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: To cultivate my understanding of diversity and global awareness, I will be taking General Education classes emphasizing Global Studies and Social Diversity. The classes I am taking or plan on taking include Introductory Psychology, Classical Civilizations: Rome, Classical Mythology, and Introduction to Archaeology. Some things I learned about in high school, like psychology and some mythology, but things like archaeology are completely foreign to me. I look forward to further pursuing my pre-existing interests and also challenging myself with entirely new topics. I also would love to volunteer abroad through programs like Buck-I-SERV. I have great desires both to help others and to travel so I think this would be a great way for me to be exposed to other cultures.

Original Inquiry: Although I am not sure if I want to do my own research project at Ohio State, I would love to do job shadowing or internships at hospitals and research labs over the summer or potentially during the school year if my work load and schedule allow for it. I did an internship at a research lab last summer that I found to be very interesting. I would love to find something similar to that again for the upcoming summer that will be a hands on experience for me.

Academic Enrichment: As a biology major, I have some pretty tough coursework ahead of me. In my first semester I have already taken Biology 1114H and Chemistry 1210 at the same time. Both are classes that students sometimes struggle with, especially since they both have a lab component with them. I look forward to taking classes in subjects like Anatomy, Organic Chemistry, and Physics, along with my General Education classes which I will be taking the honors sections of.

Leadership Development: In the past, I have been a leader of sports teams and academic societies and coached younger soccer players on my own. I love taking on a leadership role and being involved with others. I plan to get an internship over the summer and possibly return to coaching as well. In a couple of years once I move to off campus housing and can have a car on campus, I would love to get an off campus job, most likely in sales to improve my customer interactions. Should I do well enough in my classes this first year, I think a great option for me in my second year would be to become a tutor. I love being able to help others and refreshing myself on information I have learned in the past would be a great way for me to keep track of all the information.

Service Engagement: As previously mentioned, I would love to serve others through programs like Buck-I-SERV. I also attend the Newman Center on a regularly frequent basis and would love to know of any missions trips they have over breaks or weekends that I could get involved in. I have attended a couple meeting for the on-campus organization T.O.S.S.S. (The Ohio Student Service Society) and heard about their service opportunities, but I unfortunately cannot usually make it to meetings because of my schedule so I am not able to volunteer. I hope to become more involved next semester if my schedule allows. Lastly, I am also participating in BuckeyeThon this year and hope to for my future years at Ohio State as well.

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

Genetic Counseling

This is a picture of the handouts I received and the notes I took at the Genetic Counseling Meet-n-Greet. I went to this session on Thursday, September 10 and gained a great amount of valuable insight to the world of genetic counseling. I have declared myself to be a biology major, however, I am not really sure what kind of graduate program or career I want to go into once I finish my undergrad. All I know is that I have a great interest in the life sciences and would love to learn more about potential future careers at any chance I get. Because of this, I decided to attend this info session.

Like I said, I learned a lot from this presentation. I developed a great interest for genetics in my high school biology courses, however, I never really looked into genetics as a career because I knew I would want to have some interaction with people I would be helping rather than just being in a lab nearly all the time. I found that genetic counsellors get to see actual patients and consult them on their family history, then use medical records and the information they learned from the patients to determine the chances of them or their children acquiring certain traits. This sounded great to me because then I would still be able to look into people’s genetic makeup, but I would also be able to have the one-on-one interaction with patients that I would love to have!

Going to this info session definitely made me want to learn more and has me interested in possible pursuing a career in genetic counseling.

 

About Me

[Your “About Me” is an introduction and should provide insight into who you are as a person and a learner.  This should include a picture of you that is appropriate in a professional/academic context. This information should be continually updated.  For more information, go to: http://honors-scholars.osu.edu/e-portfolio.  Delete these instructions and add your own post.]