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: Currently I am expanding my knowledge about the world through my Spanish class. In this class, I am not only learning a new language, but I am also learning the culture of spanish speaking countries. The culture lessons have enlightened me on the similarities and differences between American people and people in other countries. In the future, I hope to travel to another country and study there. This is will open up more opportunities to learn about other cultures because I will be living directly in them.
  • Original Inquiry: Any research I can take part in for mathematics I would be excited to take part in. I think an important part of learning anything is discovering something new and trying to understand those new concepts. While I am a math major, i have always been a curious mind. I am looking forward to furthering my mathematics education, but I also plan to take courses that spark other interests in me.
  • Academic Enrichment: The classes I am taking currently and intend to take in the future will be challenging and honors level. I feel that taking challenging courses pushes you as a person to handle stressful situations. I am a math major and I hope to take honors math courses in the future to push me academically and also strengthen my problem-solving skills.
  • Leadership Development: In class, I exhibit my leadership skills by participating in class and being an active learner. Outside of class, I take part in multiple activities around campus and try to be as involved as possible in those activities. In fact, I plan to run for a leadership position in one of those clubs. In the future, I hope to strengthen these skills so that I am prepared to be a leader in the workplace.
  • Service Engagement: Through my biology class, we were given the chance to participate in service-learning, which is a way to connect what we learn in class to real world experiences. I am excited to take part in that, as well as, join a community service theatre club, which helps under funded schools put on productions. Service has always been a huge part of my life and giving back to the community is something that I would like to do. In the future, I want to continue giving back to my community and participating in service to not only better other people’s lives, but my own as well.