Month: December 2017

Program for Advancing Scholarship and Service

The Program for Advancing Scholarship and Service (PASS) is a program that helps connect first year students, who have an interest in academic, cultural, career and community benefits of diversity, with various resources. My involvement with PASS has helped me adovacte diversity on campus and learning more about diversity. Through this program, I have learned various resources our univeristy provides such as the Dennis Learning Center, became a certified suicide prevention specialist, became involved in various community service activities, etc. Even though PASS has helped me expand my knowledge on various topics, I have also made many a great memories and long lasting friendships through the program.

Service Activities

During my first semester at The Ohio State Univeristy, I have been involved in many service activities through my scholars program, and PASS. Some of the service events that I have been involved this semester are the Good Neighbors Picnic, Community Commiment, and volunteering at Goodale Park. The most impactful service event that I participated was the Good Neighbor Picnic because I was able to connect with people from my community that I normal would not be able to talk. In this service event, I was a personal shopper to the individuals and families who came to the store at the event. These individuals and families were able to receive clothes, bedding, and hygiene products that they were in need for. Through this job, I was able to talk to many individuals and hear their stories. A remarkable story I had was with a young lady who was 7 months pregnant. She told me that before she was pregnant she struggled with her addicition with drugs, but after finding out she was pregnant, she gave up on drugs. She went out to find help to fight her addiction with drugs. While hearing her story, I was in awe because even though she underwent so much misfortune this young lady was able to keep a smile on her face. Also, this young lady was humble, and did not take certain products because she said “Someone else probably needs this more than I do.” In her eyes, I saw a lot of determination to improve her life and give her unborn child a better future. I left this service event more aware of people who are less fortunate then me. Not only did I have a small impact in these individuals lives, but these individuals left an impact on my life. I wish to continue to participate in service events such as the Good Neighbor Picnic.