Second Semester Interview with Hanna!

My mentee Hanna Lipic and I have enjoyed seeing each other more often this semester. We have our math for elementary teachers’ class together which is every day of the week, so we have been able to get to know each other even better and bond in a more academic setting. She is still an Early Childhood Education major and says she is now really enjoying the major because she likes experiencing what her future is going to be like this early on in her college career. She is in the first educational experience program (FEEP) at Old Orchard Elementary in Columbus City Schools. She enjoys her third-grade class and has learned a lot from her cooperating professional.

On campus she is mainly involved with ski team and empower sports. She has gone on lots of trips and made lots of friends though ski team. Additionally, empower sports is a club that meets every Tuesday. Then on Sundays they go to the ARC and play different sports with kids with autism. Since Hanna enjoys both of these tremendously, she plans to stay involved with them and maybe even get more involved though running for officer positions. She feels like she is involved in a good amount of stuff and is able to be involved while keeping good grades. She uses a planner to help keep track of everything and makes sure she continues keeping up with assignments. Hanna tries to work at least one day ahead on assignments so that she can stay involved. This also goes along with her goal for this semester. She wants to make sure to do her homework ahead of time. I have this goal too, so hopefully we can help each other reach our goals.

In addition to ski team and empower sports, Hanna has enjoyed being involved in ACES. She said one thing that surprised her were the number of outside speakers, but she has enjoyed all of them. Another positive is the living learning community. It is nice to be able to walk to meetings together with others and she has been able to make lots of friends. It is exciting be so close to everyone on the floor. One recommendation she has though is changing the times of the events even more. She said her and many of her friends are busiest during the week and may have events every week night. Hanna suggested having more events on the weekend like Sunday afternoons.

In terms of careers, Hanna’s plans have not changed since first semester. Especially with FEEP, she has found her love for teaching and education is still present. She is excited to be a teacher after graduation. With graduation, she plans to use the Career Services office to help her as she applies for jobs. She has not utilized the resource yet in her college career but knows that in the next few years she should learn more about it.

I also learned a few more fun facts about Hanna during my interview. Her favorite memories from last semester occurred on game days. She loves the atmosphere and cheering for the buckeyes. Hanna and I both seem to have some of our favorite Ohio State memories at the football games. In addition, we discussed what has surprised her most about Ohio State since arriving on campus and she said that she has been surprised how small it has become. While Ohio State is a huge place with tens of thousands of students, she has been able to find her groups and communities which has shrunk the size of campus to her. I am looking forward to the rest of the semester as our relationship further grows.

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