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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.
[ “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 information, go to: http://honors-scholars.osu.edu/e-portfolio. 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
[“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
10/16/2016
The artifact that I have chosen is my high-school diploma. I’m sorry for how cliche this artifact is (I’m cringing as much as you are), but my life in high-school was full of so many defining moments, and I feel as though my diploma is the best representation of my time there. It is, essentially, what I got in return for the four years I spent there. Receiving my diploma was a bittersweet moment, and after taking pictures with the people I shared such an amazing experience with and crying at wayyyy too many graduation parties, this is the one physical thing I took away from it all. While Upper Arlington seemed like a typical California valley school at times, there were pockets of unique individuals that made it seem like more than just a hub for football Friday nights and Gossip Girlesque drama. High-school was an environment for many of the pivotal moments of my life, and this diploma makes all of the early mornings, late nights, and long days worth it.
2016 Diploma from Upper Arlington High-school
11/14/2016
The artifact that I have chosen is going to see our POTUS at Capital University on November 1st. I have always been interested in politics, and this is an experience that I will never forget. While being an engineering student is my current top priority, I find importance in being aware of all aspects of my environment. The state of our government will effect me, college student or not, and keeping up with political happenings will allow me prepare for a higher level of independence outside of college. Since his first inauguration in 2009, I have been inspired by President Obama’s leadership, policy practices, and morality in the face of our nation’s inevitable political corruption. I never imagined being able to physically be in his presence, and when presented the opportunity to see him personally, I knew that I had to take it. His speech was, for lack of a better word, inspirational, and I will never forget this experience. Regardless of the current election results, I am glad to have been able to witness and reside under our nations first African-American president.
President of the United States, Barack Obama, at Capital University “Get out the Vote” event.
About Me
8/24/2016
Hi! My name is Olivia McNeil and I am a first year ME student. I am very outgoing and spontaneous, and love trying new things. I am excited for the challenge and rigor of the courses that I am currently taking, and anticipate balancing my studies with my extra-curricular activities. I love traveling to new places (excited to participate in as many study-abroad opportunities as possible), and learning about different cultures and practices around the world. I anticipate meeting new people in and out of class, and hope to build a strong social and academic foundation during my first semester.
12/5/2016
The StrengthsQuest survey is a way to determine how I should tailor my academic life to my personal strengths. The results returned by my survey were in fact accurate to my personality. My top strengths were strategic, futuristic, woo, communication, and input. A brief description of the five are as follows:
Strategic: Strategic is a person whose decisions seem to come quickly and easily. It is a critical decision making theme; meaning, people with Strategic are motivated to make decisions when they are faced with multiple options in the here and now. They can quickly assess the situation, choose a few possible options, and then strike with a decision on the best option.
Futuristic: People with the strength of Futuristic have an incredible ability to see the future. They are dreamers and perceivers of what could be, what might be, and then in turn direct their lives toward this future. This ability to see and explain the future is what draws them forward and excites them to pursue great accomplishments.
Woo (Winning others over): People with the StrengthsFinder theme of Woo have a specialization to them. A person with the strength of WOO can help leaders understand how to best influence a room by how they stand, how they sit, how they are poised. They know when the room needs to be cooler, or when it needs to be warmed up. WOO can influence in small groups or in thousands of people or anything in between. It is important to figure out what capacity your WOO has.
Communication: People with the strength of Communication are people who feel they must express themselves, and this expression can take many forms – verbally, artistically, musically, through writing or composition, how one dresses, teaches or even how one tell stories. No matter what the form, Communication, whether verbal or non-verbal, is about how someone uniquely expresses who he is. It is about how she is feeling and how she is connecting to people all around her. People with the strength of Communication want to express themselves in any form, and are not afraid to create new and unique ways to do so.
Input: A person with the StrengthsFinder theme of Input is inquisitive and curious, always on the lookout for new and interesting information. People with Input seem to want to know about everything, and they ask questions to propel them to learn even more. Input indicates one’s ability to not just collect information but to store it, and then to retrieve it when needed.
Summarized info from : http://www.leadershipvisionconsulting.com/
I had three strengths in the “Strategic Thinking” category (strategic, futuristic, and input), and two in the influencing category (woo and communicating). Overall, I believe that these results are an accurate representation of my strengths.