Being a Leader

There a multitude of ways that an individual can be a leader, but one person who embodies this most is Eric LeGrand. Eric was a football player at Rutgers University when he suffered a complete spinal paralysis. Instead of accepting his fate, he decided to become proactive in the paralysis community. he showed his leadership skills by raising hundreds of thousands of dollars for paralysis research, and maintained his role as a leader on the football team by continuing to attend practice and games. He also started the BELIEVE foundation that offered those dealing with paralysis support emotionally and physically. These attributes show how Eric LeGrand is a true leader because instead of choosing to feel sorry for himself, he made a difference in his community and became nationally recognized for his excellence.

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 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.]

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

[“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 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.]

Artifacts

[Artifacts are the items you consider to be representative of your academic interests and achievements. For each entry, include both an artifact and a detailed annotation.  An annotation includes both a description of the artifact and a reflection on why it is important to you, what you learned, and what it means for your next steps.  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.]

About Me

About Me

 

Hi, my name is Jacob Mitchell and I am an incoming freshman studying finance in the Fisher School of Business. Throughout my life, athletics, primarily wrestling and baseball, have always been a driving force in my everyday life. These sports have taught me how to sacrifice for my teammates and be a vocal leader on the field and the mats. When applying to the Ohio State scholars program, the Dunn Sports and Wellness program was the first to catch my eye. The aspects of working within my major and applying it to sports was intriguing to me. Along with the academic side of this program, competing in intramural sports with students in my program was an additional bonus.

Although sports takes up a large majority of my time, I am a lover of barbecue food. Being from Central Jersey, there are hardly any options for this type of food. Therefore, I have been to many different parts of the country, such as Austin, New York, Los Angeles, and others, to experience different cultural barbecue food. While all the restaurants I have visited were unique in their own way, my favorite was Terry Black’s Barbecue in Austin, Texas, due to its superior brisket. Despite the fact that New Jersey may not excite me with its barbecue food, it is home to me.

Growing up five minutes outside of Princeton, I have been exposed to many different cultures and experiences. Ohio State offers a similar multicultural environment to the community in which I grew up in. With this being said, Ohio State offers many similarities to home, while still providing the opportunity to discover new people and create new experiences. The city of Columbus also offers many potential job internships, and long term opportunities for career work.  These factors added together created the optimal new home for me to succeed and prosper.

GO BUCKEYES!