Welcome to my Honors & Scholars e-Portfolio

My name is Kyle Grosselin. I am currently attending The Ohio State University, majoring in mathematics, a cadet through the Air Force ROTC program, and participating in STEM EE. One day, I hope to become an Air Force Officer. In school, I dedicated myself to my studies and participated in many STEM related activities. These activities include science fair, academic team, mathletes, Ohio Math League, and more. STEM programs has helped me appreciate technical jobs and how rewarding they are.

I am participating in STEM EE Scholars because I really liked science and math in High School and it’s a great resume builder. I also saw the program as a great way to make new friends during my freshman year. So far, my experience at Ohio State has been unbeatable; it seems as if there are always new faces you meet every day and I am very fortunate to be a part of this university.

Year in Review

[ “Year in Review”  is where you should reflect on the past year and show how you have evolved as a person and as a student.  You may want to focus on your growth in a particular area (as a leader, scholar, researcher, etc.) or you may want to talk about your overall experience over the past year.  For more information, go to: http://honors-scholars.osu.edu/e-portfolio. Delete these instructions and add your own post.]

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 information, go to: http://honors-scholars.osu.edu/e-portfolio. 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

[“Career” is where you can collect information about your experiences and skills that will apply to your future career.  Like your resume, this is information that will evolve over time and should be continually updated.   For more information, go to: http://honors-scholars.osu.edu/e-portfolio. Delete these instructions and add your own post.]

Artifacts

[Artifacts are the items you consider to be representative of your academic interests and achievements. For each entry, include both an artifact and a detailed annotation.  An annotation is a reflective description of the artifact that attempts to communicate its significance.  For more information, go to: http://honors-scholars.osu.edu/e-portfolio. Delete these instructions and add your own post.]

About Me

ProfileHello Readers, my name is Kyle Grosselin and I am currently a freshman at THE Ohio State University. At OSU, I am majoring in Mathematics and participating in the STEM Scholars. Additionally I am participating in Air Force Reserve Officers Training Corps, better known as Air Force ROTC. My mom teaches math at my High School Alma Mater dad is a retired Lieutenant Colonel from the Air Force. I have two brothers who are also in the Air Force, and one sister who is in the Army. As you can see the military has had an outstanding impact on my family.

I was born on November 17, 1996, at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland. Shortly after, my family moved to Istanbul, Turkey. After two years, my dad was station in Dayton, Ohio. Quickly after we moved again to the wonderful Ramstein, Germany. All my earliest childhood memories took place in Germany. Even as a child, I loved the country and to this day I long to one day return. In Germany, my elementary school, Ramstein Elementary (Go Koalas!), had a German emersion program. This means that half the day was focused on teaching math and English, while the second half of the day focused on teaching students the German language. I picked up the language quickly and would act as the family translator. After the four years, my Dad retired from the Air Force and we moved, yet again, to Dayton, Ohio. Here in Dayton, I would spend the rest of my childhood and teenage years. Unfortunately, living in the U.S. did not provide me a use for my knowledge for the German language and eventually forgot how to speak the majority of the language. In High School I played men’s basketball, played AAU basketball, won an intramural championship, became a 2-year varsity captain for the men’s volleyball team, received numerous awards for my athletics, played at the national level for club volleyball, and received a varsity letter for the academic team. After graduating from Carroll High School, I decided to attend the legendary Ohio State University.

Throughout my life I have always challenged myself academically and athletically. Scheduling the most A.P. or honors courses in High School was expected of myself during those four years. High School would have been unpleasant if it wasn’t for my family and friends. My parents would always know the right thing to say whenever I would stress out about a test and my friends would occasionally give me a late night call to assure I wasn’t studying myself to insanity. However, pushing myself to succeed helped me realize what I wanted to do for a career. I wanted to become an Officer in the United States Air Force.

As previously mentioned, joining the military has become the norm in my family. Growing up with a military lifestyle has made such a positive influence on me. As I grew and matured, I would model my behavior after my dad and siblings. For example, I would always be polite, put my integrity above all else, volunteer for my community, and do my best to excel in all I do. I believed that being a good person will help set me up for success in the future.

Strengths

My top five strengths, in order, are competition, adaptability, harmony, maximizer, and significance. Competition really describes me the most because I am very aggressive, especially in athletics. I have always wanted to stand out in everything I do and receive recognition for my skills and talents. The survey helped me see that being competitive makes me a good student because I want to succeed above all my peers. I have an unique ability to be able to adapt to any situations and “go with the flow” throughout my day. This is something that has always come easy to me. As my day unfolds, I can make the right decision on what I should do and then perform it at will. If I receive an assignment that has potential to be challenging, I am ready to drop all other plans to finish that assignment then continue my day. My next strength, harmony, helps me stand out. I consider myself outgoing and when paired in groups I have an natural instinct to be able to break the ice and eliminate the awkwardness that is first present. Maximizer describes my skill of utilizing my talents to succeed. This plays into my everyday life because I try to make my life easier by using my talents. For example, when studying I try to memorize as much as possible because of my skill of memorizing material quick. Significance ties into completion. When I do anything I put a lot of time into, I want to be recognized for my talents and, again, stand out among my peers. Overall, my strengths are aggressive and serve the purpose of my own personal success, which mirrors my personality very well.

Knowing my strengths helps me understand how I should utilize them when studying and in life. Additionally, it showed me that skills I use to believe were my strengths, were in fact not. This brought me a reality check so now I now what I need to work on. My future goals are the same for the most part because I have always felt that I am competitive person and have based my goals on my ability to compete and be aggressive. With regard to my personal goals, I can utilize competition, adaptability, maximizer, and significance to win an intramural championship. This has always been personal goal since freshman year of high school. My aggressive nature always comes out when I take a matter seriously. My professional goals in life include being an officer in the United States Air Force. This may come as a surprise to many but ranking up in the military is very challenging due to limited number of positions. Ranking up demands the candidate to stand out, be competitive and  be able to work with others well. Luckily, all my skills can contribute to this criteria and fully embracing my strengths, showing them off, can make me the ideal candidate.