutely loved drawing my plans and learning architectural terminology and analysis, but I struggled with hand modeling quite a bit to the point where I fell behind in my class because of how rigorous and fast-paced this project became. The struggle was how I recently came to the conclusion that I should pursue another thing that I enjoy and consider classes in Knowlton instead of a whole Architecture degree. I am now looking at City Regional Planning (CRP) and Art History. I realize I can obtian my B.A in History of Art here in 1-2 years so that will be in addition to my CRP degree, and I would still be a Knowlton student which is important to me. Without this struggle I would not have come to ths conclusion, and in a way, I am grateful to have had hardship to teach me how to do better.

This is me (Camp Rock, 2008)

My name is Trecia Cintron and this is my first year on campus in the Architecture program. I come from North East Ohio in a small city called Lorain, where the neighboring town of Elyria is my original hometown. I come to The Ohio State University with my Associate of Arts degree and my high school diploma. That being said, I’m also looking for another area of interest to double major or to obtain a dual degree. I love volleyball and I am a leader on the court. I also play ukelele and am a musical person. I love to write and am considering taking creative writing classes because I feel I best express myself through narratives.

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

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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.]