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.

My appreciation for diversity stems from my own culture. My mother was born in the Philippines and raised there until she moved to the United States. I have always been fascinated and appreciative of my own culture and other cultures around the world. I love to travel and understand cultures other than my own. I have been to Mexico, Dominican Republic, England, Puerto Rico, etc. And this summer I will be traveling to the Philippines. As a history major, I love to explore different cultures and their history in their own perspective. I like to learn about other parts of the world from the Mongol Empire to the Archaic Greeks. I am looking to have a historical specialization on East Asian Studies. I can’t wait to study abroad. I plan to do so my junior year. I want to study abroad in Barcelona and from there experience all of Europe. I hope to develop a larger global perspective through my whole college experience.

I plan to minor in International Studies, or even double major. I also hope to minor in Spanish. I chose to be a history major because I love learning about the world and how history shows everything about our world from what we look like to what we eat. This ties in with International Studies; I hope to learn as much about the world and other cultures as I can. My future aspirations include studying abroad and most importantly getting into the Washington Academic Internship Program. I would love to work in Washington and I am looking at minoring in Political Science, too. My end goal would be becoming a foreign service worker. My curriculum will prepare me for this because I will understand other cultures.

I am involved in field hockey club and am looking to join other clubs like USG. I am also going to join a sorority and take on leadership positions within. In high school, I was President of the National Honorary Society and a student government representative. I was also the captain of my field hockey team. These positions have prepared my for leadership roles and I would describe my leadership style as independent and steady.

I hope to be a part of many service opportunities over my college years. I am very fond of community service and have had a lot of experience. As of now, I have been unable to be apart of service projects, but I plan on being involved in later years.