Career

 

I have taken a lot of pharmacy classes which have made my coursework interesting. I have learned a lot about the opioid epidemic and how those with prescribing power can affect the epidemic. I hope to apply this going forwards as a physician. To keep up with my patients and ensure when they come to the doctor for help, they do not end up with an addiction instead. I am currently in a class called Generation Rx which has taught me about the science behind addiction and how addiction truly is a disease, not a choice. There is a lot of work to be done in way of research between pain treatment and addiction and I hope to be apart of that in the future.

I am a member of Delta Omega Kappa sorority which is full of women all trying to reach the same goals. It is such a great support system because we are all going through the same thing. We are all taking similar classes, looking for similar extracurricular opportunities, and often working the same jobs. I can always find a girl in DOK who is in my classes or other clubs.

Most of the older girls in my sorority serve as mentors for me. Specifically, my big Gracyn who is also pre med and a year ahead of me. This allows me to ask her questions about the coming year and use her experience to aid my own. She is also very supportive of me and my pursuits at Ohio State. Another mentor to me is Jasmine. She is the RM in my building and helps me a lot through being an RA. She will be the president of DOK next year and I am excited to work closely with her next year as treasurer.

Leadership and Service

In the 2021-2022 school year, I have dedicated a lot of time to improving my leadership skills as well as getting involved in service in my community. I have worked as an RA in Morrison Tower which has definitely been a test for my leadership. It is a newer environment and leading people who I do not have much in common with has been different. However I have been able to form new relationships with people I would have never met otherwise and it has been amazing to see them grow over the school year. I have also gotten involved with ClassMates, a student organization at Ohio State which seeks to help students in underprivileged areas through tutoring with college students. I have been able to work with a 4th grader over zoom and tutor her in math and reading skills. I have helped her learn a lot and also watched her gain confidence along the way. She has also taught me a lot about underprivileged communities and about how I can help as a person from a privileged community. I will definitely use what I have learned from this service site in service going forward.

Artifact 3

For my 3rd artifact I am selecting a picture of my sorority sisters on recruitment day. Delta Omega Kappa is a pre health sorority at Ohio State where every girls is pursuing some sort of pre health career. I rushed DOK because I was looking for a group of strong females who were going through the same thing I was as a pre med student. I found an amazing group of people who I am so proud to call my sisters. I am so blessed to have found the mentorship of older girls in the sorority, and I am beginning to step into those leadership positions myself. I was recently elected to the Treasurer position of my sorority for the 2022-2023 school year. I am very excited to take on such a big role in my sorority and to continue being a leader at Ohio State.

Artifact 2

For my second artifact I chose a picture from Cross Country. This picture and its frame were my senior gift after 6 years of cross country. The sport has definitely changed my life and taught me so much. Before starting Cross Country in seventh grade, the only sport I had done before was taekwondo, while taekwondo taught me a lot, cross country taught me a lot of other important skills like how to persevere and how to work with people.

 

My 7th and 8th grade year of Cross Country, I was pretty good at the sport. I was young but I had muscular legs from taekwondo, and this allowed me to succeed during runs and workouts. By the time I reached high school cross country, things really changed. The fast girls were much faster than I could ever hope to be. At this time all the girl’s bodies really changed, and I remember being able to put on much more muscle than my friends. However, in high school, with a longer distance the thinner you are the easier it is to run faster because you do not have as much weight to carry. I had to learn how to enjoy the sport without being really good at it. Freshman year was good because we had an amazing coach who made every runner excited for practice, whether they were fast or not.

 

By sophomore year things started to change even more and I began to dislike the sport. We had a new coach who only really cared for the varsity team. The rest of the girls were left without a lot of motivation or people pushing them. This was when the upperclassmen really began to step in and take care of us. They would give us rides to practice or meets, they would plan team bonding events, and they made cross country fun. The true leaders on our team were leaders because they cared for the team, not because they were faster or slower than other girls. I admired those girls so much and remember wanting to be them one day.

 

By junior year, school began to get more difficult. With extracurriculars, classes, and working a job I did not really think much about Cross Country, I just showed up. I did want to make the underclassmen feel welcome so the other upperclassmen and I planned as many team bonding events in the summer as possible. At the end of the season, I had gotten nominated for student of the month at school. I was not sure who nominated me but then I found out it was one of the freshmen on the team who said that I was a great leader in Cross Country. This mean so much to me and I dedicated my senior year to ensuring that all team members felt valued. At the end of the year, we got a senior gift from the Cross-Country team. When I look at that gift, I remember all the different ways there are to truly be a leader.

About Me

 

 

 

 

Hello my name is Monica Pannett and I am a first year student here at The Ohio State University. My major is Pharmaceutical Sciences and I am hoping to double major with Spanish. I am from Hilliard Ohio which is about 20 minutes outside of Columbus. I went to Hilliard Darby High School and I was very involved there. I was the class president and I was also involved in Hope Squad, NHS, and Panther Ambassadors. I worked as an instructor at the local Taekwondo studio. There I was a level 3 instructor and a 3rd degree decided black belt. I plan to continue working there over breaks and over the summer.

I am very excited for my time at Ohio State. I am currently in the Mount Leadership Society Scholars and I am on the Community Activities Committee, also known as CAC. I am hoping to become a chair for CAC next year. I am also hoping to join a few student orgs during my time at OSU, I am very passionate about gender equality so I am hoping to join a club centered around that. I am also pre-med so I am hoping to join a club for pre-med students. After my time at OSU I am hoping to attend medical school and eventually become a pediatrician.

Year in Review

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G.O.A.L.S.

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  • 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

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