About Me

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Alexa Hoefflin is a first-year student from Springboro, Ohio, majoring in Political Science. After finishing her time at Ohio State, she plans to enter Law School and obtain a law degree. Other academic areas that interest her are Spanish and History, particularly of the United States. She loves learning and also enjoys helping and working with her peers to accomplish shared goals. Alexa has been shaped as a person by attending Catholic schools her entire life. Throughout those twelve years, she learned to be disciplined, hardworking, and most importantly kind to all people. Alexa plans to get involved on campus and is already doing so by being a member of a bible study. When not in class, Alexa enjoys dancing, snow-skiing, spending time with friends, and reading.

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.

Global Awareness:

Things I intend to do to achieve this goal include going to London through a study abroad course and exposing myself to people of new ideas here at The Ohio State University. This fall, I am taking a study abroad course and as such will travel to London this winter. I have already learned so much about the culture of England and specifically London including literature and food, and I will get to experience these things and the people themselves when I visit. Also, growing up I went to a small school and was never exposed to new ideas or beliefs, so while at OSU I intend to meet new people and learn about them, their views on life, and appreciate the diversity that this university offers.

Original Inquiry:

To achieve this goal, I want to get an internship in the field of political science to gain experience and knowledge from top individuals in my field of interest. Also, I am interested in working on a research study or something similar so that I can get hands on experience in what I am interested in and better myself as a person.

Academic Enrichment:

I will pursue academic excellence in and out of the classroom and construct a purposeful and intellectually stimulating program of study in a multitude of ways. To achieve academic excellence, I will attend each class, allot plenty of time outside of class for school work, and take advantage of office hours with my professors and teachers. In terms of constructing a stimulating program of study, I will research what courses will best fulfill the requirements for my area of study and challenge me.

Leadership Development:

To develop leadership skills, I want to join the Undergraduate Student Government and also become a member on the Hall Council for my dorm. I think both of these things would be valuable and would help me become a better leader because they would expose me to new situations and also enable me to become more confident.

Service Engagement:

Some things I might do include volunteering at Faith Mission to help feed the homeless and working in various ministries at the Newman Center. My faith is important to me so I want to be involved in as many ways as I can to help the community around me.

Career

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