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.

Global Awareness: My Rural Sociology 1500 class focuses extensively on developing one’s “sociological imagination”, or one’s ability to connect personal experiences and symbols to society at large and to historical forces. In order to truly understand and appreciate cultures that aren’t our own, we must be able to look at them objectively, a task that requires some effort, as we view other cultures and habits by basing them off of our own culture. Coming from a small, somewhat rural area limited my point of view. Coming to college has allowed me to experience cultures and customs different from my own.

Original Inquiry: My end goal here at the Ohio State University is to get into research concerning the conservation of the general insect population. Although I’m not yet involved in research, I’m interested in Prof. David Denlinger’s insect diapause research lab, as well as Dr. Reed Johnson’s honeybee research lab.

Academic Enrichment: During high school, I accumulated 10 credit hours from rigorous AP classes, and took  Enriched and College Prep classes. In my first semester here at Ohio State, I’m taking 16 credit hours, and plan on taking no less than 15 credits hours for my Spring semester. I have an Excel spreadsheet for each semester leading up to my graduation year in 2023 that lets me plan my future classes, as well as calculate potential number of credit hours. For my major, I have to take at least 9 hours of entomology classes over 3000, which will challenge me academically and mentally.

Leadership Development: I was apart of student council in high school, serving as the senior class treasurer. I was responsible for deciding whether or not to allocate school funds to certain projects, and was in charge of coming up with fundraising events for our class funds throughout the year. In college, I hope to attain a “governmental” position in Ohio State’s entomology club, Chrysalis, in order to help promote and expand its influence.

Service Engagement: During my sophomore, junior, and senior years of high school, I not only volunteered to help at school-sponsored blood drive, but I also donated blood multiple times throughout these 3 years. I also attended multiple city council meetings, not just for my own city, but for neighboring cities as well. I garnered over 50 hours of community service just during my senior year of high school. I plan on continuing the volunteer throughout my college career.