Service-Engagement

Service-Engagement

With all the opportunities provided on Ohio State’s campus, it is easy to forget most of those opportunities come from the surrounding community.  As Ohio State students, it is our job to do as much as we can to give back to our surrounding community.  In this past semester, I have volunteered my time at various different organizations and events, such as the Habitat for Humanity Restore, the Buckeye Food Alliance, and the United Methodist Free Store.  As I move forward through my four years here at Ohio State, I will continue to volunteer my time to various organizations and give back to my community as much as I can.

Global Awareness

Global awareness is a major part of a well-rounded education.  While it is beneficial to learn new information and skills, what is the point of learning that information or those skills if one is unable to apply one’s knowledge to the world.  I think it is very important to understand how what is learned in the classroom can be used in the outside world.  So far, the classes in college that I have taken that have made me more globally aware are the ACES Survey class and my Spanish 1102 class.  In both of these classes, I have been exposed to different ways of thinking and different cultures.  To broaden my global awareness in the future, I intend on completing a Spanish minor to become fluent in Spanish and study abroad in a Spanish-speaking country.

Spanish Talk Abroad

Below, I have attached a reflection I have written about a conversation I had with a person living in a Spanish-speaking country through the Talk Abroad website.  Talk Abroad is an organization that pairs one person trying to learn a foreign language with another person who fluently speaks that language.  Talk Abroad is a wonderful way for people to get conversational practice with native speakers without having to physically travel to a foreign country.  This experience helped me grow as a Spanish student and Talk Abroad is a resource I fully intend of utilizing as a go forward with completing my Spanish minor.

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ACES Pillars Film Project

I have attached a PDF of my group’s ACES Pillars Film Project below.  The three of my group members and I watched the documentary The Hunting Ground.  This documentary focuses on the tendency of universities to cover up and prevent the report of rape and sexual assault on college campuses because of financial incentives. Two students from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill took matters into their own hands and founded the organization End Rape on Campus to spread awareness for the nationwide problem and support survivors.  This documentary resonated with me because I am a female on a college campus and also because the ACES Pillars were concretely interwoven throughout the film.

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About Me

Hi, I’m Nicole Moulas.  I am a first-year Molecular Genetics student and a member of ACES (Advocates for Community and Education Scholars).  My hometown is Cincinnati, Ohio, and I graduated from Anderson High School.  While in high school, I played tennis, sang in two different choirs, participated in my high school’s theater department, and was involved in the National Honor Society.  In many of these activities I found a passion for leadership, whether it was as a team captain, choir president, or chapter treasurer.  On top of the extra-curricular activities I participated, I spent a lot of time volunteering in my community.  I have helped tutor Spanish one students. For three years, I was a Peer Counselor that taught fifth-grade students about peer pressure, communication skills, and assertiveness.  I acted as a Link Leader my junior and senior year of high school, helping freshmen with their orientation and acclimating to the high school environment.  While, ACES does not exactly align with my major, I hope that it will help me stay in touch with my love of leadership and volunteering.