Month: October 2018

G.O.A.L.S.

Global Awareness

Our world is full of people. Each and every individual is unique with their own story to tell. As part of Honors & Scholars it is important to know the stories we each carry and understand what makes them different. Being from a high school where the students attending reflected the outside world is very humbling. Every person came from a different background each bringing their values, knowledge and stories with them. This contributed to the general understanding that their will be people with differing view points as well as why someone acts differently based on their culture.

Original Inquiry

There is so many ideas and information to learn that sometimes, one must do their own research. By participating in research and other independent projects I can learn can understand the research process and the inner workings of our world.

Academic Enrichment

The pursuit for knowledge is never ending. And in rigorous courses attaining academic excellence beyond the norm in and out of the classroom is a necessity. With a major in neuroscience this pursuit is never ending. The brain is a complex organ with many intricate parts and functions. By reading articles and participating heavily in class one can succeed at knowing how it works.

Leadership Development

Being a leader is something that changes you forever. It pushes you outside of your comfort zone and makes you selfless. When I was field commander of my marching band I felt both of these. It made me more confident, strong, approachable and gave me a drive to succeed. Using the skills that I have acquired I am better suited for many challenges that I will face in my life.

Service Engagement

As social beings we must be apart of our community. This shows that we have compassion and empathy to people, animals, our planet. Personally I plan to better the lives of the people in Columbus but also across the world. We share this world and together we must lend a helping hand to everyone that we can.

A Day at The Columbus Zoo

I love animals! And going to see exotic animals that aren’t native to Ohio or even North America is quite the treat. However, what made this trip memorable is going behind the scenes of the manatee exhibit and the zoo hospital.

At the zoo hospital I got to see the several surgery rooms, a lab, and other projects that the zoo veterinarians are taking part of. These surgery varied in size as some animals can fit in the palm of our hand, while others need to be hauled in a truck. Along the walls of the hallway in the zoo hospital, pictures of animals hang on the walls. Our guide told us that each picture represents a project that the veterinarians are involved in. Some of the vets were studying health of the animals in the wild while others study migration patterns of birds.

The other part of this trip was going behind the scenes of the manatee exhibit. Here we saw the MASSIVE amount of Romane lettuce needed to feed the manatees just for one day. We then walked to a small platform that sat on top of the water inside the exhibit. We were two feet away from touching the manatees and a step from jumping right into the water. As much as I wanted to swim with the manatees I knew that there were also some dangerous sting rays in the water too.

The zoo is an amazing place. At one point I thought that it was wrong that these animals are removed from their natural home. But I see that the zoo helps raise, and rehabilitate animals. The zoo puts an enormous amount of money, time and love into these animals so that they have the best chances of living out in wild. However some come to the zoo in critical condition and can’t be released they are still well cared for.