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Month: August 2018
Year in Review
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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
One of the most influential, impactful times of my life so far was the spring break of my senior year of high school. I was fortunate enough to visit Ecuador with my school; we went to Quito, Otavalo, and the Galapagos Islands. This trip was incredibly humbling, reminding me of the beauty in the world around us and to avoid allowing the mundaneness of trivial, everyday tasks to prevent me from seeing this beauty and wonder in everything I do. It might sound cliche, but the Galapagos Islands is the only place I have ever seen animals and humans live in harmony; animals are not scared of humans, and humans share their space and belongings with the other beings on the islands.
I remember one night, we were staying at a hostel on Isabela Island and the power went out. Everyone flooded outside, laughing and making a show out of the power outage. Our tour guide said something that stuck with me: “Things are different here than in America,” he said, “the reason you feel one with nature is because we make sacrifices to coexist with the natural world. We realize that that might mean the power goes out, or that things cannot be on that tight of a schedule. If we didn’t share the land, though, we wouldn’t see 80% of what we see here now.” This moment is the first that comes to mind when I think about my trip to the Galapagos; I remember realizing that everything is connected in a unique way, and to experience a true love for the world around us, we need to realize the importance of every being and express gratitude for every single molecule, every single animate and inanimate piece of matter. This trip is what solidified the fact that I want to use biochemistry to go into environmental science, and focus on the small details of environmental issues.
About Me
Hi all!
My name is Emily Erhardt; I was born and raised in Lakewood, Ohio, a western suburb of Cleveland. As a product of being raised in a family of researchers and doctors, I currently intend on majoring in Biochemistry and hope to somehow fuse this field with Environmental Science. Although I plan on majoring in a STEM field, I have always had a deep appreciation for the humanities, specifically music and English. I have found solace in playing piano for over thirteen years, and flute for around eight years.