G.O.A.L.S.

The University Honors & Scholars Center at The Ohio State University serves high-ability, motivated undergraduate students. While embracing diversity in both ideas and people, the Center fosters purposeful learning communities that enhance students’ academic and social experiences. The Center facilitates impactful, rigorous, and unique opportunities that further student success and involvement in our G.O.A.L.S.: Global Awareness, Original Inquiry, Academic Enrichment, Leadership Development, and Service Engagement.

G.O.A.L.S.

Looking at my current goals in life they all tend to revolve around finding what makes me happy. I am currently a Public Affairs Major and am becoming more socially and globally aware of what is happening in the world. In class I am finding what policy motivates me and what kind of change I want to make. I am constantly paying attention to what is going on in the news and contemplating what can be done to fix various problems that are plaguing the world. This is motivating me to make change in the world because I want to make the world a better place. Global awareness is something that tends to be important to which, like stated, is partially related to my area of study. I also am going to find myself abroad twice within the upcoming years. One will be Summer of 2018 when I will be interning in Israel. I will be learning about various cultures and connecting with other people in other countries  in the Middle Eastern Area. After that, I plan on studying abroad in Australia to further become more globally aware. Each of these aspects furthers my goal of attaining happiness.

While I am studying public affairs and learning about government in various aspects I also have an intense passion for the arts. Currently, I am interning at the Short North Stage to learn more about managing a nonprofit and fueling my passion for the arts. It took time for me to accept my passion for the arts but once I did I found external places to bring about a new sense of knowledge for the arts. In summer of 2017 I learned that I had to follow my arts passion when I interned at Rosie’s Theater Kids in NYC. Now, like I said, am continuing to find new perspectives on the field of the arts. My interest and involvement is a part of the original inquiry of G.O.A.L.S.  I hope to continue to use this with my future endeavors in the arts which adds to my overall goal of finding happiness.

My internship and other internships that I have had had all played into academic enrichment because it is teaching me various transferrable skills that I can take to school and other workplaces. Not only that, I pride myself with my diverse academic load. I am a public affairs major with a specialization in nonprofit with a minor in theater. I have to put an immense amount of work into my academics while highly involved outside of school I value all the course work that I have and enjoy learning about all of it. Like stated before, the work put in here plays into my overall goal of happiness.

In and out of class I am always developing my leadership skills. Whether this is in Mount Leadership Society Scholars or through taking up leadership positions in organizations I am in. I am currently a committee chair for the Leadership Training Committee in Mount and work on various leadership events. I also take leadership on tasks that I do individually and create new opportunities for myself. I am constantly striving to find new ways to develop my leadership because you can never stop growing as a leader. I value leadership immensely and the leadership positions I take help bring about new opportunities and allow my goals to grow even more.

Lastly, I value service immensely which is evident because my scholars program revolves heavily around leadership. This past year I found myself volunteering at E. Broad Street After School Program where I helped mentor students from grades K-8. On top of that I find myself working on various service projects throughout the year whether that be organized through my fraternity or Mount or an outside organization. Looking at each aspect of G.O.A.L.S. they all play into my overall goal of finding happiness.