Volunteering for BuckeyeThon

This semester I volunteered for a total of 12 hours through BuckeyeThon on Saturday, February 9th from 10:00 am-10:00 pm. The unversity’s goal is raise money that will go towards pediatric cancer treatment and research at the Nationwide Children’s Hospital here in Columbus. During the event, hundreds of students and alumni from Ohio State stood for 12 hours straight doing various activities around the Ohio Union. The specific activities that I participated in included silent disco, rav hour, jump rope, line dancing, as well as, getting placed in the Peace Tea inflatable jail. I still managed to learn something about myself during this opportunity, about how I feel empowered by helping something bigger than myself through bringing awareness and raising money towards finding a cure. This volunteering opportunity impacted me as a leader because I saw what a powerful leader can accomplish having support behind them. Because of service learning I am more determine to make a difference in my community and help continue to spread awareness of pediatric cancer.

 

Volunteering In Columbus

This semester I volunteered for a total of 13 hours with 3 different services. First, I volunteered for Kind Columbus on Thursday, October 4th from 10:00 pm-12:00 am, which totals 3 hours. The organization’s goal is to build the community using the power of unconditional acts of kindness. In this particular service, Feed the Funnel, hundreds of students from Ohio State packed over 100,00 meals for families in need in Ohio. My specific job was to seal the bags of food after they were filled and then checked to make sure that they contained the correct amount of food. I still managed to learn something about myself during this opportunity, about how I feel empowered by helping something bigger than myself. This volunteering opportunity impacted me as a leader because I learned true leadership abilities first hand while interacting with the people that ran this event. Because of service learning I am more aware of the hunger issue in central Ohio.

Second, I volunteered for the Columbus Marathon at water stop #12 on Sunday, October 21st from 7:00 am-12:00 pm, which totals 5 hours. The Columbus Marathon is about helping the Nationwide Children’s hospital, over the course of 7 years the Columbus Marathon has raised $7 million for the Hospital. This volunteering included 3 different helping services. The first was setting up the water station. This included setting up the tables, pouring water into the cups, 3 layers high, and making and pouring the gatorade, 3 layers high as well. Once the race started handing out the water and gatorade to the runners was the main service. On the other hand, when there was a smaller portion of runners were present, keeping the water station clean by picking up the empty cups of water and gatorade was also a duty that needed to be taken care of. Towards the end of the race the clean up process began. Dumping the unused water and gatorade and taking apart the tables were necessary, while still keeping a few tables set up for the last runners to get water or gatorade if needed. During this volunteering opportunity I learned that I value community and its strength on individuals. This volunteer service impacted me as a leader because I stepped out of my comfort zone. I did this by physically putting myself out there and being face to face with the members of the race handing out gatorade instead of in the background. Because of service learning I am need to get out of my box more to help more when serving.

The last place that I volunteered at was during the Dunn Sport and Wellness Scholars program day of service on Saturday, November 17th from 12:00 pm-5:00 pm, totalling 5 hours. I was assigned to volunteer at the Furniture Bank of Central Ohio with Abigail, Rachel, and Josie. The goal of this organization is to reduce the impact of poverty by providing furniture to central Ohio families and individuals struggling with severe life challenges. Once the group of scholars arrived we were separated into two different groups, one to reorganize to create more room in the warehouse and another to disassemble larger pieces of furniture so other volunteers are able to remake it into furniture that is able to fit into the house the organization is furnishing, which was my group. We were then again separated, one group broke dome some pieces of desks, while my group completely deconstructed wardrobes. This opportunity taught me that I am, again, unaware an important issue in the Columbus area. This experience impacted me as a leader by giving me more confidence in myself. Because of service learning I am grateful for all that I have been given in life and am eager to give back.

True Colors Reflection

After completing an indicator that had me ranking groupings of words based on what my natural tendencies are, I discovered that I am heavily gold. Being a gold means that I am organized, dependable, consistent and punctual. I enjoy with activities have structure, are planned, and orderly. I tend to think more logically and with my head, similar to a green, but not with my heart, like the blues, or with impulse, like the oranges. I have a specific mindset that gives me an organzied, one set thought process, but limits me on thinking outside of the box, which is a strength of my opposite, an orange.

In a group setting, my strengths are also my weaknesses. I need to have order, which makes it easy for me to think inside the lines and set a plan to get the task accomplished. Thinking logically, as a green, to move the plan along is something that enables me to work with greens very well. Working with blues provides insight to emotions that I do not have and enjoy hearing about. I can not imagine and change my mindset to think the same way as them, but I do not disagree with how they think or feel. However, working with oranges makes the task more difficult to be accomplished. Oranges are a little more difficult for me to connect and work with for me, because of their scattered-brained tendencies that tend to clash with my organization skills. The oranges are more about doing the end result than taking the time to do the steps complete the task, such as me. Although it is difficult it is not impossible, and working with other colors allows me to get different takes on a way to solve the same problem.

Leadership Post

Leadership is the ability to bring people together to achieve a common goal and supporting them throughout the journey to achieve said goal. Throughout all four years of high school I was dedicated to the sport of track and field, during my sophomore our head coach hinted that he would be leaving to accept a job as the assistant principal of our high school. After we won State, he fully declared his step down from head coach of our track team. Our “new” head coach, previously a specialized jumps coach, took charge the next season with half of the team leaving to graduate or deciding that it wouldn’t be the same and quit. Our moral was shot with our coach and key athletes gone, with a title to defend in a very short time. He never let the nerves of the new responsibility show and bonded us all together, closer than we had ever been. We worked hard to defend our title; however, we were unable to capture our goal and lost our undeafeated streak of many years as well. Even after the defeat, he smiled and told us to get our heads back in the game that next year was still there. He brought a broken and missing team together to become one whole unit of competitors. He was able to fit the pieces of our team back together to attempt to win and brought the school spirit back into the program, those qualities made him a leader.

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

My name is Jaytlynn Pantaleano and I am going into my first year at The Ohio State University starting this fall. I am majoring in biochemistry and want to work in the field of veterianary medicine. As a child, I grew up around two major loves: sports and animals. At Ohio State, I was able to fulfill both of my passions into two different aspects of my college and professional career. I joined Dunn Sport and Wellness Scholars program due to my love of sports and physical activity. Biochemistry became the way to expand my love and desire to help animals and segue into veterinarian medicine. This past summer, I had the experience of shadowing a veterinarian that taught me the knowledge required and the rigorous and unpredictable lifestyle that occurs with that profession.

My other hobbies include traveling, watching both college and professional football, and learning about my new home, Columbus. I recently moved to Northfield, Ohio to help with my grandfather and be closely to my extended family. My mom is a surgical nurse who opted for technical school at Stars Technical Institute. My dad followed our shared passion for animals to become a standardbred trainer and driver straight out of high school. I have a mixed family of three younger brothers, one older sister who currently attends Ohio State as well, and two older brothers as well as my own puppy, Traya, all of whom have helped me to get where I am today.

I cannot wait to continue to grow and develop at Ohio State.