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Month: September 2018
Year in Review
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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 guidance on using your ePortfolio, including questions and prompts that will help you get started, please visit the Honors & Scholars ePortfolio course in Carmen. To get answers to specific questions, please email eportfolio@osu.edu. 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
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Artifacts
My Educational Tour Around Italy
In the summer of 2016 I took a 10 day long trip to Italy with a small group from my high school and some teacher chaperones. Little did I know going into the trip that I would come back to the states with an abundance of gained knowledge, incredible friends, and new a perspective on life.
Our tour began in Assisi, Italy, a really small, yet beautiful town right in the center of Italy. While we were there, I got to admire the magnificent churches, wander through specialty shops, and eat some amazing dishes (the rosemary infused olive oil roasted potatoes were to die for!). While in Assisi, I also learned to make pasta by hand, and I started to pick up on some of the cultural differences such as paying for public restrooms and greeting people with “Buongiorno ” .
Two days later we traveled to Florence, stopping in a small town called Orvieto for lunch. Florence was full of music and art and life; it was by far my favorite place I’ve ever visited. Florence was beautiful and there was so much to take in at all times. We walked the 400+ steps to the top of the Duomo (definitely worth the hike), ate some gelato, and went to the Accademia museum to see wonderful, historical art.
Our last pit stop was in Rome: a city that was just full of history. I honestly believe I learned much more on a few days of touring than I could have in a year long class back home.
My trip to Italy truly gave me a new perspective of culture, an appreciation of food and friendships, and above all a passion for travel. I think this trip not only made me more independent by being in a new place essentially alone but it also made me a more well-rounded person and student by teaching me to be curious and eager to learn . I cannot wait to study abroad in college to widen my horizons even more!
About Me
Hi, my name is Libby Mannix, and I am a first year Data Analytics major at The Ohio State University. I was born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio with two siblings and two awesome parents. As a kid, I always enjoyed cooking, running, playing games, and most of all solving puzzles. To this day, I still enjoy all of these activities because, through them, I am constantly learning and pushing myself to try new things.
When I was little my parents nicknamed me “stubborn” because of the way I never gave up on conquering a challenge, no matter how small. Whether it was fixing my own hair, or solving a Rubik’s cube, I wanted to figure out how to do it on my own. My determination still carries with me in everything I do today. I was a cross country and long-distance track runner all four years in high school. My determination in the sport of running aided me in the completion of countless 5-k races and over 5 half-marathons. Running wasn’t easy, but with hard work and patience I was able to get to where I wanted. Similarly, this is why I love math, logic, and puzzles so much; there is always a way to get to the end goal, I just have to be motivated enough to figure out how to get there.
When thinking about a career to pursue, I knew I wanted to find something that would allow me to work with the logic behind the systems that run the world we live in. Ohio State’s Data Analytics major curriculum not only gives me the opportunity to learn how to code in over 12 programming languages, but it also teaches me numerous other skills to help businesses make smart decisions. I am looking forward to fining a job in data mining and analysis so I can put all of my skills together to solve whatever challenges are put in front of me.