One artifact that’s very important to me is the research project I did for the UN’s Millennium Development Goals. In this project for the Scholars seminar, my group researched the second Goal, which is “Achieve Universal Primary Education”. We focused on the Middle East and how MDG #2 has affected the region.
The first part of the project consisted of writing a paper that talked about what MDG #2 in detail, what the Middle East entails, why the Goal was needed in the region, and solutions that the UN recommended to achieve the MDG. My responsibility in the project was to work on the fourth part of the paper. The second part of the project was presenting our Goal to the rest of the seminar class. In making our Prezi, we summarized our paper, and also talked about the progress of MDG #2 in the Middle, the roadblocks to it being fully achieved, and what future plans the UN has to continue this goal in the future.
This project helped me to grow more as a student. Researching the struggle to ensure universal primary education for all children in the Middle East not only allowed me to research a global region that I have no personal experience with, but also allowed me to learn about a global issue that I haven’t had to ever worry about personally. Learning about these global issues reminded me that as a student, I need to always make sure I’m not just focused on my own personal bubble here at OSU, but that I remain aware of others in the global community.
This Prezi was what we used to summarize our paper, as well as show how much progress has been made in achieving MDG 2 in the Middle East.