What I’ve done at Ohio State…
Work
- Sloopy’s Diner: Student Server (October 2015-2016)
- Working as a waitress at one of Ohio State’s dining facilities helped me make connections with other employees and strengthened my communication skills and level of confidence. I had to be able to think off the top of my head and work at a fast pace.
Organizations
- Mount Leadership Society Scholars (Freshman and Sophomore Year)
- Scholars group committed to service and leadership
- Member of the Service Committee (Freshman Year)- brainstormed, organized, and advertised all of Mount’s service events.
- I was a team captain for one of our biggest service events. This gave me experience being a leader for my peers, creating lesson plans, and communicating with others to get necessary supplies and resources.
- 75 hours of service- I volunteered at the Karl Road Homework Help Center where I tutored kids from the elementary to high school level in all different subjects. This gave me experience with teaching and interacting with a different community.
- Mount North Carolina Trip- I traveled to a low-income community in North Carolina where I tutored 6th grade students in mathematics. I was able to get more practice teaching and understanding the effects of rural poverty.
- Smiles with Style (Freshman Year)
- Service group that goes to Ronald McDonald House and interacts with kids by giving them makeovers and allowing them to put on costumes.
- I was able to gain experience working with children. Also, the families that come to the Ronald McDonald House struggle with affording proper treatment for their child and so I was able to see different lifestyles other than my own and work with my peers to come up with ways to try to make their lives a little better.
- Romophos (Sophomore Year)
- Sophomore Class Honorary
- My class raised money for Star House, a local organization that acts as a drop-in center for homeless youth. Our primary fundraiser is a music festival that we put on at the end of the year.
- I was the service chair for Romophos. I helped arrange events where our class could volunteer at Star House. We sorted and organized items that people donated. I gained experience planning events and also marketing/advertising because we had to do that a lot to get money to support the concert and our donation to Star House. By directly volunteering at Star House, I was able to see a lifestyle different than my own and learn about the different resources that are available to the homeless in Columbus.